Cranbury Brook

Cranbury Brook
	Map of Cranbury Brook
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Main source	40°15′37″N74°24′5″W / 40.26028°N 74.40139°W
River mouth	52 ft (16 m); 40°19′26″N74°36′47″W / 40.32389°N 74.61306°W Coordinates: 40°19′26″N74°36′47″W / 40.32389°N 74.61306°W
Basin features
Progression	Millstone River, Raritan River, Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries	Left:; Cedar Brook ;

Last updated March 21, 2019

Cranbury Brook, also known as Cranberry Brook,^[1] is a tributary of the Millstone River in Middlesex and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey in the United States.

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

The Millstone River is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) tributary of the Raritan River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Middlesex County is a county located in central New Jersey, United States. In 2017 the Census Bureau estimated the county's population at 842,798, making it the state's second-most populous county, an increase of 4.1% from 809,858 in the 2010 census. Middlesex is part of the New York metropolitan area, and its county seat is New Brunswick. The center of population of the state of New Jersey is located in Middlesex County, in East Brunswick Township, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike. The 2000 Census showed that the county ranked 63rd in the United States among the highest-income counties by median household. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 143rd-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States as of 2009. Middlesex County holds the nickname, "The Greatest County in the Land".

Course

Cranbury Brook starts at 40°15′37″N74°24′5″W / 40.26028°N 74.40139°W / 40.26028; -74.40139 ,^[1] near the intersection of SR-33, Dugans Grove Road, and Iron Ore Road. It flows westward, crossing Perrineville Road. It receives several tributaries from the area and crosses Union Valley Road and Applegarth Road. It then crosses the New Jersey Turnpike, and is dammed to form Brainerd Lake. As a lake it crosses Route 130 and South Main Street in the town of Cranbury. It continues flowing west through the Cranbury Preserve and receives the Cedar Brook. It then crosses George Davison Ave and forms another dammed section known as Plainsboro Pond. It then crosses Maple Ave and drains into the Millstone River at 40°19′26″N74°36′47″W / 40.32389°N 74.61306°W / 40.32389; -74.61306 .^[1]

Route 33 is a state highway in the US state of New Jersey. The highway extends 42.03 miles (67.64 km), from Trenton at an intersection with U.S. Route 1 and Route 129 to an intersection with Route 71 in Neptune Township. The speed limit on Route 33 differs in zones. The highest is 55 mph (85 km/h) in Zone 9. There are several intersections on 33 with future developments.

Interstate 95 (I-95) is a major Interstate Highway that traverses nearly the full extent of the East Coast of the United States, from Florida to Maine. In New Jersey, it runs along much of the main line of the New Jersey Turnpike, as well as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Extension and the New Jersey Turnpike's northern continuation to the George Washington Bridge, also maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, for a total of 77.96 mi (125.46 km). Located in the northeastern part of the state near New York City, the 11.03-mile (17.75 km) Western Spur of the New Jersey Turnpike, considered to be Route 95W by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, is also part of I-95.

U.S. Route 130 is a north–south U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey. It runs 83.46 mi (134.32 km) from Interstate 295 (I-295) and US 40 at Deepwater in Pennsville Township, Salem County, where the road continues south as Route 49, north to US 1 in North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, where Route 171 continues north into New Brunswick. The route briefly runs concurrent with its parent US 30 near Camden, about one-third of the way to New Brunswick. The road runs within a close distance of I-295 south of Bordentown and a few miles from the New Jersey Turnpike for its entire length, serving as a major four- to six-lane divided local road for most of its length. US 130 passes through many towns including Penns Grove, Bridgeport, Westville, Camden, Pennsauken, Burlington, Bordentown, Hightstown, and North Brunswick.

Accessibility

Cranbury Brook is easily accessed by many road crossings and dammed sections such as Brainerd Lake.

Sister tributaries

Beden Brook, also Bedens Brook, Beden's Brook, or Beeden's Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Devils Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Harrys Brook, also known as the H. Greenlands Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in Mercer County, New Jersey in the United States.

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Stony Brook, also known as Stoney Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in Hunterdon and Mercer counties, New Jersey, in the United States.

Rocky Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in Monmouth and Mercer counties, New Jersey in the United States.

Stony Brook is a tributary of Green Brook in central New Jersey in the United States.

Royce Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in Hillsborough and Manville, New Jersey in the United States.

Six Mile Run is a tributary of the Millstone River that drains a large area in central Franklin Township in Somerset County and as well western portions of North Brunswick and South Brunswick Townships in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.

Ireland Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in Middlesex County, New Jersey in the United States.

Cross Brook is a tributary of Six Mile Run in Somerset and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey in the United States.

Ten Mile Run is a tributary of the Millstone River, draining an area in southern South Brunswick and southern Franklin Park, New Jersey in the United States.

Beaverdam Brook is a tributary of Lawrence Brook in central East Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.

Simonson Brook, also known as Sunonson Brook, is a tributary of the Millstone River in southern Franklin Park, Somerset County, New Jersey in the United States.

Heathcote Brook, also known as Heathcote Run, is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.

Cedar Brook is a tributary of Cranbury Brook in Cranbury, New Jersey, United States.

Pike Run, also known as North Pike Run, is a tributary of Beden Brook in Somerset County, New Jersey in the United States. It is the namesake for the nearby residential development of Pike Run in Belle Mead, New Jersey.

Little Bear Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in Mercer County, New Jersey in the United States.

Randolph Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in northern Franklin Park, New Jersey, United States.

Bear Brook is a tributary of the Millstone River in central New Jersey in the United States.

References

1 2 3 "GNIS Detail - Cranbury Brook". USGS. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

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[gnis-1] 1 2 3 "GNIS Detail - Cranbury Brook". USGS. Retrieved 20 July 2010.