List of traffic circles in New Jersey

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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.[1][2] In the 1920s and 1930s, New Jersey felt that traffic circles were an efficient way for moving traffic through three or more intersecting roads.[1] Built in 1925, the first traffic circle in New Jersey was the Airport Circle in Pennsauken.[3] 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As suburban and rural populations grew New Jersey's traffic circles became outdated.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.[1] Many traffic circles became notorious for having frequent accidents and being confusing, especially for non-locals.[4][5] Starting around the 1970s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation began phasing out traffic circles.[6] Common methods of eliminating traffic circles are building a road through the circle, adding traffic lights, and the use of grade separation.[7]

Traffic circles

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

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 Route 130 heading northbound through Camden County.jpg Pennsauken
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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.[3]
Airport Circle Egg Harbor Township
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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.[8] Direct connection ramps are proposed to help funnel traffic to and from the airport.
Allwood Circle Clifton
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Modified Allwood Road (CR 602), Bloomfield Avenue (CR 622) Reconfigured to roundabout alignment.
Allenwood Circle (Hurleys Corner Circle) 100px Allenwood
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Original NJ 34 & Allaire Road Built in the 1930s to support increased traffic in the area.
Asbury Park Circle Asbury Park
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Original NJ 35, NJ 66, CR 16 Built in the 1940s to support increased traffic in the area.
Barrington Circle Barrington
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Modified US 30, NJ 41 [3]
Bayway Circle Elizabeth
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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
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Defunct NJ 73, Berlin-Cross Keys Rd., Walker Ave. [3]
Boulevard and Passaic Avenue Circle Hasbrouck Heights, Wood-Ridge
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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
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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
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Defunct NJ 34, NJ 35, NJ 70 Replaced with an at-grade intersection with jughandles.
Brookdale Circle Brookdale Community College entrance.jpg Lincroft
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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
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US 206, US 1 Bus., CR 645
Burnet Street Circle New Brunswick Defunct
Camp Merritt Memorial Circle Cresskill
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CR 505 (Knickerbocker Rd.), Madison Ave.
Cardiff Circle Egg Harbor
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Defunct US 40, US 322, CR 563 [7]
Charlotte Circle Jersey City
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Defunct
Chesterfield Circle CR 528 CR 660 roundabout.jpg Chesterfield
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New as of 2014 County Route 528, Old York Road (County Route 660) Technically a Roundabout
Clark Circle Clark
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Modified G.S. Pkwy., CR 613, CR 632 Exit 135 of the Garden State Pkwy., traffic lights added in 2007.[9]
College Drive Circle (Roundabout) Blackwood
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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.[10]
Collingswood Circle Collingswood
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Defunct US 30, US 130, White Horse Pike, Woodlynne Ave. Replaced by an at-grade intersection with jughandles in 2009.[11]
Collingwood Circle Wall Township
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NJ 33, NJ 34, CR 547
Cooper Landing Circle Cherry Hill
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Modified NJ 38, Cooper Landing Road, Church Road
Cranbury-Hightstown Circle Cranbury
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US 130, CR 539, CR 685
Eatontown Circle Eatontown
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Defunct NJ 35, NJ 36
Eisenhower Traffic Circle[12] 100px Lakehurst
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NJ 70, Union Ave., South Union Ave., Pine St., Myrtle Ave.
Ellisburg Circle Cherry Hill
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Defunct NJ 41, NJ 70, NJ 154 [3]
Flemington Circle Flemington circle usgs.jpg Flemington
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US 202, NJ 12, NJ 31 To be replaced with a modern roundabout.[13]
Four Mile Circle Four Mile Circle from Route 70 westbound crop.jpg Southampton, Pemberton
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NJ 70, NJ 72, CR 644, CR 646
Franklin Lake Circle Franklin Lakes
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Freehold Circle Freehold
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Defunct US 9, NJ 33 Bus., Manalapan Ave.
Ho-Ho-Kus Circle Ho-Ho-Kus Defunct
Lakehurst Circle 100px Lakehurst
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NJ 37, NJ 70
Laurelton Circle Brick Township
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Defunct NJ 70, NJ 88, CR 630
Ledgewood Circle 100px Ledgewood
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Defunct US 46, NJ 10, Circle Dr. [1]
Linden Circle Linden
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Defunct CR 607, CR 615
Little Ferry Circle Little Ferry
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Defunct US 46, Bergen Tpke.
Livingston Circle Livingston
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Modified Eisenhower Parkway, NJ 10 (Mt. Pleasant Ave.), W Northfield Rd.
Main Street Circle 100px Flemington
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NJ 12, Main St., South Main St., Reaville Ave.
Manasquan Circle Wall Township
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NJ 35, CR 524 Spur
Marlton Circle Marlton circle.jpg Evesham Township
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Defunct NJ 70, NJ 73 Replaced with an interchange in 2011.[14]
Medford Circle Medford
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Defunct
Monument Circle Englewood
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CR 505 (W Palisade Ave.), Tenafly Rd., Bennett Rd., Lafayette Ave.
Morlot Avenue Bridge Circle Paterson
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Defunct NJ 20, CR 651
Netcong Circle Netcong
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Defunct US 46, NJ 183
Park Avenue and Passaic Avenue Rutherford
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Modified
Pennington Circle 100px Pennington
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NJ 31, CR 546, CR 640 Metering lights added in late 2015[16]
Penns Neck Circle 100px West Windsor
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Modified US 1, CR 571
Pole Tavern Circle Upper Pittsgrove
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US 40, NJ 77, CR 604, CR 635
Pudgy Circle McGuire AFB, New Hanover Township
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McGuire Blvd, First Street
Race Track Circle Cherry Hill
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Defunct NJ 70, CR 644 [3]
Red Lion Circle 100px Southampton
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US 206, NJ 70
Ridgefield Circle Ridgefield
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Defunct US 1, NJ 39, Hendricks Causeway
Route 12 Circle / Dvoor's Circle 100px Raritan Township
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NJ 12, CR 523, Mine St.
Routes 1 & 130 Circle North Brunswick
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Defunct US 1, US 130, NJ 171 Replaced by at-grade intersection, now an interchange.
Somers Point Circle 100px Somers Point
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Defunct NJ 52, CR 559, CR 585 Replaced by an intersection with traffic signals.[17][18]
Somerville Circle 100px Bridgewater, Raritan
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Modified US 202, US 206, NJ 28 An overpass and traffic lights were added in the 1990s.[6]
Station Square Rutherford NJT train station 2.jpg Rutherford
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Modified Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie Avenue Rebuilt August 2003 - 2005
Teaneck Circle Teaneck Defunct
Tonnele Circle Tonnelle circle usgs.jpg Jersey City
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Modified US 1/9, US 1/9 Truck, NJ 139, Tonnele Ave.
Victory Circle 100px Sayreville
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Defunct US 9, NJ 35, Chevalier Ave., Main St. Replaced with a diamond interchange in 2006.[19]
Watchung Circle Mountainside
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CR 645, CR 642
Westfield Circle Westfield
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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
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Modified US 206, CR 524, CR 533


References

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