New Jersey Route 66

Route 66
Route 66
Route information
	Maintained by NJDOT
Length	3.6 mi (5.8 km)
Existed	January 1, 1953–present
Major junctions
West end	; G.S. Parkway / Route 33 in Tinton Falls
	Route 18 in Neptune ;
East end	Route 35 in Neptune
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Monmouth
Highway system
	New Jersey State Highway Routes ; Interstate ; US ; State ; Scenic Byways ;

Last updated January 31, 2025 • 3 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Route 66 is a state highway located in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It runs 3.6 mi (5.79 km) from Route 33 in Tinton Falls to Route 35 and Asbury Avenue (CR 16) on the border of Ocean Township and Neptune, just to the west of Asbury Park. The route serves as an important connector between the Garden State Parkway to the west and Route 18 and Asbury Park to the east. It runs concurrently with CR 16 from Bowne/Wayside Roads to the eastern terminus at Route 35. Route 66, which varies from a two-lane undivided road to a four-lane divided highway, passes through commercial areas for most of its length with some wooded areas. The route was created in 1953, replacing what had been Route 33A (formerly the Route 33-35 Link). There is currently a proposal to widen the two-lane portion between Jumping Brook Road and Wayside Road in order to better handle the traffic that uses this road.

Route description

Route 66 begins at an intersection of Route 33 in Tinton Falls, heading to the northeast as a two-lane road. A short distance past Route 33, it comes to an interchange with the Garden State Parkway, where the road becomes a three lane undivided road with one eastbound lane and two westbound lanes.^[1] Past this interchange, the route heads into commercial areas, where it widens into a four-lane divided highway that passes south of the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets, with an interchange serving the outlet mall at Premium Outlets Boulevard/Hovchild Boulevard. Following this, the road heads into Neptune.^[1]^[3]^[4]

After the intersection of Jumping Brook Road, the divided highway ends and Route 66 becomes a two-lane undivided road.^[1] The route heads through a patch of woods before passing more businesses and coming to an intersection of Asbury Avenue (CR 16).^[1]^[3] Here, the road becomes a four-lane divided highway again and heads east along the border of Ocean Township to the north and Neptune to the south, concurrently with CR 16.^[1] It passes through woodland before coming to a cloverleaf interchange with Route 18. Past Route 18, the road heads into commercial areas again, with the Seaview Square Mall located to the north of the route.^[3] Route 66 ends at the Asbury Park Circle with Route 35, where CR 16 continues east towards Asbury Park on Asbury Avenue.^[1]^[3]

History

Route 66 was legislated in the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering to replace what had been Route 33-35 Link and Route 33A.^[5]^[6] There is a proposal to widen the two-lane portions of Route 66 between Jumping Brook Road and Wayside Road. The need for this widening is due to the need to handle traffic going to Asbury Park in the summer months as well as an evacuation route for the coastal regions of Monmouth County, and the poor design of the current roadway, which lacks turning lanes and facilities for bicycles and pedestrians.^[7] In addition, a proposed outlet mall called the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets was planned along the route in Tinton Falls, with improvements planned to the route in the vicinity of the project including an overpass to the outlet mall.^[8] In 2006, Neptune Township refused to cooperate with these plans because the original agreement for the outlet mall project in 2001 was no longer up to date with the current traffic demands.^[9] Despite this opposition, the plans were approved by the borough of Tinton Falls in 2007 and the Jersey Shore Premium Outlets opened in November 2008.^[10]^[11] As for the widening of Route 66, a meeting was held in August 2009 between members of the 11th state Legislative district and the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.^[12]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Monmouth County.

Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Tinton Falls	0.0	0.0	Route 33 – Freehold, Ocean Grove, Bradley Beach	Western terminus
	0.2	0.32	G.S. Parkway	No eastbound exit; Exits 100B-C (Garden State Parkway)
	0.6	0.97	Premium Outlets Blvd / Hovchild Blvd	Interchange
Neptune Township	2.5	4.0	CR 16 west (Asbury Ave)	Western end of the concurrency with CR 16
	3.0	4.8	Route 18 – Eatontown, Pt Pleasant	Exits 10A-B (Route 18)
	3.6	5.8	Route 35 – Eatontown, Keyport, Neptune, Point Pleasant Beach CR 16 east (Asbury Ave) – Asbury Park	Asbury Park Circle; Eastern terminus Eastern end of the concurrency with CR 16; to Asbury Park Station
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Route 66 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation . Retrieved March 17, 2020.
↑ "New Route Markers Go Up Next Month" (PDF). The Hackettstown Gazette. December 18, 1952. p. 17. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
1 2 3 4 "overview of New Jersey Route 66" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved July 15, 2009.
↑ "Directions & Transportation". Jersey Shore Premium Outlets. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
↑ "Route 4-N Changed to 71 in Highway Renumbering". The Daily Record. Long Branch, New Jersey. December 12, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
↑ 1953 renumbering. New Jersey Department of Highways. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
↑ Monmouth County Transportation Council's 6th Annual Summit. Monmouth County, New Jersey.
↑ Bowman, Bill and Keith Brown (November 23, 2005). "Outlet Mall Downsizes to Avoid Wetlands". Asbury Park Press . Retrieved September 7, 2009.
↑ Cangiano, Andrew (January 12, 2006). "Neptune Officials Will Not Cooperate with Mall Plans". The Coaster. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
↑ Amended final site plan - Development application form. Tinton Falls, New Jersey. April 16, 2009.
↑ McGeehan, Patrick (November 26, 2008). "Outlets Face Extra Competition This Year, Analysts Say". The New York Times . Retrieved September 7, 2009.
↑ Bowman, Bill (August 4, 2009). "Officials to meet next week on Route 66 widening" (Fee required). Asbury Park Press . Retrieved September 7, 2009.^{[ dead link ‍]}

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[SLD-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Route 66 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation . Retrieved March 17, 2020.

[1953renum-2] "New Route Markers Go Up Next Month" (PDF). The Hackettstown Gazette. December 18, 1952. p. 17. Retrieved September 26, 2018.

[gm-3] 1 2 3 4 "overview of New Jersey Route 66" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved July 15, 2009.

[jspo-4] "Directions & Transportation". Jersey Shore Premium Outlets. Retrieved July 15, 2009.

[5] "Route 4-N Changed to 71 in Highway Renumbering". The Daily Record. Long Branch, New Jersey. December 12, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2020– via Newspapers.com.

[nj1953-6] 1953 renumbering. New Jersey Department of Highways. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.

[monmouthco-7] Monmouth County Transportation Council's 6th Annual Summit. Monmouth County, New Jersey.

[app-8] Bowman, Bill and Keith Brown (November 23, 2005). "Outlet Mall Downsizes to Avoid Wetlands". Asbury Park Press . Retrieved September 7, 2009.

[coaster-9] Cangiano, Andrew (January 12, 2006). "Neptune Officials Will Not Cooperate with Mall Plans". The Coaster. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved July 15, 2009.

[tintonfalls-10] Amended final site plan - Development application form. Tinton Falls, New Jersey. April 16, 2009.

[nyt-11] McGeehan, Patrick (November 26, 2008). "Outlets Face Extra Competition This Year, Analysts Say". The New York Times . Retrieved September 7, 2009.

[app2-12] Bowman, Bill (August 4, 2009). "Officials to meet next week on Route 66 widening" (Fee required). Asbury Park Press . Retrieved September 7, 2009.^{[ dead link ‍]}

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