History
The highway dates back to the alignment of Route 1, assigned in the early 1920s. The designation remained in place until the 1927 New Jersey State highway renumbering, when New Jersey Route 25 was designated onto the alignment of U.S. Route 130, which was also designated in 1927. Route 25 was aligned on the entire alignment of Route 171, but by 1930, the route was realigned onto U.S. Route 1. The alignment of U.S. Route 130 remained along the alignment of Route 171 for several years, and by 1940, the northern alignment of Route 171 was designated as Route 25M. In the 1953 renumbering, Route 25M was redesignated Route 171, when Route 25 was decommissioned.
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