Editing New Jersey Route 18 (section)

====Piscataway====
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In 2001, the New Jersey Department of Transportation approved construction of extending the Route 18 Freeway northward from River Road (CR&nbsp;622, former CR&nbsp;514 Spur) in [[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway]] to a new arterial on the existing Hoes Lane in the Rutgers University campuses. Construction of this segment, designated as Section 2A, built a partial cloverleaf interchange to River Road (CR&nbsp;622), a trumpet interchange to Frelinghuysen Avenue (the access to Busch Campus) and a partial cloverleaf interchange to Metlars Lane ([[List of county routes in Middlesex County, New Jersey#609|CR&nbsp;609]]) and Davidson Road. The state acquired 12 homes along the existing Metlars Lane and {{convert|30|acre|m2}} of land from Rutgers to build the extension. The project cost the state $85 million (2004 USD).<ref name="18ext">{{cite news|title=Rutgers OK's Extension for Route 18|last=Greenblatt|first=Sarah|work=The Home News Tribune|publisher=Gannett Newspapers|location=New Brunswick, New Jersey}}</ref>

The [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] planned the extension to I-287 in Piscataway, by upgrading Hoes Lane's arterial boulevard and its 20 intersections to standards, eliminating and upgrading several traffic lights. On February 15, 2012, the New Jersey Department of Transportation broke ground on the project, which was completed in mid-2016. Following the completion of the project, Route 18 turns off Hoes Lane at Centennial Avenue, follows Centennial Avenue to Possumtown Road, and terminates at I-287 exit 8.<ref name="sld" /><ref name="18extmap">{{cite map|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/studies/rt18_i287connect/pdf/route183Amap.pdf|title=Route 18 Extension: Section 3A Project Map|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|cartography=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=2009|access-date=December 13, 2009}}</ref>
[[File:2020-09-13 10 10 00 View north along New Jersey State Route 35 just south of the south end of New Jersey State Route 34 and the exit for New Jersey State Route 70 WEST (Lakehurst, Camden) in Wall Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A six-lane divided highway approaching an intersection with a set of three green signs over the roadway. The left sign reads Route 70 west Lakehurst Camden keep left, the middle sign reads north Route 34 to Garden State Parkway Matawan, and the right sign reads Route 35 north Belmar next right.|[[New Jersey Route 35|Route 35]] northbound approaching the former [[Traffic circles in New Jersey|Brielle Circle]], which was to be the southern terminus of Route 18]]