The City of Newark has an extensive system of highway and transportation facilities. These highway facilities and supporting streets form a network for the road movement of goods and freight, as well as for automobiles passing through the area, and provide access to properties adjacent to these streets. Some streets give preference to through traffic movements, others to site access; some must accommodate both functions. As part of the ongoing transportation planning process in Newark, each street in the City is classified by its existing and/or intended primary function. These street classifications are defined as follows:

Principal Arterials (Freeways – Expressways) – Expedite movement of all types of traffic to and from distant points within the City or the surrounding region and provide only limited access.

Principal Arterials (Arterial Streets) – Serve, in conjunction with expressways, as the primary network of travel between the principal functions of the City and generally provide free access. However, there is the potential to prohibit parking and/or loading as required to improve the street’s traffic capacity

Minor Arterials – Interconnect with and augment the principal arterial system and provide service for trips of moderate length at a somewhat lower level of service. However, there is a potential to prohibit parking and/or loading as required to improve the street’s capacity.

Collector Streets – Serve internal traffic movement within various sections of the City and connect with the arterial street system, provide access, which is limited only at critical points and may serve local bus routes.

Local Streets – Serve abutting land uses and provide access with few or no restrictions, although traffic is deliberately discouraged.