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Route 156 (New Jersey)
Encyclopedia
Route 156 is a 1.18 miles (1.9 km) long state highway
in New Jersey
, United States
. It is a short connector in Yardville-Groveville
, New Jersey
, which is part of Hamilton Township
, Mercer County
. It is an old two-lane alignment of U.S. Route 130
that was bypassed by a new multi-lane highway a short distance to the east in the 1950s, and designated just before the 1953 renumbering. The route interchanges with Route 130 at both termini, carrying local traffic to Yardville, a portion of Hamilton Township. The route has remained mainly intact since 1953.
. The route for a short distance passes a factory before heading to the northeast into the community of Yardville. In Yardville, the route parallels Route 130 and several residential homes before intersecting with Church Street in the southern end of the community. After Church Street, the surroundings around Route 156 lessen, until an intersection with Broad Street, where it picks up again. A short distance after, Route 156 intersects with County Route 524
(Yardville-Allentown Road), which runs as the main thoroughfare in Yardville. After County Route 524, the highway continues to the northeast along the Route 130 parallel before the route merges back in with the southbound lanes, which is the designated northern terminus.
) in the 1927 renumbering through Yardville. The route was realigned on a bypass around 1952, a year before the 1953 renumbering, in which Route 25 was decommissioned. Route 130 ran on a four-lane bypass to the east, while the alignment in Yardville became Route 156. The route has remained virtually intact since then.
State highway
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in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
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. It is a short connector in Yardville-Groveville
Yardville-Groveville, New Jersey
Yardville-Groveville is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 9,208.-Geography:...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, which is part of Hamilton Township
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hamilton Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township had a total population of 88,464...
, Mercer County
Mercer County, New Jersey
As of the census of 2000, there were 350,761 people, 125,807 households, and 86,303 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,552 people per square mile . There were 133,280 housing units at an average density of 590 per square mile...
. It is an old two-lane alignment of U.S. Route 130
U.S. Route 130
U.S. Route 130 is a north–south U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey. It runs from Interstate 295 and US 40 at Deepwater in Pennsville Township, Salem County, where the road continues east as Route 49, north to US 1 in North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, where...
that was bypassed by a new multi-lane highway a short distance to the east in the 1950s, and designated just before the 1953 renumbering. The route interchanges with Route 130 at both termini, carrying local traffic to Yardville, a portion of Hamilton Township. The route has remained mainly intact since 1953.
Route description
Route 156 begins at an interchange with U.S. Route 130 in Hamilton TownshipHamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hamilton Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township had a total population of 88,464...
. The route for a short distance passes a factory before heading to the northeast into the community of Yardville. In Yardville, the route parallels Route 130 and several residential homes before intersecting with Church Street in the southern end of the community. After Church Street, the surroundings around Route 156 lessen, until an intersection with Broad Street, where it picks up again. A short distance after, Route 156 intersects with County Route 524
County Route 524 (New Jersey)
County Route 524 is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from the Whitehorse Circle in Hamilton Township to Route 71 in Spring Lake Heights....
(Yardville-Allentown Road), which runs as the main thoroughfare in Yardville. After County Route 524, the highway continues to the northeast along the Route 130 parallel before the route merges back in with the southbound lanes, which is the designated northern terminus.
History
Route 156 was originally an alignment of State Highway Route 25 (co-designated U.S. Route 130U.S. Route 130
U.S. Route 130 is a north–south U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey. It runs from Interstate 295 and US 40 at Deepwater in Pennsville Township, Salem County, where the road continues east as Route 49, north to US 1 in North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, where...
) in the 1927 renumbering through Yardville. The route was realigned on a bypass around 1952, a year before the 1953 renumbering, in which Route 25 was decommissioned. Route 130 ran on a four-lane bypass to the east, while the alignment in Yardville became Route 156. The route has remained virtually intact since then.