Editing New Jersey Route 26 (section)

===Trenton Freeway and truncation===
[[File:2017-10-06 15 02 48 View north along U.S. Route 1 (Trenton Freeway) at the exit for Mulberry Street in Trenton City, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg|right|thumb|Route 1 in the city of Trenton, along the Trenton Freeway]]
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During the 1950s, plans arose in Trenton to construct a new bypass of the city to the west. The bypass, to be a four-lane freeway, was designated as another portion of Route&nbsp;26 when the highway was constructed in 1952. The new route also included the construction of the [[Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge]], a $6.25 million (1952 dollars) span across the [[Delaware River]].<ref name="trenton">{{cite news|title=Delaware Bridge at Trenton Opens|date=December 2, 1952|work=The New York Times|page=33}}</ref> Just 30&nbsp;days after the new Trenton Freeway was opened to automobile traffic, the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering|highways were renumbered]] around the state. Route&nbsp;26 was truncated back from the state line in Trenton to an interchange with U.S. Route&nbsp;1 in North Brunswick Township, while its alignment became [[New Jersey Route 174|State Route&nbsp;174]] (a portion of the Trenton Freeway), U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 1 Alternate. The two suffixed spurs of Route&nbsp;26 were also truncated, with State Highway Route&nbsp;26-A becoming Route&nbsp;91, and State Highway Route&nbsp;S-26 becoming only a portion of U.S. Route&nbsp;1. The route, however, continued into downtown New Brunswick, where it terminated at Route&nbsp;18.<ref name="nj1953">[[Wikisource:1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]]</ref> By the 1980s, Route&nbsp;26 had been truncated back to Nassau Street.<ref name="1980sld">{{cite book|title=Route 26 Straight Line Diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=1980|edition=1980}}</ref> The county-maintained portion became Middlesex County Route&nbsp;691<ref name="691sld">{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/12000691__-.pdf|title=County Route 691 Straight Line Diagram|year=2009|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|page=2|access-date=November 20, 2009}}</ref> while the northernmost portion of Livingston Avenue became part of [[New Jersey Route 171|Route&nbsp;171]].<ref name="1980sld2">{{cite book|title=Route 171 Straight Line Diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=1980|edition=1980}}</ref>