New Jersey Route 38

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Route 38
Maintained by NJDOT
Length: 19.19 mi[1] (30.88 km)
Formed: 1927
West end: US 30/130 in Pennsauken Twp
Major
junctions:
NJ 70 in Pennsauken
NJ 41 in Maple Shade Twp
NJ 73 in Maple Shade Twp
I-295 in Mount Laurel Twp
East end: US 206/CR 530 in Southampton Twp
New Jersey State Highway Routes
< NJ 37 NJ 39 >

Route 38 is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It extends from the Airport Circle where it intersects U.S. Route 30, U.S. Route 130, and Route 70 in Pennsauken Township to an intersection with U.S. Route 206 in Southampton.

Route 38 was originally planned to be a freeway crossing the state of New Jersey. Route 138 was originally numbered as a segment of this Route 38 freeway, but was renumbered when it became apparent the freeway would not be completed.

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[edit] Route description

NJ 38 with a road work ahead sign.
NJ 38 with a road work ahead sign.

Route 38 begins at Route 30 in Pennsauken Township. It meets a partial cloverleaf interchage with Route 70. A four-lane road, it proceeds eastward as it passess by the Cherry Hill Mall. It then reaches a cloverleaf interchange with Route 41, before intersecting Route 73. It travels by the Moorestown Mall, before passing by the Strawbridge Lake Park. It then intersects Interstate 295 before intersecting the New Jersey Turnpike. Proceeding east, it intersects County Route 541. Route 38 ends at Route 206.[2]

[edit] History

Route 38 was originally planned to be a freeway crossing the state of New Jersey. Route 138 was originally numbered as a segment of this Route 38 freeway, but was renumbered when it became apparent the freeway would not be completed. Route 38 was created in the 1953 renumbering. Until 1988, Interstate 195 served as a replacement for an unbuilt section between Camden and Mount Holly.[3]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Road(s) Notes
Camden Pennsauken Township 0.00 U.S. Route 30/U.S. Route 130
0.64 Route 70 (Marlton Pike)
Burlington Maple Shade Township 5.27 Route 41 Parclo interchange
5.58 Route 73 Parclo interchange
Mount Laurel Township 9.56 Interstate 295 Parclo interchange; I-295 Exit 40
Lumberton Township 15.35 County Route 541
Southampton Township 19.19 U.S. Route 206 Eastern terminus of NJ 38

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