New Jersey Route 166
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Route 166 |
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Maintained by NJDOT | |||||||||
Length: | 3.73 mi[1] (6.00 km) | ||||||||
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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 |
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North end: | US 9/GSP in Toms River | ||||||||
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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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[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey Department of Transportation. Route 166 straight line diagram. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ a b Alpert, Steve. New Jersey Roads – History (NJ 166). Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
- ^ Google Maps (2008). Overview of New Jersey Route 16. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
- ^ Alpert, Steve. New Jersey Roads – History (US 9 Alt). Retrieved on 2007-03-20.