Tag: Route 206
This Week in Chester History…
The Observer-Tribune reported in 1960 that two traffic accidents had occurred during the previous few days. Austin Conover of Mendham knocked out local power and telephone service after losing control on a curve on Ralston Road and hitting a telephone pole. Accident #2 occurred at the intersection of Route 206 and Four Bridges Road, when Marsilla Snyder of Long Valley disregarded a police officer directing traffic. Snyder advanced onto Route 206, hitting the broadside of Steven Neville, III, of Denville. No one was injured.
This Week in Chester History…
In 1955, The Mendham-Chester Tribune announced that the N.J. State Highway Department would erect a stop light at the intersection of Routes 206 and 24. The cost of the light was $9,200.
This Week in Chester History…
In 1955, Bill and Bob Conover of Pleasant Hill Road purchased a 10-ton, “bright red monster of a bus” and 5 acres on Route 206 for a garage and office. They bought the bus to charter it out for group trips and to substitute for the regular school bus should it break down. Previously, the bus ran a route between New York City and Washington, D.C. for National Trailways. Source: The Mendham-Chester Tribune.
This Week in Chester History…
In 1955, the Chester Civic Association met with Lester Smalley of the Borough Council to plan efforts to “procure a traffic light at the intersection of Rts 24 and 206, long a very dangerous corner and traffic hazard.” Local and state politicians would be contacted, as well as the N.J. Highway Commission. Source: The Mendham-Chester Tribune.
