County Route 571 | ||||
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CR 571 highlighted in red
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Ocean, Monmouth, and Mercer County Departments of Transportation, NJDOT, Millstone Township, and Princeton | ||||
Length: | 44.06 mi (70.91 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
East end: | Route 37 in Toms River | |||
US 9 in Toms River Route 70 in Manchester Township Route 33 in Hightstown US 130 in East Windsor Township Route 133 in East Windsor Township CR 526 in West Windsor Township US 1 in West Windsor Township |
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West end: | Route 27 in Princeton | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Ocean, Monmouth, Mercer | |||
Highway system | ||||
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County Route 571, abbreviated CR 571, is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends 44.06 miles (70.91 km) from Route 37 in Toms River Township to Route 27 in Princeton. Though it is designated a north–south county route by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), it is signed both as north–south and east–west inconsistently.
CR 571 begins at an intersection with Route 37 in Toms River, Ocean County, heading north on four-lane divided Fischer Boulevard concurrent with CR 549 Spur. The road continues north through business areas, with the median turning into a center left-turn lane. The routes turn northwest through residential and commercial areas along with some marshland from the adjacent Barnegat Bay to the east, with alternating segments of median and center left-turn lane. CR 571 splits from CR 549 Spur by heading west onto two-lane undivided Bay Avenue into areas of homes. The road intersects CR 627 before turning more to the northwest and becoming four lanes at the CR 22 junction. The route widens into a divided highway as it passes the Ocean County Mall and intersects CR 549 at an at-grade cloverleaf interchange. After this, CR 571 becomes Bey Lea Road and becomes undivided again as it passes through more wooded areas of development, with the northbound direction narrowing to one lane at the CR 18 junction as it turns west. After crossing CR 623, the road becomes three lanes, with two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane, as it heads northwest past more businesses on Indian Head Road. The route runs west near a few homes before passing under the Garden State Parkway and reaching the US 9 junction.