 Route 19 is a state highway in Passaic County , New Jersey , United States . Also referred to as the Paterson Peripheral , it runs 3 @.@ 04 mi ( 4 @.@ 89 km ) from an intersection with County Route 509 ( Broad Street ) and County Route 609 ( Colfax Avenue ) in Clifton north to another intersection with County Route 509 ( Main Street ) in downtown Paterson . Between U.S. Route 46 in Clifton and Interstate 80 in Paterson , Route 19 is a freeway . The main purpose of the route is to connect the Garden State Parkway to I @-@ 80 and downtown Paterson . The road was originally proposed as the Paterson spur of the Garden State Parkway that was to run north to Wayne . In 1959 , it was planned to become part of the Paterson Peripheral , an extension of Route 20 from downtown Paterson . By 1971 , the road was completed between the Garden State Parkway and I @-@ 80 , at which time it received the Route 20 designation ; the rest was cancelled in 1978 due to feared community disruption . In 1988 , this portion of Route 20 became Route 19 as it did not connect with the other segment of the route . In the 1990s , Route 19 was extended to Main Street in downtown Paterson as part of a project that also completed the interchange with I @-@ 80 . 
