Skyline Drive (New Jersey)

Skyline Drive
County Route S-91
County Route 692
Route information
Maintained by Passaic and Bergen Counties
Length5.84 mi (9.40 km)
RestrictionsNo trucks over 10 tons
Major junctions
South end US 202 in Oakland
Major intersections I-287 in Oakland
North end CR 511 in Ringwood
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
Highway system
CR S-89 CR S-93
CR 691 CR 693

Skyline Drive is a 5.84-mile-long (9.40 km) road in Northern New Jersey, between Interstate 287 (I-287) in Oakland, Bergen County and County Route 511 (CR 511) in Ringwood, Passaic County, passing through Ringwood State Park in the Ramapo Mountains. It is a major route for those in the Ringwood and Wanaque area to get to Interstate 287. The road is also known as County Route S91 in Bergen County and County Route 692 in Passaic County. County Route S91 continues south for 0.73 miles from the southern terminus of Skyline Drive on West Oakland Avenue to U.S. Route 202 (US 202).

The road offers a brief view of the Manhattan skyline, 20 miles (32 km) away, while heading southbound. The steep and narrow road is often impassable in winter due to ice and snow and is as high as 900 ft above sea-level in some places along the route. As of April 1, 2001, the New Jersey Department of Transportation imposed a ban on trucks exceeding 10 tons from using Skyline Drive. This ban follows an incident in December 2000, in which three Ringwood residents were killed by a 40-ton dump truck that had lost control on the roadway and fell to its side.