US 206 is one of the longer roads of New Jersey. And yes, US 206 does enter Pennsylvania, but its length in Pennsylvania is a footnote (0.5 miles) compared to its length in New Jersey (130 miles). So I will be documenting US 206 in both states in this page.
US 206 in New Jersey:
US 206 south of Princeton:
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What is with signing an attraction (Millville Motorsports Park) and not providing directions to it?!
US 206 in the Pine Barrens.
US 206 intersects CR 536.
Not road-focused here, but US 206 passes through artificial lakes in Wharton State Forest.
More of US 206 in the forest.
US 206 intersects CR 537.
Old US 206 (Burlington CR 690, former NJ 170) goes through Columbus and connects CR 543 with US 206 NB, and US 206 NB with CR 543. US 206 SB has ramps to CR 543 and doesn't require the use of CR 690. This leads me to ask, what is with partial bypasses? This dumps a bunch of traffic through the town of Columbus itself. And doesn't turning the main street into interchange movements partially defeat the purpose of the US 206 bypass?
US 206 intersects NJ 68.
US 206 intersects I-95 / NJ Turnpike and has access a bunch of truck stops along Rising Sun Road. Rising Sun Road, paired with Dunns Mill Road and the Bordentown Bypass, connects US 206 and I-95 to US 130 and I-295. I guess other than tolling and jurisdiction, the only reason why Exit 7 of the Turnpike doesn't directly connect to I-295 is because of these truck stops. They don't want to lose money. That, and when the land was cleared, it was used for a solar farm. I guess that same jurisdictional issue is the reason why there won't be a direct interchange between I-95 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension and I-295. Shortly before meeting US 130, US 206 intersects CR 545.
US 206 runs concurrently with US 130, intersecting CR 528.
Another former alignment of US 206, Mission Road. This used to be NJ 160 until the road was given to Bordentown Township.
US 206 intersects I-195, then CR 524 and CR 533.
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US 206 in downtown Trenton.
US 206 in Lawrenceville, after intersecting I-295.
The Stony Brook Bridge, the oldest bridge still standing in New Jersey. Dates back to 1792. After this bridge, US 206 intersects CR 533 again, and CR 533 runs concurrently (though completely unsigned) with US 202.
US 206/CR 533:
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An old signpost.
US 206 (and CR 533) in Princeton. This route is the southern end of NJ 27.
US 206 from Rocky Hill to Somerville:
US 206 in Hillsborough. Here, US 206 has a bypass, US 206 Bypass.
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This low-clearance, two-lane railway bridge is the reason why the Hillsborough Bypass (US 206 Bypass) and the Manville / Somerville bypass will never be truly connected as a continuous four-lane highway, unless something is done to either build US 206 above the railroad or the railroad bridge is replaced. That is in the works.
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US 206 crosses over the Raritan River on a bridge with decorative columns.
Former NJ 177 departs from US 206 here. NJ 177 is another former alignment of US 206, this time through downtown Somerville.
US 206 enters the Somerville Circle, where it starts an overlap with US 202. Here, US 206, US 202, and NJ 28 all meet. US 202 gets to bypass the circle on the overpass. Somewhere down the road, NJDOT needs to figure out what to do with US 206 because it's becoming an important connector between Princeton and Somerville. Unless the Hillsborough Bypass is just one part of trying to build the Somerset Freeway that was killed off... or at the very least, an arterial along the corridor.
US 202/206:
Even if mileposts consider US 202 the "primary" route of this multiplex, I will consider US 206 the primary route of this multiplex for historical reasons. See why.
US 206 merges from the Somerville Circle onto US 202.
US 202/206 junction US 22.
This stub ramp once connected US 202/206 NB to Garretson Road.
This bridge with these inscriptions is located just south of Highland Avenue. NJH 31 is the historical designation of the US 206 corridor between Princeton and Newton. The reason why I consider 206 the "primary" designation is because not only does US 206 have higher mileposts here than US 202, US 206 had a continuous designation as NJH 31, while US 202's predecessors (NJH 29, NJH 12, NJH 32) ended or transferred to another present-day route here. More NJH 31 bridge inscriptions can be found along US 206.
US 202/US 206 in Pluckemin.
An old sign for CR 525 Spur, a route which no longer exists.
US 202 departs from US 206 in Bedminster. Here, 206 is the mainline and 202 the exit, while the opposite is true at the Somerville Circle (202 mainline, 206 exits).
US 206 from Bedminster to Netcong:
After US 202 departs, US 206 intersects CR 523.
Having an Orthodox cross as an intersection ahead sign, this time for two intersections skew from each other. Interesting.
US 202 doesn't intersect CR 517 until Andover, so this is probably warning traffic trying to use CR 513 south to CR 517 north. The old alignment of NJ 24.
US 206 intersects CR 513 in Chester. Morristown is a control city for CR 513 NB, even though CR 513 never reaches Morristown. This is probably because of old NJ 24.
US 206 passes through a massive industrial park, the International Trade Center. The name really is just for a glorified shipping hub, nothing like the World Trade Center skyscrapers of NYC.
Here, US 206 hooks onto I-80 to bypass Netcong and Stanhope. The old alignment of US 206 through the two towns is NJ 183. US 206 does not have complete access to US 46, NJ 183 does that for US 206. US 206 then gets on a short freeway before downgrading back to a two-lane road once US 206 meets NJ 183 at its northern end.
US 206 / I-80:
US 206 concurrent with I-80. The all-caps sign for WATERLOO VILLAGE and the INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER is an older button-copy sign.
US 206 departs from I-80.
Netcong Bypass / US 206 Freeway:
The short US 206 freeway known as the Netcong Bypass. This was supposed to be a much longer freeway corridor to at least Newton or at most Port Jervis and I-84, but the freeway was never built except for this stub.
The Netcong Bypass freeway ends at the northern terminus of NJ 183.
US 206 from Netcong to Newton:
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An old alignment of the Morris Turnpike, the predecessor of US 206, in Whitehall. The modern road uses a flatter alignment than its predecessor.
US 206 passes under the Lackawanna Cut-Off right before entering Andover.
US 206 serves as the main street of Andover, appropriately called Main Street. Here, US 206 intersects (and overlaps with) CR 517.
US 206 in Newton, where it runs around the Newton Green and meets NJ 94 and CR 519. US 206 has a concurrency with CR 519 through the Green and begins a longer concurrency with NJ 94 here.
Old cast iron signs at the corner of Spring Street and Sparta Avenue in Sussex. These were state standard in their day. These signs are on the US 206 page because the old alignment of US 206 in Newton to reach the Green is as follows: Woodside Avenue, Sparta Avenue, Spring Street.
US 206 / NJ 94:
US 206 and NJ 94 run concurrently from the Newton Green to a fork in the road.
US 206 intersects NJ 94.
US 206 does NOT intersect NJ 284. US 206 connects to NJ 284 via CR 565 and NJ 23.
US 206 does NOT intersect NJ 17A... wait a minute. NJ 17A does not exist, and it's NY 17A. US 206 also does not reach New York State.
For New York State, use NY shields, not NJ shields!
US 206 from Newton to Frankford:
US 206 intersects the northern terminus of NJ 15 and the southern terminus of CR 565.
An older design Dairy Queen along US 206 in Frankford, right outside of Branchville.
More old bridge stamps near Branchville. This road was actually NJH S31, not NJH 31.
The long concurrency between US 206 and CR 521 starts here in Frankford.
US 206 / CR 521:
US 206 meets CR 560.
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US 206 finally departs from CR 521 for the Milford-Montague Toll Bridge. An old button copy sign points traffic to US 206. The covered-up control city for CR 521 NB is Port Jervis.
Milford-Montague Toll Bridge:
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The Milford-Montague Toll Bridge. Pennsylvania is ahead.
US 206 in Pennsylvania:
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That's about it. Old button-copy signs are the only noteworthy thing on US 206 in Pennsylvania, only running 0.5 miles in the Keystone State.
While this concurrency doesn't exist de jure, some older signs continued US 206 along US 209 to the junction with US 6 in Milford, thus allowing US 206 to meet its parent, US 6.
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