Editing Edison, New Jersey (section)

====Roads and highways====
Edison is a [[transport hub]], with an extensive network of highways passing through the township and connecting to major Northeast cities, New York City, [[Boston]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] and [[Washington, D.C.]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf Middlesex County Road Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322085717/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf |date=March 22, 2020 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> Edison is located about {{Convert|25|mi}} from [[Newark Liberty International Airport]], a 30 to 45 minute drive.

{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|307.05|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|257.31|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|29.78|mi}} by Middlesex County and {{convert|14.75|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|5.21|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Middlesex.pdf Middlesex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210143955/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Middlesex.pdf |date=February 10, 2015 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 24, 2014.</ref>

State highways include [[New Jersey Route 27|Route 27]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000027__-.pdf#page=7 Route 27 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205740/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000027__-.pdf#page=7 |date=March 3, 2016 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2018. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> and [[New Jersey Route 440|440]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000440__-.pdf Route 440 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202807/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000440__-.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2016. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> both of which are state-maintained. [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 1]] also passes through the township.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000001__-.pdf#page=10 U.S. Route 1 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101230/http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000001__-.pdf#page=10 |date=December 24, 2017 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2018. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> [[Interstate 287]] passes through Edison, where it houses its southern end at I-95.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000287__-.pdf Interstate 287 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202808/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000287__-.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2017. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> The municipality also houses about a {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=on}} section of the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|Interstate 95]]).<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000095__-.pdf#page=20 Interstate 95 Straight Line Diagram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228124507/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000095__-.pdf#page=20 |date=December 28, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2017. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> Exit 10 is located in Edison, featuring a 13-lane toll gate and a unique interchange design.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_42.pdf Enlarged View 42 (Edison Township, Middlesex County)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204202753/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_42.pdf |date=December 4, 2019 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2019. Accessed December 4, 2019.</ref> When the "dual-dual" setup of the turnpike was created, it first started in Edison and continued north to Exit 14 in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. It wasn't until 1973 that the "dual-dual" was extended south of 10 to Exit 9 in [[East Brunswick, New Jersey|East Brunswick Township]] (and then extended further south in 1990 to Exit 8A in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]]).

Since [[Interstate 287]] connects to [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]] (the [[New York State Thruway]]), Exit 10 (of the turnpike) is one of the busiest interchanges to be used by tractor-trailers as it connects the New Jersey Turnpike to the New York Thruway. For truck drivers, it is the only direct limited-access road connection they have from the Turnpike to the Thruway as the [[Garden State Parkway]], which has its northern terminus at the Thruway, prohibits trucks from using the roadway north of Exit 105.

In 2009, the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] selected Edison as one of the first communities to have a [[red light camera]] enforcement system. The program was ended by the state in December 2014, despite a more than 30% drop in accidents at the three camera-controlled intersections in the township.<ref>D'Amico, Jessica. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034207/http://em.gmnews.com/news/2015-01-15/Front_Page/States_redlight_camera_program_comes_to_a_stop.html "State's red-light camera program comes to a stop"], ''Edison/Metuchen Sentinel'', January 15, 2015, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 4, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2017. "In Edison, cameras were located at three intersections, all along Route 1 — at Plainfield Avenue, Prince Street and Wooding Avenue. According to information from the township dating back to 2013, the cameras brought about a 32 percent reduction in accidents at the three intersections. Rightangle collisions fell by 71 percent and rear-end accidents decreased by 17 percent, according to the data."</ref>