New Jersey Route 166

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Route 166
Maintained by NJDOT
Length: 3.73 mi[1] (6.00 km)
Formed: 1954[2]
South end: US 9 in South Toms River
Major
junctions:
CR 530 in Toms River Twp
CR 527/CR 549 in Toms River Twp
NJ 37 in Toms River Twp
North end: US 9/GSP in Toms River
New Jersey State Highway Routes
< NJ 165 NJ 167 >

Route 166 is a 3.73-mile (6.00 km) state highway in New Jersey, United States, providing an alternate route for U.S. Route 9 through Toms River Township. Route 166 runs from US 9 in Beachwood north along former US 9 through South Toms River and Toms River Township, ending where US 9 leaves the Parkway north of Toms River. US 9 itself uses the Garden State Parkway to bypass routinely congested Toms River.


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[edit] Route description

Route 166 begins at US Route 9 in South Toms River. It runs parallel to the Barnegat Bay before it reaches an intersection with County Route 530. It then intersects County Route 507. Route 166 proceeds northward, before intersecting Route 37. Soon, it reaches its end at the Garden State Parkway.[3]

[edit] History

Route 166 was part of pre-1927 Route 4, taken over in 1920, and kept its number as Route 4 in the 1927 renumbering. The bypass was built ca. 1952, but at first US 9 continued to run through Toms River. In the 1953 renumbering, the current Route 166 officially became part of US 9. In 1954, US 9 had been rerouted onto the Garden State Parkway, and the old route became Route 166, as well as U.S. Route 9 Alternate.[2] The US 9 Alternate designation was dropped in the 1960s.[4]

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