History
Route 129 originates as the earliest designation on a freeway from the Scudders Falls Bridge on the Delaware River to the interchange with Scotch Road, which opened in 1961. At that point, the new freeway was proposed with an eastward extension to U.S. Route 1. However, by 1974, Route 129 was re-designated as a portion of Interstate 95, and is now considered Route 95M. The current incarnation of Route 129 was constructed along a former portion of the Delaware and Raritan Canal as an alternate arterial boulevard to Route 29 that opened in September 1993 from Lamberton Road to U.S. Route 1 at a cost of $24.185 million (1993 USD) by the George Harms Construction Company. The route has remained virtually untouched since.
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