 The route heads into a more urbanized setting and continues northeast onto Newark Avenue, intersecting the northern terminus of Route 439.Through Elizabeth, about 10,000 to 20,000 vehicles travel on Route 27 every day.Route 27 crosses into Newark, Essex County at the Virginia Street intersection, where it becomes Frelinghuysen Avenue, a road that heads north through the Dayton neighborhood of Newark, passing through urban areas and by Weequahic Park.