Route Description
The road carries traffic from the interchange at the west end of the Pulaski Skyway (U.S. Route 1/9) and U.S. Route 1-9 Truck in the Ironbound, passing thorough historic Riverbank Park on the Passaic River.
At Pennsylvania Station, it enters the high-tech corridor of downtown Newark and is lined with office modern office skyscrapers such as the Gateway Center, Newark Legal Center, One Newark Center, and 80 Park Plaza.
The Eleven 80 building, an Art deco office tower and one of the tallest buildings in Newark, is named for its Raymond Boulevard address, across from Military Park.
The avenue crosses Broad Street two blocks north of Fours Corners, the traditional center of the city. Proceeding west, it passes the campuses of Rutgers-Newark and New Jersey Institute of Technology. At the Warren Street intersection, Raymond Boulevard ends when it merges into Lock Street.
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