County Route 59 (Bergen County, New Jersey)
# County Route 59 (Bergen County, New Jersey)

County Route 59 (CR 59) is a major county route in central Bergen County, New Jersey that runs for 7.45 miles (11.99 km) from Route 17 on the border of Lodi and Maywood to Washington Avenue (CR 502) in Westwood. It is called Maywood Avenue in Maywood, Forest Avenue as the bulk of the route from Maywood to its intersection with 4th Avenue, where the route turns onto in Westwood, then turns onto 3rd Avenue for the rest of its length. Despite it being inventoried as CR 59, it is actually signed as County Route 13.

## Description

CR 59 officially begins as Maywood Avenue at an intersection with Essex Street (CR 59) and an entrance to Route 17 northbound at the border between Lodi and Maywood. It heads north through the borough, passing by the public library and church. At the intersection with Spring Valley Avenue on the border between Maywood and Paramus, the road changes to Forest Avenue, the name it is most known as by locals. It passes by the Bergen Town Center mall, and then has an entrance for Route 4 and continues on an overpass over the highway. It continues north, providing access to the Van Saun County Park. The road keeps going through Paramus, intersecting Ridgewood Road and Oradell Avenue (CR 80), also going by Bergen Catholic High School. At this point, it runs along the border between Paramus and Oradell and intersects with Soldier Hill Road (CR 115), which marks the three-way border between Oradell, Emerson, and Paramus. It passes by the Cedar Park and Beth-El Cemetery.

At the traffic light between Forest Avenue and 4th Avenue / Lafayette Avenue, CR 59 turns off Forest Avenue to the right, onto 4th Avenue. Forest Avenue continues as "Forest Avenue Extension" (CR S-59) to another intersection with Lafayette Ave. 4th Avenue continues north for a short while until it hits a dead end, but CR 59 turns right onto 3rd Avenue right before it. That continues for a little while until it ends at Washington Avenue (CR 502).

## Spurs

County Route S-59 is a short spur off of the main CR 59 along the remaining portion of Forest Avenue, referred to by the county as an "extension." It starts at the traffic light between Forest Avenue, and 4th Avenue / Lafayette Avenue, the latter of which parallels it. It has an intersection with Steinbach Plaza, and a group of houses along a private side road, before ending at Lafayette Avenue and Ridgewood Road. The whole road is often marked as CR 13A by the county.

