Editing Manalapan Township, New Jersey (section)

===Transportation===

====Roads and highways====
[[File:2021-07-22 12 42 21 View south along U.S. Route 9 from the overpass for Monmouth County Route 3 (Tennent Road) in Manalapan Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 9]] in Manalapan Township]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|192.19|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|164.98|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|19.15|mi}} by Monmouth County and {{convert|8.06|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Monmouth.pdf Monmouth County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

Manalapan hosts [[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 9]] in the northeast, and [[New Jersey Route 33|State Route 33]] passes through near the southern part of the township. Major county routes, such as [[County Route 522 (New Jersey)|522]] and [[County Route 527 (New Jersey)|527]] traverse through the municipality, while [[County Route 524 (New Jersey)|524]] and [[County Route 537 (New Jersey)|537]] goes along the southeast border of the township.

Other major roads that are accessible outside the township are the [[Garden State Parkway]] in bordering [[Old Bridge Township, New Jersey|Old Bridge]], [[Interstate 195 (New Jersey)|Interstate 195]] in bordering [[Millstone Township, New Jersey|Millstone Township]], and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]) in [[East Windsor, New Jersey|East Windsor]] (Exit 8) and bordering [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]] (Exit 8A).

====Public transportation====
=====Rail=====
In the 19th & 20th centuries, Englishtown Borough and Manalapan Township had a major railway in the area, which was the [[Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad]]. This railway was owned and operated by the [[United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company|Camden & Amboy Railroad Company (C&A)]], in which surveying for the line began on September 8, 1851, grading began on October 19, 1852, and the first track was laid on April 4, 1853.<ref name=MonmouthSteam>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/418913507/?terms=Freehold%2Band%2BJamesburg%2BAgricultural%2BRailroad| title=History of Steam Railroads of Monmouth County; Paper Read by George V. Sneden at Meeting of Monmouth County Historical Society| newspaper=The Daily Standard| location=Red Bank, NJ| date=May 31, 1907| page=6| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The first section of line was opened on July 18, 1853.<ref name=1858anniv>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42792820/monmouth_democrat/| title=The Freehold & Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad| newspaper=Monmouth Democrat| location=Freehold, NJ| date=July 15, 1858| page=2| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The establishment of the Freehold & Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad allowed this region to become a transportation hub.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42789030/the_central_new_jersey_home_news/| title=History of South Brunswick| newspaper=The Central New Jersey Home News| location=New Brunswick, NJ| date=June 15, 2000| page=137| via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The Freehold and Jamesburg Railroad was abandoned by the early 1930s. A {{convert|2.8|mi|km|adj=mid|long}} portion of the former railroad's right-of-way was later approved to be sold by the [[New Jersey Board of Public Utilities|New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners]] (PUC) to [[FirstEnergy|Jersey Central Power & Light Company]] in 1966, with occasional freight service still being utilized through the [[Freehold Secondary|Freehold Industrial Track]].

The [[Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line]] is a proposal by New Jersey Transit to restore passenger railway service to the region. The township would be a potential stop for the 'MOM' Line.<ref>{{cite map     | title = M-O-M DEIS Rail Alternatives and Candidate Stations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305212646/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/an_cp_mom_altsandstations.pdf|archive-date=March 5, 2020  | publisher = NJ Transit  | year = 2005  | url = http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/an_cp_mom_altsandstations.pdf  | accessdate = September 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = New Jersey State Rail Plan | publisher = NJ Transit | date = April 2015   | pages =5–15   | url = http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/NJStateRailPlan.pdf   | accessdate = September 20, 2017}}</ref><ref name = NJTPAROW>{{cite news     | title = Rail Right-of-Way Inventory and Assessment  | publisher = [[North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority]] | date = October 2013  | url = http://www.njtpa.org/getattachment/Planning/Regional-Studies/Completed-Studies/Rail-Right-of-Way-Inventory-and-Assessment/Rail-Right-of-Way/20131217_NJTPA_ROW_FinalReport_w_Appendix.pdf.aspx  | accessdate = September 23, 2017  | quote = In 1996, routes in the Monmouth, Ocean, and Middlesex (MOM) corridor were evaluated for potential feasibility for passenger service. The feasibility study considered eleven possible future alternatives. Nine of the alternatives were build alternatives for commuter rail service to New York Pennsylvania Station, on three different alignments utilizing either the North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL) or Northeast Corridor (NEC), and routing to New York Pennsylvania Station26.In 2001, NJ TRANSIT initiated a DEIS for the development of a rail option using State and Federal funds. The DEIS is examining three alignments: Lakehurst to Monmouth Junction, Lakehurst to Red Bank and Lakehurst to Matawan. In 2006, the alternatives were refined to incorporate direct, one-seat ride, service to New York Penn Station. Ridership, cost and environmental work were adjusted accordingly. Updating demographics and ridership analyses continued during calendar 2009. Lower-cost versions of the three main build alternatives were analyzed and a draft alternatives analysis report was completed in 2010.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/10/16/02-26289/draft-environmental-impact-statement-for-the-monmouth-ocean-middlesex-rail-monmouth-ocean-and|title=Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex Rail; Monmouth, Ocean, and Middlesex Counties, NJ|date=October 16, 2002|website=Federal Register}}</ref>

As of now, the nearest train stations to the township are [[Metropark station|Metropark]] in [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]], [[Metuchen station|Metuchen]], [[New Brunswick station|New Brunswick]], and [[Princeton Junction station|Princeton Junction]] on the [[Northeast Corridor Line]].

=====Busing=====
[[NJ Transit]] currently provides bus service on the [[139 (New Jersey bus)|139]] route to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]] and to [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] on the [[64 (New Jersey bus)|64]] and [[67 (New Jersey bus)|67]] routes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212342/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesMonmouthCountyTo Monmouth County Bus / Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed July 8, 2012.</ref>

=====Aviation=====
Following the closure of the [[List of airports in New Jersey|Marlboro Airport]], [[Old Bridge Airport]] supplies short-distance flights to surrounding areas and is the closest air transportation services. The nearest major commercial airports are [[Trenton-Mercer Airport]], which serves several domestic destinations via [[Frontier Airlines]] and located {{convert|21|mi}} west (about 35 minutes drive); and [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], which serves as a major hub for [[United Airlines]] and located {{convert|32|mi}} north (about 48 minutes drive) from the center of Manalapan Township.<ref>[https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-manalapan-nj-to-trenton-nj Manalapan NJ to Trenton NJ], Distance between cities. Accessed July 28, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-manalapan-nj-to-newark-nj Manalapan NJ to Newark NJ], Distance between cities. Accessed July 28, 2022.</ref>