County Route 3 (Monmouth County, New Jersey)

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County Route 3
Length:	13.21 mi[1] (21.26 km)
South end:	CR 527 in Manalapan
Major junctions:	CR 522 in Tennent US 9 in Manalapan NJ 18/CR 520 in Marlboro Route 79 in Morganville NJ 34 in Aberdeen Township GSP in Aberdeen Township
North end:	NJ 35/CR 516 in Keyport
County routes in Monmouth County < CR 2 CR 3A >

County Route 3 is a county highway in Monmouth County, New Jersey. It extends 13.21 miles (21.26 km) from County Route 527 in Manalapan to Route 35 in Keyport, and is funded and maintained by Monmouth County. It is the most direct route from the southwestern part of the county to the north-central section. For the majority of the route, the posted speed limit is 40 mph (64 km/h); however, it is 35 mph (56 km/h) from just south of County Route 522 to Craig Road in Tennent, and 35 mph (56 km/h) from Greenwood Road to Route 34 in Morganville and Aberdeen Township.

Contents 1 Route description 1.1 Scenic Roadway 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Route description

County Route 3 begins as Main Street at County Route 527 (Millhurst Road) in Manalapan. After crossing County Route 522 (Freehold Road), the route becomes Tennent Road, which it remains for the majority of the route.

Technically, County Route 3 becomes Morganville Road for a brief 0.3 miles (0.48 km) between the Gordon's Corner Road/U.S. Route 9 interchange and the Marlboro Township border, but this designation is rarely used because there are few driveways and no cross streets in this area. Once entering Marlboro, County Route 3 becomes Tennent Road once again.

When County Route 3 reaches Route 79 in Morganville at a traffic signal, traffic must make a left turn, drive 0.1 miles (0.16 km), and turn right at the next traffic signal onto Lloyd Road to stay on County Route 3. Lloyd Road takes the route through Marlboro, Aberdeen (where it intersects both Route 34 and the Garden State Parkway) and Hazlet Townships to the Keyport boundary at Gerard Avenue and Clark Street; it then continues as Broadway to Route 35, where it ends. North of Route 35, Broadway is part of CR 6.

[edit] Scenic Roadway

County Route 3 is designated as a Scenic Roadway between County Route 527 (Mile 0) and Craig Road (Mile 1.2) in Manalapan Township.^[2]

[edit] History

In the 1937 renumbering of Monmouth County roads, numbers 1 through 5 were reserved for the longer, "cross-county" routes; those numbered 6 and above were to be more local in nature.

[edit] Major intersections

Municipality	Milepost	Road	Notes
Manalapan Township	0.00	County Route 527 (Millhurst Road)	Traffic signal
	0.80	County Route 522	Traffic signal
	1.21	Craig Road	Traffic signal
	2.22	Taylors Mills Road	Traffic signal
	3.62	Gordons Corner Road to U.S. Route 9 south	Traffic signal
	3.67	Wickatunk Road to U.S. Route 9 north	No traffic signal
Marlboro	5.81	Union Hill Road	Traffic signal
	5.99	County Route 520 to Route 18	Traffic signal
	6.11	Route 18	Partial cloverleaf interchange, some missing movements completed by CR 520 NJ 18 Exit 29
	9.42 9.58	Route 79	Traffic signal; short concurrency with NJ 79
Aberdeen Township	10.73	Route 34	Traffic signal
	12.61	Garden State Parkway south	Half-diamond interchange; access to/from Parkway southbound only GSP Exit 117A
Hazlet Township/Keyport Boro	12.78	Clark Street, Gerard Avenue, to Garden State Parkway north	Traffic signal GSP Exit 117
Keyport Boro	13.13	County Route 516 to Route 35 north
	13.21	Route 35 south	Diamond interchange

[edit] See also

• County routes in New Jersey

[edit] References