thumb|left|Route 3 westbound at the Garden State Parkway interchange in Clifton Route 3 heads to the southeast, from an interchange with US 46 and Valley Road (County Route 621 [CR 621]) as a six-lane arterial road with a jersey barrier. It is not up to freeway standards, as it contains a few businesses with right-in/right-out access. The route intersects Grove Street (CR 623) and Broad Street (CR 509), then the Garden State Parkway, where it passes south of the Allwood Road Park & Ride, a park and ride lot serving NJ Transit buses. All interchange movements are present between Route 3 and the Garden State Parkway, except from the southbound Garden State Parkway to westbound Route 3 and from eastbound Route 3 to the northbound Garden State Parkway.
thumb|left|Route 3 westbound at the Garden State Parkway interchange in Clifton Route 3 heads to the southeast, from an interchange with US 46 and Valley Road (County Route 621 [CR 621]) as a six-lane arterial road with a jersey barrier. It is not up to freeway standards, as it contains a few businesses with right-in/right-out access. The route intersects Grove Street (CR 623) and Broad Street (CR 509), then the Garden State Parkway, where it passes south of the Allwood Road Park & Ride, a park and ride lot serving NJ Transit buses. All interchange movements are present between Route 3 and the Garden State Parkway, except from the southbound Garden State Parkway to westb.ound Route 3 and from eastbound Route 3 to the northbound Garden State Parkway