County Route 3 (Monmouth County, New Jersey)

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County Route 3 is a county highway in Monmouth County, New Jersey. It extends 13.21 miles from County Route 527 in Manalapan to Route 35 in Keyport, and is funded and maintained by Monmouth County. It is the most direct route from the southwestern part of the county to the north-central section. For the majority of the route, the posted speed limit is 40 mph; however, it is 35 mph from just south of County Route 522 to Craig Road in Tennent, and 35 mph from Greenwood Road to Route 34 in Morganville and Aberdeen Township.

Route description

County Route 3 begins as Main Street at a new traffic signal with County Route 527 (Millhurst Road) in Manalapan. After crossing County Route 522 (Freehold Road), the route becomes Tennent Road, which it remains for the majority of the route.

Technically, County Route 3 becomes Morganville Road for a brief 0.3 miles between the Gordon's Corner Road/U.S. Route 9 interchange and the Marlboro Township border, but this designation is rarely used because there are few driveways and no cross streets in this area. Once entering Marlboro, County Route 3 becomes Tennent Road once again.

When County Route 3 reaches Route 79 in Morganville at a traffic signal, traffic must make a left turn, drive 0.1 miles, and turn right at the next traffic signal onto Lloyd Road to stay on County Route 3. Lloyd Road takes the route through Marlboro, Aberdeen (Where it intersects both Route 34 and the Garden State Parkway) and Hazlet Townships to the Keyport boundary at Gerard Avenue and Clark Street; it then continues as Broadway to Route 35, where it ends. North of Route 35 Broadway is part of CR 6.

History

In the 1937 renumbering of Monmouth County roads, numbers 1 through 5 were reserved for the longer, "cross-county" routes; those numbered 6 and above were to be more local in nature.

Major intersections

ee also

*County routes in New Jersey

References