History
A road from the Passaic River to the Hudson Waterfront was completed in 1750 and named Douwe's Ferry Road, for the ferry which crossed the Hackensack River. In 1790 the state legislature decided that "public good would be served by a 64 feet (20 m) wide road from Paulus Hook to Newark Couthouse". By 1795 a bridge over the Hackensack 950 feet (290 m) long and another over the Passaic 492 feet (150 m) long (at the site of the Bridge Street Bridge) were built creating an uninterrupted toll road connection. The road between them is known as the Newark Turnpike.
The county route was established largely along its present-day alignment in 1952, along with the other 500-series county highways.
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