County Route 508
CR 508 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	16.1 mi[1] (25.9 km)
Major junctions
West end	Route 10 /CR 609 inLivingston
Major intersections	CR 527 in Livingston CR 577 inWest Orange CR 509 inEast Orange Route 21 inNewark CR 507 inKearny I-280 in Kearny
East end	Route 7 in Kearny
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Essex,Hudson
Highway system
County routes in New Jersey 500-series routes
←CR 507 →CR 509

County Route 508 (CR 508) is acounty highway in the U.S. state ofNew Jersey. The highway extends 16.1 miles (25.9 km) fromRoute 10 (Mt. Pleasant Avenue) inLivingston to Belleville Turnpike (Route 7) inKearny.

CR 508 begins inLivingston at the Livingston Circle, a realigned traffic circle, with Mt. Pleasant Avenue (Route 10) andEisenhower Parkway (CR 609). As West Northfield Road, the highway travels through a primarily residential section of Livingston. This turns into a more commercial area approaching the intersection of South Livingston Avenue (CR 649), after which East Northfield Road goes through another residential section.^[2] At the eastern end of Livingston there is another commercial area near the intersections of East Cedar Street (CR 527) and Old Short Hills Road. After this the route entersWest Orange; the road, now called Northfield Avenue, is lined with businesses and offices until it entersSouth Mountain Reservation.

After crossing over theSecond Watchung Mountain the route intersects with Pleasant Valley Way (CR 636). Beyond the intersection there are businesses on the north side, with theRichard J. Codey Arena andTurtle Back Zoo on the south side. The road then climbs up theFirst Watchung Mountain, intersects with Prospect Avenue (CR 677) (signed as CR 577 Spur), then heads down towards the foot of the mountain, intersecting with Gregory Avenue (CR 577) about halfway down. At the bottom, CR 508 turns east on Whittingham Place, while Northfield Avenue finishes its run asCR 508 Spur. Eastbound traffic continues down Whittingham Place to Valley Road, whereas westbound traffic uses one-way Kingsley Street as a shortcut between Valley Road and Whittingham Place. CR 508 reunites on Valley Road at the south end of Kingsley Street, and then very soon turns east on Central Avenue, passing through a small industrial area before enteringOrange.

The road passes under theMorristown Line and intersects County Route 638 (Scotland Road). A variety of schools, businesses, parks, churches, and houses line Central Avenue through Orange, This becomes mostly businesses as the route passes throughEast Orange, where it intersects County Route 605 (Evergreen Place) andCounty Route 509 (Grove Street). The route forms the northern edge ofFairmount Cemetery straddling the boundary between East Orange andNewark. Central Avenue passes throughUniversity Heights, which ends at Broad Street. CR 508 continues on Park Place and Center Street, passing the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. An unsigned multiplex withRoute 21 (McCarter Highway) between Center and Bridge Streets follows, at which point the route turns east onto theBridge Street Bridge.

CR 508 crosses thePassaic River intoHarrison,Hudson County, on the Bridge Street Bridge, which becomes Harrison Avenue. It intersects County Route 699 (Passaic Avenue),Interstate 280, County Route 697 (Frank E. Rodgers Blvd), andCounty Route 507 (Schuyler Avenue) in Harrison. The road becomes Newark-Jersey City Turnpike inKearny and intersects Interstate 280 before ending at a grade-separated interchange withState Route 7, which is Belleville Turnpike west of the interchange but takes on the Newark-Jersey City Turnpike name east of it.

A road from thePassaic River to theHudson Waterfront was completed in 1750 and named Douwe's Ferry Road, for the ferry which crossed the Hackensack River.^[3] In 1790 thestate legislature decided that "public good would be served by a 64 feet (20 m) wide road fromPaulus Hook to Newark Couthouse". By 1795 a bridge over the Hackensack 950 feet (290 m) long and another over the Passaic 492 feet (150 m) long (at the site of theBridge Street Bridge) were built creating an uninterruptedtoll road connection.^[4] The road between them was known as the Newark Turnpike. The like-namedNewark Plank Road also connected with Hudson Waterfront with Newark following a different route.

In 1916, this road was signed as part of theWilliam Penn Highway, which stretched from New York to Pittsburgh, PA.^[5] The route was incorporated into Route 9 in 1927, before being entirely removed by 1953. The county route was established largely along its present-day alignment in 1952, along with the other 500-series county highways.

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Essex	Livingston	0.00	0.00	Route 10 /CR 609 (Eisenhower Parkway) –Whippany,The Caldwells,The Oranges,Newark	Livingston Circle; western terminus
		2.96	4.76	CR 527 (East Cedar Street)
	West Orange	5.83	9.38	CR 577 (Gregory Avenue)
		6.22	10.01	CR 508 Spur east (Old Northfield Avenue) toI-280 east	Western terminus of CR 508 Spur
	East Orange	9.23	14.85	CR 509 (Grove Street)
	Newark	11.53	18.56	Route 21 south	Western end of Route 21 concurrency
		12.20	19.63	Route 21 north	Eastern end of Route 21 concurrency
Hudson	Harrison	12.54	20.18	I-280	Exit 16 on I-280
		13.38	21.53	CR 507 north (Schuyler Avenue)	Southern terminus of CR 507
	Kearny	14.26– 14.48	22.95– 23.30	I-280 toI-95 Toll /N.J. Turnpike	Exits 17A-B on I-280
		15.80	25.43	Route 7 west toCR 506 west –Belleville	Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		16.14	25.97	Route 7 east toUS 1-9 –Jersey City	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

County Route 508 Spur
Location	West Orange
Length	0.31 mi[6] (500 m)

County Route 508 Spur (CR 508 Spur) is a 0.31-mile-long (0.50 km) spur route inWest Orange. The spur route runs on Northfield Avenue between Whittingham Place and Main Street.^[6] Signage is sporadic with one sign using "Alt" instead of "Spur."

Major intersections
The entire route is inWest Orange,Essex County.

mi[6]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.00	0.00	CR 508 (Northfield Avenue / Whittington Place)	Western terminus
0.20	0.32	I-280 east toN.J. Turnpike (I-95)	Exit 10 on I-280
0.31	0.50	CR 659 (Main Street)	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

County Route 508 Alternate (CR 508 Alt.) is a 0.41-mile-long (0.66 km) unsigned former segment of the Newark Turnpike inKearny.^[7] It is a two-lane wide, county-maintained access road fromRoute 7 eastbound serving aNJ Transit maintenance facility and other industrial companies in the Meadowlands.^[8]

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