Talk:County Route 519 (New Jersey)

Errors on 519's course near Newton, NJ

I think the description of the road in the vicinity of Newton is incorrect. I've lived in the Newton area for decades and never have heard of a "Conrads Corner Road." Not even Google Maps recognizes that name and a quick search of the name will reveal that it can't find any thoroughfare by that name anywhere in the world.

In fact, in Hampton it is the "Newton-Halsey Road" (and previously the "Newton-Washingtonville Road" in the late 1800s, and before the realignment of Jonathan Hampton's Military Road of 1755-1756). Once you go north of "Halsey" it reaches the intersection with Augusta Hill Road about 1.5 miles north (AH is a small township road connecting Rte 519 and U.S. Rte 206) AH goes straight ahead, 519 turns aboout 90 degrees to the west. Here, 519 is part of the Morris Turnpike (farther up the road County Route 655). Here the article incorrectly mentions that 519 is Branchville-Lawson Road. Branchville-Lawson Road is County Route 627 and NOT Rte 519. When 519 turns to the right off of the Morris Turnpike, it is not 627 (which ends at that intersection) and it is not Branchville-Lawson Road. For this stretch, 519 is "Newton Avenue" in Frankford Township and later into Branchville Borough. Note that Branchville-Lawson Road is only a quick roughly one-mile long road that connects Rte 519/Morris Turnpike with County Rte 626 (Halsey Road, or Halsey-Myrtle Grove Road) which ends about two miles west when it meets County Route 521. Only New Jersey can be this confusing.

Looking at a map would have fixed this problem. --ColonelHenry (talk) 20:08, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

The SLD sometimes lists incorrect road names. Feel free to correct them to reflect what they are actually called. Dough4872 20:31, 23 June 2012 (UTC)