New Jersey Route 37
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| Route 37 |
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| Little League World Champions Boulevard Maintained by NJDOT |
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| Length: | 13.43 mi[1] (21.61 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1927 | ||||||||
| West end: |  NJ 70 in Lakehurst |
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| Major junctions: |
 CR 527 in Toms River Twp  GSP/US 9 in Toms River Twp NJ 166 in Toms River Twp CR 549 in Toms River Twp CR 571 in Toms River Twp |
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| East end: |  NJ 35 in Seaside Heights |
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Route 37 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. It runs 13.43 miles (21.61 kilometers) from Lakehurst at an intersection with Route 70 to an intersection with Route 35 in Seaside Heights. The highway was officially named Little League World Champions Boulevard in 1998 following Toms River East Little League's victory in the 1998 Little League World Series.
Route 37 crosses Barnegat Bay via the Thomas A. Mathis and J. Stanley Tunney Bridges, which pass through Toms River Township and a small piece of Berkeley Township, before ending at Route 35 in Seaside Heights.
At one point, Route 37 was supposed to run from Trenton, New Jersey at the White Horse Circle to Seaside Heights. There were (as of the late 1980s) a few old concrete bridges dating from the 1930s, between the Whitehorse Circle and the town of Allentown, which list sections of what is now CR 524 as having been State Route 37 at that time. Several disjointed sections of Route 37 were built prior to 1990 in preparation for a proposed freeway extension. This was never built and Interstate 195 partially filled the gap.[2] The median of Route 37 east of the Garden State Parkway is very wide for the majority of its length, a visible sign of excess right of way intended for a freeway. Due to the area's vacationers, many of which come from New York and northern New Jersey, Route 37 is routinely congested with seasonal traffic in the summer, especially on and around the Mathis and Tunney Bridges and at the Garden State Parkway interchange as heavy tourist traffic converges on the shore. Additionally, due to the area's rapid growth, the roadway is heavily congested near the parkway interchange year around during the morning and afternoon rush hour.
Just west of the Parkway, alongside Route 37, is Holiday City - Silver Ridge Park, New Jersey's largest subdivsion and age-restricted community, contributing to the large population of senior residents in the area.
