Editing New Jersey Route 7 (section)

===Gap in the route===
[[File:2020-09-25 12 22 17 View north along New Jersey State Route 7 and east along Essex County Route 506 (Washington Avenue) at Essex County Route 506 (Rutgers Street) in Belleville Township, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|Route 7 (Washington Avenue) at CR 506 (Rutgers Street) in Belleville. Note that Route 7 is signed to follow Rutgers Street to the right]]
The intersection of Main St and Rutgers Street in Belleville forms the end of one section of Route 7 (signed north, directionally west). Rutgers Street is named for Colonel [[Henry Rutgers]], an [[American Revolutionary War]] hero and benefactor of what is now [[Rutgers University]]. For its entire length, Rutgers carries [[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|County Route 506]], which ends, like Rutgers Street itself, at the Rutgers Street Bridge.<ref name=SLD /><ref name=gm1 />

Prior to turning onto Rutgers Street, CR-506 runs along Washington Street concurrent with the northern section of Route 7. Though the northern section of Route 7 begins a few blocks south, it is not readily recognized (minimal signing). As CR-506 runs concurrently with it here, and then turns down Rutgers for the short distance that bridges the gap between the two Route 7 sections, Rutgers/506 is often viewed as if it continues Route 7, while the short portion of the northern section that lies south of Rutgers is sometimes seen as a spur, even though it is part of the main route.<ref name=SLD /><ref name=gm1 />

Rutgers' identity has become so closely aligned with Route 7, that though it is not officially part of Route 7, Rutgers, from Washington Avenue to Main Street, is signed as if it is part of Route 7.<ref name=SLD /><ref name=gm1 />