Traffic circles in New Jersey

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Traffic circles in New Jersey

The U.S. state of New Jersey at one point had a total of 101 traffic circles, 44 of which were part of state roads. However, the number has shrunk as traffic circles have been phased out by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[1][2] In the 1920s and 1930s, New Jersey felt that traffic circles were an efficient way for moving traffic through three or more intersecting roads.[1] Built in 1925, the first traffic circle in New Jersey was the Airport Circle in Pennsauken.[3] Many of these interchanges are rotaries in design, as opposed to the more successful modern roundabout.

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Marlton Circle before retrofit project to form a grade separated interchange

As suburban and rural populations grew New Jersey's traffic circles became outdated. The increased number of drivers on the roads resulted in traffic circles being more likely to hinder traffic than help it. Increased number of vehicles and faster traffic speeds made traffic circles more dangerous and accidents common.[1] Many traffic circles became notorious for having frequent accidents and being confusing, especially for non-locals.[4][5] Starting around the 1970s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation began phasing out traffic circles.[6] Common methods of eliminating traffic circles are building a road through the circle, adding traffic lights, and the use of grade separation.[7]

Modified traffic circles are intersections where parts or all of the original circle still exist as a major part of the intersection.

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Airport Circle (Newark) Newark

40.708214°N 74.181135°W / 40.708214; -74.181135

Defunct US 1/9, Route 21, US 22 Eliminated due to the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike and the subsequent expansion of Newark Airport.
Airport Circle Pennsauken
39.9337°N 75.0823°W / 39.9337; -75.0823 (Airport Circle)
Modified US 30, US 130, Route 70, Route 38, Kaighns Avenue First traffic circle in New Jersey. Built 1925, opened 1927. Traffic lights, ramps and overpasses have been added.[3]
Airport Circle Egg Harbor Township
39.4318°N 74.5791°W / 39.4318; -74.5791 (Airport Circle)
Modified CR 563, CR 646, Amelia Earhart Boulevard Entrance to the Atlantic City International Airport. In 2011, the circle was revised to allow Delilah Road motorists to pass straight through the circle, plus the addition of traffic signals.[8] Direct connection ramps are proposed to help funnel traffic to and from the airport.
Alexander Street Circle (Roundabout) Princeton
40.3430°N 74.6608°W / 40.3430; -74.6608 (Alexander Street Roundabout)
Original Alexander Street, University Place Opened February 2014.[9][10]
Allwood Circle Clifton
40.843°N 74.1596°W / 40.843; -74.1596 (Allwood Circle)
Modified Allwood Road (CR 602), Bloomfield Avenue (CR 622) Reconfigured to roundabout alignment.
Allenwood Circle (Hurleys Corner Circle) Wall Township
40.1501°N 74.0960°W / 40.1501; -74.0960 (Allenwood Circle)
Modified Route 34 & Allaire Road Built in the 1930s to support increased traffic in the area. Modified in 2021 with marked lanes and better signage.
Asbury Park Circle Ocean Township and Neptune
40.2261°N 74.0377°W / 40.2261; -74.0377 (Asbury Park Circle)
Original Route 35, Route 66, Asbury Avenue (CR 16) Built in the 1940s to support increased traffic in the area.[11]
Barrington Circle Barrington
39.8762°N 75.0495°W / 39.8762; -75.0495 (Barrington Circle)
Modified US 30, Route 41 [3]
Bayway Circle Elizabeth
40.6507°N 74.2211°W / 40.6507; -74.2211 (Bayway Circle)
Modified US 1/9, Route 439 Originally built to connect the Edgar Plank Road with Elizabeth's Spring Street (via a modified Carlton Street between Edgar Road and the circle and a brand-new highway between Spring Street and the circle), both of which are now part of US 1/9.
Berlin Circle Berlin Township
39.8016°N 74.9316°W / 39.8016; -74.9316 (Berlin Circle)
Defunct Route 73, Berlin-Cross Keys Road and Walker Avenue Replaced by an at-grade intersection[12]
Boulevard and Passaic Avenue Circle Hasbrouck Heights
40.8580°N 74.0817°W / 40.8580; -74.0817 (Boulevard and Passaic Avenue Circle)
Original Boulevard, Passaic Avenue While there was no circle in this town originally, increased traffic required a circle to be built.
Bound Brook Circle Bound Brook
40.5615°N 74.5278°W / 40.5615; -74.5278 (Bound Brook Circle)
Original East Main Street and Bolmer Boulevard One of the newer traffic circles in the state. Built in the early-mid 2000s as a traffic calming solution at a former three-way intersection, and also as part of a realignment of the same intersection.
Brielle Circle Wall Township
40.1162°N 74.0729°W / 40.1162; -74.0729 (Brielle Circle)
Defunct Route 34, Route 35, Route 70 Replaced with an at-grade intersection with jughandles.[13]
Brookdale Circle Lincroft
40.3321°N 74.1317°W / 40.3321; -74.1317 (Brookdale Circle)
Original CR 520, Campus Drive
Added in 2007; replaced a signalized at-grade intersection. Located at the entrance to Brookdale Community College and the Lincroft Bible Church.
Brooklawn East Circle Brooklawn

39.8758°N 75.1227°W / 39.8758; -75.1227 (Brookdale Circle)

US 130, Route 47, CR 551, South Hannevig Avenue
Brooklawn West Circle Brooklawn

39.8767°N 75.1245°W / 39.8767; -75.1245 (Brookdale Circle)

US 130, CR 551
Browning Road Circle Pennsauken Defunct NJ 38, NJ 70, Marlton Pike, Browning Road
Brunswick Circle Trenton and Lawrence
40.2453°N 74.7428°W / 40.2453; -74.7428 (Brunswick Circle)
US 206, US 1 Bus., CR 645
Burnet Street Circle New Brunswick 40.484310°N 74.417341°W / 40.484310; -74.417341 Defunct US 1, NJ 18
Camp Merritt Memorial Circle Cresskill
40.9413°N 73.9768°W / 40.9413; -73.9768 (Camp Merritt Memorial Circle)
CR 505 (Knickerbocker Road), Madison Avenue Site of the Camp Merritt Memorial Monument, an obelisk standing 66 feet (20 m) that marks the 578 victims of an influenza outbreak at Camp Merritt, which was used an embarkation point for soldiers heading to Europe during World War I.[14]
Cardiff Circle Egg Harbor Township
39.4073°N 74.5637°W / 39.4073; -74.5637 (Cardiff Circle)
Defunct US 40, US 322, CR 563 [7]
Charlotte Circle Jersey City
40.738320°N 74.073660°W / 40.738320; -74.073660 (Charlotte Circle)
Defunct US 1/9 Truck, NJ 7, Newark Ave, James Ave, Dey St, Howell St
Chesterfield Circle Chesterfield Township
40.130592°N 74.661938°W / 40.130592; -74.661938 (Chesterfield Circle)
Original CR 528, Old York Road (CR 660) Technically a Roundabout
Clark Circle Clark
40.6269°N 74.3044°W / 40.6269; -74.3044 (Clark Circle)
Modified G.S. Pkwy., Central Avenue (CR 613), Walnut Avenue (CR 632) Exit 135 of the Garden State Parkway, traffic lights added in 2007.[15]
Cleveland Lane Circle #1 Princeton 40.35095°N 74.67376°W / 40.35095; -74.67376 Traffic calming circle
Cleveland Lane Circle #2 Princeton 40.35166°N 74.67208°W / 40.35166; -74.67208 Traffic calming circle
College Drive Circle (Roundabout) Gloucester Township
39.7877°N 75.0435°W / 39.7877; -75.0435 (College Drive Circle)
CR 673 Built in 2009 at the entrance to Camden County College. 3 other traffic circles were built on college grounds, along with new service roads for improved safety and more accessibility to the college, near Route 42 and Route 168.[16]
Collingswood Circle Collingswood
39.9189°N 75.0888°W / 39.9189; -75.0888 (Collingswood Circle)
Defunct US 30, US 130, White Horse Pike, Woodlynne Avenue Replaced by an at-grade intersection with jughandles in 2009.[11][17]
Collingwood Circle Wall Township
40.2192°N 74.1284°W / 40.2192; -74.1284 (Collingwood Circle)
Route 33, Route 34, CR 547
Cooper Landing Circle Cherry Hill
39.9405°N 75.0098°W / 39.9405; -75.0098 (Cooper Landing Circle)
Modified Route 38, Cooper Landing Road, Church Road
Cranbury-Hightstown Circle Cranbury
40.2919°N 74.5205°W / 40.2919; -74.5205 (Cranbury-Hightstown Circle)
US 130, CR 539, Old Trenton Road (CR 685)
Dvoor's Circle / Route 12 Circle Raritan Township
40.5044°N 74.8712°W / 40.5044; -74.8712 (Route 12 Circle)
Route 12, CR 523, Mine Street
Eatontown Circle Eatontown
40.2909°N 74.0518°W / 40.2909; -74.0518 (Eatontown Circle)
Defunct Route 35, Route 36 Replaced by an at-grade intersection in the 1980s, said intersection relocated as part of a project completed in 2009
Eisenhower Traffic Circle[18] Lakehurst
40.0117°N 74.3259°W / 40.0117; -74.3259 (Union Avenue Circle)
Route 70, Union Avenue, South Union Avenue, Pine Street, Myrtle Avenue
Ellisburg Circle Cherry Hill
39.9138°N 75.0102°W / 39.9138; -75.0102 (Ellisburg Circle)
Defunct Route 41, Route 70, Route 154 [3]
Flemington Circle Flemington
40.5026°N 74.8534°W / 40.5026; -74.8534 (Flemington Circle)
Modified US 202, Route 12, Route 31 Upgraded with at-grade overpasses in the 1950s, planning once made to replace it with a modern roundabout.[19]
Four Mile Circle Southampton, Pemberton Township
39.8989°N 74.5963°W / 39.8989; -74.5963 (Four Mile Circle)
Route 70, Route 72, Magnolia Road (CR 644), New Lisbon Road (CR 646)
Franklin Lake Circle Franklin Lakes
40.9935°N 74.2123°W / 40.9935; -74.2123 (Franklin Lake Circle)
Franklin Lake Road, High Mountain Road
Freehold Circle Freehold Township
40.2592°N 74.2912°W / 40.2592; -74.2912 (Freehold Circle)
Defunct US 9, Route 33 Bus., Manalapan Avenue Replaced by a at-grade interaction in the late 1980s, with ramps also allowing for ascess to the then truncated Manalapan Avenue
General Circle Fort Dix 40.0167°N 74.6358°W / 40.0167; -74.6358 Modified Route 68, Pemberton-Wrightstown Road, 4th Street Formerly served Fort Dix Road
Green Street Circle Woodbridge 40.5629°N 74.3003°W / 40.5629; -74.3003 Defunct US 1, Green Street
Ho-Ho-Kus Circle Ho-Ho-Kus 40.9933°N 74.0962°W / 40.9933; -74.0962 Defunct Route 17, Racetrack Road
Lakehurst Circle Lakehurst
40.0128°N 74.3052°W / 40.0128; -74.3052 (Lakehurst Circle)
Route 37, Route 70
Laurelton Circle Brick
40.0688°N 74.1303°W / 40.0688; -74.1303 (Laurelton Circle)
Defunct Route 70, Route 88, CR 630 Replaced in 1986
Ledgewood Circle Ledgewood in Roxbury
40.8790°N 74.6508°W / 40.8790; -74.6508 (Ledgewood Circle)
Defunct US 46, Route 10, Circle Drive [1]
Converted to 3-way signaled intersection (late 1990s)
Linden Circle Linden
40.6399°N 74.2879°W / 40.6399; -74.2879 (Linden Circle)
Defunct Raritan Road (CR 607), Centennial Avenue (CR 615)
Little Ferry Circle Little Ferry
40.8529°N 74.0340°W / 40.8529; -74.0340 (Little Ferry Circle)
Defunct US 46, Bergen Turnpike [20]

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Livingston Circle Livingston
40.7963°N 74.3413°W / 40.7963; -74.3413 (Livingston Circle)
Modified Eisenhower Parkway, Route 10 (Mt. Pleasant Avenue), West Northfield Road
Main Street Circle Flemington
40.5018°N 74.8586°W / 40.5018; -74.8586 (Main Street Circle)
Route 12, Main Street, South Main Street, Reaville Avenue
Manasquan Circle Wall Township
40.1323°N 74.0652°W / 40.1323; -74.0652 (Manasquan Circle)
Route 35, CR 524 Spur
Maple Shade Circle Maple Shade39.9432°N 74.9785°W / 39.9432; -74.9785 Defunct Route 38, Route 41, Route 73
Marlton Circle Marlton in Evesham Township
39.8938°N 74.9278°W / 39.8938; -74.9278 (Marlton Circle)
Defunct Route 70, Route 73 Replaced with by a grade-separated interchange in 2011.[23]
McKee City Circle Egg Harbor Township
39.4505°N 74.6424°W / 39.4505; -74.6424 (Cardiff Circle)
Defunct US 40, US 322 Teardrop-shaped circle where US 40 and US 322 split. Replaced by a at-grade cloverleaf.
Medford Circle Medford
39.9047°N 74.8244°W / 39.9047; -74.8244 (Medford Circle)
Defunct Route 70, CR 541
Monument Circle Englewood
40.8967°N 73.9797°W / 40.8967; -73.9797 (Soldier's Monument in Monument Circle)[24]
CR 505 (West Palisade Avenue), Tenafly Road, Bennett Road, Lafayette Avenue
Morlot Avenue Bridge Circle Paterson
40.9230°N 74.1413°W / 40.9230; -74.1413 (Morlot Avenue Bridge Circle)
Defunct Route 20, 10th Avenue (CR 651)
Netcong Circle Netcong
40.8968°N 74.7003°W / 40.8968; -74.7003 (Netcong Circle)
Defunct US 46, Route 183 Converted to 4-way intersection (August 2013)
Park and Passaic Avenues[citation needed] Rutherford
40.8263°N 74.1072°W / 40.8263; -74.1072
Modified
Pavilion Circle Cape May Point 38.9379°N 74.9668°W / 38.9379; -74.9668 Cape Avenue, Pavilion Avenue, Central Avenue, Oxford Avenue, Ocean Avenue
Penhorn Circle North Bergen 40.7736°N 74.042°W / 40.7736; -74.042 Defunct US 1/9, Route 3
Pennington Circle Pennington
40.3082°N 74.7866°W / 40.3082; -74.7866 (Pennington Circle)
Route 31, CR 546, Pennington Road (CR 640) Metering lights added in late 2015[25]
Penns Neck Circle Penns Neck in West Windsor
40.3315°N 74.6380°W / 40.3315; -74.6380 (Penns Neck Circle)
Modified US 1, CR 526/CR 571
Pole Tavern Circle Upper Pittsgrove Township
39.6170°N 75.2294°W / 39.6170; -75.2294 (Pole Tavern Circle)
US 40, Route 77, Monroeville Road (CR 604), Daretown Road (CR 635)
Pompton Plains Circle / Jackson Circle Pequannock 40.9689°N 74.2859°W / 40.9689; -74.2859 Defunct Route 23, Jackson Avenue
Pudgy Circle McGuire AFB, New Hanover
40.0354°N 74.5868°W / 40.0354; -74.5868 (Pudgy Circle)
McGuire Boulevard, 1st Street
Race Track Circle Cherry Hill
39.9194°N 75.0343°W / 39.9194; -75.0343 (Race Track Circle)
Defunct Route 70, Haddonfield Road (CR 644) [3]
Ramsey Circle Ramsey 41.0688°N 74.1357°W / 41.0688; -74.1357 Defunct Route 17, CR 507
Red Lion Circle Southampton
39.8872°N 74.7411°W / 39.8872; -74.7411 (Red Lion Circle)
US 206, Route 70
Ratzer Road Circle Wayne 40.9465°N 74.2739°W / 40.9465; -74.2739 Defunct Route 23, US 202, CR 504
Ridgefield Circle Ridgefield
40.8331°N 74.0103°W / 40.8331; -74.0103 (Ridgefield Circle)
Defunct US 1, Route 93, Hendricks Causeway
Ridgewood Circle Ridgewood 40.9831°N 74.0888°W / 40.9831; -74.0888 Defunct Route 17, Paramus Road, E Saddle River Road
Riverdale Circle Riverdale 40.9853°N 74.3033°W / 40.9853; -74.3033 Defunct Route 23, CR 511 Alt., Windbeam Road
Ross Dock Circle Fort Lee 40.8577°N 73.959°W / 40.8577; -73.959 Henry Hudson Drive, road to Ross Dock
Rosedale Circle Princeton 40.34571°N 74.68806°W / 40.34571; -74.68806 mini-roundabout
Routes 1 & 130 Circle North Brunswick
40.4627°N 74.4553°W / 40.4627; -74.4553 (Routes 1 & 130 Circle)
Defunct US 1, US 130, Route 171 Replaced by at-grade intersection, now an interchange.
Sharon Station Road Upper Freehold
40.1498°N 74.5384°W / 40.1498; -74.5384 (Sharon Station Road)
Recent CR 539, CR 539A Opened in 2022.[26]
Somers Point Circle Somers Point
39.3087°N 74.5993°W / 39.3087; -74.5993 (Somers Point Circle)
Defunct Route 52, CR 559, CR 585 Replaced by an intersection with traffic signals.[27][28]
Somerville Circle Bridgewater and Raritan
40.5757°N 74.6290°W / 40.5757; -74.6290 (Somerville Circle)
Modified US 202, US 206, Route 28 A overpass and traffic lights were added in the 1990s.[6]
Station Square Rutherford
40.8284°N 74.1011°W / 40.8284; -74.1011 (Station Square)
Modified Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie Avenue Rebuilt August 2003 - 2005
Still Valley Circle Pohatcong 40.673333°N 75.138611°W / 40.673333; -75.138611 Defunct US 22, US 22 Alt., Still Valley Road
Teaneck Circle Teaneck 40.8843°N 74.0073°W / 40.8843; -74.0073 Defunct Teaneck Road, Cedar Lane
Tonnele Circle Jersey City
40.7394°N 74.0654°W / 40.7394; -74.0654 (Tonnele Circle)
Modified US 1/9, US 1/9 Truck, Route 139, Tonnele Avenue reconfigured 1950s, 2000s, 2010s
Veterans' Memorial Circle Vineland 39.4934°N 75.0229°W / 39.4934; -75.0229 N 6th St, Cambridge St
Victory Circle Sayreville
40.4962°N 74.2978°W / 40.4962; -74.2978 (Victory Circle)
Defunct US 9, Route 35, Chevalier Avenue, Main Street Replaced with a diamond interchange in 2006,[29] which was modified in 2020 as part of improvements to Chevalier Avenue and its extension.
Vineland Circle Vineland 39.487°N 75.0431°W / 39.487; -75.0431 Defunct Route 47, Route 56, Landis Ave
War Memorial Circle
Atlantic City 39.3512°N 74.4548°W / 39.3512; -74.4548 Defunct US 40, US 322, Albany Ave, Ventnor Ave
Watchung Circle Mountainside
40.6872°N 74.3639°W / 40.6872; -74.3639 (Watchung Circle)
W R Tracy Drive (CR 645), Summit Lane (CR 642)
Westfield Circle Westfield
40.6485°N 74.3503°W / 40.6485; -74.3503 (Westfield Circle)
CR 509, South Avenue (CR 610), Route 28, Westfield Avenue, Watterson Street Expanded to two lanes in 2005 with one way designations added to Watterson Street (Inbound), and Westfield Avenue (Outbound)
White Horse Circle White Horse in Hamilton
40.1882°N 74.7048°W / 40.1882; -74.7048 (White Horse Circle)
Modified US 206, CR 524, CR 533
Willowbrook Circle Wayne 40.8936°N 74.2516°W / 40.8936; -74.2516 Defunct US 46, Route 23, CR 703 Replaced by a spaghetti bowl interchange with the construction of I-80 in the late 1950s
Brooklawn 39.8772°N 75.1201°W / 39.8772; -75.1201 Noreg Place, Christiana St, Maude Ave
Brooklawn 39.8781°N 75.1220°W / 39.8781; -75.1220 Wilson Avenue, Horton Avenue, Tommy McAdams Way
Pohatcong 40.6812°N 75.1471°W / 40.6812; -75.1471 Defunct US 22, CR 519
Washington 40.7594°N 74.975°W / 40.7594; -74.975 Defunct Route 31, Route 57
Egg Harbor Township 39.4002°N 74.5611°W / 39.4002; -74.5611 Defunct US 40, US 322, Black Horse Pike, Tilton Road
Wayne 40.924864°N 74.269058°W / 40.924864; -74.269058 Defunct Route 23, US 202, Newark-Pompton Turnpike Only operated as such southbound on Route 23; northbound side unimpeded
Paterson 40.9026°N 74.1354°W / 40.9026; -74.1354 Defunct Route 20, Market Street
Paterson 40.9019°N 74.1411°W / 40.9019; -74.1411 Market Street, Lakeview Avenue
Woodland Park 40.8764°N 74.2011°W / 40.8764; -74.2011 Great Notch Road, Notch Road, Rifle Camp Road, Lackawanna Avenue
Little Falls 40.8725°N 74.1966°W / 40.8725; -74.1966 Exit to US 46, Clove Road, entrance to Overlook Corporate Center
Perth Amboy 40.5286°N 74.28°W / 40.5286; -74.28 Defunct Route 35, Route 440 (now partly Route 184)
Cherry Hill 39.9384°N 75.03°W / 39.9384; -75.03 Defunct Route 38, Haddonfield Road
Old Bridge Township 40.409894°N 74.361872°W / 40.409894; -74.361872 Defunct NJ 18, CR 516, CR 527
Fort Dix 40.0298°N 74.6188°W / 40.0298; -74.6188 CR 545, Pemberton-Wrightstown Road, Delaware Avenue, Neely Road
Fort Dix 40.0291°N 74.6115°W / 40.0291; -74.6115 Broidy Road, Wonnacott Avenue
New Hanover 40.0355°N 74.5868°W / 40.0355; -74.5868 West Tuskegee Airmen Avenue, McGuire Blvd
New Hanover 40.0279°N 74.585°W / 40.0279; -74.585 McGuire Boulevard, Arnold Avenue
Alpine 40.9398°N 73.9216°W / 40.9398; -73.9216 Henry Hudson Drive, Hudson Drive
Jersey City 40.6998°N 74.0672°W / 40.6998; -74.0672 Bayview Ave, Burma Road, Morris Pesin Drive
Bayonne 40.6826°N 74.0991°W / 40.6826; -74.0991 Avenue E Exits on the north side of the circle divide access to the east and westbound ramps of I-78
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