 Route 71 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byNJDOT | ||||
| Length | 16.78 mi[1] (27.00 km) | |||
| Existed | January 1, 1953[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Route 35 inBrielle | |||
| Major intersections | Route 35 inBelmar Route 33 inNeptune Route 36 inWest Long Branch | |||
| North end | Route 35 inEatontown | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New Jersey | |||
| Counties | Monmouth | |||
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Route 71 is astate highway inNew Jersey that runs 16.78 miles (27.00 km) near the shore and located exclusively inMonmouth County. It begins atRoute 35 inBrielle just north of theManasquan River and theOcean County line and heads north to Route 35 inEatontown with a four blockconcurrency with Route 35 inBelmar.Monmouth University is located off Route 71 inWest Long Branch.
Route 71 is the former alignment ofState Highway Route 4 and Route 35. In 1927, the alignment became the designation ofState Highway Route 4-N. This alignment remained intact until thestate highway renumbering in 1953, when it became Route 71. The route has remained virtually unchanged since. Route 71 was also to serve as the eastern terminus ofRoute 33 in Neptune, but this never came to be.
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Route 71 begins at large grade-separated interchange withRoute 35 in the community ofBrielle. The route heads northward through Brielle as Union Avenue, passing through the commercial district and residential after the intersection with Union Lane. Route 71 continues northward through Brielle as a two-lane highway before beginning a parallel withNJ Transit'sNorth Jersey Coast Line. After entering the community ofManasquan, the highway enters a large commercial district and crosses over the Stockton Brook before curving onto Seventh Avenue. After the intersection withCounty Route 49 (CR 49, Sea Girt Avenue), Route 71 enters the community ofSea Girt. The route continues north through Sea Girt until the intersection withCR 20 (Manasquan Turnpike), where it enters a short portion ofWall Township. There, the route crosses over the North Branch of the Wreck Pond and entersSpring Lake Heights. Route 71 quickly passes the Spring Lake Golf Club and the nearbySpring Lake train station before entering the downtown portions of Spring Lake Heights.[3]
Most of Spring Lake Heights is residential, with a large condominium complex surrounding the southbound direction on Route 71. The highway continues northward, intersecting withCR 524 (Alliare Road) and passes Marucci Park. Route 71 intersects withCR 30 (Eighteenth Avenue), where the highway enters theBelmar community ofWest Belmar. After crossing the intersection withCR 18 (Sixteenth Avenue), Route 71 enters the downtown portion of Belmar, intersecting with Route 35 (River Road). There, Route 35/Route 71 runs concurrently through Belmar, passing the localBelmar train station. At the intersection with Eighth Avenue, Route 71 turns off to the east and crosses parallel to Route 35 over theShark River to the community ofAvon-by-the-Sea, becoming Main Street. There, the two routes continue to parallel, with Route 71 becoming a divided one-way street through Avon-by-the-Sea. The route continues northward through the residential seashore community, crossing the Sylvan Creek and enteringBradley Beach. Through Bradley Beach, Route 71 intersects withCR 2 (Brinley Avenue), which serves access to theBradley Beach train station. The highway continues northward through the residential district, and entersNeptune Township. There, Route 71 intersects with the eastern terminus of the cross-stateRoute at Corlies Avenue before entering the large city ofAsbury Park.[3]
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Through Asbury Park, Route 71 intersects with several local streets at traffic lights as Main Street. The route also serves as the terminus of bothCR 16 andCR 18. After crossing through Sunset Park, Route 71 approachesDeal Lake, where the highway turns to the east along Deal Lake Drive. Route 71's right-of-way on Main Street becomesCR 15 and Route 71 continues through the lakeshore community as a two-lane arterial. Soon after, Route 71 turns on Park Avenue, crosses over Deal Lake and entersLoch Arbour. However, the highway heads northward into the community ofAllenhurst soon after. Route 71, now known as Norwood Avenue, crosses out of Allenhurst after an intersection with Cedar Avenue, entering the community ofDeal. Before the intersection with Roseld Avenue, the highway becomes a divided one with a center median. The route continues this way through the residential portions of Deal, crossing intoOcean Township. There, the route comes back together, crossing over the North Jersey Coast Line once again near theElberon train station. Route 71 continues along the Ocean Township–Long Branch border until entering the community ofWest Long Branch near Whale Pond Brook. At that point, Route 71 serves as the main road to accessMonmouth University. At the intersection with Cedar Avenue, Norwood Avenue ends, and Route 71 northbound turns westward along Cedar. The route crosses through Monmouth University and enters the residential portions of West Long Branch, intersecting with CR 15 andCR 32 within a mile of each other. At the intersection with CR 15, Route 71 turns to the northwest through a residential area.[3]Route 71 parallels theGlenwood Cemetery before intersecting withRoute 36 in West Long Branch. Here, Route 71 continues northwestward on Monmouth Road through large commercial complexes and the local country club. The highway continues northward intoEatontown, where it enters a local residential area and intersects withCR 547 (Eatontown Boulevard), which become concurrent. Route 71 and CR 547 enter downtown Eatontown as Broad Street, heading westward as CR 547 splits at Wyckoff Road. The highway continues into the commercial district of Eatontown, where it intersectsRoute 35 once again but Route 71 terminates.[3]
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| Location | Brielle–Eatontown |
| Existed | 1927[4]–1953[5] |
From Long Branch to Deal Lake, the road was maintained as part of theLong Branch and Deal Turnpike, which also stretched north along Norwood Avenue and Branchport Avenue. Route 71 originates as part of the Jersey Coast Way, an auto trail running from the Staten Island Ferry to Cape May. This was later an alignment ofState Highway Route 4 in the 1920s, which ran fromAbsecon in Atlantic County northward toRahway in Union County.[4] Route 4 remained intact through the1927 state highway renumbering, when Route 4 was realigned onto the current alignment of Route 35 most of its length.[6] The older alignment from Belmar to Eatontown was re-designated as State Highway Route 4 N by theNew Jersey State Highway Department. Route 4-N was one of four routes that used the -N suffix from the original numbering.[7] Route 35 was designated on the southern portion, but this got reversed, allowing the designation to be extended to Brielle. The highway department originally planned for maintenance of this section to revert to local maintenance, but years of campaigning by locals prompted the highway department to restore the state highway in 1931.[8] The route remained intact for the next 22 years, until the second state highway renumbering in 1953. Route 35 remained on its basic alignment, but State Highway Route 4-N was renumbered to Route 71.[5] Route 71 has remained virtually unchanged since the 1953 renumbering in terms of its alignment from Brielle to Eatontown.[9] During the time of the proposed Route 33 Freeway from Trenton to Neptune, the intersection with Route 33 in Neptune was to be upgraded to a grade-separated interchange, but this portion was never built after being canned in 1967.[10][11]
The entire route is inMonmouth County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Brielle | 0.00 | 0.00 | Route 35 –Point Pleasant,Seaside Heights | Southern terminus, interchange | |
| Spring Lake Heights | 3.70 | 5.95 |     CR 524 west (Allaire Road) toG.S. Parkway –Allaire | Eastern terminus of CR 524 | |
| Belmar | 5.10 | 8.21 |  Route 35 south (River Road) | Southern end of Route 35 concurrency; no access to Route 35 southbound from Route 71 northbound | |
| 5.42 | 8.72 |  Route 35 north (River Road) | Northern end of Route 35 concurrency | ||
| Neptune Township | 7.66 | 12.33 |     Route 33 west (Corlies Avenue) toRoute 18 /G.S. Parkway | Eastern terminus of Route 33, access toJersey Shore University Medical Center | |
| West Long Branch | 14.79 | 23.80 | Route 36 –Long Branch,Tinton Falls | ||
| Eatontown | 15.58 | 25.07 |   CR 547 north (Eatontown Boulevard) –West Long Branch,Long Branch | Southern end of CR 547 concurrency | |
| 15.79 | 25.41 |  CR 547 south (Wyckoff Road) toG.S. Parkway | Northern end of CR 547 concurrency | ||
| 16.78 | 27.00 | Route 35 (Main Street) –Asbury Park,New York City | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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