New Jersey/Cycle Route Relations

Introduction

New Jersey has significant bicycle infrastructure elements of many different types, however they are not easily referenced, nor are they cataloged in one central location. This wiki attempts to remedy that. Below are numerous known cycle routes within the state, at various levels of jurisdiction and history (for example, railtrails, today abandoned railways, have a particular history and legal status). Note that OpenCycleMap (OCM, the "Cycle Map" layer) renders route shields only with a maximum of three alphanumeric characters in the ref=* (reference) tag of the route=bicycle relation. The shields and route lines are color-coded by network=*: red=national, purple=state/regional and dark blue=local. Note that mountain bike trails (orange), for example, in the Wharton State Forest, have their own set of route=mtb tagging conventions, different from route=bicycle relations. Please also see United_States/Bicycle_Networks for a more national perspective.

Quasi-national Bicycle Routes

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
East Coast Greenway Multi-use Trail (part of a quasi-national bicycle route)	1774795 1774795 The super-relation containing relations of states and DC that make up the route; "drill down" to the New Jersey state relation, 1778315 1778315, which happens to be combined with Pennsylvania and New York's ECG segments	ECG	Professionally updated in OSM in 2016, continuing ongoing review	ECG traverses 15 states and DC over several thousand miles/kilometers. Hence, this quasi-private bicycle route (neither government-sanctioned nor approved by AASHTO, but public data) is determined to be so "national in scope" that OSM's US national cycleway network includes it as a named (not numbered) route, tagged network=ncn, making it one of two national-level routes in New Jersey, displaying as red in OCM.
September 11th National Memorial Trail (part of a quasi-national bicycle route)	13527538 13527538 The super-relation containing relations of the states and DC that make up the route; "drill down" to the New Jersey relations 13594177 13594177 (the "New Jersey thru route") and 13631687 13631687 (the "Newark spur").	9-11	Completed in 2022	9-11 traverses seven states and DC over thousands of miles/kilometers. Hence, this quasi-private bicycle route is determined to be so "national in scope" that OSM's US national cycleway network includes it as a named (not numbered) route, tagged network=ncn, making it one of two national-level routes in New Jersey, displaying as red in OCM.

State Bicycle Tours

The NJ Department of Transportation publishes several guides for bike tours throughout the state. These routes are sometimes grade-separated, but often run along rural roadways with either dedicated lanes for bicycles (cycleway=lane) or wide shoulders signed or otherwise legal/specified for bicycles (cycleway=shoulder).

Each of these should be added to OSM using a cycle route relation. Relations should use the network=rcn tag when they are state-level designated. If the route has been added by NJDOT, please provide a link to this table of relations. Don't forget to tag cycle_network=US:NJ on the relation of state-designated routes.

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Allamuchy Allegory Ride - Warren and Sussex Counties		might be AAR or AWS	Not entered yet into OSM
Battle of Monmouth Ride - Monmouth County		might be BMR or BMM (if spans more than Monmouth county and another initial is needed for the acronym)	Not entered yet into OSM	Another possibility is that Monmouth creates its own sub-network within the cycle_network=US:NJ namespace, e.g. cycle_network=US:NJ:MO or cycle_network=US:NJ:Monmouth.
Burlington County Bikeways - Burlington County	17064247 17064247	might be BCB, though might also become BC1, BC2, etc, as bikeways "become plural"	Appears completed; please "double-check review"
Cape May Shoreline Ride	175442 175442	CMS	Appears completed; please "double-check review"
Columbia Trail	6663385 6663385	CT	Appears completed; please "double-check review"
Cumberland Salem Revolution	172728 172728	CSR	Appears completed; please "double-check review"
Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath	196611 196611	DRC	Appears completed; please "double-check review"	Partly in Mercer County, both shares and diverges from ECG along much of its alignment: watch signs carefully!
Double Trouble	17154545 17154545	DT	Appears completed, please double check
Great Swamp Ride - Morris and Somerset Counties		might be GSR	Not entered yet into OSM	Perhaps this should be split into two adjacent relations, such as GSM and GSS, similar to the Shore Tour and other precedents?
High Point to Cape May Bike Route	1794360 1794360	HPCM	Appears completed; please "double-check review"
Last Covered Bridge Ride - Mercer and Hunterdon Counties		might be LCB	Not entered yet into OSM
Old Mine Road Ride - Warren and Sussex Counties		might be OMR	Not entered yet into OSM
Pine Barrens River Ramble - Burlington and Atlantic Counties	17066806 17066806	PBRR	Appears completed; please "double-check review"
Round Valley Roundabout - Hunterdon County		might be RVR	Not entered yet into OSM
Shore Tour	North North Central Central Mid Southern Mid Southern Southern Southern	STN STC STM STS	Completed
Three Easy Scenic Rides - Somerset and Burlington Counties	Lamington River Valley route Lamington River Valley route Canal Road Route Canal Road Route Batsto to Bass River route Batsto to Bass River route	LRV CRR BBR	Completed

Remember to verify that your work is correct by using the Relation Analyzer.

Local Rides

Tagged network=lcn (for "local cycleway network"). Don't forget to tag cycle_network=US:NJ:XY(:Z) on the relation of these usually county- or perhaps city-level designated routes, where XY is either the name of the county or a two-letter standardized abbreviation for it and Z is the name of the borough, city, town, township or village. If the jurisdiction is county-only and there is no city sponsorship, simply leave Z empty.

Atlantic County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Atlantic County Bikeway	175313 175313	ACB	Completed	Rail to trail path.
Cardiff	8829942 8829942	Cardiff	Completed
Pleasantville-Somers Point Bikeway	175312 175312	PSP	Completed	Rail to trail path.

Burlington County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Batsto to Bass River	175373 175373	BBR	Completed

Cape May County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Boardwalk	6433590 6433590	Bwk	Completed
Middle Township Bike Path	8785846 8785846	MTB	Completed

Essex County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
West Essex Trail	3728766 3728766	WET	Completed

Gloucester County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Glassboro to Williamstown Bikeway	173971 173971	GWB	Completed	Rail to trail path.

Hudson County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway	3007093 3007093	HRW	Completed	Bikeway that rides along the Hudson River.

Mercer County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Lawrence Hopewell Trail	4831682 4831682	LHT	89% Complete	https://lhtrail.org/

Monmouth County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Edgar Felix Bikeway	8776353 8776353	EFB	Completed	Bikeway that connects Allaire State Park to Manasquan.
Route 18 Bikeway	8776368 8776368	18B	Completed	Connects with Edgar Felix Bikeway, then connects to a park in Wall, NJ.

Morris County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Traction Line Recreation Trail	7375635 7375635	TLT	Completed
West Morris Greenway / Patriot's Path	8829941 8829941	WMG	Completed

Ocean County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Island Beach State Park	8780418 8780418	IBSP	Completed	Bikeway that rides the length of Island Beach State Park, NJ.

Somerset County

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Lamington River Valley Route	175385 175385	LRV	Completed	Pottersville to Raritan Valley Community College.

Not tagged in a relation

For road bikes:

• Mill Pond Trails W of Port Republic
• Tabor Road / Route 53 in Morris County. A note tag says "Wide shoulder makes it bicycle suitable. Sidewalk in front of office buildings."

For mountain bikes:

• N of Batsto in the Wharton State Forest - these have been grouped into discrete MTB relations (Penn, Oak Hill, Teaberry, etc.)
• Trails in Galloway Township, W of Oceanville
• NW of Stone Mountain, Burlington County
• Allair State Park. These may need to be better tagged as mountain bike trails rather than highway=footway bicycle=yes.
• West Milford, E of Greenwood Lake Airport. These may need to be better tagged as mountain bike trails rather than highway=path bicycle=designated.
• E of Erskine Lakes. These may need to be better tagged as mountain bike trails rather than highway=path bicycle=designated.
• W of Sugar Loaf mountain, Saint Mary's Monastery (Morris County). These may need to be better tagged as mountain bike trails rather than highway=path bicycle=designated.

Rails-to-Trails

There are several abandoned railroads that have been converted to some combination of either cycling or hiking paths (or both, or sometimes including equestrians). These are called "railtrails" or "rails-to-trails," abandoned railroads legally "railbanked" so they may be used again for rail in the future if demand warrants it. These are all tagged network=lcn. Those that have sealed surfaces and/or cycling facilities should be added to the map using cycle route relations. Rails-to-Trails cycleways should be added here when discovered and when added to OSM. Again, for unpaved/unsealed/dirt/gravel bike trails, see the route=mtb wiki and please tag according to those slightly different tagging conventions.

Name	Relation	Reference	Status	Description
Atlantic County Bikeway	175313 175313	ACB	Completed	Former rail line from Mays Landing to Atlantic City.
Barnegat Branch Trail	9759608 9759608	BBT	Appears completed; please check	Former rail line from Barnegat Twp to Berkeley Twp. The adjacent Beachwood bike path will probably be incorporated into the BBT when the intervening BBT extension (Segle Ave at the current trailhead to Berkeley Avenue & Railroad Avenue) is completed (2024-5).
Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath	196611 196611	DRC	New Brunswick to Princeton	Towpath for the former D&R Canal.
Glassboro to Williamstown Bikeway	173971 173971	GWB	Completed	Former rail spur from Glassboro to Williamstown.
Henry Hudson Bike Trail	175463 175463	HHB	Northern section complete	Northern section was a former rail line running along the Monmouth County bayshore.
Pleasantville to Somers Point Bikeway	175312 175312	PSP	Completed	Former interurban line from Atlantic City to Somers Point.