New Jersey Route 63

Route 63 marker
Route 63
Bergen Boulevard
Map
Route information
Maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation
Length3.09 mi[1] (4.97 km)
ExistedJanuary 1, 1953[2]–present
Major junctions
South end CR 501 in North Bergen
Major intersections Route 5 in Ridgefield
CR 501 in Palisades Park
North end US 1-9 / US 46 in Fort Lee
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountiesHudson, Bergen
Highway system
Route 62 Route 64

Route 63 is a short, 3.09-mile (4.97 km) long state highway in Hudson and Bergen counties in New Jersey. The route is known as Bergen Boulevard and concurrent with County Route 501 for most of its alignment. The southern terminus is at Kennedy Boulevard and County Route 501 in North Bergen. The route crosses the county line and heads along the boulevard through the communities of Ridgefield, Palisades Park, and Fort Lee before reaching its northern terminus at an interchange with U.S. Route 1-9 and 46 in Fort Lee.

Route 63 originated in 1927 as the alignment of Route S1, which ran along the current alignment as a spur of New Jersey Route 1. The designated route's southern terminus was at Hudson County West Boulevard (now Kennedy Boulevard), northward to State Highway Route 1, State Highway Route 6 and U.S. Routes 1-9 and 46. The route had one suffixed spur, State Highway Route S-1-A, (now an alignment of New Jersey Route 67) until the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering on January 1 of that year. That day, Route S-1 was decommissioned and replaced by Route 63.

  1. ^ New Jersey Department of Transportation (2009). "Route 63 straight line diagram" (PDF). Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "New Route Markers Go Up Next Month" (PDF). The Hackettstown Gazette. December 18, 1952. p. 17. Retrieved September 26, 2018.