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Route 139
State Highway
Maintained by NJDOT and PANYNJ
Length: 2. The New Jersey Department of Transportation ( NJ DOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ( PANYNJ) is a bi-state Port district, established in 1921 (as the Port of New York Authority) through 77 mi[1] (4. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States 46 km)
Formed: 1988
West end: Upper: CR 501 in Jersey City
Lower: US 1/9 in Jersey City
Major
junctions:		 I-78/NJTP in Jersey City
East end: I-78/Holland Tunnel
New Jersey State Highway Routes
< NJ 138 NJ 140 >
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Route 139 is a state highway in Jersey City, New Jersey, extending the Pulaski Skyway east to the Holland Tunnel. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand County Route 501 is a County highway in New Jersey in two sections spanning Middlesex, Hudson and Bergen Counties. Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. See also US Route 1 in New Jersey, US Route 9 in New Jersey U Route description Pennsylvania See also Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania I-78 begins at a directional-T interchange with Interstate The New Jersey Turnpike (or simply The Turnpike as it is known to New Jersey residents is a Toll road in New Jersey and is one of the most heavily traveled Route description Pennsylvania See also Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania I-78 begins at a directional-T interchange with Interstate The Holland Tunnel is a highway Tunnel under the Hudson River connecting the island of Manhattan in New York City with Jersey In the US state of New Jersey, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT maintains a system of State highways. Route 138 is a State highway located entirely in Wall Township, New Jersey that extends 3 Route 140 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. It is a short east-west connector in Deepwater between U State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts two of them related to a State government in a country that is divided Jersey City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The General Pulaski Skyway is a series of Cantilever Truss Bridges in the northeast part of the U The Holland Tunnel is a highway Tunnel under the Hudson River connecting the island of Manhattan in New York City with Jersey Officially, Route 139 is concurrent with Interstate 78 between mileposts 1. A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different Highway, Motorway Route description Pennsylvania See also Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania I-78 begins at a directional-T interchange with Interstate 20 and 2. 77 ending at the New Jersey/New York State line in the Holland Tunnel. The New Jersey Department of Transportation charts Route 139 as two separate roadways: The 1. The New Jersey Department of Transportation ( NJ DOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey. 45 mile (2. 24 kilometer) lower roadway, and the 0. 83 mile (1. 34 kilometer) upper roadway. Including the concurrency, the total length of Route 139 is 2. 77 miles.

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Route description

New signage and construction work on Route 139.
New signage and construction work on Route 139.

Route 139 is essentially three distinct but connected highways: the Upper Level, the Lower Level, and the Holland Tunnel approach (the I-78 concurrency).

NJDOT officially charts the lower and upper levels as independent highways with a notation that the highway coincides with I-78. Classified as urban principal arterials, Route 139 divides at milepost 1. 10. The Upper Level is independent with its own mileposts starting at 0. 83 at the split. New signage has been placed at the Route 139 split, in which only the lower level is designated as westbound Route 139 to U.S. Route 1/9 and Interstate 280, and the upper level is signed towards Kennedy Boulevard and Jersey City with no Route 139 shield. See also US Route 1 in New Jersey, US Route 9 in New Jersey U Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 1785-mile (2873 km Interstate Highway, providing a spur from Interstate 80 to Newark New Jersey and

The upper level starts as milepost 0. 83 with a westbound entrance onto the highway from Hoboken Avenue, an upward road from Coles Street and 18th Street in Downtown Jersey City. The first intersection is Palisade Avenue. Concord Street has an eastbound left lane exit while westbound is an intersection. It continues westbound through Jersey City's streets connecting travelers to the Heights district in the north and the Journal Square district to the south. The Heights or Jersey City Heights is a neighborhood atop the New Jersey Palisades overlooking Hoboken to the east and the Meadowlands to the Journal Square is an area of Jersey City, New Jersey near the offices of the Jersey Journal newspaper After Summit Avenue, St. Paul's Avenue, a two way street, has an eastbound entrance to Route 139 while Bevan Street connects travelers to St. Paul's Avenue west. Its western terminus is at CR 501 (J. County Route 501 is a County highway in New Jersey in two sections spanning Middlesex, Hudson and Bergen Counties. F. Kennedy Blvd), which connects to Bayonne and Union City. Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, south of Jersey City. For sites of same name see Union City. Union City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

The lower level is a short freeway under the city that takes travellers to US 1 and 9 (the Pulaski Skyway). The General Pulaski Skyway is a series of Cantilever Truss Bridges in the northeast part of the U It starts at Mile Marker 1. 10 westbound continuing the 1. 45 mile portion of Route 139. It is at the western terminus of the lower level that Route 139 ends and continues onward as the Pulaski Skyway with exits to northbound US 1 and 9 to Secaucus and southbound U.S. Route 1-9 Truck (connecting to Route 7 and Interstate 280). Secaucus is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 15931 US Route 1-9 Truck is a section of a United States highway in New Jersey that stretches 4 Route 7 is a State highway in New Jersey, United States. It has two sections an east-west alignment from Jersey City to Belleville Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 1785-mile (2873 km Interstate Highway, providing a spur from Interstate 80 to Newark New Jersey and

The Route 139/I-78 concurrency is under the jurisdiction of the Port Authority. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ( PANYNJ) is a bi-state Port district, established in 1921 (as the Port of New York Authority) through It starts on Jersey Avenue connecting travellers to Downtown Jersey City and Hoboken. It intersects with the one way Erie Street and Manila Avenue. Then it ends at Luis Muñoz Marín Boulevard signed as the "Last exit in NJ". José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marín ( February 18, 1898 April 30, 1980) was a Puerto Rican Poet, Journalist, and The concurrency enters the Holland Tunnel where Route 139 ends at the NJ/NY state line and I-78 continues into New York City.

Viaducts

Two viaducts connect the upper and lower level of 139 with the concurrent section of 139 with Interstate 78. 12th Street is the east bound section of 78 and 139 and 14th Street is the westbound section. The section east of the viaducts is called Boyle Plaza.

The New Jersey Department of Transportation is undertaking a $92 million project that includes replacement of the concrete deck, retrofitting for earthquakes, repair of the substructure and superstructure, and construction of a shoulder on westbound 14th Street. The New Jersey Department of Transportation ( NJ DOT) is the agency responsible for transportation issues and policy in New Jersey. [2]

History

Route 139 was originally the business route for U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 9. A business route (occasionally city route) in the United States is a short Auxiliary route connected to a parent Numbered highway at its beginning See also US Route 1 See also US Route 1/9 US Route 1 in New Jersey is a portion of the United States highway which parallels the See also US Route 9 See also US Route 1/9 US Route 9 is a major U Prior to the construction of the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, U. The George Washington Bridge (known informally as the GW Bridge, the GWB, the GW, or the George) is a Suspension bridge spanning Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. S. 1/9 cut through Jersey City and made its way into New York City via the Holland Tunnel, continuing north from there. The City of New York Once the bridge was built, U. S. Route 1 and 9 were extended north through New Jersey on Tonnelle Avenue to Fort Lee, and the route to the Holland Tunnel became U. S. Route 1-9 Business.

In 1988, U. S. Route 1-9 Business was decommissioned as a U.S. Highway, as it did not connect back to its parent routes, and the route was renumbered Route 139. The system of United States Numbered Highways (often called U The number 139 was chosen because it was felt that the ampersand on "1&9" shields looked like a three.

Today, residents of Jersey City call this road the Divided Highway because of its two levels. The upper level replaced a surface road known as Hoboken Avenue along its eastern half. The lower level is also often referred to as the Covered Roadway. Several old maps show the upper level as Tunnel Avenue. Signage along the upper level of the highway identifies it simply as State Highway.

State Highway

Along Route 139 Upper Level, there are 3 street signs designating Route 139 simply as State Highway. The name has been used by some Jersey City Residents. Today the name is still used as the address for some of the businesses along the highway. These signs show a time capsule of State Highway's age throughout the years.

Route 139 'State Highway' at Bevan Street.

Route 139 'State Highway' at Palisade Avenue.

Route 139 'State Highway' at Central Avenue.

Future developments

Route 139 is currently undergoing a massive reconstruction effort by New Jersey to improve the accesses to the Holland Tunnel, a project expected to finish by 2010. This is due to severe deterioration of the viaduct section of this route, where the 1920s era steelwork (built to last 50 years) has rusted through completely in many of the beams supporting it.

Major intersections

Route 139 Lower Level exit list

Mile Municipality Destinations Notes
0. 00 Jersey City
US 1-9 Truck To NJ 7/I-280 - Jersey City/Kearny		 Western Terminus
US 1-9 South - Pulaski Skyway
0. US Route 1-9 Truck is a section of a United States highway in New Jersey that stretches 4 Route 7 is a State highway in New Jersey, United States. It has two sections an east-west alignment from Jersey City to Belleville Interstate 280 (abbreviated I-280) is a 1785-mile (2873 km Interstate Highway, providing a spur from Interstate 80 to Newark New Jersey and See also US Route 1 in New Jersey, US Route 9 in New Jersey U 30 US 1-9 North Westbound Exit and Eastbound Entrance, to Tonnelle Circle
1. See also US Route 1 in New Jersey, US Route 9 in New Jersey U 10 Kennedy Blvd - Jersey City Unsigned NJ 139 Upper Level to CR 501. Splits into two highways.
1. 20
I-78/New Jersey Turnpike To I-95		 Begin NJ 139/I-78 concurrency
1. Route description The western-most section of Interstate 78 in New Jersey opened in November 1989 after a more northerly alignment along present day U The New Jersey Turnpike (or simply The Turnpike as it is known to New Jersey residents is a Toll road in New Jersey and is one of the most heavily traveled The I-95 gap I-95 is the only long-distance Interstate in the original plans that is not yet completed 45 I-78 - 12th Street/14th Street, Jersey Avenue Eastern Terminus, Jersey Avenue Intersection to Downtown Jersey City and Hoboken, 12th Street/14th Street to Holland Tunnel

Route 139 Upper Level intersection list

Route 139/I-78 concurrency intersection list

See also

References

  1. ^ New Jersey Route 139 Lower Roadway Straight Line Diagram from the New Jersey Department of Transportation
  2. ^ Route 139 Rehabilitation Project Map, accessed November 28, 2006

External links

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