Eisenhower Parkway, also known as County Route 609, is a highway in Essex County, New Jersey, located in the municipalities of Roseland and Livingston. Eisenhower Parkway dead ends at South Orange Avenue (County Route 510) in Livingston near the Livingston Mall and just north of Interstate 280 in Roseland. The Eisenhower Parkway was planned to continue further north to Route 46 in Fairfield and further south to Route 24 in Chatham, with the latter extension to be called Triborough Road. An abandoned cloverleaf interchange exists where Triborough Road was to intersect Route 24. Several proposals have been generated to complete the northern half into West Caldwell.
The Eisenhower Parkway begins at an intersection with CR 510 in Livingston, Essex County, heading north as a four-lane divided highway. The road passes the Livingston Mall before becoming undivided and passing to the east of the Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir Number Three. Upon turning northeast, the roadway becomes divided again as it crosses CR 607 and passes through forests. The Eisenhower Parkway intersects Route 10 at the modified Livingston Circle, at which point the road passes businesses as CR 661 branches to the east of the road. The highway heads north-northeast through more forested areas with occasional commercial development, meeting CR 661 again prior to crossing into Roseland. Here, the road crosses the Morristown and Erie Railway's Whippany Line and passes businesses, crossing CR 611 prior to coming to a cloverleaf interchange with I-280. At this interchange, the CR 609 designation ends and the Eisenhower Parkway continues northeast to a dead end a short distance later.[1][2]
History
The abandoned right-of-way of what was to be a northern extension of Eisenhower Parkway in Roseland
View on top of the abandoned bridge over Route 24 in March 2014.
The original plan of the Parkway was to extend to Bloomfield Avenue in West Caldwell on the northern end and to Route 124 in Chatham on the southern end. There is a complete cloverleaf interchange at where the parkway would have met Route 24, which would have been Interchange 5 on 24 (and there were once blank signs erected on 24 West). The interchange was left abandoned since it does not connect to a road, and many plants have grown over the abandoned pavement. The bridge over Route 24, which would have been part of Eisenhower Parkway, as well as what would've been the entrance and exit ramps, cannot be accessed by vehicle but are easy to reach by foot or bike. Hikers and bikers must go north along the power lines from the intersection of Brooklake Road and Delbarton Drive until they reach the fence along Route 24, then follow the fence east for about half a mile.[3] NJDOT gave the abandoned overpass a different street name, Triborough Road, suggesting that the southern extension of the Eisenhower Parkway would use that name instead. To this day, there is still a sign that reads "Triborough Road" hanging from the abandoned overpass. The abandoned interchange is at mile marker 5.70 on Route 24.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Eisenhower Parkway news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Eisenhower Parkway also known as County Route 609 is a highway in Essex County New Jersey located in the municipalities of Roseland and Livingston Eisenhower Parkway dead ends at South Orange Avenue County Route 510 in Livingston near the Livingston Mall and just north of Interstate 280 in Roseland The Eisenhower Parkway was planned to continue further north to Route 46 in Fairfield and further south to Route 24 in Chatham with the latter extension to be called Triborough Road An abandoned cloverleaf interchange exists where Triborough Road was to intersect Route 24 Several proposals have been generated to complete the northern half into West Caldwell County Route 609Eisenhower ParkwayRoute informationMaintained by Essex CountyLength4 12 mi 1 6 63 km Major junctionsSouth endCR 510 in LivingstonMajor intersectionsRoute 10 CR 508 in Livingston I 280 in RoselandNorth endDead end in RoselandLocationCountryUnited StatesStateNew JerseyCountyEssexHighway systemCounty Routes in Essex CountySystem 500 series routes CR 608 CR 610 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksRoute description EditThe Eisenhower Parkway begins at an intersection with CR 510 in Livingston Essex County heading north as a four lane divided highway The road passes the Livingston Mall before becoming undivided and passing to the east of the Commonwealth Water Company Reservoir Number Three Upon turning northeast the roadway becomes divided again as it crosses CR 607 and passes through forests The Eisenhower Parkway intersects Route 10 at the modified Livingston Circle at which point the road passes businesses as CR 661 branches to the east of the road The highway heads north northeast through more forested areas with occasional commercial development meeting CR 661 again prior to crossing into Roseland Here the road crosses the Morristown and Erie Railway s Whippany Line and passes businesses crossing CR 611 prior to coming to a cloverleaf interchange with I 280 At this interchange the CR 609 designation ends and the Eisenhower Parkway continues northeast to a dead end a short distance later 1 2 History Edit The abandoned right of way of what was to be a northern extension of Eisenhower Parkway in Roseland View on top of the abandoned bridge over Route 24 in March 2014 The original plan of the Parkway was to extend to Bloomfield Avenue in West Caldwell on the northern end and to Route 124 in Chatham on the southern end There is a complete cloverleaf interchange at where the parkway would have met Route 24 which would have been Interchange 5 on 24 and there were once blank signs erected on 24 West The interchange was left abandoned since it does not connect to a road and many plants have grown over the abandoned pavement The bridge over Route 24 which would have been part of Eisenhower Parkway as well as what would ve been the entrance and exit ramps cannot be accessed by vehicle but are easy to reach by foot or bike Hikers and bikers must go north along the power lines from the intersection of Brooklake Road and Delbarton Drive until they reach the fence along Route 24 then follow the fence east for about half a mile 3 NJDOT gave the abandoned overpass a different street name Triborough Road suggesting that the southern extension of the Eisenhower Parkway would use that name instead To this day there is still a sign that reads Triborough Road hanging from the abandoned overpass The abandoned interchange is at mile marker 5 70 on Route 24 Major intersections EditThe entire route is in Essex County Locationmi 1 kmDestinationsNotesLivingston0 000 00 CR 510 South Orange Avenue Chatham Millburn MorristownSouthern terminus0 961 54 CR 607 Walnut Street 1 71 1 762 75 2 83 Route 10 Mount Pleasant Avenue CR 508 east West Northfield Avenue Whippany NewarkLivingston Circle1 963 15 CR 661 north Beaufort Avenue 3 185 12 CR 661 south Beaufort Avenue Roseland3 736 00 CR 611 Eagle Rock Avenue Hanover Roseland The Caldwells The Oranges4 126 63 I 280 to N J TurnpikeNorthern terminus of CR 609 Eisenhower Parkway continues to dead end1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 miSee also Edit U S Roads portal New Jersey portalReferences Edit a b c County Route 609 straight line diagram from New Jersey Department of Transportation Google January 8 2011 overview of Eisenhower Parkway Map Google Maps Google Retrieved January 8 2011 Abandoned NJ 24 interchangeExternal links EditRoute map KML file edit help Template Attached KML Eisenhower ParkwayKML is from Wikidata Media related to Eisenhower Parkway at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eisenhower Parkway amp oldid 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