The oldest road in America

"The oldest road in the United States was a 1,300 mile road. It was constructed on order of King Charles II of England and was built between 1650 and 1735. Long before there was a United States it ran through his colonies and it ran through New Jersey. Sure there were little paths and dirt roads. But this was a road as in what we’d call a highway today, eventually running all the way from Massachusetts to South Carolina, long before the concept of automobiles was here.

Sure there were little paths and dirt roads. But this was a road as in what we’d call a highway today, eventually running all the way from Massachusetts to South Carolina, long before the concept of automobiles was here. Only In Your State calls it the oldest road in America.

At first it was used by post riders to deliver mail. Later it was smoothed and widened so that stagecoaches and horse-drawn wagons could travel it. Basically it was the first concept of what would be the interstate highway system. Eventually a real highway system grew. And much of The King’s Highway became Route 1. Yes, Route 1 is part of the oldest highway in the United States."

Every Sunday, I drive from my house, 4 houses off of Kings' Highway, to Woodbury to the Woodbury Friends Meeting. Our Meeting is 300 years old! and it sits on a gentle hill operlooking the oldest road in America. I already knew that, but Ijust received a local news e-mail to which I subscribe and it offered the above confirmation of that fact so I thought I would share it. I have driven the Kings Highway all the way down to Greenwich on the Bay. It is a wonderful drive, I highly recommend you take a ride on it and follow it either North to Burlington, or South to Greenwich, and see all the cool towns along the way.