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Local Information:
City highways include the Trenton Freeway, which is part of U.S. Route 1, and the John Fitch Parkway, which is part of Route 29. Canal Boulevard, more commonly known as Route 129, connects US Route 1 and NJ Route 29 in South Trenton. U.S. Route 206, Route 31, and Route 33 also pass through the city via regular city streets (Broad Street/Brunswick Avenue/Princeton Avenue, Pennington Avenue, and Greenwood Avenue, respectively). Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 pass through the surrounding suburbs of Ewing Township and Hamilton Township, respectively, and connect in Lawrence Township, thus forming a beltway around the capitol region. Beginning in the mid 1960s, federal and state highway planners envisioned a highway branching off today's Interstate 95 just east of Route 31 and running through the Hopewell Valley and Somerset County to a spot on I-287 in Franklin Township, only a short ride from the New Jersey Turnpike. This plan, which was known as the Somerset Freeway, intended to allow motorists and truckers to completely avoid the New York Metropolitan Area when traveling north on either I-95 or the New Jersey Turnpike to New England or Upstate New York from Philadelphia and points south. However, as the expressway plan gained momentum in the late 1970s, community opposition grew. Residents of Hopewell, Princeton, Piscataway and Montgomery Townships banded together, organized and lobbied local politicians to scrap the I-95, I-287 link. Interstate 195 connects the city to the New Jersey Turnpike via NJ Routes 29 and 129. The Pennsylvania Turnpike also passes close to the city. Public transportation within and beyond the city is mostly provided by New Jersey Transit, in the form of local bus routes between nearby suburbs and the city, as well as commuter train service northward from the Trenton Rail Station along the Northeast Corridor to Newark and New York. The new River Line diesel light rail line extends from Trenton southward to Camden, with Trenton stations at Cass Street, Hamilton Avenue and at the Trenton Rail Station. SEPTA provides commuter train service southward from the Trenton Station along the Northeast Corridor to Philadelphia. Long-distance transportation is provided by Amtrak train service along the Northeast Corridor. Limited commercial airline transportation is provided at nearby Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing; much more extensive airline service is available at the more distant international airports in Newark (reachable by direct New Jersey Transit or Amtrak rail link) and Philadelphia. |