Editing Interstate 287 (section)

====Middlesex County====
[[File:2020-07-13 16 44 41 View south along Interstate 287 (Middlesex Freeway) at Exit 3 (Middlesex County Route 501, New Durham Road, New Durham, Metuchen) in Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|View south along I-287 at exit&nbsp;3 (CR&nbsp;501) in Edison]]
I-287 begins at an interchange with the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 95 in New Jersey|I-95]]) in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], where the freeway continues east as [[New Jersey Route 440|Route&nbsp;440]] toward [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey|Perth Amboy]] and [[Staten Island]].<ref name=sld>{{cite web|url= http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000287__-.pdf|title=I-287 Straight Line Diagram|access-date=March 17, 2020|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]}}</ref><ref name=gm>{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=40.5285,+-74.336&daddr=I-287+N+to:41.023427,-74.245605+to:interstate+287+and+interstate+95+port+chester,+ny&geocode=FXRqagIdALmR-w%3BFSCwbgIdlveP-w%3B%3BFXtwcQIdCvSb-ylpOJeJTZfCiTG1zrvna6XvQA&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=9&via=1,2&sll=40.75558,-74.012146&sspn=0.867569,2.694397&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=9|title=overview of Interstate 287|access-date=December 18, 2009}}</ref> Within Middlesex County, I-287 is called the Lt. Col. (Ret) Richard F. Lauer, US Army Highway.<ref name=sld/> From this point, it heads west as an eight-lane freeway through suburban areas, soon reaching an interchange with [[U.S. Route 1 in New Jersey|US&nbsp;1]] that also has access to [[County Route 531 (New Jersey)|County Route&nbsp;531]] (CR&nbsp;531) in the southbound direction. Past this point, the road turns more to the northwest and passes under [[Conrail Shared Assets Operations]]'s Bonhamtown Industrial Track line and a railroad spur before it comes to the junction with [[New Jersey Route 27|Route&nbsp;27]] ([[Lincoln Highway]]).<ref name=sld/><ref name=gm/> Following Route&nbsp;27, I-287 narrows to six lanes and passes over [[Amtrak]]'s [[Northeast Corridor]] as it continues to a southbound exit and northbound entrance with [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;501]].<ref name=sld/>

As the freeway continues into [[South Plainfield, New Jersey|South Plainfield]], it passes near several business parks and comes to a partial interchange with Durham Avenue which only has a northbound exit and southbound entrance.<ref name=sld/><ref name=gm/> At this point, the road starts to turn more west before it comes to a full junction with [[County Route 529 (New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;529]]. Here, the road enters [[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway]] and reaches an interchange with CR&nbsp;665 (Washington Avenue).<ref name=sld/> Continuing near more business parks, I-287 comes to the exit for South Randolphville Road.<ref name=sld/><ref name=gm/> Following this interchange, the road heads west more before it turns to the southwest and comes to an interchange with the northern terminus of [[New Jersey Route 18|Route&nbsp;18]].<ref name=sld/> After Route&nbsp;18, the freeway comes to the [[County Route 622 (Middlesex County, New Jersey)|CR&nbsp;622]] (River Road) exit.<ref name=sld/><ref name=gm/>