 U.S. Route 1/9 | |||||||
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 US 1/9 highlighted in red | |||||||
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| Maintained byNJDOT,PANYNJ, andNYSDOT | |||||||
| Length | 31.01 mi[1][2] (49.91 km) | ||||||
| Existed | 1926–present | ||||||
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| Restrictions | No trucks on thePulaski Skyway | ||||||
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| South end |   US 1 /US 9 inWoodbridge | ||||||
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| North end |    I-95 /US 1 /US 9 /NY 9A /Henry Hudson Parkway inManhattan, New York | ||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||
| States | New Jersey,New York | ||||||
| Counties | NJ:Middlesex,Union,Essex,Hudson,Bergen NY:New York | ||||||
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U.S. Route 1/9 (US 1/9 orUS 1-9) is the 31.0-mile-long (49.9 km)concurrency ofUS 1 andUS 9 from their junction inWoodbridge inMiddlesex County, New Jersey, north toNew York City. The route is a multilane road with some freeway portions that runs through urbanized areas ofNorth Jersey adjacent to New York City. Throughout most of its length in New Jersey, the road runs near theNew Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95 [I-95]). InFort Lee, US 1/9 merges onto I-95 and crosses theHudson River on theGeorge Washington Bridge, where the two U.S. Routes split a short distance into New York. US 1/9 intersects several major roads, includingI-278 inLinden,Route 81 inElizabeth,I-78 andUS 22 inNewark,Route 139 inJersey City,Route 3 andRoute 495 inNorth Bergen, andUS 46 inPalisades Park. US 1/9 also serves as the primary access point toNewark Airport. Between Newark and Jersey City, US 1/9 runs along thePulaski Skyway. Trucks are banned from this section of road and must useTruck US 1/9. The concurrency between US 1 and US 9 is commonly referred to as "1 and 9".[3][4] Some signage for the concurrency, as well as the truck route, combines the two roads into one shield, separated by ahyphen (1-9) or anampersand (1&9).[5][6]
The current alignment of US 1/9 south of Elizabeth was planned asRoute 1 in 1916; this road was extended to theHolland Tunnel in Jersey City in 1922. When theU.S. Highway System was created in 1926, US 1 and US 9 were marked concurrent through northern New Jersey betweenRahway on the current alignments ofRoute 27 and Truck US 1/9. In 1927, Route 1 becameRoute 25, andRoute 1 andRoute 6 were legislated along the current US 1/9 north of Jersey City. US 1/9 originally went to the Holland Tunnel on Route 25; after the George Washington Bridge opened, the two routes were realigned to their current routing north of Jersey City. After the Pulaski Skyway opened in 1932, US 1/9 and Route 25 were routed to use this road, which soon had a truck ban resulting in the creation ofRoute 25T (now US 1/9 Truck). South of Newark, US 1/9 was moved from Route 27 to Route 25. In 1953, the state highways running concurrent with US 1/9 in New Jersey were removed. In 1964, the approaches to the George Washington Bridge were upgraded into I-95.
US 1 andUS 9 begin theirconcurrency at a directional interchange inWoodbridge,Middlesex County.[1] US 1 comes from the southwest, where it serves the state capital ofTrenton, along withNew Brunswick andEdison; while US 9 comes from the south, where it serves theJersey Shore region, along with the suburban communities ofFreehold Township andOld Bridge; a short distance to the north of an interchange with theNew Jersey Turnpike (I-95) and theGarden State Parkway.[7][8] The combined US 1/9 runs northeast through business areas as a six-lanedivided highway, coming to apartial cloverleaf interchange withRoute 35 a short distance after the merge. From this interchange, the road continues as a surface road with somejughandles, passing overNJ Transit'sNorth Jersey Coast Line.[1][9]
A short distance later, US 1/9 crosses intoRahway,Union County, where the road crosses theRahway River before interchanging with Lawrence Street (CR 514) in the southbound direction.[1] The highway turns more northeast, becoming known as Edgar Road inLinden. In Linden, US 1/9 passes through a mix of industrial and business areas, crossing underConrail Shared Assets Operations' Linden Industrial Track line before passing betweenLinden Airport and the formerLinden Assembly plant used byGeneral Motors to the west. Following the intersection with South Stiles Street (CR 615), the road enters more urbanized areas of homes and businesses. After passing near a couple of cemeteries, the highway runs to the west ofBayway Refinery before passing under aStaten Island Railway freight line that is used byConrail Shared Assets Operations.[1][9] After this bridge, US 1/9 meets the western terminus ofI-278 at a partial interchange with a northbound exit and southbound entrance from US 1/9.[1] Past this interchange, US 1/9 continues intoElizabeth, where it intersects with South Elmora Avenue/Bayway (Route 439) at the Bayway Circle, which has been modified to allow US 1/9 to run straight through. At this point, US 1/9 splits from Edgar Road.[1][9] From the Bayway Circle, the road turns more to the east before making a sharp turn to the north-northeast and crossing theElizabeth River on a skyway, which ends at the intersection with East Jersey Street. The road continues north through urban neighborhoods as Spring Street, passing underConrail Shared Assets Operations' Elizabeth Industrial Track line. The highway reaches an intersection with North Avenue, at which point US 1/9 turns into afreeway with alocal–express lane configuration, carrying two local lanes and two express lanes in each direction for a total of eight lanes.[1] The freeway comes to an interchange with the northern terminus ofRoute 81, and it continues around the west side ofNewark Airport.[1][9]
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US 1/9 continues intoNewark,Essex County, with several ramps providing access to the airport as well as to McClellan Street and Haynes Avenue; the freeway also passes under theAirTrain Newark monorail line. At the north end of the airport property, the road reaches the largeNewark Airport Interchange, where it has connections toI-78,US 22 westbound, andRoute 21 northbound. Within this interchange, US 1/9 first has ramps to I-78, US 22, and Route 21 before turning east to parallel I-78 briefly prior to having more connections to I-78 as well as toPort Newark.[1][9] Past the crossing of I-78, US 1/9 continues north, with the lanes splitting as it passes over theConrail Shared Assets Operations' Greenville Running Track,Lehigh Line, and Newark and Passaic Industrial Track atOak Island Yard before coming to a northbound exit and southbound entrance with Delancy and South streets.[1] The freeway continues through industrial areas as it comes to a southbound exit and northbound entrance for Wilson Avenue.[1][9] Following this interchange, the directions of US 1/9 rejoin as the freeway continues northeast, withConrail Shared Assets Operations'Passaic and Harsimus Line running closely parallel to the northwest of the road.[1] Along this stretch, the roadway comes to a bridge overConrail Shared Assets Operations' Newark and New York Industrial Track and Manufacturers Industrial Track lines. The local–express lane configuration of US 1/9 ends at an interchange withTruck US 1/9 andRaymond Boulevard that provides access to the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95). At this point, US 1/9 becomes the four-lane dividedPulaski Skyway.[1][9] Trucks are banned from using the Pulaski Skyway and have to use Truck US 1/9 to bypass it.[10]
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The Pulaski Skyway carries US 1/9 between Newark andJersey City. The skyway crosses thePassaic River intoKearny,Hudson County, where it passes over industrial areas and aConrail Shared Assets Operations railroad spur, and theHackensack River into Jersey City.[1][9] In Jersey City, the skyway passes overPATH'sNewark–World Trade Center line andConrail Shared Assets Operations'Northern Branch line before heading over Truck US 1/9 and the Northern Branch line again. At the east end of the Pulaski Skyway, US 1/9 reaches theTonnele Circle, where it intersects with the northern terminus of Truck US 1/9 as well as the western terminus ofRoute 139. Here, US 1/9 head north on four-lane divided surface road called Tonnele Avenue,[1] named for local landowner and politicianJohn Tonnelé.[11] The road passes over NJ Transit'sMorris & Essex Lines and thenConrail Shared Assets Operations'National Docks Secondary line before running through urban areas.[1][9] It turns more to the north-northeast before reaching an interchange with Secaucus Road (CR 678). At this point, US 1/9 crosses intoNorth Bergen.[1] In this area, the road crosses overAmtrak'sNortheast Corridor and coming to a channelized intersection with the eastern terminus ofRoute 3 that also provides access to eastboundRoute 495.[1][9] A short distance later, US 1/9 becomes a four-lane undivided road and reaches a partial interchange with Route 495; the only direct connection available is a ramp from westbound Route 495 to southbound US 1/9. After this, the road comes to a diamond interchange with Union Turnpike (CR 676) andPaterson Plank Road (CR 681).[1] From this point, US 1/9 continues north-northeast, crossing NJ Transit'sHudson–Bergen Light Rail near the line's northern terminus at theTonnelle Avenue Station.[1][9] Past this station, the road runs to the east ofCSX'sNorth Bergen Yard and is still lined with businesses.[9]
US 1/9 continues intoFairview,Bergen County, where the name changes to Broad Avenue. Shortly after entering Fairview, the route passes over theNew York, Susquehanna and Western Railway'sEdgewater Branch line, where it is briefly a divided highway.[1] Turning north, the road passes more suburban areas before continuing intoRidgefield. In Ridgefield, US 1/9 becomes a divided highway prior to intersecting with southern terminus ofRoute 93. The median ends after this intersection, and the road turns northeast into mostly residential neighborhoods with a few businesses, intersecting with the western terminus ofRoute 5.[1][9] Past Route 5, US 1/9 continues intoPalisades Park, in a mile-long (1.6 km) district known asKoreantown. It soon reaches an interchange withUS 46.[1]
At this point, US 1/9 turns east off Broad Avenue to merge onto US 46, which is a four-lane freeway.[1] This freeway makes a sharp turn to the north-northeast and has partial interchanges at both ends of the 5th and 6th streets frontage roads, which parallel the freeway through residential areas and provide access to East Central Boulevard (CR 501). US 1/9/US 46 continue intoFort Lee, where it has access to a couple commercial areas before encountering the northern terminus ofRoute 63 at a westbound exit and eastbound entrance. From here, the highway becomes a surface road that continues past more businesses and homes, angling northeast as it comes to an exit for Main Street (CR 56).[1][9] Immediately past this point, the road turns east and encounters a complex interchange with I-95, the eastern terminus ofRoute 4, and the southern terminus ofUS 9W.[1] Here, US 1/9/US 46 all join I-95 and continue to the southeast along a multilane freeway with local–express lane configuration consisting of four local lanes and four express lanes in each direction, passing numerous highrise buildings as it heads east to theGeorge Washington Bridge over theHudson River.[9][12]
At the New Jersey–New York state line on the bridge, US 46 ends and I-95 and US 1/9 continue into the borough ofManhattan inNew York City.[9][12] On the east bank of the river, the road passes over Amtrak'sEmpire Connection line. After an interchange with theHenry Hudson Parkway (NY 9A), the US 1/9 concurrency ends, and US 9 leaves the expressway at an interchange withBroadway at theGeorge Washington Bridge Bus Station inWashington Heights.[9] At that interchange,US 9 turns north on Broadway, whileI-95/US 1 continues east intoThe Bronx.[2][9]
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What is now the US 1/9 concurrency between Woodbridge and Elizabeth was first legislated as the northernmost part ofRoute 1 in 1916, a route that was to continue south toTrenton. In 1922, an extension of Route 1 was legislated to continue north from Elizabeth to theHolland Tunnel in Jersey City.[13][14] This extension was planned to be the first superhighway in the U.S., with much of it opening in 1928.[15] As a result of the creation of theU.S. Highway System in 1926, US 1 and US 9 were designated through northern New Jersey, sharing a concurrency from the current intersection ofRoute 27 and Route 35 in Rahway and continuing north on present-day Route 27 (then a part of Route 1) to Newark, then turning east, eventually following what is now Truck US 1/9 toward Jersey City, where US 1 was to head for the Holland Tunnel and US 9 was to turn north to run near the west bank of the Hudson River.[16][17][18] A year later, in the1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Route 1 between New Brunswick and Elizabeth became part of Route 27 while the Route 1 extension became part ofRoute 25. In addition, the current alignment of US 1/9 between the Tonnele Circle and Fort Lee, which at the time was a part of US 9, became part ofRoute 1 while the approach to the George Washington Bridge became a part ofRoute 6.[19][20]
In 1932, thePulaski Skyway was opened to traffic, and US 1/9 were designated to use it along with Route 25.[21]
In 1934, trucks were banned from the Pulaski Skyway, and a truck bypass of the structure calledRoute 25T was created.[22][23]
By 1937, US 1/9 was moved to follow Route 25 south to Woodbridge instead of Route 27.[24]
By 1941, the US 1/9 alignment was moved to its current location north the Tonnele Circle, following Route 1 and Route 6 to the George Washington Bridge into New York City. In the vicinity of the George Washington Bridge, the route also ran concurrent with US 46.[21] In addition, US 9 was built to connect to US 1 in Woodbridge on its current alignment (then designated Route 35) instead of using Route 4 (the current Route 35).[25][26]
As part of construction of the New Jersey Turnpike, a new interchange was built to connect to the road, this replaced the existing turn circle in the area, which had grown functionally obsolete with increased traffic.
In the1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, the state highways running concurrent with US 1/9 were removed, while Route 25T became Truck US 1/9 and Route 25 between the Tonnele Circle and the Holland Tunnel becameUS 1/9 Business (now Route 139).[27][28]
THe New Jersey Turnpike interchange was expanded from 1955 to 1956.
From 1958 to 1964, the portion of road near and over the George Washington Bridge, which were shared with US 46 on the New Jersey side, were rebuilt into a freeway that became a part of I-95.[29]
The I-278 interchange was constructed in 1969.
From 1966 to 1970 a new interchange was built to serve I-78, while the existing New Jersey Turnpike interchange was reconstructed to connect to it.
The interchange with NJ 81 was completed in 1981.
Between February 2006 and November 2008, thecloverleaf interchange with Route 35 in Woodbridge, the first in the U.S. built in 1929 when this portion of US 1/9 was a part of Route 25, was replaced with a partial cloverleaf interchange, costing $34 million (equivalent to $47.3 million in 2023[30]).[31][32][33]
In 2013, Route 1/9 was one of two main thoroughfares in Hudson County (the other beingKennedy Boulevard) that were listed among the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's list of the top 10 most dangerous roads for pedestrians in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. Route 1/9, which tied for the #10 place on the list, was cited for the five pedestrian fatalities that occurred on it from 2009 to 2011.[34]
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Mileposts in New Jersey follow the consecutive mileposts from US 1.[1]
| State | County | Location | mi [1][2][12] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| New Jersey | Middlesex | Woodbridge Township | 35.89 | 57.76 |  US 1 south –TrentonUS 9 south –Shore Points | Interchange; US 1-9 south splits into US 1 and US 9 | |
| 36.42 | 58.61 |  Route 35 –The Amboys,Rahway | Interchange | ||||
| 37.76 | 60.77 | South Inman Avenue / Rodgers Street | Interchange | ||||
| Union | Rahway | 38.85 | 62.52 |  CR 514 –Rahway,Woodbridge | Southbound exit and entrance; interchange | ||
| Linden | 42.30 | 68.08 |      I-278 east toI-95 /N.J. Turnpike –Goethals Bridge,Staten Island | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; interchange; western terminus of I-278 | |||
| Elizabeth | 43.11 | 69.38 |  Route 439 (Bayway/South Elmora Avenue) –Roselle,Plainfield,Staten Island,Goethals Bridge | Bayway Circle | |||
| 43.82 | 70.52 | Pearl Street | Entrances only; former CR 614; interchange | ||||
| 44.14 | 71.04 | Elizabeth Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; interchange | ||||
| 44.64 | 71.84 | Magnolia Avenue | Interchange via connector roads | ||||
| 45.30 | 72.90 |  US 1-9 (Express Lanes) | Southbound entrance only; interchange; southern end of express lanes | ||||
| 45.44 | 73.13 | North Avenue east toI-95 /N.J. Turnpike | Northbound access only | ||||
 US 1-9 north (Express Lanes) –New York City | Northbound exit only; interchange | ||||||
| Southern end of freeway section | |||||||
| — |  North Avenue west | Southbound exit only; access to NJ TransitNorth Elizabeth Station | |||||
| 45.73 | 73.60 | — | ToI-95 /N.J. Turnpike /Dowd Avenue / North Avenue –Elizabeth Seaport | No northbound exit; access viaRoute 81 south | |||
| 46.00 | 74.03 | — | Newark Liberty International Airport | Northbound exit only;Newark Airport Interchange | |||
| Essex | Newark | 46.28 | 74.48 | — | McClellan Street | ||
| Northern end of freeway section | |||||||
| US 1-9 south (Express Lanes) | Southbound exit only; interchange | ||||||
| 46.76 | 75.25 |  I-78 /I-95 /N.J. TurnpikeHaynes Avenue (U-turn) | No southbound exit;Newark Airport Interchange; exit 58A on I-78 | ||||
| Weigh station | Southbound exit and entrance only; interchange | ||||||
| 47.11 | 75.82 | Newark Liberty International Airport | Southbound exit and entrance for express lanes only;Newark Airport Interchange | ||||
| No northbound exit;Newark Airport Interchange | |||||||
| 47.38 | 76.25 |  US 1-9 north toI-78 –North Area, South Area,Port Newark | No northbound exit; interchange | ||||
| 47.64 | 76.67 | Southern end of freeway section | |||||
| 47.64– 47.84 | 76.67– 76.99 | — |    US 22 west /Route 21 north –Union,Hillside,Newark,Downtown Newark | Newark Airport Interchange; eastern terminus of US 22; southern terminus of Route 21 | |||
| — | US 22 west /Route 21 north –Newark,Downtown Newark | Northbound exit and entrance for express lanes only; eastern terminus of US 22; southern terminus of Route 21 | |||||
| 47.99 | 77.23 | — | I-78 /I-95 /N.J. Turnpike –Holland Tunnel,Clinton | Northbound exit and southbound entrance;Newark Airport Interchange; exits 58A-B on I-78; exit 14 on I-95 / Turnpike | |||
| — | US 1-9 south (Express Lanes) –Main Terminals | Southbound exit only | |||||
| — | Executive Drive toI-78 /I-95 /N.J. Turnpike | Southbound exit and entrance | |||||
| — | Port Newark,North Area, South Area, Economy Parking | Newark Airport Interchange; southbound access via exit for I-78 west | |||||
| 48.62– 48.90 | 78.25– 78.70 | — |   I-78 /I-95 /N.J. Turnpike toG.S. Parkway –Port Newark,North Area, Air Cargo | No northbound access to I-78 west; exit 58B on I-78; exit 14 on I-95 / Turnpike;Newark Airport Interchange | |||
| 49.11 | 79.03 | — | Frontage Road | Northbound exit and entrance | |||
| — | US 1-9 (Express Lanes) | Northbound entrance only | |||||
| 49.46 | 79.60 | — | South Street | Southbound entrance only | |||
| 49.55 | 79.74 | — | Delancy Street –Newark | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 49.91 | 80.32 | — | Wilson Avenue –Newark | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
| 50.73 | 81.64 | — | Roanoke Avenue | Northbound entrance only | |||
| 51.43 | 82.77 | — |   I-95 /N.J. Turnpike north /US 1-9 Truck –Jersey City | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; all trucks must exit; southern terminus of US 1-9 Truck; exit 15E on I-95 / Turnpike | |||
| — | US 1-9 south (Express Lanes) –Newark Airport,Elizabeth | Northern terminus of express lanes | |||||
| 51.43 | 82.77 | — | Raymond Boulevard –Newark | Southbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| Passaic River | 51.85 | 83.44 | Pulaski Skyway | ||||
| Hudson | Kearny | 52.33 | 84.22 | — | South Kearny | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access via Adams Street | |
| Hackensack River | 53.06 | 85.39 | Pulaski Skyway | ||||
| Jersey City | 54.00 | 86.90 | — | Broadway | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 54.61 | 87.89 | — |    US 1-9 Truck south /Route 7 west /Route 139 east –Hoboken,Holland TunnelTonnele Avenue –Jersey City | No northbound access to US 1-9 Truck; all trucks must exit;Tonnele Circle | |||
| Northern end of freeway section | |||||||
| 56.24 | 90.51 | Secaucus Road –Jersey City (U-turn) | Interchange; access viaCR 678 | ||||
| North Bergen | 57.27 | 92.17 |   Route 3 west /Route 495 east toI-95 /N.J. Turnpike –Clifton,Lincoln Tunnel | No northbound entrance; eastern terminus of Route 3 | |||
| 57.74 | 92.92 | Paterson Plank Road / West Side Avenue / Union Turnpike | Interchange; access viaCR 681 /CR 676 | ||||
| Bergen | Ridgefield | 62.14 | 100.00 |  Route 93 north (Grand Avenue) | Southern terminus of Route 93 | ||
| 62.51 | 100.60 |  Route 5 east | Western terminus of Route 5 | ||||
| Palisades Park | 62.80 | 101.07 | Southern end of freeway section | ||||
| — |      US 46 west toI-95 south /N.J. Turnpike south /I-80 west | Southern end of US 46 concurrency | |||||
| 63.51 | 102.21 | — |  CR 501 (East Central Boulevard) –Palisades Park | Access via 5th/6th Streets | |||
| Northern end of freeway section | |||||||
| Fort Lee | 63.95 | 102.92 |  Route 63 south | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of Route 63; interchange | |||
| 64.49 | 103.79 | Main Street (CR 56) –Fort Lee,Leonia | Interchange | ||||
| 64.88 | 104.41 | Southern end of freeway section | |||||
| 64.88– 65.30 | 104.41– 105.09 | 72 |      US 9W north /Route 4 west toPalisades Parkway north –Fort Lee | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; Route 4 not signed; exit number not signed | |||
| 72B | I-95 south /N.J. Turnpike south /Route 4 west toI-80 west /G.S. Parkway –Hackensack,Paterson | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; southern end of I-95 concurrency; northern terminus of N.J. Turnpike; eastern terminus of Route 4 | |||||
| 65.46 | 105.35 | 73 |   Route 67 / Hudson Terrace (CR 505) toUS 9W /Palisades Parkway north –Fort Lee | Signed for US 9W/Hudson Terrace southbound, Palisades northbound; last northbound exit before toll | |||
| 65.60 | 105.57 | 74 | Palisades Parkway north | Southbound exit and northbound entrance from express lanes; southern terminus of Palisades Parkway | |||
| Hudson River | 66.06 0.00 | 106.31 0.00 | George Washington Bridge (northbound toll) US 46 ends | ||||
| New York | New York | New York | 0.55 | 0.89 | 1A |   I-95 north (US 1 north) toI-87NY 9A /Henry Hudson Parkway /West 178th Street (US 9 north) | US 1-9 north splits into US 1 and US 9; exit 14 on Henry Hudson Parkway |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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