Bridge Street | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation | ||||
Length | 0.24 mi[1] (390 m) | |||
Existed | 1953–1974 | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | US 206 in Somerville | |||
North end | Fifth Street in Somerville | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | New Jersey | |||
Counties | Somerset | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route 177 was the shortest state highway recorded in Somerset County, New Jersey and the second shortest around the entire state of New Jersey. (New Jersey Route 59 is the shortest recorded route in the state at 0.15 miles (0.24 km) long.) Route 177 went for a short, 0.24 miles (0.39 km) state-maintained portion of Bridge Street in Somerville. One of only three state highways in Somerset County after the 1953 state highway renumbering, Route 177 was the only one to be decommissioned later on. (The other two highways are Route 27 further south and Route 28 further north) The short-lived designation went from U.S. Route 206 (US 206) in Somerville, up Bridge Street near the Old Cemetery to Fifth Street, where state maintenance terminated. In 1974, the Department of Transportation turned maintenance of this short highway over to the borough of Somerville for future use.