A route from Lambertville to Mahwah, snaking through Hunterdon, Somerset, Morris, Passaic, and Bergen Counties.
US 202 enters/departs New Jersey. US 202 enters New Jersey on an expressway to the north of Lambertville, which turns into an arterial after bypassing Ringoes, then runs concurrently with US 206 near Somerville, before turning northeast. The old alignment of US 202 from Lambertville to Ringoes is NJ 179.
Interesting... Penna as an abbreviation for Pennsylvania!
US 202 overlaps with NJ 31 south of Flemington.
The Flemington Circle. NJ 31 departs from US 202 here, and NJ 12 ends at this circle. Some movements get to bypass the circle entirely, such as US 202 NB or NJ 31 SB to NJ 12 WB.
At the Somerville Circle, US 202 starts a concurrency with US 206.
This stub ramp once connected US 202/206 NB to Garretson Road.
US 202/US 206 in Pluckemin. Both routes meet at the Somerville Circle with NJ 28 (though US 202 gets to bypass the circle!)
US 202 departs from US 206 in Bedminster. Here, 206 seems to be the mainline and 202 the exit. This is unlike the Somerville Circle where 202 was the mainline and 206 the exit.
US 202 in Bedminster. And no, CR 523 is not east-west. CR 523 is north-south, so the sign should read SOUTH 523.
An old cast iron sign for this crossing of the North Branch Raritan River.
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This bridge was originally built for NJSHR 16, a pre-1927 New Jersey state highway between Somerville and Morristown.
US 202 in Far Hills, with CR 512 tagging along for a short overlap.
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Peep the old sign (Route 202 and Douglass Av) in Far Hills.
What is this? NJDOT pulls an RIDOT in Bernardsville by not cutting out this shield.
US 202 in Bernardsville, where it has a wrong way overlap with CR 525. Again, another useless concurrency. Just route CR 525 straight across Olcott Square on Anderson Hill Road instead of taking it along US 202 to Claremont Road.
Pavement shields entering the Morristown Green.
Cramming things into this sign...
US 202 in Morristown. At the center square of town, the Morristown Green, US 202 intersects CR 510, and NJ 124 starts. This is an intersection that functions like a square-shaped traffic circle (just with no direct access allowed between CR 510 EB and US 202 SB, so you have to do a full 360 of the "circle" to do that, or turn at Schuyler Place.) US 202 follows Speedwell Avenue from Morristown to Morris Plains.
US 202 along Speedwell Avenue in downtown Morris Plains.
US 202 departs Speedwell Avenue for Littleton Road at this low-clearance bridge. Speedwell continues for a few blocks.
The low-clearance bridge, and a mural under the bridge.
US 202 intersects NJ 53, where state maintenance ends along US 202 and is transferred to NJ 53.
Clear evidence US 202 is no longer state-maintained. Mileposts remain that aren't up to NJDOT's new standards for state routes (having shields and directions on the green milepost).
Signs along Littleton Road in Morris Plains.
An old sign indicating arrival in or departure from Morris Plains.
NO. This is US 202, intersecting NJ 10. I did catch a US 10 sign further east along NJ 10, see the NJ 10 page for that.
US 202 intersects NJ 10 on the Morris Plains - Parsippany-Troy Hills border. This intersection used to be a village called Littleton, which has been razed and redeveloped with the exception of one building along US 202 on the Parsippany side of the border.
The only remaining building from Littleton, a former schoolhouse. How unreal would it be for the people who lived in Littleton then to see what's left of Littleton today.
US 202 overlaps CR 511 in Parsippany and Boonton.
An old US 202 and CR 511 shield.
The old US 202 (and CR 511) bridge across the Boonton Reservoir. It is now preserved for pedestrian and cyclist use, and is expected to be part of a trail around the reservoir.
The modern US 202 bridge.
US 202 (and CR 511) in Boonton.
CR 511 departs from US 202 in Boonton.
The station house of the old Boonton Station is located along US 202 / Myrtle Street.
Old factories in Boonton.
An old US 202 sign in Montville.
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US 202 passing through Towaco, Montville.
US 202 at CR 655 Alternate, which connects to CR 504. Why isn't CR 655 Alternate a western extension of CR 504? Also, there should be a TO above the CR 655 shield, unless CR 655 does overlap US 202 along the Firehouse Road railroad underpass.
Overhead at the north side of where US 202 uses Firehouse Road to cross under the railroad. There is a patch over NORTH and a right arrow because US 202 doesn't do that anymore. The grade crossing was removed. So shouldn't CR 655 Alternate, or better yet, CR 504 be signed on this overhead as well?
US 202 NB at the intersection with CR 655 after crossing under the railroad. CR 655 is signed as following US 202 (left) when CR 655 actually turns right. This probably dates to when US 202 was planned to be transferred onto a state-maintained alignment and CR 655 would be extended along current county-maintained US 202.
US 202 in Lincoln Park.
US 202 / CR 511 Alternate near the NJ 23 intersection. CR 511 Alternate is unsigned through its concurrency with US 202 and is only signed from NJ 23.
US 202 overlaps with NJ 23 in Wayne.
US 202 overlaps the Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike.
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US 202 crosses into New York State.
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