The last shields on CR 511 SB. The first shield that could be said to be on CR 511 North is the one atop the page, just after Whippany Road diverges from Columbia Turnpike eastbound.


Just north of Park Ave. (CR 623).


NB at CR 622 EB, the brief continuation of Whippany Ave. north to NJ 10. The first sign appears to be recycled from CR 513, which doesn't meet CR 511 until much farther down this page.

SB in the same spot.


NB at Old Mount Pleasant Ave. (former NJ 10, while the current one has an underpass ahead). As you can see, the sign below the shield is nonreflective and erected by the DOT (though neither road is state-maintained, this sort of acts as an interchange with 10), and the CR 622 shield used to be a reassurance for CR 511. Someone explain how CR 622 and Alt. CR 622 are related, other than that they're near each other.


Two more vestiges of years past at that intersection. The first is the NB approach signage that's missing the CR 622 shield, and the second looks down a former direct ramp from NJ 10 WB.


This vestige of years past is inside the building on the southeast corner of the intersection, currently Double Tap Brewing as of the 2024 writing of this caption.


The main segment of Jefferson Rd. begins here from CR 511 SB at the north edge of Hanover. There's a northern segment in Parsippany as well, so you could consider Jefferson and 511 to have a short concurrency, but that would be silly. You're silly.


Stretched bubble shields NB and SB at CR 511's first meeting with I-287. There will be more later.


There's also this, SB at the loop ramp to I-287 NB, which I think was U-turning traffic from a closed ramp along I-287 SB.


The best I-287 shield on this page, and one of the last few of its kind for any route in the state, on Halsey Rd. WB. It's a short distance before intersecting CR 511 at the I-287 interchange, so it would be more appropriate to have a JCT than a TO. Click for shield closeup. Unfortunately, this also didn't last.


Hurricane Sandy terrorized this tree outside the Parsippany Krauszer's.


Old things lurk behind the Board of Education in Parsippany.


Another old thing lurks just to the north on Alexander Ave.


SB nearing Lanidex Plaza. Apparently this signal only has yellow, yellow, and green, so you never have to stop. Ironically, the real signal is almost always red when I approach it.


NB at Littleton Rd., which extends US 202 eastward at the point that 202 joins 511.


SB in the center of Boonton, where CR 511 meets US 202 at the northern end. All of the photos I just skipped are available by clicking the big link at the bottom of the page.


This ancient sign is NB at Mechanic St. in Boonton. Though much of the black is gone, you can just make out the tiny tips at the right side of the arrow and, even fainter, the notched back at the left side. It likely dates to the 1950s or early '60s.


One from each county, both southbound, first in the Pompton Lakes area on Union Ave., and then entering Butler. The speed limit sign is an enticing combination of old and wrong, but not quite the master of either category.


Apparently, Skyline Drive is quite famous. Once considered as a potential western extension of NJ 208, it now connects to Exit 57 of I-287, which swallowed the westernmost mile of 208. Skyline Drive has positively ancient signs with cut corners, while CR 511 gets these newer flip signs in case the ridge is snowed over. The first two signs are SB and the last is NB.


CR 511 SB gets one of its own ancient cut-corner signs, reminiscent of those from Mass D.P.W. Once again, it references Skyline Drive, and it points to Route 208... to New York! Now, of course, it reaches New York City via NJ 4, but keep in mind NJ 208 was also intended to extend in a northerly loop to NY 208 well to the north. So, was this sign intended to have a double purpose? Your answer here.


NB traffic gets its own surprises. Rather than find NY 17 blanks, Passaic County dug and found... US 17 blanks? Somehow, these signs still gave CR 511 traffic a pointer toward NY 17 via Margaret King Avenue (a loop road that connects to NY via Ringwood, so that each sign is at one end of the short avenue) up until 2009.


One last one, pointing the way down Marshall Hill Rd. to CR 513 SB to... NJ 23.


OK, SB traffic gets ONE US sign at Margaret King Ave.


SB on CR 511, which follows the left branch and turns into a new Turnpike, that of Greenwood Lake. The turnpikes are well-signed, unlike the route that uses them.


The end of Lincoln Ave. at the base of Greenwood Lake.


Where CR 511 turns toward New York - oh, yeah, let's put some shields up here to help you out. Better yet, let's make sure the sign is at least legible. Straight ahead, by the way, is the beginning of CR 513 southbound, not that you'd know it for several miles, since 513 then makes an unsigned left turn while the intuitive straight-ahead direction takes traffic to New York.


Still barely in New York, a reassurance shield stands about 25 feet from the border (this happens on NJ 23 - follow the link below). There is of course no reassurance for CR 511. Northern Passaic County loves labelling its bridges, but hates labelling its roads.

Onto US 202 and the 202/511 multiplex
Onto Alt. CR 511

Onto CR 622
Onto NJ 10
Onto I-287
To I-80
Onto CR 630
Onto Skyline Drive
To NJ 208
To NY 17
To NJ 23
Straight onto CR 513
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