New Jersey Route 48

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Route 48
Harding Highway
Maintained by NJDOT
Length: 4.26 mi[1] (6.86 km)
Formed: 1927
West end: US 130 in Penns Grove
Major
junctions:		 CR 551 in Carneys Point
I-295 in Carneys Point
East end: US 40 in Carneys Point
New Jersey State Highway Routes
< NJ 47 NJ 49 >

Route 48 is an east-west state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a short route from Carneys Point Township at the intersection with Wiley Road (U.S. Route 40) to Penns Grove at the intersection with Virginia Avenue (U.S. Route 130). It is known as East Main Street from Virginia Avenue to DuPont Road, and from DuPont Road to its terminus at Wiley Road as the Harding Highway.

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[edit] Route description

Route 48 begins at a traffic light with U.S. Route 130 and Salem County Route 675 in Penns Grove.[1] Route 48 heads eastward, intersecting with local roads before entering Carneys Point Township at .27 of a mile. Salem County Route 601 comes soon after, intersecting near Interstate 295. Route 295 interchanges just afterward. County Route 551 intersects at a traffic light in Carneys Point. Route 48 crosses over a creek before coming to an end at U.S. Route 40.[1]

[edit] History

Until the Delaware Memorial Bridge opened, there was a ferry which connected this route to Delaware Route 48.[2]

The Harding Highway was dedicated by President Warren G. Harding in 1921 on the steps of Woodstown High School in Woodstown. The route was designated Route 18S in 1923 and became Route 48 in the 1927 renumbering, but is now mainly U.S. Route 40. It ran from the Delaware River town of Penns Grove at a now-abandoned ferry dock to Atlantic City.

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Salem Penns Grove 0.00 US 130 Western terminus of NJ 48.
Carneys Point Township 1.55 I-295  
2.13 CR 551  
4.26 US 40 Eastern terminus of NJ 48.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d New Jersey Route 48 Straight Line Diagram from the New Jersey Department of Transportation
  2. ^ New Jersey Roads - New Jersey State Highways: 41-54, Steve Alpert

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