  U.S. Route 1/9 Truck | |
|---|---|
 US 1/9 Truck highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Auxiliary route ofUS 1/9 | |
| Maintained byNJDOT | |
| Length | 4.11 mi[1] (6.61 km) |
| Existed | 1953–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end |     I-95 Toll /N.J. Turnpike /US 1-9 inNewark |
| Major intersections |
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| North end |  US 1-9 /Route 139 in Jersey City |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| Counties | Essex,Hudson |
| Highway system | |
U.S. Route 1/9 Truck (US 1/9 Truck) is aUnited States Numbered Highway in the northern part ofNew Jersey that stretches 4.11 miles (6.61 km) from the eastern edge ofNewark to theTonnele Circle inJersey City. It is the alternate route forUS 1/9 that trucks must use because they are prohibited from using thePulaski Skyway, which carries the main routes of US 1/9. It also serves traffic accessing theNew Jersey Turnpike,Route 440, andRoute 7. The route is a four- to six-lane road its entire length, with portions of it being adivided highway that runs through urban areas. From its south end to about halfway through Kearny, US 1/9 Truck is afreeway, with access to other roads controlled byinterchanges.
While the US 1/9 Truck designation was first used in 1953, the roadway comprising the route was originally designated as an extension ofRoute 1 in 1922, a route that in its full length stretched fromTrenton to Jersey City. US 1/9 was designated along the road in 1926, and, one year later, in 1927, this portion of Route 1 was replaced withRoute 25 as well as with a portion ofRoute 1 north of the Communipaw Avenueintersection. Following the opening of the Pulaski Skyway in 1932, US 1/9 and Route 25 were realigned to the new skyway. After trucks were banned from the skyway in 1934, the portion of Route 25 between Newark and Route 1 was designated asRoute 25T. In 1953, US 1/9 Truck was designated in favor of Route 25T and Route 1 along this segment of road. The portion of the truck route north of Route 7 was rebuilt as part of a $271.9-million (equivalent to $373 million in 2024[2]) project to construct new approach roads to connect US 1/9 Truck, Route 7, the Pulaski Skyway, Route 139, and US 1/9 north of the Tonnele Circle and local streets in Jersey City. Construction, which started in late 2008, was completed in late 2012.
The highway is posted onreassurance shields as a north–south route. TheNew Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Straight Line Diagram, however, lists it as an east–west route[1] and recently updatedmileposts depict this alignment, with west direction signed for southbound traffic and east for northbound traffic.[3]
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US 1/9 Truck begins at an interchange with access to and from the southbound direction US 1/9, the Pulaski Skyway, inthe Ironbound section of the city ofNewark inEssex County.[1] The truck route is meant to bypass the portion of US 1/9 along the Pulaski Skyway, which trucks are restricted from.[4] It merges ontoRaymond Boulevard, which continues west from the US 1/9 and US 1/9 Truck interchange intoDowntown Newark.[5] The truck restriction on US 1/9 is for the "safety and welfare of the public" according to NJDOT, not a specific bridge defect.[4] At this point, the truck route becomes a four-lanefreeway, heading to the east. A short distance later, the road comes to an interchange with theNew Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95, or I-95) and Doremus Avenue before crossing over thePassaic River on avertical lift bridge.[1] Here, the route entersKearny inHudson County and continues east into industrial areas as theLincoln Highway. The road has aright-in/right-out in both directions that provides access to Jacobus Avenue before it comes to an interchange withCounty Route 659 (CR 659).[1][5] From here, US 1/9 Truck passes under aConrail Shared Assets Operations (CSAO) railroad line and becomes a six-laneexpressway, coming to an at-grade intersection with Hackensack Avenue.[1] Past this intersection, the road crosses theHackensack River on avertical lift bridge and entersJersey City. Upon entering Jersey City, the road becomes Communipaw Avenue and intersects the northern terminus ofRoute 440 near the Hudson Mall.[1][5]
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At this intersection, Communipaw Avenue continues to the east towardCommunipaw and US 1/9 Truck turns to the north, becoming an unnamed four-lane undivided road[1] and bisectingLincoln Park before coming to an intersection withCR 605. Here, the road becomes a four-lane divided highway again, passing some urban business areas before running between wetlands to the west andHoly Name Cemetery to the east. The route heads into more commercial areas again before passing urban residences, coming to an intersection that provides access to the Pulaski Skyway. Here, US 1/9 Truck turns east on Broadway, running through a business district. A short distance later, it turns north onto an unnamed road withCR 642 continuing east on Broadway. The route passes underPATH'sNewark–World Trade Center line and CSAO'sNorthern Branch line before crossing under the Pulaski Skyway.[1][5] Immediately after, US 1/9 Truck intersects the eastern terminus ofRoute 7 and turns to the east, withCR 645 continuing north at this intersection.[1] The truck route becomes a four-lane divided highway called the St. Paul's Viaduct that runs to the north of the Pulaski Skyway and passes through industrial sectors, crossing over the Northern Branch line andCR 646.[5] A short distance later, US 1/9 Truck comes to theTonnele Circle with US 1/9 andRoute 139, where it ends.[1]
TheEast Coast Greenway runs along the north side of the highway.
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What is now US 1/9 Truck between Newark and Jersey City was originally chartered as part of Ferry Road by the New Jersey Colonial legislature in 1765. The road stretched from Newark to Jersey City along Ferry Street, US 1/9 Truck, Communipaw Avenue, and Grand Street. ThePassaic and Hackensack Ferry and Road Company took over maintenance in 1828, followed by theNewark Plank Road and Ferry in 1849 (not to be confused with the similarly namedNewark Plank Road). Though the company's contract was to be extended for 50 years in 1900, this was overturned by theSupreme Court of New Jersey.[6]
In 1913, the road west ofLincoln Park became the first segment of theLincoln Highway.[7] The current route of US 1/9 Truck was designated to be an extension ofRoute 1 in 1922, a route that was to run fromTrenton to Jersey City.[8]
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When theU.S. Numbered Highway System was established in 1926, the current truck route became a part of the US 1/9 concurrency.[9] A year later, in the1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering,Route 25 was designated to run along the entire length of the route along with US 1/9 as part of its journey from theBenjamin Franklin Bridge inCamden to theHolland Tunnel in Jersey City, whileRoute 1 was also designated along the portion north of Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City as a part of its routing fromBayonne toRockleigh.[10][11]
Following the opening of the Pulaski Skyway in 1932, US 1/9 and Route 25 were moved to the new bridge.[12] After trucks were banned from the Pulaski Skyway in 1934, the portion of Route 25 between Newark and Route 1 was designated as Route 25T.[13][14] In the1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, US 1/9 Truck was designated to replace all of Route 25T as well as the portion of Route 1 between Route 25T and the Tonnele Circle.[a][15]
Beginning in 2009,NJDOT replaced the viaduct that carries the route over St. Paul's Avenue and a CSAO line. The St. Paul's Viaduct was built in 1928 and determined structurally deficient. The $271.9-million (equivalent to $373 million in 2024[2]) replacement was completed in September 2011. In addition to replacing the St. Paul's Avenue viaduct, the approaches to US 1/9 Truck between Route 7 and the Tonnele Circle were improved in preparation for the construction of the Replacement Wittpen bridge.[16][17][18][19]
In 2021, with the opening of the newWittpenn Bridge, the former intersection with Route 7 and US 1/9 was demolished, and the former overpass that originally bypassed the intersection was rerouted to the bridge instead. A replacement ramp to reallow traffic onto Newark Avenue after the ability to do so was removed at the intersection was opened on April 21, 2023, at 9:00 pm.[20]
Studies are being conducted to make the intersection with Route 440 a multileveltraffic circle and to make the northern and southern (Route 440) approaches into a multi-use urban boulevard that includes grade separations and additional medians. The studies are in anticipation of a general increase of activity inPort of New York and New Jersey, as well as new development inWest Side, Jersey City, andHackensack River Greenway.[21][22][23][24]
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | Newark | 0.00 | 0.00 |     US 1-9 south toI-78 –Port Newark,Newark Airport,Jersey City,New York City | Southern terminus |
| 0.14– 0.27 | 0.23– 0.43 | Raymond Boulevard | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 0.41 | 0.66 | I-95 Toll /N.J. Turnpike | Exit 15E on I-95 / Turnpike | ||
| 0.56 | 0.90 | Doremus Avenue | |||
| Passaic River | 0.67 | 1.08 | Passaic River Bridge | ||
| Hudson | Kearny | 0.75 | 1.21 | Jacobus Avenue | |
| 1.13 | 1.82 | Central Avenue (CR 659 east) –Kearny | |||
| Hackensack River | 1.72 | 2.77 | Hackensack River Bridge | ||
| Jersey City | 2.27 | 3.65 | Northern end of limited-access section | ||
 Route 440 south / Communipaw Avenue (CR 612 east) –Jersey City | Northern terminus of Route 440 | ||||
| 3.75 | 6.04 |    Route 7 west toI-280 –Kearny | Former Charlotte Circle; eastern terminus of Route 7 | ||
| 4.11 | 6.61 |  US 1-9 (Pulaski Skyway / Tonnele Avenue) /Route 139 east –Hoboken,Secaucus,Holland Tunnel,Lincoln Tunnel | Tonnele Circle; northern terminus; western terminus of Route 139 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
