U.S. Routes 202 and 206 intersect with NJ Route 28 at the Somerville Circle on the borders with Bridgewater Township and Somerville, with the eastern half of the circle located in Raritan.Peterson, Iver. "Squaring Traffic Circles With Lights and Bridges", The New York Times, November 12, 1991. Accessed November 3, 2013. "As head of the Bridgewater Police traffic division, he has counted 76 accidents on the half of the Somerville Circle in his township through October this year, as traffic from U.S. Highways 202 and 206 intersects with traffic from State Route 28 coming out of Somerville. The eastern half of the circle, in Raritan Borough, has a similar accident rate." As part of an ongoing effort to improve traffic safety at the circle, the New Jersey Department of Transportation has made a series of changes to the structure of the traffic circle, originally constructed during the 1930s. With the suburbanization of the area, the circle was handling an average of 70,000 vehicles each day. In 1994, an overpass was completed to allow traffic on Route 202 between Flemington and Interstate 78 and Interstate 287 to avoid the circle, though the rate of accidents grew from 195 in 1991 before the project started to 302 for the year after the overpass was open to traffic. After yield signs were added in February 1995, the accident rate increased again, to an annualized rate above 400 per year.Newman, Andy. "Road And Rail; Straightening Out the Perilous Somerville Circle", The New York Times, January 28, 1996. Accessed November 3, 2013.
us routes 202 and 206 intersect with nj route 28 at the somerville circle on the borders with bridgewater township and somerville with the eastern half of the circle located in raritanpeterson iver "squaring traffic circles with lights and bridges" the new york times november 12 1991 accessed november 3 2013 "as head of the bridgewater police traffic division he has counted 76 accidents on the half of the somerville circle in his township through october this year as traffic from us highways 202 and 206 intersects with traffic from state route 28 coming out of somerville the eastern half of the circle in raritan borough has a similar accident rate" as part of an ongoing effort to improve traffic safety at the circle the new jersey department of transportation has made a series of changes to the structure of the traffic circle originally constructed during the 1930s with the suburbanization of the area the circle was handling an average of 70000 vehicles each day in 1994 an overpass was completed to allow traffic on route 202 between flemington and interstate 78 and interstate 287 to avoid the circle though the rate of accidents grew from 195 in 1991 before the project started to 302 for the year after the overpass was open to traffic after yield signs were added in february 1995 the accident rate increased again to an annualized rate above 400 per yearnewman andy "road and rail; straightening out the perilous somerville circle" the new york times january 28 1996 accessed november 3 2013