U.S. Route 206

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U.S. Route 206

Length:

129.80 mi (208.92 km)

Formed:

1934

North end:

US 209 in Milford, PA

Major
junctions:

NJ 15 in Frankford Twp, NJ

I-80/NJ 183 in Roxbury Twp, NJ

I-287 in Bridgewater Twp, NJ

US 22 in Bridgewater Twp, NJ

US 202 in Somerville, NJ

NJ 27 in Princeton Boro, NJ

I-195 in Hamilton Twp, NJ

US 130 in Bordentown, NJ
NJTP in Bordentown Twp, NJ

NJ 70 in Southampton, NJ

South end:

US 30/NJ 54 in Hammonton, NJ

United States Numbered Highways
U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 206 is a north-south United States highway in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, United States. Only about a half a mile (800 m) of its length is in Pennsylvania; the Milford-Montague Toll Bridge carries it over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Meeting great resistance from local residents, the State of New Jersey is attempting to widen the road in Byram from the current two lanes to five-lanes for about a mile north of Interstate 80 to eliminate a one-lane northbound bottleneck through the area. For nearly two decades the city of Hillsborough has been pushing for a bypass of the congested part of U.S. Route 206. This plan as been mostly held up due to the opposition from the development that lays in its path. This development however, was built with a wide excess right of way through its middle, with the intent of using it for the bypass in the future. Residents feel they were misled and are now fighting the New Jersey Department of Transportation, despite that the bypass looks to be on its way to completion. The final design phase is in progress, and the state is just looking for funds.^[1]. Once complete the old section of U.S. Route 206 will become a "Main Street" that will be more pedestrian friendly and have more of a downtown appearance. It is also quite possible that old U.S. Route 206 may become a business route.

1 History
2 Termini
3 Cities traversed
4 States traversed
5 Gallery
6 Related US Routes
7 References
8 Sources

[edit] History

U.S. Route 206 is a busy corridor throughout western New Jersey; as a result, portions of it (such as the proposed Hillsborough bypass) have frequently been upgraded to freeway standards or to a better alignment bypassing the road's many towns.

In 1936, US 206 was realigned to bypass the borough of Somerville, leaving its old alignment on Bridge Street. Route 177 was the designation applied to this old alignment, although it is unclear according to New Jersey legal references when exactly the Route 177 designation was applied, or how much of Bridge Street was state-maintained. Route 177 was fully decommissioned by 1974.

In 1942, a new alignment of US 206 was built south of White Horse. It was known for a time as Route 160, but it has also been decommissioned.

In 1957, when US 206's current alignment bypassing Columbus was built, the designation of Route 170 was given to the old alignment through Columbus. In the 1960s, the road was given back to Burlington County and is now County Route 690.

[edit] Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Milford, Pennsylvania at an intersection with U.S. Route 209; some sources and signs show an overlap with US 209 to end at U.S. 6. Its southern terminus is in Hammonton, New Jersey at an intersection with Route 54 and U.S. Route 30.