Timber Run

Timber Run
	Map of Timber Run
Physical characteristics
Main source	40°15′41″N74°29′2″W / 40.26139°N 74.48389°W
River mouth	108 ft (33 m); 40°15′30″N74°29′26″W / 40.25833°N 74.49056°W Coordinates: 40°15′30″N74°29′26″W / 40.25833°N 74.49056°W
Basin features
Progression	Rocky Brook, Millstone River, Raritan River, Atlantic Ocean
River system	Raritan River system

Last updated March 07, 2019

Timber Run is a tributary of Rocky Brook in Mercer County, 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.

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

Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Trenton, the state capital. The county constitutes the Trenton-Ewing, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area and is considered part of the New York Metropolitan Area by the United States Census Bureau, but also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is included within the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area and the greater Philadelphia-Reading-Camden Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 374,733, making it the state's 12th-most populous county, an increase of 2.2% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 366,513, in turn an increase of 15,752 (4.5%) from the 350,761 enumerated in the 2000 Census, retaining its position as the 12th-most populous county in the state.

Course

Timber Run starts at 40°15′41″N74°29′2″W / 40.26139°N 74.48389°W / 40.26139; -74.48389 ,^[1] in a housing development near Franklin Street (SR-33). It flows south and drains into Quad II Lake, which drains into Rocky Brook at 40°15′30″N74°29′26″W / 40.25833°N 74.49056°W / 40.25833; -74.49056 .^[1]

Another nearby creek

Another tributary to Rocky Brook that runs nearby is also called Timber Run.^[2] This one starts in the middle of a field between Lake Drive and the original alignment of Milford Rd. It flows west-northwest to a point behind a restaurant located a few hundred feet east of the New Jersey Turnpike. From there, the creek turns west-southwest, and continues until it drains into a narrow recessed section of Peddie Lake. Much of this stream is culverted, and parts of its route are diverted around local businesses and Interchange 8 of the Turnpike.

The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP), known colloquially as "the Turnpike", is a toll road in New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA). With a total length of 122.40 miles (196.98 km), the turnpike's southern terminus is at the interchange with U.S. Route 130 (US 130) and Route 49, where the split of Interstate 295 (I-295) and US 40 occurs, near the border of Pennsville and Carneys Point townships in Salem County, one mile (1.6 km) east of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Its northern terminus is at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, Bergen County, though the original terminus was at US 46 in Ridgefield Park. Construction of the mainline from concept to completion took 23 months, from 1950 to 1952. It was officially opened to traffic in November 1951, between its southern terminus and exit 10.

A culvert is a structure that allows water to flow under a road, railroad, trail, or similar obstruction from one side to the other side. Typically embedded so as to be surrounded by soil, a culvert may be made from a pipe, reinforced concrete or other material. In the United Kingdom, the word can also be used for a longer artificially buried watercourse.

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References

1 2 "GNIS Detail - Timber Run". USGS. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
↑ "New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 6–9 Widening — Environmental Impact Statement, Chapter 3, page 245" (PDF).

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[gnis-1] 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Timber Run". USGS. Retrieved 26 July 2010.

[2] "New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 6–9 Widening — Environmental Impact Statement, Chapter 3, page 245" (PDF).