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Middlesex County (New Jersey)
Middlesex County [1] is squarely in the center of New Jersey, about midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Population is approximately 750,000. Area is about 318 sq. miles covering 25 cities and towns.
Cities
- New Brunswick - the county seat
- Edison
- Highland Park
- Metuchen
- Perth Amboy
Understand
You can find map of the county at [2] (PDF)
Get in
By car
Middlesex County is served by major interstate highways, including US 1, I-295, I-287, the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) and Garden State Parkway.
By train
New Jersey Transit trains [3] serve New Brunswick and Edison Township. Frequent connections to Newark and New York City to the north, and Philadelphia to the south.
By bus
New Jersey Transit [4] buses travel throughout the county.
Get around
NJ Transit buses run throughout the county. Driving by private car is easy and parking is generally plentiful. Rush hour congestion across major arteries (such as the Raritan River Bridge between New Brunswick and Highland Park) can be exasperating if you are in a hurry.
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This page was last edited at 03:13, on 30 August 2008 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by James Yolkowski, Tom Holland, Ravikiran Rao and Stavro Prodromou and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.