As West Northfield Road, the highway travels through a primarily residential section of Livingston.

This turns into a more commercial area approaching the intersection with Livingston Avenue, after which East Northfield Road goes through another residential section.

[2] At the eastern end of Livingston there is another commercial area near the intersections with County Route 527 (East Cedar Street) and Old Short Hills Road.

CR 508 reunites on Valley Road at the south end of Kingsley Street, and then very soon turns onto Central Avenue, passing through a small industrial area before entering Orange.

The route forms the northern edge of Fairmount Cemetery straddling the boundary between East Orange and Newark.

[3] In 1790 the state legislature decided that "public good would be served by a 64 feet (20 m) wide road from Paulus Hook to Newark Couthouse".

[7] It is a two-lane wide, county-maintained access road from Route 7 eastbound serving a NJ Transit maintenance facility and other industrial companies in the Meadowlands.