Future US 1-9 Truck

Not quite there yet.

New Road is a proposed northern extension of US 1-9 Truck towards Secaucus. Fitting for its name, New Road is built on a new alignment. This is one of the first projects in a while in New Jersey that involves adding new centerline miles to the highway system with a new alignment.

Why is New Road being built? Currently, US 1-9 Truck ends on the viaducts bypassing the Tonnelle Circle and dumps truck traffic straight onto the busy Tonnelle Avenue, US 1-9. The northwestern section of Jersey City and the southern half of Secaucus have major industries that draw trucks in. Currently, the only road trucks can use to access those industries is Tonnelle Avenue. That road cannot be widened any further, and even then a widening would not provide a necessary alternate / bypass for the trucks. Instead, New Road is being built so trucks can avoid Tonnelle Avenue and have direct access from Port Newark to the industries in northwestern Jersey City and Secaucus. New Road will connect St. Paul's Avenue (Hudson CR 644) with Secaucus Road (Hudson CR 678).

And when it comes to the functionality of US 1-9 Truck? US 1-9 Truck is a bypass, but it'll instead be more like a spur route with the northern extension on New Road unless US 1-9 Truck is formally designated to use Secaucus Road (CR 678) to reconnect with US 1-9.

St. Paul's Avenue: 

US 1-9 Truck will use a segment of St. Paul's Avenue to connect between its existing alignment and New Road. What the route number will be for the existing alignment, I don't know. Maybe NJ 7 will be extended along the viaducts, or the viaducts will simply be signed as ramps.

New Road: 

Now to the meat of the US 1-9 Truck extension itself. New Road.

The start of New Road at St. Paul's Avenue. As of now, the southern portion of New Road over the railroad tracks is still under construction.

The temporary southern terminus of the completed New Road at County Road (Hudson CR 653). While the road has been physically built and striped, the road is not open to traffic yet. This is because fire suppressant systems need to be installed. Another reason why New Road remains closed is to prevent New Road from being illegally used for street racing.

The northern barricade is located just at the overpass of Secaucus Road (CR 678).

Signage for Secaucus Road.

A curve at New Road.

New Road ends at Secaucus Road. If the US 1-9 Truck designation will be extended to US 1-9 to provide a proper truck bypass, US 1-9 Truck is expected to use Secaucus Road to connect back to US 1-9.

An overhead sign indicating US 1-9 Truck, covered and turned away from traffic.

Secaucus Road (connector to US 1-9): 

This is the likely official route of US 1-9 Truck between New Road and US 1-9.

Secaucus Road connects back to US 1-9.