Starting in 1927, though, the state highway system was renumbered. (It was renumbered again in 1953.) When the 500 series of secondary roads was developed in the 1950s, 19 of the 21 counties in New Jersey renumbered their county roads to a series beginning with 600. Bergen was one of the exceptions. (The other is Monmouth.) Now, between state roads and 500-series roads and new construction that splits up previous county roads, Bergen’s numbering system is a hodgepodge.
In the interest of simplifying the county road system for one and all, I make the following modest proposal. Every county-maintained road in Bergen County (with the exception of the short service routes C-4, C-21, and C-22) gets a number between 600 and 799. This includes the spur routes currently designed with an “S” prefix. (On the state level, S routes like S-3 went out in the renumbering of 1953, which means Bergen County is half a century behind the times. There are, however, 500-series roads with a SPUR banner on them; for instance, Bloomfield Avenue in Newark is CR 506 SPUR.) Some existing spur routes will still be associated with their parent routes by being assigned a number 100 above the parent route (for instance, 761 would be a spur off 661), but others will be reassigned a vacant number in the 600s.
Most roads will receive a number 500 or 600 above their current number; exceptions exist mainly where a road number violates the rule of cardinal direction and “deserves” a new number in order to be consistent.
Bear in mind that this is nothing “official”; I’m nothing more than a road fan who would like to make more sense of Bergen County highways.
Here are the specific proposals:
| New | Existing Routes |
| 600 | CR 100 |
| 601 | CR 101 |
| 602 | CR 102 section 1 (Harrington Ave) |
| 603 | CR 124 section 2 (in Little Ferry and Hackensack) |
| 604 | CR 104 section 1 (Broadway) |
| 605 | CR 79 south of NJ 4 |
| 606 | CR 106 |
| 607 | CR 92 section 3 (Ruckman Rd, Park Ave) |
| 608 | CR 108 |
| 609 | CR 109 |
| 610 | CR 110 (including secret multiplex with CR 502 and CR S-114) |
| 611 | CR 130 |
| 612 | CR 112 |
| 613 | CR 127 |
| 614 | CR 114 |
| 615 | CR 34 |
| 616 | CR 116 |
| 617 | CR 117 |
| 618 | CR 126 |
| 619 | CR 119 |
| 620 | CR 120 |
| 621 | CR 92 from Fremont Ave to Ridge Ave, then CR S-94 |
| 622 | CR 93 section 1 (Long Hill Rd, Franklin Lake Rd, Sicomac Ave) |
| 623 | CR 131 and Cedar Lane section of CR S-114 |
| 624 | CR 124 section 1 (Ridgefield and Ridgefield Park) and CR S-124 |
| 625 | CR S-25 |
| 626 | CR 26 |
| 627 | CR 27 |
| 628 | CR 28 |
| 629 | CR 29 and CR S-29 |
| 630 | CR 30 |
| 631 | CR 31 and CR S-31 |
| 632 | CR 32 |
| 633 | CR S-33 |
| 634 | CR 115 |
| 635 | CR 35 |
| 636 | CR 36 |
| 637 | CR 37 and CR S-37 |
| 638 | CR 38 |
| 639 | CR 39 |
| 640 | CR 40 section 1 (Garfield to Hasbrouck Heights) |
| 641 | CR 41 section 1 (Ridgefield Park to New Milford) |
| 642 | CR 42 |
| 643 | CR S-43 |
| 644 | CR 44 |
| 645 | CR S-40 |
| 646 | CR 40 section 2 (in Little Ferry) |
| 647 | CR S-48 |
| 648 | CR 48 |
| 649 | CR 49 (west of Washington Ave, Bergenfield) |
| 650 | CR 50 |
| 651 | CR 51 |
| 652 | CR S-55 |
| 653 | CR 53 |
| 654 | CR 54 |
| 655 | CR 55 |
| 656 | CR 56 section 1 (Elmwood Park to Bogota) |
| 657 | CR 57 |
| 658 | CR 56 sections 2/3 (Hackensack to Fort Lee) |
| 659 | CR 59 |
| 660 | CR 60 |
| 661 | CR 61 and CR 63 |
| 662 | CR 62 section 2 (Franklin Tpk) |
| 663 | CR 62 section 1 (Hackensack to Paramus) |
| 664 | CR 64 |
| 665 | CR 65 |
| 666 | CR 68 |
| 667 | CR 67 |
| 668 | CR 49 (Liberty St) |
| 669 | CR 69 |
| 670 | CR 70 |
| 671 | CR 71 |
| 672 | CR 72 |
| 673 | CR 73 |
| 674 | CR 74 section 2 (New Milford to Alpine) |
| 675 | CR 75 |
| 676 | CR 76 |
| 677 | CR 77 |
| 678 | CR 78 |
| 679 | CR 79 section 2 (north of NJ 208) |
| 680 | CR S-87, CR 84 (Godwin Ave), and CR 80 section 1 (Midland Park to Oradell) |
| 681 | CR 81 |
| 682 | CR 82 section 1 (Midland Park to Ridgewood) |
| 683 | CR 83 |
| 684 | CR 84 west of Ewing Ave |
| 685 | CR 85 |
| 686 | CR 74 section 1 (Paramus to River Edge) |
| 687 | CR 87 and CR S-81 |
| 688 | CR 80 section 2 (Haworth to Demarest) |
| 689 | CR 89 (Franklin Lakes) |
| 690 | CR 90 |
| 691 | CR 84 (Goffle Rd) |
| 692 | CR S-91 |
| 693 | CR 93 section 2 (Wyckoff to Midland Park) |
| 694 | CR 94 west of Orangeburgh Rd |
| 695 | CR S-89 |
| 696 | CR 96 |
| 697 | CR 97 |
| 698 | CR 98 |
| 699 | CR 99 and part of CR 94 from Orangeburgh Rd to state line |
| 700 | CR 111 and CR 41 section 2 (Durie Ave) |
| 702 | CR 102 section 2 (Old Closter Dock Rd) |
| 704 | CR 104 section 2 (High St) |
| 705 | CR S-56 |
| 706 | CR S-85 |
| 708 | CR 92 east to Fremont Ave and CR 123 |
| 709 | CR S-109 |
| 710 | CR S-110 |
| 720 | CR S-69 section 2 (East Rutherford) |
| 722 | CR S-93 |
| 723 | CR S-114 (only from Kinderkamack Rd to Cedar Ln) |
| 730 | CR S-30 |
| 732 | CR S-32 |
| 733 | CR 33 |
| 734 | CR 134 |
| 739 | CR 56 (Fort Lee Rd stub in Teaneck) |
| 749 | CR S-49 |
| 751 | CR S-51 |
| 753 | CR S-104 |
| 756 | CR 105 section 1 (Elmwood Park) |
| 759 | CR S-59 |
| 761 | CR S-61 |
| 767 | CR 105 section 2 (Saddle Brook) |
| 768 | CR S-68 |
| 769 | CR S-69 section 1 (Elmwood Park) |
| 770 | CR S-70 |
| 773 | CR S-73 |
| 776 | CR S-76 |
| 779 | CR S-79 |
| 780 | CR S-80 |
| 782 | CR 82 section 2 (Ridgewood to Washington) |
| 784 | CR 89 stub in Oakland |