New Jersey Roads - Jefferson Rd., Hanover

Jefferson Road, Hanover


This is not an old white guide sign remaining from the 1940s, but probably replaced one of those, at the south end of Jefferson Rd. at Cedar Knolls Rd. It had surprising staying power, getting replaced by yet another white sign, but the octagon reflectors are long gone.


How quickly the weight limit falls from 10 to 4, as I head north from Cedar Knolls Rd. The second sign is north of NJ 10 showing that section has always been limited. (To be fair, the first sign was likely repurposed from elsewhere when it was patched.)


Northbound at NJ 10 about halfway along Jefferson Rd., featuring a contractor's finest efforts. What is the Township of Hanover trying to say on the old green sign? It took me 10+ years to finally get you a legible version, even after getting out to read this sign and taking 5 different photos, and I don't get why they're telling you to take I-287. Jefferson Rd. is straight ahead, even if I-287 skips a convenient mile of it.


Once the detour went away, these overhead mistakes went in on both signal mast arms. I'm looking left and right from the same vantage as before and wondering how many years before US 10 no longer magically extends from Michigan.


Jefferson Rd. NB meets CR 511 at the north edge of Hanover Twp. My casual observation is that pushing the button does give a green light to Jefferson, but not a very long one.


Jefferson Rd. jogs along CR 511 and restarts in Parsippany with the same name and the same straight alignment. This SB sign at East Halsey Rd. may have been useful years ago, but it's sure not valid now.

Turn left toward Madison and CR 623
Onto NJ 10
Onto CR 511
To US 202
To Smith Rd.
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