Route 92 | ||||
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 A map of Route 92 from US Army Corps of Engineers | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NJDOT | ||||
| Length | 6.7 mi[1] (10.8 km) Length of Route 92 post-1994 changes. | |||
| Existed | 1950s–December 1, 2006 (never built) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 1 in South Brunswick Township | |||
 US 130 in South Brunswick Township | ||||
| East end |   I-95 / N.J. Turnpike in Monroe Township | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New Jersey | |||
| Counties | Somerset, Middlesex, Mercer | |||
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Route 92 was a 6.7-mile (10.8 km) proposed branch of the New Jersey Turnpike that would have run from west to east, beginning at U.S. Route 1 just north of Ridge Road (old CR 522) in South Brunswick Township, east along Route 32, to Exit 8A in Monroe Township. Route 92 was also assigned in the 1953 renumbering and by the late 1950s it was named the Princeton–Hightstown Bypass, a freeway planned to connect the Somerset Freeway (an unbuilt section of Interstate 95) in Montgomery Township (near Skillman), with Route 33 in East Windsor Township (east of Hightstown). In 1987, the planned Route 92 was truncated to only run east from U.S. Route 1 near Kingston. New plans were announced in 1994, this time running to US 1 near Princeton. After public hearings found opposition was still strong, the planned route was truncated to a much shorter bypass of Hightstown only and numbered Route 133. Construction on the road, the first project awarded under New Jersey's modified Design-build program, began on September 20, 1996 and was opened November 30, 1999.
The first plans for Route 92's new alignment, running from exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike (rather than exit 8) west to U.S. Route 206 near Rocky Hill, were made in 1988, using funds from the canceled Somerset Freeway. In 1992, the plans were formally transferred to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which announced the new plans in 1994, again dropping the segment west of US 1. All but $6.5 million of the $400 million project was reassigned in November 2005 to widen the Turnpike in southern New Jersey.