Editing New Jersey Route 10

{{Short description|State highway in northern New Jersey, US}}
{{about|the current New Jersey Route 10|the Route 10 that existed before 1927|New Jersey Route 5}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{redirect-synonym|NJ 10|New Jersey's 10th congressional district}}
{{Infobox road
| state = NJ
| type = NJ
| route = 10
| alternate_name = 
|map={{maplink-road}}
|map_custom=yes
| length_mi = 23.5
| length_ref = <ref name=sld>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000010__-.pdf|title=New Jersey Route 10 straight line diagram|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|access-date=March 17, 2020}}</ref>
| established = 1927
| direction_a = West
| direction_b = East
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=NJ|US|46}} in [[Roxbury, New Jersey|Roxbury]]
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=NJ|CR|577|CR|677|county2=Essex}} in [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]]
| junction = {{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=NJ|NJ|53}} in [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany]]
*{{jct|state=NJ|US|202}} in Parsippany
*{{jct|state=NJ|I|287}} in [[Hanover Township, New Jersey|Hanover]]
}}
| previous_type = US
| next_type = NJ-old
| previous_route = 9W
| next_route = 11
| counties = [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]]
}}
'''Route 10''' is a {{convert|23.5|mi|km|2|abbr=on}} [[List of state highways in New Jersey|state highway]] in the northern part of the U.S. state of [[New Jersey]]. It runs from an intersection of [[U.S. Route 46|US 46]] in [[Roxbury, New Jersey|Roxbury]], [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]], east to Prospect Avenue / Mt. Pleasant Avenue ([[County Route 577 (New Jersey)|CR 577]] / [[List of county routes in Essex County, New Jersey#677|CR 677]]) in [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]]. Route 10 is a major route through [[North Jersey|northern New Jersey]] that runs through [[Ledgewood, New Jersey|Ledgewood]], [[East Hanover Township, New Jersey|East Hanover]], and [[Livingston, New Jersey|Livingston]]. It is a four-lane highway for most of its length with the exception of the easternmost part of the route. Route 10 features intersections and interchanges with many major roads including [[New Jersey Route 53|Route 53]] and [[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|US 202]] in [[Morris Plains, New Jersey|Morris Plains]] and [[Interstate 287|I-287]] in [[Hanover Township, New Jersey|Hanover]].

Route 10 was designated in 1927 to run from [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] to [[Dover, New Jersey|Dover]], following the former '''Newark and Mount Pleasant Turnpike''' west of [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. The route continued east from its present-day routing on current County Route 577, Park Avenue, [[County Route 508 (New Jersey)|CR 508]], and [[New Jersey Route 7|Route 7]] to end at [[U.S. Route 1/9|US 1/9]] at the [[Tonnele Circle]]. An alignment of Route 10 farther to the north of its current alignment in Essex County was proposed in 1952; however, it was never constructed with the route being designated to its present alignment a year later. Since 1953, Route 10 has seen improvements that eliminated the [[Ledgewood Circle]] at the western terminus in 1998 and improved safety along the portion of the route in Hanover and East Hanover townships in the mid-2000s.

==Route description==
[[File:2018-07-30 13 10 46 View east along New Jersey State Route 10 just east of U.S. Route 46 in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|Route 10 eastbound past its western terminus at US 46 in Roxbury Township]]Route 10 begins at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 46|US 46]] in the [[Ledgewood, New Jersey|Ledgewood]] section of [[Roxbury, New Jersey|Roxbury]], [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]] at the former Ledgewood Circle, heading to the southeast on a four-lane divided highway with some [[jughandle]]s.<ref name=sld/> The road passes by [[The Shops at Ledgewood Commons]], the Roxbury Mall, and many other businesses, also crossing the [[Dover and Rockaway River Railroad|Dover & Rockaway River Railroad]]'s [[High Bridge Branch]].<ref name=gm>{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=route+10+and+route+46+ledgewood+nj&daddr=Mt+Pleasant+Ave%2FNorth+St%2FRT-10+to:40.806273,-74.370232+to:route+10+and+prospect+avenue+west+orange+nj&hl=en&geocode=%3BFW1KbwIdEa-P-w%3B%3B&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=12&via=1,2&sll=40.822124,-74.331779&sspn=0.114835,0.219727&ie=UTF8&ll=40.849138,-74.465332&spn=0.229576,0.439453&t=h&z=11 |title=overview of New Jersey Route 10 |access-date=2009-01-01}}</ref> The route crosses the Dover & Rockaway River Railroad's Chester Branch before it enters [[Randolph, New Jersey|Randolph]], where the road becomes less commercial in nature and passes Randolph Lake, reaching an interchange with Sussex Turnpike ([[List of county routes in Morris County, New Jersey#617|CR 617]]). Past this interchange, Route 10 crosses over forested Mine Hill.<ref name=sld/><ref name=gm/> The route crosses the intersection of Dover-Chester Road ([[County Route 513 (New Jersey)|CR 513]]) and passes north of the [[County College of Morris]] past that intersection, with suburban development becoming more frequent again. Route 10 widens to six lanes and then runs through the southwestern corner of [[Denville Township, New Jersey|Denville]] before heading into the Mount Tabor section of [[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany]].<ref name=sld/>
[[File:Livingston NJ in the Evening.jpg|thumb|Route 10 meeting CR 527 in downtown Livingston]]
The route then forms the border between Parsippany to the north and [[Morris Plains, New Jersey|Morris Plains]] to the south, passing over [[NJ Transit]]'s [[Morristown Line]] before coming to an interchange with [[New Jersey Route 53|Route 53]] and crossing [[U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey|US 202]]. The route fully enters Parsippany again before crossing into [[Hanover Township, New Jersey|Hanover]], coming to an interchange with Dryden Way, where the route widens to eight lanes. Past Dryden Way, Route 10 features an interchange with [[Interstate 287|I-287]] and narrows to four lanes.<ref name=sld/> The road heads through the [[Whippany, New Jersey|Whippany]] section of Hanover, where it has an interchange with Parsippany Road ([[County Route 511 (New Jersey)|County Route 511]]) and crosses the [[Morristown and Erie Railway|Morristown & Erie Railway]]'s Whippany Line west of the [[Whippany Railway Museum]].<ref name=sld/><ref name=gm/> Route 10 enters [[East Hanover Township, New Jersey|East Hanover]] at the bridge over Whippany Brook.<ref name=sld/> Along Route 10 in East Hanover, the road passes several businesses.<ref name=gm/>

[[File:2018-07-18 08 30 52 View west along New Jersey State Route 10 (Mount Pleasant Avenue) at Essex County Route 577 and Essex County Route 577 Spur (Prospect Avenue) in West Orange Township, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|Start of westbound Route 10 at County Routes 577 and 677 in West Orange]]Route 10 crosses the [[Passaic River]] into [[Livingston, New Jersey|Livingston]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]], where it becomes Mt. Pleasant Avenue. The route comes to the Livingston Circle, a realigned traffic circle, in the community of Morehousetown,<ref name=gm/> with West Northfield Road ([[County Route 508 (New Jersey)|CR 508]]) and [[Eisenhower Parkway]] (CR 609).<ref name=sld/><ref name=gm/>  Past this traffic circle, the divided highway becomes a four-lane undivided road with some businesses and homes along the road. The route crosses the intersection of Livingston Avenue ([[County Route 527 (New Jersey)|CR 527]]) and narrows to two lanes a short distance past that intersection. The route enters [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]] at the point it crosses the intersection of Nance Road.<ref name=sld/> In West Orange, Route 10 ends at the intersection of Prospect Avenue where the radio station 1560 [[WFME (AM)|WFME]]'s studios and 94.7 [[WXBK]]'s transmitter facilities are located. At this intersection, [[County Route 577 (New Jersey)|CR 577]] heads east on Mt. Pleasant Avenue and north on Prospect Avenue while CR 677 (signed as CR 577 Spur) heads south on Prospect Avenue.<ref name=sld/><ref name=gm/>

==History==
[[File:2021-07-06 10 41 33 View west along New Jersey State Route 10 at the exit for Interstate 287 NORTH (Mahwah) in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Route 10 westbound at the Interstate 287 interchange in Hanover Township]]
Route 10 roughly follows a portion of an old [[Lenape Trail]] from the Passaic River to Whippany.<ref>Snyder, John (1969). "[https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606-1968]"</ref> The Newark and Mount Pleasant Turnpike was established along the present-day alignment of Route 10 east of [[Dover, New Jersey|Dover]] on March 12, 1806, existing as a turnpike until before 1833.<ref name=rw>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/munsellhistory/h-chpt11.htm|title=CHAPTER XI. Travel And Transportation—Turnpikes—The Morris Canal—Railroads.|publisher=[[RootsWeb.com]]|access-date=2009-01-03}}</ref>

[[File:2021-09-24 11 11 19 View east along New Jersey State Route 10 from the overpass for the ramp to Morris County Route 665 (South Salem Street) in Randolph Township, Morris County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|View eastbound along Route 10 from County Route 665 in Randolph]]
Route 10 was designated in 1927 to run from [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] west to [[New Jersey Route 6|Route 6]] (now US 46) west of Dover, passing through [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. This routing of Route 10 followed its current alignment and ran east along present-day CR 577, Mt Pleasant Avenue, and Park Avenue to Newark, where it followed CR 508 and [[New Jersey Route 7|Route 7]] to [[U.S. Route 1/9|US 1/9]] at the [[Tonnele Circle]] in Jersey City.<ref name="nj1927">State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.{{dead link|date=April 2017}}</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=2008-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313112746/http://jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|archive-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> By 1930, the road's western terminus had been moved to bypass Dover to terminate at [[Ledgewood, New Jersey|Ledgewood]]. The earliest completed sections of an upgraded highway were completed from Livingston Circle to Whippany, with the bridge over the Passaic River completed in 1930. From there the road was extended to [[New Jersey Route 53|Route 53]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=1932-01-31|title=WORK PROGRESSING ON ROUTE 10|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/31/archives/work-progressing-on-route-10.html|access-date=2021-07-16|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and finished at Ledgewood. In Essex County, the route that the highway would be constructed along was contentious from the start. In 1930 and 1931, three proposals for arteries were presented, all paralleling existing railroads. Though demands to decide a route and begin construction extended to at least 1937,<ref>{{Cite news|date=1937-10-03|title=URGES DECISION ON JERSEY HIGHWAY; Orange Realty Board Criticizes Long Delay for Extension to Route 10|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/10/03/archives/urges-decision-on-jersey-highway-orange-realty-board-criticizes.html|access-date=2021-07-16|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> no highway was ever constructed, and the road terminated at West Orange.

To solve this issue, a new route for Route 10 was designated in 1952 to run along a new, never-built alignment farther to the north, running through [[Belleville, New Jersey|Belleville]], [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]], [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey|Glen Ridge]], [[Montclair, New Jersey|Montclair]], West Orange, and along the Livingston/[[Roseland, New Jersey|Roseland]] border, roughly along much of the routing of present-day CR 611 (Eagle Rock Avenue), and following its current alignment through Morris County to Ledgewood. A spur of the route was also planned in 1952 to run from Montclair south to [[Orange, New Jersey|Orange]].<ref name=nj1952>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1952, Chapter 289.</ref> A year later, in the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]], Route 10 was defined onto its current alignment, with its eastern terminus moved to Prospect Avenue in West Orange.<ref name="nj1953">{{Cite book|title=1953 renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways}}</ref><ref name=nyt>{{cite news|access-date=2009-07-20|title=New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=1952-12-16|url=http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721112422/http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg|archive-date=2011-07-21}}</ref> In 1998, the Ledgewood Circle at the western terminus of the route was replaced with a signalized T-intersection.<ref name=rnj>{{cite web|author=Balston, Mottel|url=http://www.roxburynewjersey.com/history.htm|title=A Short History Of Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey|publisher=RoxburyNewJersey.com|access-date=2009-01-02}}</ref> In the mid-2000s, an $11.5 million project was undertaken to improve safety on the portion of Route 10 in Hanover and East Hanover Townships by widening existing lanes and adding turning lanes to the road.<ref name=njdot>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2003/112603.shtm|title=Lettiere cuts ribbon on Route 10 congestion relief program in Morris County |date=November 26, 2003|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|access-date=2009-01-02}}</ref>

Joint Resolution No. 3, page 844, of the 160th [[New Jersey Legislature|Legislature]] (1936) designated Route&nbsp;10 as the '''American Legion Memorial Highway''' in honor of the services of the members of the [[American Legion]] in [[World War I]].<ref>State of New Jersey; ''Laws of 1936, Joint Resolution No. 3''</ref>

==Major intersections==
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{{NJint
|cspan=9
|county=Morris
|location=Roxbury 
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=NJ|US|46|city1=Netcong|city2=Dover}}
|notes=Former [[Ledgewood Circle]]; western terminus 
}}
{{NJint
|location=Randolph
|lspan=3
|mile=1.9
|road=[[Mount Freedom, New Jersey|Mt Freedom]]
|notes=Interchange; access via [[List of county routes in Morris County, New Jersey#617|CR 617]]
}}
{{NJint
|mile=4.0
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|513|name1=Dover-Chester Rd|city1=Ironia|city2=Chester|city3=Dover}}
}}
{{NJint
|mile=7.1
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|665|county1=Morris|dir1=north|name1=Salem St|city1=Victory Gardens|city2=Dover}}
|notes=Interchange; southern terminus of CR 665
}}
{{NJint
|location=Parsippany–Troy Hills 
|lspan=2
|mile=10.6
|road={{jct|state=NJ|NJ|53|city1=Morristown|location2=[[Denville Township, New Jersey|Denville]]}}
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{NJint
|mile=11.4
|road={{jct|state=NJ|US|202|name1=Littleton Rd|city1=Boonton|city2=Morristown}}
}}
{{NJint
|lspan=3
|location=Hanover Township
|mile=12.2
|road=Dryden Way
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{NJint
|mile=13.0
|road={{jct|state=NJ|I|287|city1=Mahwah|city2=Morristown}}
|notes=Exit 39 northbound, 39A-B southbound (I-287)
}}
{{NJint
|mile=14.2
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|511|name1=Parsippany Rd|location1=[[Parsippany–Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany]]}}
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{NJint
|cspan=3
|county=Essex
|location=Livingston 
|lspan=2
|mile=18.7
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|508|dir1=east|name1=W Northfield Rd}}<hr>{{jct|state=NJ|CR|609|county1=Essex|name1=[[Eisenhower Parkway|Eisenhower Pkwy]]|to2=to|I|280|GSP|location1=[[The Caldwells]]|location2=[[Chatham Borough, New Jersey|Chatham]]}}
|notes=Livingston Circle; western terminus of CR 508
}}
{{NJint
|mile=20.1
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|527|name1=Livingston Ave|city1=Caldwell|city2=Millburn}}
}}
{{NJint
|location=West Orange 
|mile=23.5
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|577|name1=Mt. Pleasant Ave|to2=to|GSP||city1=Newark|city2=Verona}}<hr>{{jct|state=NJ|CR|677|county1=Essex|dir1=south|name1=Prospect Ave|city1=Millburn}}
|notes=Eastern terminus<hr>Northern terminus of CR 677
}}
{{jctbtm}}

==See also==
*{{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
*{{Portal-inline|New Jersey}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|New Jersey Route 10}}
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
*[http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/nj_10/ New Jersey Roads: Route 10]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220048/http://www.njroads.org/ends/10/nj10.htm New Jersey Highway Ends: 10]
*[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/speed/rt10.shtm Speed Limits for Route 10]

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