New Jersey Route 139 New Jersey Route 139 Route 139 is a state highway in Jersey City, New Jersey in the United States that heads east from the Pulaski Skyway over Tonnele Circle to the state line with New Jersey and New York in the Holland Tunnel, which is under the Hudson River, to New York City. The western portion of the route is a two level highway that is charted by the New Jersey Department of Transportation as two separate roadways: The lower roadway (Route 139) between U.S. Route 1/9 over Tonnele Circle and Interstate 78 at Jersey Avenue, and the upper roadway
New York City English York City short-"a" pattern has diffused to many "r"-pronouncing communities in northern New Jersey like Rutherford (Labov's birthplace) and North Plainfield. However, in these communities, the function word constraint is lost and the open syllable constraint is variable. The following is a list of notable lifelong native speakers of the rhotic New York City English of northeastern New Jersey: And these are non-rhotic speakers from New Jersey. New York City English New York City English, or Metropolitan New York English, is a regional dialect of American English spoken by many people in New York City and much of its surrounding