N.J. Stat. § 27:7A-5: Existing State highways

The commissioner may, by order and after public hearing, designate any existing State highway, or portion thereof, a limited access highway and thereafter shall have the authority to acquire, either by purchase or condemnation, such property rights, easements and access rights as may be necessary to make such existing highway or portion thereof a limited access highway.

L. 1945, c. 83, s. 5; amended 1989, c. 32, s. 18.