List of traffic circles in New Jersey

Marlton Circle before retrofit project to form a grade separated interchange.

This is a list of traffic circles in New Jersey. The U.S. state of New Jersey at one point had a total of 101 traffic circles, 44 of which were part of state roads. However, the number has shrunk as traffic circles have been phased out by the New Jersey Department of Transportation. In the 1920s and 1930s, New Jersey felt that traffic circles were an efficient way for moving traffic through three or more intersecting roads. Built in 1925, the first traffic circle in New Jersey was the Airport Circle in Pennsauken. Many of these interchanges are rotaries in design, as opposed to the more successful modern roundabout.

As suburban and rural populations grew New Jersey's traffic circles became outdated. The increased number of drivers on the roads resulted in traffic circles being more likely to hinder traffic than help it. Increased number of vehicles and faster traffic speeds made traffic circles more dangerous and accidents common. Many traffic circles became notorious for having frequent accidents and being confusing, especially for non-locals. Starting around the 1970s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation began phasing out traffic circles. Common methods of eliminating traffic circles are building a road through the circle, adding traffic lights, and the use of grade separation.

Traffic circles

Modified traffic circles are intersections where parts or all of the original circle still exist as a major part of the intersection.

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Name	Image	Location	Status	Intersecting roads	Notes
Airport Circle (Newark)		Newark	Defunct	US 1/9, NJ 21, US 22	Eliminated due to the construction of the NJ Turnpike and the subsequent expansion of Newark Airport.
Airport Circle		Pennsauken	Modified	US 30, US 130, NJ 70, NJ 38, Kaighn Ave.	First traffic circle in New Jersey. Built 1925, opened 1927. Traffic lights, ramps and overpasses have been added.
Airport Circle		Egg Harbor Township	Modified	CR 563, CR 646, Amelia Earhart Blvd.	Entrance to the Atlantic City International Airport. In 2011, the circle was revised to allow Delilah Road motorists to pass straight through the circle, plus the addition of traffic signals. Direct connection ramps are proposed to help funnel traffic to and from the airport.
Allwood Circle		Clifton	Modified	Allwood Road (CR 602), Bloomfield Avenue (CR 622)	Reconfigured to roundabout alignment.
Allenwood Circle (Hurleys Corner Circle)	100px	Allenwood	Original	NJ 34 & Allaire Road	Built in the 1930s to support increased traffic in the area.
Asbury Park Circle		Asbury Park	Original	NJ 35, NJ 66, CR 16	Built in the 1940s to support increased traffic in the area.
Barrington Circle		Barrington	Modified	US 30, NJ 41
Bayway Circle		Elizabeth	Modified	US 1/9, New Jersey Route 439	Originally built to connect the Edgar Plank Road with Elizabeth's Spring Street (via a modified Carlton Street between Edgar Road and the circle and a brand-new highway between Spring Street and the circle), both of which are now part of US 1/9.
Berlin Circle		Berlin Township	Defunct	NJ 73, Berlin-Cross Keys Rd., Walker Ave.
Boulevard and Passaic Avenue Circle		Hasbrouck Heights, Wood-Ridge	Original	Boulevard, Passaic Ave.	While there wasn't a circle in this town originally, increased traffic required a circle to be built.
Bound Brook Circle		Bound Brook	Recent	East Main St and Bolmer Blvd.	One of the newer traffic circles in the state. Built in the early-mid 2000s as a traffic calming solution at a former three-way intersection, and also as part of a realignment of the same intersection.
Brielle Circle		Wall Township	Defunct	NJ 34, NJ 35, NJ 70	Replaced with an at-grade intersection with jughandles.
Brookdale Circle		Lincroft	Recent	CR 520, Campus Drive	Added in 2007; previously an at-grade intersection with a traffic light. Located at the entrance to Brookdale Community College.
Brooklawn Circles		Brooklawn
Browning Road Circle		Pennsauken	Defunct
Brunswick Circle		Trenton and Lawrence		US 206, US 1 Bus., CR 645
Burnet Street Circle		New Brunswick	Defunct
Camp Merritt Memorial Circle		Cresskill		CR 505 (Knickerbocker Rd.), Madison Ave.
Cardiff Circle		Egg Harbor	Defunct	US 40, US 322, CR 563
Charlotte Circle		Jersey City	Defunct
Chesterfield Circle		Chesterfield	New as of 2014	County Route 528, Old York Road (County Route 660)	Technically a Roundabout
Clark Circle		Clark	Modified	G.S. Pkwy., CR 613, CR 632	Exit 135 of the Garden State Pkwy., traffic lights added in 2007.
College Drive Circle (Roundabout)		Blackwood		CR 673	Built in 2009 at the entrance to Camden County College. 3 other traffic circles were built on college grounds, along with new service roads for improved safety and more accessibility to the college, near Route 42 and Route 168.
Collingswood Circle		Collingswood	Defunct	US 30, US 130, White Horse Pike, Woodlynne Ave.	Replaced by an at-grade intersection with jughandles in 2009.
Collingwood Circle		Wall Township		NJ 33, NJ 34, CR 547
Cooper Landing Circle		Cherry Hill	Modified	NJ 38, Cooper Landing Road, Church Road
Cranbury-Hightstown Circle		Cranbury		US 130, CR 539, CR 685
Eatontown Circle		Eatontown	Defunct	NJ 35, NJ 36
Eisenhower Traffic Circle	100px	Lakehurst		NJ 70, Union Ave., South Union Ave., Pine St., Myrtle Ave.
Ellisburg Circle		Cherry Hill	Defunct	NJ 41, NJ 70, NJ 154
Flemington Circle		Flemington		US 202, NJ 12, NJ 31	To be replaced with a modern roundabout.
Four Mile Circle		Southampton, Pemberton		NJ 70, NJ 72, CR 644, CR 646
Franklin Lake Circle		Franklin Lakes
Freehold Circle		Freehold	Defunct	US 9, NJ 33 Bus., Manalapan Ave.
Ho-Ho-Kus Circle		Ho-Ho-Kus	Defunct
Lakehurst Circle	100px	Lakehurst		NJ 37, NJ 70
Laurelton Circle		Brick Township	Defunct	NJ 70, NJ 88, CR 630
Ledgewood Circle	100px	Ledgewood	Defunct	US 46, NJ 10, Circle Dr.
Linden Circle		Linden	Defunct	CR 607, CR 615
Little Ferry Circle		Little Ferry	Defunct	US 46, Bergen Tpke.
Livingston Circle		Livingston	Modified	Eisenhower Parkway, NJ 10 (Mt. Pleasant Ave.), W Northfield Rd.
Main Street Circle	100px	Flemington		NJ 12, Main St., South Main St., Reaville Ave.
Manasquan Circle		Wall Township		NJ 35, CR 524 Spur
Marlton Circle		Evesham Township	Defunct	NJ 70, NJ 73	Replaced with an interchange in 2011.
Medford Circle		Medford	Defunct
Monument Circle		Englewood		CR 505 (W Palisade Ave.), Tenafly Rd., Bennett Rd., Lafayette Ave.
Morlot Avenue Bridge Circle		Paterson	Defunct	NJ 20, CR 651
Netcong Circle		Netcong	Defunct	US 46, NJ 183
Park Avenue and Passaic Avenue		Rutherford	Modified
Pennington Circle	100px	Pennington		NJ 31, CR 546, CR 640	Metering lights added in late 2015
Penns Neck Circle	100px	West Windsor	Modified	US 1, CR 571
Pole Tavern Circle		Upper Pittsgrove		US 40, NJ 77, CR 604, CR 635
Pudgy Circle		McGuire AFB, New Hanover Township		McGuire Blvd, First Street
Race Track Circle		Cherry Hill	Defunct	NJ 70, CR 644
Red Lion Circle	100px	Southampton		US 206, NJ 70
Ridgefield Circle		Ridgefield	Defunct	US 1, NJ 39, Hendricks Causeway
Route 12 Circle / Dvoor's Circle	100px	Raritan Township		NJ 12, CR 523, Mine St.
Routes 1 & 130 Circle		North Brunswick	Defunct	US 1, US 130, NJ 171	Replaced by at-grade intersection, now an interchange.
Somers Point Circle	100px	Somers Point	Defunct	NJ 52, CR 559, CR 585	Replaced by an intersection with traffic signals.
Somerville Circle	100px	Bridgewater, Raritan	Modified	US 202, US 206, NJ 28	An overpass and traffic lights were added in the 1990s.
Station Square		Rutherford	Modified	Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie Avenue	Rebuilt August 2003 - 2005
Teaneck Circle		Teaneck	Defunct
Tonnele Circle		Jersey City	Modified	US 1/9, US 1/9 Truck, NJ 139, Tonnele Ave.
Victory Circle	100px	Sayreville	Defunct	US 9, NJ 35, Chevalier Ave., Main St.	Replaced with a diamond interchange in 2006.
Watchung Circle		Mountainside		CR 645, CR 642
Westfield Circle		Westfield		CR 509, CR 610, NJ 28, Westfield Ave., Watterson St.	Expanded to two lanes in 2005 with one way designations added to Watterson St. (Inbound), and Westfield Ave. (Outbound)
White Horse Circle		White Horse	Modified	US 206, CR 524, CR 533

External links

• nj.com gallery of traffic circles