New Jersey Route 35

Route 35
Route 35 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length	58.1 mi[1] (93.5 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
South end	Island Beach State Park in Berkeley Township
Major intersections	Route 37 in Seaside Heights Route 88 in Point Pleasant Beach Route 34 / Route 70 in Wall Township Route 138 in Wall Township G.S. Parkway / Route 36 in Keyport G.S. Parkway / US 9 in Sayreville Route 184 / Route 440 in Perth Amboy US 1-9 in Woodbridge
North end	Route 27 in Rahway
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Union
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← Route 34 → Route 36

Route 35 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey, primarily traveling through the easternmost parts of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties. It runs 58.1 mi (93.5 km) from the entrance to Island Beach State Park in Berkeley Township, Ocean County, to an intersection with Lincoln Highway/St. Georges Avenue (Route 27) in Rahway, Union County. Between Seaside Park and Mantoloking, Route 35 follows the right-of-way of the former Pennsylvania Railroad along the Jersey Shore. The route heads through Point Pleasant Beach and crosses the Manasquan River on the Brielle Bridge, meeting the intersection of Route 34 and Route 70 at the former Brielle Circle in Wall Township. From there, Route 35 heads north and interchanges with Route 138, an extension of I-195, continuing north through Monmouth County before crossing the Victory Bridge over the Raritan River into Perth Amboy, where the route continues north to Rahway.

Route 35 was designated in 1927 to run from Lakewood to South Amboy, from Lakewood to Belmar and from Eatontown to South Amboy. It was realigned onto its current alignment between Brielle and Belmar in 1929 and saw a northward extension along U.s. Route 9 (US 9) from South Amboy to Iselin in 1947. In 1953, Route 35 was realigned to run from Point Pleasant to Seaside Heights along a former part of Route 37, with Route 35 between Lakewood and Point Pleasant becoming Route 88. At the same time, Route 35 was removed from US 9 between South Amboy and Iselin and realigned to follow a former piece of Route 4 between South Amboy and Rahway. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, there were plans to build a freeway along the Route 35 corridor from Seaside Heights north into Monmouth County; the only portion that was built became part of Route 18. Route 35 was extended south to the Island Beach State Park entrance by the 1980s. Recent improvements to the route have removed many traffic circles and replaced the first cloverleaf interchange in the United States, built in 1929, at US 1/9 in Woodbridge with a partial cloverleaf interchange.