Folks:
I recently came across this undated and unattributed newspaper clipping about Upper Mill. Since the piece mentions Route S-40, the article has to date to before 1953 and the Grand Renumbering route scheme undertaken by the State Highway Department. I think it was probably published in the 1930s. In any case, I thought you would all enjoy it without any appended commentary from me and perhaps have a few chuckles with it:
Best regards,
Jerseyman
I recently came across this undated and unattributed newspaper clipping about Upper Mill. Since the piece mentions Route S-40, the article has to date to before 1953 and the Grand Renumbering route scheme undertaken by the State Highway Department. I think it was probably published in the 1930s. In any case, I thought you would all enjoy it without any appended commentary from me and perhaps have a few chuckles with it:
Best regards,
Jerseyman
. Like many state highways it did travel on existing dirt roads for at least some portion of it's allignment. In the case of S-40 an existing dirt road from Four Mile to present day CR-539 in Ocean County was updgraded. Southeast of there it was a new cut, as the road then continued onto Barnegat vs Manahawkin. So technically while there was access before the state highway went into effect, it didn't really give the public easy access with a paved road like S-40 did. Before 1927 (to 1916) there was a numbering system in effect too, but it mainly consisted of various trails/gravel roads strung together with many changes to the numbering system during those years- it was a mess.
