Editing Hudson County, New Jersey (section)

===Roads and highways===
{{As of|2010}}, the county had a total of {{convert|616.81|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|515.38|mi}} are maintained by the local municipality, {{convert|47.31|mi}} by Hudson County, {{convert|33.23|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], {{convert|17.90|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]] and {{convert|3.37|mi}} by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/mileage_Hudson.pdf Hudson County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2019. Accessed December 25, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000078__-.pdf Interstate 78 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2016. Accessed December 25, 2020</ref>

Major highways include New Jersey Routes [[New Jersey Route 3|3]], [[New Jersey Route 7|7]], [[New Jersey Route 139|139]], [[New Jersey Route 185|185]], [[New Jersey Route 440|440]], [[New Jersey Route 495|495]], Interstates [[Interstate 78 in New Jersey|78]], [[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|95]], and [[Interstate 280 (New Jersey)|280]], and U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 1/9|1/9]] and [[U.S. Route 1/9 Truck|1/9 Truck]], as well as the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] and the [[Pulaski Skyway]]. Automobile access to [[New York City]] is available through the [[Lincoln Tunnel]] (via [[Weehawken, New Jersey|Weehawken]] to [[Midtown Manhattan]]) and the [[Holland Tunnel]] (via Jersey City to [[Lower Manhattan]]), and over the [[Bayonne Bridge]] to [[Staten Island]]. [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|County Route 501]] runs the length of Hudson as Kennedy Boulevard.

In 2013, two main thoroughfares in Hudson County, [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|Kennedy Boulevard]] and [[U.S. Route 1/9]], were included among the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's list of the top ten most dangerous roads for pedestrians in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Kennedy Boulevard was ranked #6 for the six pedestrian fatalities that occurred on it from 2009 to 2011, while Route 1/9 was tied for the #10 place on the list for the five pedestrian deaths during the same period. Route 1/9 is monitored by [[New Jersey State Police|state police]], while Kennedy Boulevard is patrolled by the Hudson County Sheriff's Office and the respective municipalities through which that road runs. In total, 37 pedestrians – 12 in 2009, 14 in 2010 and 11 in 2011 – were killed on Hudson County roads. According to state police statistics there were nine pedestrian fatalities in the county in 2012, which was not included in the study. From 2010 through 2012, 25 people were killed each year in Hudson County motor vehicle accidents.<ref>Zeitlinger, Ron; Machcinski, Anthony J. (March 1, 2013). "6th and 10th Most Fatalities". ''[[The Jersey Journal]]''. p. 5.</ref>