The City of Newark has an extensive system of highway and transportation facilities. These highway facilities and supporting streets form a network for the road movement of goods and freight, as well as for automobiles passing through the area, and provide access to properties adjacent to these streets. Some streets give preference to through traffic movements, others to site access; some must accommodate both functions. As part of the ongoing transportation planning process in Newark, each street in the City is classified by its existing and/or intended primary function. These street classifications are defined as follows:
Principal Arterials (Freeways – Expressways) – Expedite movement of all types of traffic to and from distant points within the City or the surrounding region and provide only limited access.
Principal Arterials (Arterial Streets) – Serve, in conjunction with expressways, as the primary network of travel between the principal functions of the City and generally provide free access. However, there is the potential to prohibit parking and/or loading as required to improve the street’s traffic capacity
Minor Arterials – Interconnect with and augment the principal arterial system and provide service for trips of moderate length at a somewhat lower level of service. However, there is a potential to prohibit parking and/or loading as required to improve the street’s capacity.
Collector Streets – Serve internal traffic movement within various sections of the City and connect with the arterial street system, provide access, which is limited only at critical points and may serve local bus routes.
Local Streets – Serve abutting land uses and provide access with few or no restrictions, although traffic is deliberately discouraged.
Principal Arterials (Freeways – Expressways) |
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I-78 |
I-280 |
Route 1 & 9 |
Route 22 |
New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) |
Garden State Parkway |
McCarter Highway (Route 21) |
Principal Arterials | ||
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Street Name | From | To |
Bloomfield Avenue | Belleville Line | Broadway |
Broad Street | Poinier Street | Bloomfield Place |
Central Avenue | East Orange Line | Broad Street |
Clinton Avenue | Lincoln Park | S. 20th Street |
Delancy Street | Avenue I | Avenue P |
Elizabeth Avenue | Grumman Avenue | Clinton Avenue |
Ferry Street | Market Street | Raymond Blvd. |
Market Street | Dr. MLK Boulevard | Ferry Street |
McCarter Highway | Astor Street | Belleville Line |
McClellan Street | Frelinghuysen Avenue | Route 1 & 9 |
Park Avenue | East Orange Line | Bloomfield Ave. |
Raymond Boulevard | Ferry Street | Raymond Plaza |
River Street | Raymond Boulevard | McCarter Highway |
South Orange Avenue | Springfield Avenue | South Orange Line |
Springfield Avenue | South Orange Avenue | Irvington Line |
West Market Street | Orange Street | Dr. MLK Boulevard |
Minor Arterials | ||
|---|---|---|
Street Name | From | To |
Bergen Street | West Market Street | Hillside Line |
Bridge Street | Broad Street | Harrison City |
Broadway | Belleville Line | Clay Street |
Chancellor Avenue | Irvington Line | Elizabeth Avenue |
Clifton Avenue | Orange Street | Bloomfield Avenue |
Clifton Avenue | Irvington Line | Broad Street |
Doremus Avenue | Raymond Boulevard | City Channel |
Eighteen Avenue | Irvine Turner Boulevard | Irvington Line |
Ferry Street | Raymond Plaza East | Wilson Avenue |
First Street | West Market Street | Fourth (4th) Street |
Franklin Avenue | Heller Parkway | Belleville Line |
Hayes Avenue | Frelinghuysen Avenue | Ramp Route 1 & 9 |
Heller Parkway | Belleville Line | Mt. Prospect Avenue |
Hillside Avenue | West Peddie Street | Avon Avenue |
Irvine Turner Boulevard | West Peddie Street | Springfield Avenue |
Jackson Street | Lafayette Street | Harrison Line |
Jones Street | Springfield Avenue | So. Orange Avenue |
Lyons Avenue | Irvington Line | Elizabeth Avenue |
Mt. Prospect Avenue | Bloomfield Avenue | Belleville Line |
Mulberry Street | Park Place | McCarter Highway |
Norfolk Street | Orange Street | So. Orange Avenue |
North 6th Street | West Market Street | Heller Parkway |
Nye Avenue | Irvington Line | Bergen Street |
Orange Street | McCarter Highway | East Orange Line |
Park Place | Rector Street | Mulberry Street |
Raymond Boulevard | Lock Street | Raymond Plaza |
Sanford Avenue | East Orange Line | Irvington Line |
South Street | Broad Street | Stockton Street |
Springdale Avenue | Roseville Avenue | East Orange Line |
Stockton Street | South Street | Wilson Avenue |
Stuyvesant Avenue | Irvington Line | South Orange Avenue |
Terminal Street | Elizabeth Line | Doremus Avenue |
Warren Street | Hudson Street | Lock Street |
Watson Avenue | Elizabeth Avenue | Bergen Street |
Wilson Avenue | Doremus Avenue | Ferry Street |
Collector Roads | ||
|---|---|---|
Street Name | From | To |
Adams Street | South Street | Market Street |
Avon Avenue | Irvington Line | Clinton Avenue |
Backus Street | Avenue I | Wheeler Point |
Branford Place | Springfield Avenue | Broad Street |
Chestnut Street | Broad Street | Wheeler Point |
Clinton Place | Clinton Avenue | Lyons Avenue |
Commerce Street | Mulberry Street | Broad Street |
Court Street | Irvine Turner Boulevard | Broad Street |
Delancy Street | Doremus Avenue | Avenue I |
East Peddie Street | Elizabeth Avenue | Frelinghuysen Avenue |
East Runyon Street | Frelinghuysen Avenue | Elizabeth Avenue |
Edison Place | Raymond Plaza East | Broad Street |
Elwood Avenue | First Street | Broadway |
Fabyan Place | Clinton Avenue | Fabyan Terrace |
Fabyan Terrace | Wainwright Street | Fabyan Place |
Ferry Street | Wilson Avenue | Market Street |
Fifteenth Street | Irvington Line | Springfield Avenue |
Foundry Street | Raymond Boulevard | Avenue P |
Gould Avenue | South Twelve Street | West Market Street |
Grafton Avenue | Lake Street | McCarter Highway |
Hawthorne Avenue | Jelliff Avenue | Irvington Line |
Dr. MLK Jr. Boulevard | Clinton Avenue | Bloomfield Avenue |
Lafayette Street | Broad Street | Wilson Avenue |
Lake Street | Park Avenue | Verona Avenue |
Manor Drive | Mt. Vernon Place | Irvington Avenue |
Mapes Avenue | Hillside Line | Lyons Avenue |
Mt. Vernon Place | Sanford Place | Manor Drive |
Nesbit Street | Eight Avenue | Sussex Avenue |
North Munn Avenue | South Orange Avenue | East Orange Line |
Osborne Terrace | Lyons Avenue | Clinton Avenue |
Pacific Street | Elm Street | Thomas Street |
Roseville Avenue | Bloomfield Avenue | West Market St |
Second Avenue | East Orange Line | Broadway |
Seventh Avenue | Broadway | Clifton Avenue |
Sixth Avenue | First Street | East Orange Line |
South Eighth Street | Central Avenue | West Market Street |
South Eleventh Street | Gould Street | Clinton Avenue |
South Twelfth Street | Clinton Avenue | West Market Street |
South Eighteenth Street | East Orange Line | Clinton Avenue |
Spruce Street | Clinton Avenue | Irvine Turner |
Summit Avenue | Hillside Line | Chancellor Avenue |
Sussex Avenue | West Market Street | Central Avenue |
Tremont Avenue | East Orange Line | Martens Avenue |
University Avenue | Washington Street | State Street |
Valley Street | Stuyvessant Avenue | West End Avenue |
Van Buren Street | South Street | Raymond Boulevard |
Verona Avenue | Lake Street | Raymond Boulevard |
Wainwright Street | Hillside Line | Fabyan Terrace |
Walnut Street | Lang Street | Broad Street |
Warren Street | Washington Street | Lock Street |
Washington Street | Broad Street | Clinton Avenue |
West Kinney Street | Washington Street | Irvine Turner |
West Peddie Street | Jelliff Avenue | Elizabeth Avenue |
West Runyon Street | Elizabeth Avenue | Irvine Turner |
William Street | Broad Street | Dr. MLK Jr. Boulevard |