New Jersey Route 42

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Route 42
Black Horse Pike, North-South Freeway
Maintained by NJDOT
Length: 14.28 mi[1] (22.98 km)
Formed: 1927
South end:
US 322/Spur CR 536 in Monroe Township
Major
junctions:		 ACE in Washington Township
NJ 168 in Blackwood
NJ 41 in Deptford Township
NJ 55 in Deptford Township
North end: I-76/I-295 in Bellmawr
New Jersey State Highway Routes
< NJ 41 NJ 44 >
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Route 42 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs southeast from the Camden area, starting at an intersection with Interstate 76 and Interstate 295 in Bellmawr and terminating at an intersection with U.S. Route 322 in Monroe Township.

Route 42 is an unusual[citation needed] hybrid in that approximately seven and a half miles of it are multi-lane freeway, while the rest of it is a divided four-lane arterial. The freeway portion is directly connected to the Atlantic City Expressway and is referred to locally as the North-South Freeway (or simply the 42 Freeway), while the local portion is one of several highways comprising the Black Horse Pike. Before the freeway section was created, Route 42 continued north along the Black Horse Pike to Camden (which is now Route 168). The Black Horse Pike also continues south past Route 42's terminus along U.S. Route 322.

Snow plowing, litter control, and landscaping of Route 42 between the end of the Atlantic City Expressway and Interstate 295 is performed by the South Jersey Transportation Authority.[2]

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[edit] Route description

Route 42 at the ACE split
Route 42 at the ACE split

New Jersey State Route 42 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 322 and County Route 536 Spur in Monroe Township.[1] The road begins as a divided highway as it intersects local roads for several miles, intersecting with Berlin-Cross Keys Road and County Route 555 in Washington Township. At 6.35 miles, the Atlantic City Expressway starts to the right at an unnumbered intersection.

Communities[1]

The first numbered exit on the 42 freeway is for Camden County Route 705, which brings you to State Route 168.[1] County Route 534 interchanges at 8.81 miles. Camden County Route 706 (Coles Road) interchanges at 9.48 miles. Exits 9B and 10A are for State Route 168, one of which heads to the New Jersey Turnpike. County Route 681 interchanges at 11 miles, just before entering Gloucester County again. State Route 41 comes after at Exit 12. State Route 55 comes to an end at Exit 13 in the southbound direction. Route 753 crosses over in Camden County, just before Route 42 comes to an end in Bellmawr at Interstate 295. The route then continues as Interstate 76 and heads to Philadelphia.

[edit] History

In 2005, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) installed exit tabs along the stretch of the freeway portion of Route 42. They also installed mile markers with the shield at the top for better recognition with the confusing name changes of the heavily traveled freeway. The North-South Freeway portion is a major route for daily commuters from southern New Jersey to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and weekend commuters from southeastern Pennsylvania to the southern Jersey Shore via Route 55. Route 42 sees frequent congestion on a daily basis, from the end of the Atlantic City Expressway to the I-76/I-295 interchange. While Route 42 ends at I-295, the North-South Freeway is sometimes called "Route 42" all the way to the I-76/I-676 split.[3]

[edit] Future developments

Camden County wishes to build a new interchange along Route 42 at College Drive (CR 673), to ease traffic headed for Camden County College. When completed this would likely become a newly created Exit 7. The NJDOT is going to build the missing movements between I-295 NB and Route 42 SB, and Route 42 NB to I-295 SB. These new ramps will likely be completed before the reconstruction of the Route 42/I-295/I-76 interchange. Once complete it will likely become a new Exit 14A, changing the current Exit 14 (CR 753) to a new Exit 14B for Northbound drivers.[4] The NJDOT has long term plans for 2011-2020 to reconstruct the entire Route 42 freeway from I-295 to the Atlantic City Expressway. This would likely involve rubblizing the severely worn out concrete slabs and laying a smoother asphalt surface. It is not known if they will add any lanes to the wide grass median.[5]

[edit] Exit List

County Location Mile[1] # Destinations Notes
Gloucester Monroe Twp. 0.00
US 322 / CR 536 Spur (Sicklerville Road)
Washington Twp. 3.51 CR 555 south (Tuckahoe Road)
South end of freeway
6.35 ACE east
Camden Gloucester Twp. 6.62 7 To NJ 168 – Sicklerville, Blackwood northbound exit
NJ 168 north – Sicklerville southbound exit
8.81 8 CR 534 – Blackwood, Pine Hill, Clementon southbound exit
9.48 9A Coles Road - Blenheim, Almonesson northbound exit
10.00 9B NJ 168 north to NJTP – Chews Landing northbound exit
10.00 10A NJ 168 south – Blenheim, Almonesson southbound exit
11.02 10B CR 681 – Almonesson, Chews Landing southbound exit
Gloucester Deptford Twp. 11.54 12 NJ 41 south – Deptford, Pitman, Glassboro southbound exit
11.95 12 CR 544 – Deptford, Woodbury, Runnemede
12.54 13 NJ 55 south – Glassboro, Vineland southbound exit
Camden Bellmawr 13.97 14 To CR 753 (Creek Road) – Bellmawr
14.28 14 I-76 / I-295 to US 130 to I-676 - W Whitman Br, Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden Road continues as I-76

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e New Jersey Department of Transportation. Route 42 straight line diagram. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
  2. ^ 1999 Annual Report, SJTA, page 9
  3. ^ The Philadelphia Inquirer, Suspect in shoplifting jailed after car chase, January 17, 2002: "He was pursued back to Haddonfield-Berlin Road, onto Interstate 295, then to Route 42 and onto Route 130, police said."
  4. ^ FY 2007-10 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed June 3, 2007.
  5. ^ Destination 2030, DVRPC (Page 9, ID #10). Accessed August 15, 2007.

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