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Route 3 is a state highway in New Jersey . It connects Hudson County to Passaic County in the west. Its western terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 46 in Clifton and its eastern terminus is at an intersection with US 1 and US 9 in North Bergen . The beginning of Route 3 is a divided highway but not yet a freeway, as there are a few businesses on this part of the roadway. Three miles further down, the road becomes a Freeway , but does not meet interstate highway standards. The intent of this road is to lead to the Lincoln Tunnel. Route 3 technically ends at the Routes 1/9/interstate 95/New Jersey Turnpike and becomes NJ 495 , which goes through the Lincoln Tunnel and runs concurrent to a couple of streets in Manhattan before crossing through the Queens-Midtown Tunnel into Long Island and becoming Interstate 495 (Long Island Expressway). The section from US 46 in Clifton to NJ 120 in East Rutherford was built in the late 1940s and early 1950s and originally designated NJ S-3, indicating a spur of NJ 3. Prior to this, the road ran from Paterson along today's NJ 20 , through Clifton , Passaic , Wallington , Carlstadt , and East Rutherford along local streets, and finally down Paterson Plank Road (part of which is today's NJ 120). The current eastbound bridge over the Hackensack River was built in 1934; prior to this, the road followed Paterson Plank Road over a no-longer-existing bridge. The east end at US 1/US 9 was channelized and traffic lights were added in 1959; it had formerly been a circle. From 1939 to 1959, NJ 3 extended east along Route 495 ; it was truncated back to its original terminus when the Lincoln Tunnel approach became I-495 (now NJ 495 ). The tunnel opened on December 22 , 1937 . There is a local-express lane configuration between the New Jersey Turnpike (Western Spur) and NJ 495. EXTERNAL LINK |
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