Editing New Jersey Route 36 (section)

=== Route&nbsp;36 ===
Route&nbsp;36 was established by the [[1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering|Laws of 1927, Chapter 319]] to run between [[Keyport, New Jersey|Keyport]] and [[Highlands, New Jersey|Highlands]]. The route was to run up Broad Street from Front Street in Keyport, follow 1st Street east to the 2nd Street Bridge, and run east along Stone Road to [[Keansburg, New Jersey|Keansburg]]. It would pass through Keansburg on Church Street and follow Shore Road east to the [[Belford, New Jersey|Belford]] drawbridge and then on through more rural fields and meadows. Route&nbsp;36 would head along Center Avenue from Ocean View to [[Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey|Atlantic Highlands]], where it would turn north on First Avenue and run east along Ocean Boulevard to Route 36 in Highlands. Route 36 would follow east to the drawbridge over the [[Shrewsbury River]].<ref name=nj1927>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.</ref><ref name="Map">{{cite map |url = http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif |title = 1927 New Jersey Road Map |publisher = State of New Jersey |access-date = October 8, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160313112746/http://jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif |archive-date = March 13, 2016 }}</ref> This routing as proposed was considered impractical as it consisted entirely of local roads, went through the downtown areas of Keyport, Keansburg and Atlantic Highlands, and contained many hazardous sharp curves.<ref name=gm/> This was remedied in 1929, when Route&nbsp;36 was designated to bypass the downtowns and sharp curves.<ref name=nj1929>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1929, Chapter 13.</ref>

[[File:Bridge Work.jpg|thumb|left|Construction on the Highlands–Sea Bright Bridge, which was replaced with a fixed span in 2011]]
In 1940, Route&nbsp;36 was extended south to [[New Jersey Route 35|Route&nbsp;35]] in [[Eatontown, New Jersey|Eatontown]], but only a portion was constructed in Eatontown and [[West Long Branch, New Jersey|West Long Branch]].<ref name=nj1940>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1940, Chapter 95.</ref> As a result, this extension remained unsigned in the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]].<ref name="nj1953">{{Cite book |title = 1953 renumbering |url = http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering |publisher = New Jersey Department of Highways |access-date = July 31, 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183145/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering |archive-date = June 28, 2011 }}</ref> Additional parts of this extension were taken over on October 17, 1972, with the takeover of '''County Route&nbsp;9''', which was Ocean Avenue between the [[Long Branch, New Jersey|Long Branch]]–[[Monmouth Beach, New Jersey|Monmouth Beach]] border and the [[Sea Bright, New Jersey|Sea Bright]]–[[Middletown Township, New Jersey|Middletown]] border, and '''County Route&nbsp;44''', which was Joline Avenue between Branchport Avenue and Ocean Avenue in Long Branch.<ref name=rumc>{{cite map |publisher = [[Rutgers University]] Cartography Services |title = Monmouth County Road Map – Sheet 4 |year = 1962 |url = http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/MONMOUTH_COUNTY/MonCoHighway1962_4.gif |access-date = November 7, 2008 }}</ref> CR&nbsp;9 was initially taken over as a [[county highway]] by resolution of the Monmouth County [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]] on September 1, 1903, running from Rumson Road north to the Middletown border at Sandy Hook.<ref>Resolution, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, September 1, 1903</ref> It was extended to the southern border of Monmouth Beach by two resolutions dated February 4, 1920.<ref>Resolutions, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, February 4, 1920</ref> CR&nbsp;44 was taken over as a county road on October 18, 1939.<ref>Resolution, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, October 18, 1939</ref> Following the takeover of CR&nbsp;9 and CR&nbsp;44, a short gap of Route&nbsp;36 remained in Long Branch (Ocean Avenue between Joline Avenue and the Monmouth Beach border) that was municipally maintained; with the completion of Ocean Boulevard in late 1983 that link has been added.<ref name=tandm>{{Cite web |title = Long Branch's Ocean Boulevard Article |publisher = T&M Associates |access-date = November 10, 2008 |url = http://www.tandmassociates.com/LBranch.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080420074629/http://www.tandmassociates.com/LBranch.html |archive-date = April 20, 2008 }}</ref>

Between 2008 and 2011, the [[Highlands–Sea Bright Bridge]], which was originally a [[Moveable bridge|drawbridge]], was replaced with a fixed span with a clearance {{convert|30|ft|m}} higher than its predecessor.<ref name=app>{{cite news |last = Muessig |first = Terry Gauthier |access-date = November 7, 2008 |title = Demolition starts on Highlands-Sea Bright bridge |newspaper = [[Asbury Park Press]] |date = July 15, 2008 |url = http://m.app.com/BETTER/news.jsp?key=85496&p=1 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Kyrillos and Beck Attend Ribbon Cutting For New Route 36 Highlands Bridge |url = http://www.senatorkyrillos.com/news.html?start=40 |access-date = December 4, 2011 |date = May 1, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426021355/http://www.senatorkyrillos.com/news.html?start=40 |archive-date = April 26, 2012 }}</ref>