NJ Highways

By acardile

  • first model T rolls off asembly line

    Henery Ford produce the first automobile for the masses of america and was produced for over 15 years changing trasnportation forever

  • Route 17

    route 17 is first made and has a small road along northern new jersey

  • renamed

    NJ route 17 is renamed to NJ route 2

  • George Washington Bridge opens

    the GW bridge is opened and this creates esay acces to new york city thusly making NJ route 17 a more popularly travelled road

  • route 17 is widened

    due to increased traffic route 17 is widened to a 4 lane road with a grass devider

  • more road is added

    !7 route is slighlty changed and they decided to conect it route 17 in surfern

  • traffic lights

    for the first time some stretches of route 17 has traffic lights apearing on several stretches

  • route 17 is renamed again

    in acordence with new acts put into motion by President Eisnehower road names are change for more organztion and NJ route 2 is change back to 17 to go along with New York 17

  • round about replaced

    due to high traffic volume and danger of the round about system they implemented a series of over passes

  • traffic lights dispear

    with modern times the last traffic light on route 17 dispears in the early 1980s

  • current length

    today Nj route 17 stretches over 27 miles