New Jersey Route 44

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Route 44
Crown Point Road Broad Street Maintained by NJDOT
Length:	10.28 mi[1] (16.54 km)
Formed:	1927
South end:	Barker Avenue in Bridgeport
North end:	I-295/US 130/Gloucester CR 640 in Thorofare
New Jersey State Highway Routes < NJ 42 NJ 45 >

Route 44 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs 10.28 miles (16.54 km) from Bridgeport to Thorofare, intersecting with U.S. Route 130 at both ends. At the Thorofare end, U.S. 130 is concurrent with Interstate 295. In fact, Route 44 is an old alignment for U.S. 130; the state highway was created when U.S. 130 moved to the I-295 concurrency.

Before the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Route 44 extended further north and south along U.S. 130 and Route 49, from Camden to Salem. It was removed from these sections in the renumbering to avoid the concurrency with US 130.

Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Suffixed and prefixed routes 4 Major intersections 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Route description

Communities
Bridgeport Logan Township Greenwich Township Paulsboro West Deptford

Route 44 begins at an intersection with Barker Avenue in Logan Township.^[1] Just after its terminus, Route 44 crosses a stream and intersects with Gloucester County Route 671. At .86 of a mile, Route 130 interchanges with Route 44 in Logan Township. Route 44 enters Greenwich Township and becomes a local road, where it intersects with several local and county routes. At the intersection with Gloucester County Route 653, Route 44 enters Paulsboro, with West Deptford coming soon after. Route 44 comes to an end at an interchange for its southbound direction and Interstate 295.^[1]

[edit] History

Route 44 is an original routing of US 130 from Bridgeport to Thorofare.^[2] Route 44 was known as New Jersey Route 17S before the 1927 renumbering. As time progressed in 1926 and 1927, Route 44 became the number originating over 17S. The route, pre-1953, originally went from Wellsville to Penns Grove, using New Jersey Route 45 and New Jersey Route 49. The original alignment was given away by the state. In 1947, an interchange was built for Routes 44 and 45, cutting Route 44 off from the rest of the route. The remains of the route eventually became the Camden Freeway, which is now Interstate 295.^[2]

[edit] Suffixed and prefixed routes

• NJ-S44 was built in 1937 as a connection from Route 44 to the ferry to Chester, Pennsylvania, and was concurrent with U.S. Route 322. In 1974, the Commodore Barry Bridge was built, bypassing the ferry, and the old alignment of US 322 became Route 324.^[3]

• NJ-S44A was planned in 1938 as an eastern bypass of Camden from Brooklawn to Haddonfield, mostly along what is now County Route 551. The bypass was never built, although part of what would have been the bypass north of Haddonfield is now Route 41.^[4]

• NJ-44T - was planned as an approach to a never-built tunnel under the Delaware River near Paulsboro. It would have run from the tunnel to Route 42 between Blackwood and Williamstown.^[5]

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Roads intersected	Notes
Gloucester	Logan Township	0.00	Barker Avenue	Western terminus of NJ 44.
		0.86	U.S. Route 130
	West Deptford	10.28	NJ 44 Southbound;Interstate 295	Eastern terminus of NJ 44.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• New Jersey Highway Ends: Route 44
• Speed Limits for Route 44

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