 In the early 1970s, a Route 35 freeway was planned to run from Route 18 north to the planned Route 74 freeway in Matawan with an estimated cost of $53 million.This freeway was never built due to the cancellation of the Route 74 freeway in the mid-1970s.Since the 1953 renumbering, the current alignment of Route 35 has seen many changes and improvements.