New Jersey Route 79

Route 79
Route 79 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length	12.13 mi[1] (19.52 km)
Existed	January 1, 1953[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 9 / Route 33 in Freehold Township
Major intersections	Route 33 Bus. in Freehold CR 537 in Freehold Route 18 in Marlboro
North end	Route 34 / CR 516 Spur in Matawan
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Monmouth
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← I-78 → I-80

Route 79 is a state highway located in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs 12.1 mi (19.5 km) from an intersection of US 9 in Freehold Township north to an intersection of Route 34 and Main Street (CR 516 Spur) in Matawan. The route is a mostly two-lane undivided road that passes through a mixture of suburban residential, urban commercial, and open rural areas. The route interchanges with Route 33 in Freehold Township, intersects with Business Route 33 and CR 537 in Freehold, interchanges with Route 18 and intersects with CR 520 in Marlboro, and intersects with CR 516 in Matawan.

In 1927, the current alignment of Route 79 was designated as a part of Route 4, which was to run from Cape May to the George Washington Bridge, and US 9 was additionally designated along the route by the 1940s. After US 9 and Route 4 were moved to a new routing between Freehold and Cheesequake, the former route became Route 4A, a spur of Route 4. In 1953, Route 4A became Route 79 between Freehold and Matawan and an extension of Route 34 between Matawan and Cheesequake.