Traffic circles in New Jersey
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Template:GeoGroup The U.S. state of New Jersey at one point had a total of 101 traffic circles, 44 of which were part of state roads. However, the number has shrunk as traffic circles have been phased out by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[1][2] In the 1920s and 1930s, New Jersey felt that traffic circles were an efficient way for moving traffic through three or more intersecting roads.[1] Built in 1925, the first traffic circle in New Jersey was the Airport Circle in Pennsauken.[3] Many of these interchanges are rotaries in design, as opposed to the more successful modern roundabout.
As suburban and rural populations grew New Jersey's traffic circles became outdated. The increased number of drivers on the roads resulted in traffic circles being more likely to hinder traffic than help it. Increased number of vehicles and faster traffic speeds made traffic circles more dangerous and accidents common.[1] Many traffic circles became notorious for having frequent accidents and being confusing, especially for non-locals.[4][5] Starting around the 1970s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation began phasing out traffic circles.[6] Common methods of eliminating traffic circles are building a road through the circle, adding traffic lights, and the use of grade separation.[7]
Modified traffic circles are intersections where parts or all of the original circle still exist as a major part of the intersection.
List
| Name | Image | Location | Status | Intersecting roads | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Circle (Newark) | Newark | Defunct | US 1/9, Route 21, US 22 | Eliminated due to the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike and the subsequent expansion of Newark Airport. | |
| Airport Circle | File:2021-07-15 11 25 59 View south along U.S. Route 130 (Crescent Boulevard) from the overpass for U.S. Route 30 westbound in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey.jpg | Pennsauken Template:Coord |
Modified | US 30, US 130, Route 70, Route 38, Kaighns Avenue | First traffic circle in New Jersey. Built 1925, opened 1927. Traffic lights, ramps and overpasses have been added.[3] |
| Airport Circle | Egg Harbor Township Template:Coord |
Modified | CR 563, CR 646, Amelia Earhart Boulevard | Entrance to the Atlantic City International Airport. In 2011, the circle was revised to allow Delilah Road motorists to pass straight through the circle, plus the addition of traffic signals.[8] Direct connection ramps are proposed to help funnel traffic to and from the airport. | |
| Alexander Street Circle (Roundabout) | Princeton Template:Coord |
Original | Alexander Street, University Place | Opened February 2014.[9][10] | |
| Allwood Circle | Clifton Template:Coord |
Modified | Allwood Road (CR 602), Bloomfield Avenue (CR 622) | Reconfigured to roundabout alignment. | |
| Allenwood Circle (Hurleys Corner Circle) | File:Route 34 circle.jpg | Wall Township Template:Coord |
Modified | Route 34 & Allaire Road | Built in the 1930s to support increased traffic in the area. Modified in 2021 with marked lanes and better signage. |
| Asbury Park Circle | Ocean Township and Neptune Template:Coord |
Original | Route 35, Route 66, Asbury Avenue (CR 16) | Built in the 1940s to support increased traffic in the area.[11] | |
| Barrington Circle | Barrington Template:Coord |
Modified | US 30, Route 41 | [3] | |
| Bayway Circle | Elizabeth Template:Coord |
Modified | US 1/9, Route 439 | Originally built to connect the Edgar Plank Road with Elizabeth's Spring Street (via a modified Carlton Street between Edgar Road and the circle and a brand-new highway between Spring Street and the circle), both of which are now part of US 1/9. | |
| Berlin Circle | Berlin Township Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 73, Berlin-Cross Keys Road and Walker Avenue | Replaced by an at-grade intersection[12] | |
| Boulevard and Passaic Avenue Circle | Hasbrouck Heights Template:Coord |
Original | Boulevard, Passaic Avenue | While there was no circle in this town originally, increased traffic required a circle to be built. | |
| Bound Brook Circle | File:2021-09-26 15 11 38 View north along Somerset County Route 527 (Queens Bridge Approach) from the overpass for the rail line just south of Somerset County Route 533 (Main Street) in Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey.jpg | Bound Brook Template:Coord |
Original | East Main Street and Bolmer Boulevard | One of the newer traffic circles in the state. Built in the early-mid 2000s as a traffic calming solution at a former three-way intersection, and also as part of a realignment of the same intersection. |
| Brielle Circle | Wall Township Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 34, Route 35, Route 70 | Replaced with an at-grade intersection with jughandles.[13] | |
| Brookdale Circle | File:Brookdale Community College entrance.jpg | Lincroft Template:Coord |
Original | CR 520, Campus Drive |
Added in 2007; replaced a signalized at-grade intersection. Located at the entrance to Brookdale Community College and the Lincroft Bible Church. |
| Brooklawn East Circle | File:2021-07-15 09 41 25 View north along U.S. Route 130 and south along Camden County Route 551 from the overpass for the rail line between New Broadway and New Jersey State Route 47 (Delsea Drive) in Brooklawn, Camden County, New Jersey.jpg | Brooklawn | US 130, Route 47, CR 551, South Hannevig Avenue | ||
| Brooklawn West Circle | File:2021-07-15 09 40 44 View south along U.S. Route 130 and north along Camden County Route 551 from the overpass for the rail line between New Broadway and New Jersey State Route 47 (Delsea Drive) in Brooklawn, Camden County, New Jersey.jpg | Brooklawn | US 130, CR 551 | ||
| Browning Road Circle | Pennsauken | Defunct | NJ 38, NJ 70, Marlton Pike, Browning Road | ||
| Brunswick Circle | Trenton and Lawrence Template:Coord |
US 206, US 1 Bus., CR 645 | |||
| Burnet Street Circle | New Brunswick Template:Coord | Defunct | US 1, NJ 18 | ||
| Camp Merritt Memorial Circle | Cresskill Template:Coord |
CR 505 (Knickerbocker Road), Madison Avenue | Site of the Camp Merritt Memorial Monument, an obelisk standing Template:Convert that marks the 578 victims of an influenza outbreak at Camp Merritt, which was used an embarkation point for soldiers heading to Europe during World War I.[14] | ||
| Cardiff Circle | Egg Harbor Township Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 40, US 322, CR 563 | [7] | |
| Charlotte Circle | Jersey City Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 1/9 Truck, NJ 7, Newark Ave, James Ave, Dey St, Howell St | ||
| Chesterfield Circle | File:CR 528 CR 660 roundabout.jpg | Chesterfield Township Template:Coord |
Original | CR 528, Old York Road (CR 660) | Technically a roundabout |
| Clark Circle | Clark Template:Coord |
Modified | G.S. Pkwy., Central Avenue (CR 613), Walnut Avenue (CR 632) | Exit 135 of the Garden State Parkway, traffic lights added in 2007.[15] | |
| Cleveland Lane Circle #1 | Princeton Template:Coord | Traffic calming circle | |||
| Cleveland Lane Circle #2 | Princeton Template:Coord | Traffic calming circle | |||
| College Drive Circle (Roundabout) | Gloucester Township Template:Coord |
CR 673 | Built in 2009 at the entrance to Camden County College. 3 other traffic circles were built on college grounds, along with new service roads for improved safety and more accessibility to the college, near Route 42 and Route 168.[16] | ||
| Collingswood Circle | File:2021-07-15 10 38 20 View north along U.S. Route 130 (Crescent Boulevard) from the pedestrian overpass at Camden County Route 729 (Richey Avenue) in Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey.jpg | Collingswood Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 30, US 130, White Horse Pike, Woodlynne Avenue | Replaced by an at-grade intersection with jughandles in 2009.[11][17] |
| Collingwood Circle | File:Collingwood Circle, Wall, NJ.jpg | Wall Township Template:Coord |
Route 33, Route 34, CR 547 | ||
| Cooper Landing Circle | Cherry Hill Template:Coord |
Modified | Route 38, Cooper Landing Road, Church Road | ||
| Cranbury-Hightstown Circle | Cranbury Template:Coord |
US 130, CR 539, Old Trenton Road (CR 685) | |||
| Dvoor's Circle / Route 12 Circle | File:NJ 12 CR 523 Circle.jpg | Raritan Township Template:Coord |
Route 12, CR 523, Mine Street | ||
| Eatontown Circle | Eatontown Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 35, Route 36 | Replaced by an at-grade intersection in the 1980s, said intersection relocated as part of a project completed in 2009 | |
| Eisenhower Traffic Circle[18] | File:Eisenhower Traffic Circle, Lakehurst.jpg | Lakehurst Template:Coord |
Route 70, Union Avenue, South Union Avenue, Pine Street, Myrtle Avenue | ||
| Ellisburg Circle | Cherry Hill Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 41, Route 70, Route 154 | [3] | |
| Flemington Circle | File:Flemington circle usgs.jpg | Flemington Template:Coord |
Modified | US 202, Route 12, Route 31 | Upgraded with at-grade overpasses in the 1950s, planning once made to replace it with a modern roundabout.[19] |
| Four Mile Circle | File:Four Mile Circle from Route 70 westbound crop.jpg | Southampton, Pemberton Township Template:Coord |
Route 70, Route 72, Magnolia Road (CR 644), New Lisbon Road (CR 646) | ||
| Franklin Lake Circle | Franklin Lakes Template:Coord |
Franklin Lake Road, High Mountain Road | |||
| Freehold Circle | Freehold Township Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 9, Route 33 Bus., Manalapan Avenue | Replaced by a at-grade interaction in the late 1980s, with ramps also allowing for ascess to the then truncated Manalapan Avenue | |
| General Circle | Fort Dix Template:Coord | Modified | Route 68, Pemberton-Wrightstown Road, 4th Street | Formerly served Fort Dix Road | |
| Green Street Circle | Woodbridge Template:Coord | Defunct | US 1, Green Street | ||
| Ho-Ho-Kus Circle | Ho-Ho-Kus Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 17, Racetrack Road | ||
| Lakehurst Circle | File:Lakehurst Circle.jpg | Lakehurst Template:Coord |
Route 37, Route 70 | ||
| Laurelton Circle | Brick Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 70, Route 88, CR 630 | Replaced in 1986 | |
| Ledgewood Circle | File:Ledgewoodcircle1994.jpg | Ledgewood in Roxbury Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 46, Route 10, Circle Drive | [1] Converted to 3-way signaled intersection (late 1990s) |
| Linden Circle | Linden Template:Coord |
Defunct | Raritan Road (CR 607), Centennial Avenue (CR 615) | ||
| Little Ferry Circle | Little Ferry Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 46, Bergen Turnpike | [20] | |
| Livingston Circle | Livingston Template:Coord |
Modified | Eisenhower Parkway, Route 10 (Mt. Pleasant Avenue), West Northfield Road | ||
| Main Street Circle | File:Main Street Circle, Flemington, NJ.jpg | Flemington Template:Coord |
Route 12, Main Street, South Main Street, Reaville Avenue | ||
| Manasquan Circle | Wall Township Template:Coord |
Route 35, CR 524 Spur | |||
| Maple Shade Circle | Maple ShadeTemplate:Coord | Defunct | Route 38, Route 41, Route 73 | ||
| Marlton Circle | File:Marlton circle.jpg | Marlton in Evesham Township Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 70, Route 73 | Replaced with by a grade-separated interchange in 2011.[23] |
| McKee City Circle | Egg Harbor Township Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 40, US 322 | Teardrop-shaped circle where US 40 and US 322 split. Replaced by a at-grade cloverleaf. | |
| Medford Circle | Medford Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 70, CR 541 | ||
| Monument Circle | Englewood Template:Coord[24] |
CR 505 (West Palisade Avenue), Tenafly Road, Bennett Road, Lafayette Avenue | |||
| Morlot Avenue Bridge Circle | Paterson Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 20, 10th Avenue (CR 651) | ||
| Netcong Circle | Netcong Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 46, Route 183 | Converted to 4-way intersection (August 2013) | |
| Park and Passaic AvenuesScript error: No such module "Unsubst". | Rutherford Template:Coord |
Modified | |||
| Pavilion Circle | Cape May Point Template:Coord | Cape Avenue, Pavilion Avenue, Central Avenue, Oxford Avenue, Ocean Avenue | |||
| Penhorn Circle | North Bergen Template:Coord | Defunct | US 1/9, Route 3 | ||
| Pennington Circle | File:Pennington Circle, NJ.jpg | Pennington Template:Coord |
Route 31, CR 546, Pennington Road (CR 640) | Metering lights added in late 2015[25] | |
| Penns Neck Circle | File:US 1 NB at CR 526-CR 571 NJ.JPG | Penns Neck in West Windsor Template:Coord |
Modified | US 1, CR 526/CR 571 | |
| Pole Tavern Circle | Upper Pittsgrove Township Template:Coord |
US 40, Route 77, Monroeville Road (CR 604), Daretown Road (CR 635) | |||
| Pompton Plains Circle / Jackson Circle | Pequannock Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 23, Jackson Avenue | ||
| Pudgy Circle | McGuire AFB, New Hanover Template:Coord |
McGuire Boulevard, 1st Street | |||
| Race Track Circle | Cherry Hill Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 70, Haddonfield Road (CR 644) | [3] | |
| Ramsey Circle | Ramsey Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 17, CR 507 | ||
| Red Lion Circle | File:2014-08-27 10 57 36 View of the Red Lion Circle from the west.JPG | Southampton Template:Coord |
US 206, Route 70 | ||
| Ratzer Road Circle | Wayne Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 23, US 202, CR 504 | ||
| Ridgefield Circle | Ridgefield Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 1, Route 93, Hendricks Causeway | ||
| Ridgewood Circle | Ridgewood Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 17, Paramus Road, E Saddle River Road | ||
| Riverdale Circle | Riverdale Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 23, CR 511 Alt., Windbeam Road | ||
| Ross Dock Circle | Fort Lee Template:Coord | Henry Hudson Drive, road to Ross Dock | |||
| Rosedale Circle | Princeton Template:Coord | Mini-roundabout | |||
| Routes 1 & 130 Circle | North Brunswick Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 1, US 130, Route 171 | Replaced by at-grade intersection, now an interchange. | |
| Sharon Station Road | Upper Freehold Template:Coord |
Recent | CR 539, CR 539A | Opened in 2022.[26] | |
| Somers Point Circle | File:NJ 52 northbound leaving Somers Point Circle.jpg | Somers Point Template:Coord |
Defunct | Route 52, CR 559, CR 585 | Replaced by an intersection with traffic signals.[27][28] |
| Somerville Circle | File:Somerville circle usgs.jpg | Bridgewater and Raritan Template:Coord |
Modified | US 202, US 206, Route 28 | An overpass and traffic lights were added in the 1990s.[6] |
| Station Square | File:Rutherford NJT train station 2.jpg | Rutherford Template:Coord |
Modified | Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie Avenue | Rebuilt August 2003 - 2005 |
| Still Valley Circle | Pohatcong Template:Coord | Defunct | US 22, US 22 Alt., Still Valley Road | ||
| Teaneck Circle | Teaneck Template:Coord | Defunct | Teaneck Road, Cedar Lane | ||
| Tonnele Circle | File:Tonnelle circle usgs.jpg | Jersey City Template:Coord |
Modified | US 1/9, US 1/9 Truck, Route 139, Tonnele Avenue | reconfigured 1950s, 2000s, 2010s |
| Veterans' Memorial Circle | Vineland Template:Coord | N 6th St, Cambridge St | |||
| Victory Circle | File:Victory Circle, NJ in the 1990s.tif | Sayreville Template:Coord |
Defunct | US 9, Route 35, Chevalier Avenue, Main Street | Replaced with a diamond interchange in 2006,[29] which was modified in 2020 as part of improvements to Chevalier Avenue and its extension. |
| Vineland Circle | Vineland Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 47, Route 56, Landis Ave | ||
| War Memorial Circle | Atlantic City Template:Coord | Defunct | US 40, US 322, Albany Ave, Ventnor Ave | ||
| Watchung Circle | Mountainside Template:Coord |
W R Tracy Drive (CR 645), Summit Lane (CR 642) | |||
| Westfield Circle | File:2021-09-20 09 35 37 View west along New Jersey Route 28, south along County Route 509 and east along County Route 610 (Broad Street) from the overpass for the rail line between South Avenue and North Avenue in Westfield, Union County, New Jersey.jpg | Westfield Template:Coord |
CR 509, South Avenue (CR 610), Route 28, Westfield Avenue, Watterson Street | Expanded to two lanes in 2005 with one way designations added to Watterson Street (Inbound), and Westfield Avenue (Outbound) | |
| White Horse Circle | White Horse in Hamilton Template:Coord |
Modified | US 206, CR 524, CR 533 | ||
| Willowbrook Circle | Wayne Template:Coord | Defunct | US 46, Route 23, CR 703 | Replaced by a spaghetti bowl interchange with the construction of I-80 in the late 1950s | |
| Brooklawn Template:Coord | Noreg Place, Christiana St, Maude Ave | ||||
| Brooklawn Template:Coord | Wilson Avenue, Horton Avenue, Tommy McAdams Way | ||||
| Pohatcong Template:Coord | Defunct | US 22, CR 519 | |||
| Washington Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 31, Route 57 | |||
| Egg Harbor Township Template:Coord | Defunct | US 40, US 322, Black Horse Pike, Tilton Road | |||
| Wayne Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 23, US 202, Newark-Pompton Turnpike | Only operated as such southbound on Route 23; northbound side unimpeded | ||
| Paterson Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 20, Market Street | |||
| Paterson Template:Coord | Market Street, Lakeview Avenue | ||||
| Woodland Park Template:Coord | Great Notch Road, Notch Road, Rifle Camp Road, Lackawanna Avenue | ||||
| Little Falls Template:Coord | Exit to US 46, Clove Road, entrance to Overlook Corporate Center | ||||
| Perth Amboy Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 35, Route 440 (now partly Route 184) | |||
| Cherry Hill Template:Coord | Defunct | Route 38, Haddonfield Road | |||
| Old Bridge Township Template:Coord | Defunct | NJ 18, CR 516, CR 527 | |||
| Fort Dix Template:Coord | CR 545, Pemberton-Wrightstown Road, Delaware Avenue, Neely Road | ||||
| Fort Dix Template:Coord | Broidy Road, Wonnacott Avenue | ||||
| New Hanover Template:Coord | West Tuskegee Airmen Avenue, McGuire Blvd | ||||
| New Hanover Template:Coord | McGuire Boulevard, Arnold Avenue | ||||
| Alpine Template:Coord | Henry Hudson Drive, Hudson Drive | ||||
| Jersey City Template:Coord | Bayview Ave, Burma Road, Morris Pesin Drive | ||||
| Bayonne Template:Coord | Avenue E | Exits on the north side of the circle divide access to the east and westbound ramps of I-78 |
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