Black Horse Pike
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| Black Horse Pike |
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| West end: |  US 130 in Camden |
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 I-295 in Bellmawr NJ TPK in Bellmawr NJ 42 in Gloucester Twp. NJ 42/ACE in Washington Twp. US 322 in Williamstown NJ 54 in Folsom NJ 50 in Mays Landing US 40 in Mays Landing GSP in Egg Harbor Twp. US 9 in Pleasantville |
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| East end: | US 40/US 322 (Albany Avenue) in Atlantic City |
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The Black Horse Pike is a designation used for a number of different roadways that had been part of a historic route connecting the Camden area to the area of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Roadways now bearing the Black Horse Pike designation include portions of New Jersey Route 168, New Jersey Route 42, U.S. Route 322 and U.S. Route 40.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] NJ 168
- See also: New Jersey Route 168
The Black Horse Pike heads south from U.S. Route 130 in Camden as a four-lane, divided highway comprising New Jersey Route 168, which continues north of US 130 on Mt. Ephraim Avenue. It heads south and interchanges New Jersey Route 76C, which heads west and provides access to Interstate 76 and the Walt Whitman Bridge. It passes through Haddon Township with many jughandles at intersections. It then passes through Mt. Ephraim, where it narrows to a two-lane road, and enters Bellmawr, where it interchanges with Exit 28 of Interstate 295 and Exit 3 of the New Jersey Turnpike.It then enters Runnemede, where it crosses New Jersey Route 41 and County Route 544. It then heads into Gloucester Township and interchanges with New Jersey Route 42. It continues south, passing through Blackwood, where it intersects County Route 534, and then widens back into a four-lane, divided highway. It then heads toward the southern terminus of the North-South Freeway (Route 42) and the western terminus of the Atlantic City Expressway, where Route 168 ends and the Black Horse Pike becomes Route 42.
[edit] NJ 42
- See also: New Jersey Route 42
The Black Horse Pike heads south into Washington Township, Gloucester County on New Jersey Route 42 as a four-lane divided highway lined with many businesses. In Cross Keys, it intersects County Route 555. It then enters Monroe Township, where in Williamstown, it meets U.S. Route 322 and County Route 536. Here, Route 42 ends and US 322 heads east onto the Black Horse Pike.
[edit] US 322
- See also: U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey
US 322 heads southeast on the Black Horse Pike from Williamstown, intersecting County Route 538. It heads into Folsom, Atlantic County, where it meets New Jersey Route 54 at a cloverleaf interchange and then the southern terminus of New Jersey Route 73 . It continues into Hamilton Township, passing through rural areas. It intersects County Route 559 shortly after crossing into Hamilton Township. Near Mays Landing, it features an interchange with New Jersey Route 50. It continues southeast and near the Hamilton Mall and the Atlantic City Race Track, it intersects U.S. Route 40.
[edit] US 40/US 322 concurrency
- See also: U.S. Route 40 in New Jersey and U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey
US 40 joins US 322 and the two routes continue to the southeast along the Black Horse Pike. Shortly after joining, the road intersects County Route 575, which then forms a concurrency on the Black Horse Pike along with US 40 and US 322. It heads into Egg Harbor Township, and Route 575 splits from the Black Horse Pike by heading south on English Creek Avenue. The Black Horse Pike then intersects County Route 563 with a brief concurrency and then meets the Garden State Parkway , with access provided by way of Route 563 and County Route 608. The route continues east into Pleasantville, where it crosses U.S. Route 9. It then passes through the center of Pleasntville on Verona Avenue, with the name changing back to Black Horse Pike. At the border with Atlantic City, the road becomes Albany Avenue, which carries US 40 and US 322 into Atlantic City.
[edit] History
The Black Horse Pike was named in the early 1900s. In 1923, the portion from Mays Landing to Atlantic City became part of Route 18S. With the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, the route became New Jersey Route 42 from Camden to Mays Landing and New Jersey Route 48 from Mays Landing to Atlantic City. U.S. Route 322 was later designated along the road from Williamstown to Atlantic City and U.S. Route 40 from Mays Landing to Atlantic City. With the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, which eliminated long concurrencies between U.S. and state routes in New Jersey, the NJ 42 and NJ 48 designations were removed from the parts of the road already signed US 322 or US 40/US 322, with NJ 42 cut back to Williamstown and NJ 48 completely removed from the Black Horse Pike. Following the completion of the North-South Freeway, NJ 42 was moved off the Black Horse Pike to the new freeway between Camden and Turnersville, and the New Jersey Route 168 designation was given to the Black Horse Pike between Camden and Turnersville.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey Roads - NJ State Highways: 41-54, Steve Alpert URL accessed 12 February 2008
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