:New Jersey Route 64

File:2023-10-19 14 36 12 Traffic signal at the intersection of New Jersey State Route 64 and Mercer County Routes 526 and 571 (Princeton-Hightstown Road) and Mercer County Route 615 (Cranbury Road) in West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg

Route 64 begins at an intersection with County Route 571 and County Route 615 in the community of West Windsor. From this point, County Route 571 continues along the right-of-way towards U.S. Route 130. The route heads north and crosses over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor before it passes to the north of a local bus depot. Route 64 continues westward for a short distance, crossing through a local woodland and behind several local homes. The route makes a gradual curve to the west off the railroad bridge and passes behind a couple of homes before heading to the south slightly at an intersection. Route 64 reaches its northern terminus and County Route 571 makes a right turn to head northwest toward U.S. Route 1 and Princeton.{{cite map|title=Bing Maps - Overview map of Route 64|publisher=Microsoft Inc.|url=http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=Penns+Neck+NJ&mkt=en-US&FORM=BYFD#JnJ0cD1wb3MucXFrbm4zOHNmZ3M3X25lYXIrSGlnaHRzdG93bitSZCUyYytQcmluY2V0b24rSnVuY3Rpb24lMmMrTmV3K0plcnNleSswODU1MCUyYytVbml0ZWQrU3RhdGVzX19fZV8lN2Vwb3MucXFtMjN6OHNmNjdkX25lYXIrV2FzaGluZ3RvbitSZCslMjZhbXAlM2IrTWFqb3IrUmQlMmMrUHJpbmNldG9uK0p1bmN0aW9uJTJjK05ldytKZXJzZXkrMDg1NTAlMmMrVW5pdGVkK1N0YXRlc19fX2VfJnJ0b3A9MCU3ZTA=|access-date=August 24, 2009|year=2009}}

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In the late-1920s, the state proposed a bypass along the alignment.

In 1938, the New Jersey State Highway Department and New Jersey General Assembly put forth a proposal detailing that a highway from State Highway Route 31 (co-signed with U.S. Route 206) in the city of Princeton eastward through Mercer County onto current-day County Route 571. From there, it would follow an alignment of highway to the intersection with State Highway Route 33 in the community of Hightstown. The original proposal for the highway was to turn the road into a limited-access freeway along its entirety. The route was designated as State Highway Route 31A, a suffixed spur of State Highway Route 31 that year.{{Cite book|title=ROUTE NO. 31A. Beginning in State highway route No. 31 in or near Princeton, and thence to a point at or near Hightstown and connecting there with State highway route No. 33 eastwardly of Hightstown. |year=1938|publisher=New Jersey State Assembly}} A portion of the highway was constructed in 1939, when a bridge over the Pennsylvania Railroad was constructed from Washington Road's former alignment to the current intersection with Route 615.{{cite journal|year=2009|title=Structure Number: ++++++++1117150 |publisher=United States Department of Transportation}} This new, {{convert|104.00|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} bridge replaced the at-grade crossing on Washington Road,{{cite map|title=Southeastern portion of the Princeton, New Jersey quadrangle|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1909}} which is now a dead-end.{{google maps|title=Overview of old Route 31A|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mr&ie=UTF8&ll=40.318189,-74.621437&spn=0.002646,0.006866&z=18|access-date=August 27, 2009}} The state highway law was amended just three years later, with the freeway option removed and the extensions remaining.{{Cite book|title=ROUTE NO. 31A. Beginning in State highway route No. 31 in or near Princeton, and thence to a point at or near Hightstown and connecting there with State highway route No. 33 eastwardly of Hightstown. |year=1941|publisher=New Jersey State Assembly}}

The new bridge remained in place along Route 31A, however, no new portions of the freeway were constructed in terms of creating the Route 31A Freeway, as proposed in 1938. In 1950, then-governor of New Jersey, Alfred E. Driscoll, cited the need for the expressway as an important truck and passenger car highway from Trenton to the Jersey Shore.{{Cite book|quote=My studies have very definitely indicated that it is unwise to expect city streets to bear the brunt of through, truck and passenger traffic. A continuous line of trucks, or, for that matter, passenger cars, bound from the Trenton area to the seashore, or desiring to get on the (New Jersey) Turnpike after it is completed, may constitute a (brick wall) "Chinese Wall" just as effectively as an underpass or overpass.|author=Alfred E. Driscoll|publisher=State of New Jersey|year=1950}} Route 31A itself was decommissioned in the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, and replaced by the designation of Route 64.{{Cite book|title=1953 renumbering|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183145/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|archive-date=June 28, 2011}} The route was truncated from both ends toward Princeton and Hightstown, leaving just the bridge in West Windsor.State of New Jersey, Laws of 1953, Chapter 112, Page 1298, Section 1. Route 31A remained in the state highway statutes for several decades after decommissioning, with a bill in 1991 being proposed. The bill passed, and Route 31A was stripped from the statutes on January 18, 1992.State of New Jersey, Laws of 1991, Page 1298, Section 2.

{{see also|New Jersey Route 92}}

File:2023-10-04 12 34 41 View north along New Jersey State Route 64 and Mercer County Route 571 and west along Mercer County Route 526 (Princeton-Hightstown Road) as it crosses the Northeast Corridor in West Windsor Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.jpg

Route 64, after designation in 1953, remained a short bridge along the highway.{{cite map|title=New Jersey|publisher=American Oil Company|year=1959|cartography=General Drafting Inc.}} However, the need for an expressway from Trenton to the Jersey Shore remained, and in the late 1950s, the State Highway Department brought about plans for the Princeton–Hightstown Bypass, a four-lane freeway that would head for {{convert|14|mi|km}} from U.S. Route 206 in Montgomery Township to New Jersey Route 33 in Hightstown. In the length, the freeway was to interchange with U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 130 and New Jersey Route 27. The route was re-designated as Route 92,{{cite web|url=http://www.nycroads.com/history/expwy-map_metro/|title=Proposed Expressways in New York City|publisher=Regional Plan Association News|date=May 1964|access-date=2009-09-09}} and remained a high priority project for several decades. Even after changes in alignment, Route 64 was still an alternative.{{cite book|title=Public Hearing for Proposed Route 92 Freeway|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|date=December 18, 1991|author=New Jersey State Legislature}} However, Route 92 was shelved on December 1, 2006 in favor of widening the New Jersey Turnpike mainline,{{cite news|title=Turnpike Won't Add Toll Link to Route 1|date=December 2, 2006|newspaper=The Asbury Park Press}} and only New Jersey Route 133 was constructed for the proposal.{{cite news|title=Long Wait Is Over|last=Armone|first=Michael|date=December 1, 1999|publisher=The Trenton Times}}

As part of the proposed Penns Neck Bypass on U.S. Route 1, the New Jersey Department of Transportation plans on realigning County Route 571 from the western terminus of Route 64 to a northerly route to Route 1.{{cite journal|last=University|first=Rutgers|year=2009|title=Route 1/Penns Neck Area Final Enivornmental Impact Statement|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation}} Although County Route 571 are proposed to be realigned onto the new alignment, there is no designated change proposed for Route 64. On the contrary to this, one state figure shows Route 64 running along Washington Road, where the two county routes currently run.{{cite journal|last=University|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/works/studies/pennsneck/pdf/app_c_7_1.pdf|first=Rutgers|year=2009|title=Route 1/Penns Neck Area Final Enivornmental Impact Statement - Figure 7-1|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|access-date=August 24, 2009}}

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