The U.S. state of New Jersey at one point had a total of 101 traffic circles, 44 of which were part of state roads. However, the number has shrunk as traffic circles have been phased out by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[1] [2] In the 1920s and 1930s, New Jersey felt that traffic circles were an efficient way for moving traffic through three or more intersecting roads.[1] Built in 1925, the first traffic circle in New Jersey was the Airport Circle in Pennsauken.[3] Many of these interchanges are rotaries in design, as opposed to the more successful modern roundabout. As suburban and rural populations grew New Jersey's traffic circles became outdated. The increased number of drivers on the roads resulted in traffic circles being more likely to hinder traffic than help it. Increased number of vehicles and faster traffic speeds made traffic circles more dangerous and accidents common.[1] Many traffic circles became notorious for having frequent accidents and being confusing, especially for non-locals.[4] [5] Starting around the 1970s, the New Jersey Department of Transportation began phasing out traffic circles.[6] Common methods of eliminating traffic circles are building a road through the circle, adding traffic lights, and the use of grade separation.[7]
Modified traffic circles are intersections where parts or all of the original circle still exist as a major part of the intersection.
| Name | Image | Location | Status | Intersecting roads | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Circle (Newark) | Newark | Defunct | US 1/9, Route 21, US 22 | Eliminated due to the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike and the subsequent expansion of Newark Airport. | ||
| Airport Circle | Pennsauken 39.9337°N -75.0823°W | Modified | US 30, US 130, Route 70, Route 38, Kaighns Avenue | First traffic circle in New Jersey. Built 1925, opened 1927. Traffic lights, ramps and overpasses have been added. | ||
| Airport Circle | Egg Harbor Township 39.4318°N -74.5791°W | Modified | CR 563, CR 646, Amelia Earhart Boulevard | Entrance to the Atlantic City International Airport. In 2011, the circle was revised to allow Delilah Road motorists to pass straight through the circle, plus the addition of traffic signals.[8] Direct connection ramps are proposed to help funnel traffic to and from the airport. | ||
| Alexander Street Circle (Roundabout) | Princeton 40.343°N -74.6608°W | Orignal | Alexander Street, University Place | Opened February 2014.[9] [10] | ||
| Allwood Circle | Clifton 40.843°N -74.1596°W | Modified | Allwood Road (CR 602), Bloomfield Avenue (CR 622) | Reconfigured to roundabout alignment. | ||
| Allenwood Circle (Hurleys Corner Circle) | Wall Township 40.1501°N -74.096°W | Modifed | Route 34 & Allaire Road | Built in the 1930s to support increased traffic in the area. Modified in 2021 with marked lanes and better signage. | ||
| Asbury Park Circle | Ocean Township and Neptune 40.2261°N -74.0377°W | Original | Route 35, Route 66, Asbury Avenue (CR 16) | Built in the 1940s to support increased traffic in the area.[11] | ||
| Barrington Circle | Barrington 39.8762°N -75.0495°W | Modified | US 30, Route 41 | |||
| Bayway Circle | Elizabeth 40.6507°N -74.2211°W | Modified | US 1/9, Route 439 | Originally built to connect the Edgar Plank Road with Elizabeth's Spring Street (via a modified Carlton Street between Edgar Road and the circle and a brand-new highway between Spring Street and the circle), both of which are now part of US 1/9. | ||
| Berlin Circle | Berlin Township 39.8016°N -74.9316°W | Defunct | Route 73, Berlin-Cross Keys Road and Walker Avenue | Replaced by an at-grade intersection[12] | ||
| Boulevard and Passaic Avenue Circle | Hasbrouck Heights 40.858°N -74.0817°W | Original | Boulevard, Passaic Avenue | While there was no circle in this town originally, increased traffic required a circle to be built. | ||
| Bound Brook Circle | Bound Brook 40.5615°N -74.5278°W | Orignal | East Main Street and Bolmer Boulevard | One of the newer traffic circles in the state. Built in the early-mid 2000s as a traffic calming solution at a former three-way intersection, and also as part of a realignment of the same intersection. | ||
| Brielle Circle | Wall Township 40.1162°N -74.0729°W | Defunct | Route 34, Route 35, Route 70 | Replaced with an at-grade intersection with jughandles.[13] | ||
| Brookdale Circle | Lincroft 40.3321°N -74.1317°W | Orignal | CR 520, Campus Drive | Added in 2007; replaced a signalized at-grade intersection. Located at the entrance to Brookdale Community College and the Lincroft Bible Church. | ||
| Brooklawn East Circle | Brooklawn39.8758°N -75.1227°W | US 130, Route 47, CR 551, South Hannevig Avenue | ||||
| Brooklawn West Circle | Brooklawn39.8767°N -75.1245°W | US 130, CR 551 | ||||
| Browning Road Circle | Pennsauken | Defunct | NJ 38, NJ 70, Marlton Pike, Browning Road | |||
| Brunswick Circle | Trenton and Lawrence 40.2453°N -74.7428°W | US 206, US 1 Bus., CR 645 | ||||
| Burnet Street Circle | Defunct | US 1, NJ 18 | ||||
| Camp Merritt Memorial Circle | Cresskill 40.9413°N -73.9768°W | CR 505 (Knickerbocker Road), Madison Avenue | Site of the Camp Merritt Memorial Monument, an obelisk standing that marks the 578 victims of an influenza outbreak at Camp Merritt, which was used an embarkation point for soldiers heading to Europe during World War I.[14] | |||
| Cardiff Circle | Egg Harbor Township 39.4073°N -74.5637°W | Defunct | US 40, US 322, CR 563 | |||
| Charlotte Circle | Jersey City 40.7383°N -74.0737°W | Defunct | US 1/9 Truck, NJ 7, Newark Ave, James Ave, Dey St, Howell St | |||
| Chesterfield Circle | Chesterfield Township 40.1306°N -74.6619°W | Orignal | CR 528, Old York Road (CR 660) | Technically a Roundabout | ||
| Clark Circle | Clark 40.6269°N -74.3044°W | Modified | G.S. Pkwy., Central Avenue (CR 613), Walnut Avenue (CR 632) | Exit 135 of the Garden State Parkway, traffic lights added in 2007.[15] | ||
| Cleveland Lane Circle #1 | Princeton 40.351°N -74.6738°W | Traffic calming circle | ||||
| Cleveland Lane Circle #2 | Princeton 40.3517°N -74.6721°W | Traffic calming circle | ||||
| College Drive Circle (Roundabout) | Gloucester Township 39.7877°N -75.0435°W | CR 673 | Built in 2009 at the entrance to Camden County College. 3 other traffic circles were built on college grounds, along with new service roads for improved safety and more accessibility to the college, near Route 42 and Route 168.[16] | |||
| Collingswood Circle | Collingswood 39.9189°N -75.0888°W | Defunct | US 30, US 130, White Horse Pike, Woodlynne Avenue | Replaced by an at-grade intersection with jughandles in 2009.[17] | ||
| Collingwood Circle | Wall Township 40.2192°N -74.1284°W | Route 33, Route 34, CR 547 | ||||
| Cooper Landing Circle | Cherry Hill 39.9405°N -75.0098°W | Modified | Route 38, Cooper Landing Road, Church Road | |||
| Cranbury-Hightstown Circle | Cranbury 40.2919°N -74.5205°W | US 130, CR 539, Old Trenton Road (CR 685) | ||||
| Dvoor's Circle / Route 12 Circle | Raritan Township 40.5044°N -74.8712°W | Route 12, CR 523, Mine Street | ||||
| Eatontown Circle | Eatontown 40.2909°N -74.0518°W | Defunct | Route 35, Route 36 | Replaced by an at-grade intersection in the 1980s, said intersection relocated as part of a project completed in 2009 | ||
| Eisenhower Traffic Circle[18] | Lakehurst 40.0117°N -74.3259°W | Route 70, Union Avenue, South Union Avenue, Pine Street, Myrtle Avenue | ||||
| Ellisburg Circle | Cherry Hill 39.9138°N -75.0102°W | Defunct | Route 41, Route 70, Route 154 | |||
| Flemington Circle | Flemington 40.5026°N -74.8534°W | Modified | US 202, Route 12, Route 31 | Upgraded with at-grade overpasses in the 1950s, planning once made to replace it with a modern roundabout.[19] | ||
| Four Mile Circle | Southampton, Pemberton Township 39.8989°N -74.5963°W | Route 70, Route 72, Magnolia Road (CR 644), New Lisbon Road (CR 646) | ||||
| Franklin Lake Circle | Franklin Lakes 40.9935°N -74.2123°W | Franklin Lake Road, High Mountain Road | ||||
| Freehold Circle | Freehold Township 40.2592°N -74.2912°W | Defunct | US 9, Route 33 Bus., Manalapan Avenue | Repcled by a at-grade interaction in the late 1980s, with ramps also allowing for ascess to the then truncated Manalapan Avenue | ||
| General Circle | Modified | Route 68, Pemberton-Wrightstown Road, 4th Street | Formerly served Fort Dix Road | |||
| Green Street Circle | Defunct | US 1, Green Street | ||||
| Ho-Ho-Kus Circle | Defunct | Route 17, Racetrack Road | ||||
| Lakehurst Circle | Lakehurst 40.0128°N -74.3052°W | Route 37, Route 70 | ||||
| Laurelton Circle | Brick 40.0688°N -74.1303°W | Defunct | Route 70, Route 88, CR 630 | Replaced in 1986 | ||
| Ledgewood Circle | Ledgewood in Roxbury 40.879°N -74.6508°W | Defunct | US 46, Route 10, Circle Drive | Converted to 3-way signaled intersection (late 1990s) | ||
| Linden Circle | Linden 40.6399°N -74.2879°W | Defunct | Raritan Road (CR 607), Centennial Avenue (CR 615) | |||
| Little Ferry Circle | Little Ferry 40.8529°N -74.034°W | Defunct | US 46, Bergen Turnpike | [20] [21] [22] | ||
| Livingston Circle | Livingston 40.7963°N -74.3413°W | Modified | Eisenhower Parkway, Route 10 (Mt. Pleasant Avenue), West Northfield Road | |||
| Main Street Circle | Flemington 40.5018°N -74.8586°W | Route 12, Main Street, South Main Street, Reaville Avenue | ||||
| Manasquan Circle | Wall Township 40.1323°N -74.0652°W | Route 35, CR 524 Spur | ||||
| Maple Shade Circle | Maple Shade | Defunct | Route 38, Route 41, Route 73 | |||
| Marlton Circle | Marlton in Evesham Township 39.8938°N -74.9278°W | Defunct | Route 70, Route 73 | Replaced with by a grade-separated interchange in 2011.[23] | ||
| McKee City Circle | Egg Harbor Township 39.4505°N -74.6424°W | Defunct | US 40, US 322 | Teardrop-shaped circle where US 40 and US 322 split. Replaced by a at-grade cloverleaf. | ||
| Medford Circle | Medford 39.9047°N -74.8244°W | Defunct | Route 70, CR 541 | |||
| Monument Circle | Englewood 40.8967°N -73.9797°W[24] | CR 505 (West Palisade Avenue), Tenafly Road, Bennett Road, Lafayette Avenue | ||||
| Morlot Avenue Bridge Circle | Paterson 40.923°N -74.1413°W | Defunct | Route 20, 10th Avenue (CR 651) | |||
| Netcong Circle | Netcong 40.8968°N -74.7003°W | Defunct | US 46, Route 183 | Converted to 4-way intersection (August 2013) | ||
| Park and Passaic Avenues | Rutherford 40.8263°N -74.1072°W | Modified | ||||
| Pavilion Circle | Cape May Point 38.9379°N -74.9668°W | Cape Avenue, Pavillion Avenue, Central Avenue, Oxford Avenue, Ocean Avenue | ||||
| Penhorn Circle | Defunct | US 1/9, Route 3 | ||||
| Pennington Circle | Pennington 40.3082°N -74.7866°W | Route 31, CR 546, Pennington Road (CR 640) | Metering lights added in late 2015[25] | |||
| Penns Neck Circle | Penns Neck in West Windsor 40.3315°N -74.638°W | Modified | US 1, CR 526/CR 571 | |||
| Pole Tavern Circle | Upper Pittsgrove Township 39.617°N -75.2294°W | US 40, Route 77, Monroeville Road (CR 604), Daretown Road (CR 635) | ||||
| Pompton Plains Circle / Jackson Circle | Defunct | Route 23, Jackson Avenue | ||||
| Pudgy Circle | McGuire AFB, New Hanover 40.0354°N -74.5868°W | McGuire Boulevard, 1st Street | ||||
| Race Track Circle | Cherry Hill 39.9194°N -75.0343°W | Defunct | Route 70, Haddonfield Road (CR 644) | |||
| Ramsey Circle | Defunct | Route 17, CR 507 | ||||
| Red Lion Circle | Southampton 39.8872°N -74.7411°W | US 206, Route 70 | ||||
| Ratzer Road Circle | Defunct | Route 23, US 202, CR 504 | ||||
| Ridgefield Circle | Ridgefield 40.8331°N -74.0103°W | Defunct | US 1, Route 93, Hendricks Causeway | |||
| Ridgewood Circle | Defunct | Route 17, Paramus Road, E Saddle River Road | ||||
| Riverdale Circle | Defunct | Route 23, CR 511 Alt., Windbeam Road | ||||
| Ross Dock Circle | Henry Hudson Drive, road to Ross Dock | |||||
| Rosedale Circle | mini-roundabout | |||||
| Routes 1 & 130 Circle | North Brunswick 40.4627°N -74.4553°W | Defunct | US 1, US 130, Route 171 | Replaced by at-grade intersection, now an interchange. | ||
| Sharon Station Road | Upper Freehold 40.1498°N -74.5384°W | Recent | CR 539, CR 539A | Opened in 2022.[26] | ||
| Somers Point Circle | Somers Point 39.3087°N -74.5993°W | Defunct | Route 52, CR 559, CR 585 | Replaced by an intersection with traffic signals.[27] [28] | ||
| Somerville Circle | Bridgewater and Raritan 40.5757°N -74.629°W | Modified | US 202, US 206, Route 28 | A overpass and traffic lights were added in the 1990s. | ||
| Station Square | Rutherford 40.8284°N -74.1011°W | Modified | Park Avenue, Orient Way, Union Avenue, and Erie Avenue | Rebuilt August 2003 - 2005 | ||
| Still Valley Circle | Defunct | US 22, US 22 Alt., Still Valley Road | ||||
| Teaneck Circle | Defunct | Teaneck Road, Cedar Lane | ||||
| Tonnele Circle | Jersey City 40.7394°N -74.0654°W | Modified | US 1/9, US 1/9 Truck, Route 139, Tonnele Avenue | reconfigured 1950s, 2000s, 2010s | ||
| Veterans' Memorial Circle | N 6th St, Cambridge St | |||||
| Victory Circle | Sayreville 40.4962°N -74.2978°W | Defunct | US 9, Route 35, Chevalier Avenue, Main Street | Replaced with a diamond interchange in 2006,[29] which was modified in 2020 as part of improvements to Chevalier Avenue and its extension. | ||
| Vineland Circle | Vineland | Defunct | Route 47, Route 56, Landis Ave | |||
| War Memorial Circle | Defunct | US 40, US 322, Albany Ave, Ventnor Ave | ||||
| Watchung Circle | Mountainside 40.6872°N -74.3639°W | W R Tracy Drive (CR 645), Summit Lane (CR 642) | ||||
| Westfield Circle | Westfield 40.6485°N -74.3503°W | CR 509, South Avenue (CR 610), Route 28, Westfield Avenue, Watterson Street | Expanded to two lanes in 2005 with one way designations added to Watterson Street (Inbound), and Westfield Avenue (Outbound) | |||
| White Horse Circle | White Horse in Hamilton 40.1882°N -74.7048°W | Modified | US 206, CR 524, CR 533 | |||
| Willowbrook Circle | Defunct | US 46, Route 23, CR 703 | Replaced by a spaghetti bowl interchange with the construction of I-80 in the late 1950s | |||
| Noreg Place, Christiana St, Maude Ave | ||||||
| Wilson Avenue, Horton Avenue, Tommy McAdams Way | ||||||
| Defunct | US 22, CR 519 | |||||
| Defunct | Route 31, Route 57 | |||||
| Defunct | US 40, US 322, Black Horse Pike, Tilton Road | |||||
| Defunct | Route 23, US 202, Newark-Pompton Turnpike | Only operated as such southbound on Route 23; northbound side unimpeded | ||||
| Defunct | Route 20, Market Street | |||||
| Market Street, Lakeview Avenue | ||||||
| Great Notch Road, Notch Road, Rifle Camp Road, Lackawanna Avenue | ||||||
| Exit to US 46, Clove Road, entrance to Overlook Corporate Center | ||||||
| Defunct | Route 35, Route 440 (now partly Route 184) | |||||
| Defunct | Route 38, Haddonfield Road | |||||
| Defunct | NJ 18, CR 516, CR 527 | |||||
| CR 545, Pemberton-Wrightstown Road, Delaware Avenue, Neely Road | ||||||
| Broidy Road, Wonnacott Avenue | ||||||
| West Tuskegee Airmen Avenue, McGuire Blvd | ||||||
| McGuire Boulevard, Arnold Avenue | ||||||
| Henry Hudson Drive, Hudson Drive | ||||||
| Bayview Ave, Burma Road, Morris Pesin Drive | ||||||
| Avenue E | Exits on the north side of the circle divide access to the east and westbound ramps of I-78 |