New Jersey Route 163
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| Route 163 |
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| Maintained by NJDOT | |||||||||
| Length: | 0.30 mi[1] (0.48 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1953 | ||||||||
| South end: |  US 46 in Knowlton Twp |
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| North end: | Dead end in Knowlton Twp | ||||||||
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Route 163 is an unsigned state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey that runs 0.30 miles (0.48 km) from U.S. Route 46 north to a dead end on the east side of the highway in Knowlton Township. From the dead end, the highway originally continued northwest and west over US 46 to the site of the Delaware Bridge (which had been destroyed in 1955). This bridge approach was demolished in the 1990s, leaving only the old road east of US 46. The road in New Jersey was taken over from the county by 1925, becoming part of Route 6 in the 1927 renumbering and U.S. Route 46 in the 1953 renumbering (dual-signed from 1935 to 1953).
On December 1, 1953, the new Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge opened, and U.S. 46 was shifted to end at Columbia, New Jersey. The New Jersey bridge approach was then renumbered Route 163.
[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey Department of Transportation. Route 163 straight line diagram. Retrieved on March 26, 2007.
