U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey

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Main article: U.S. Route 30
See also: U.S. Route 30 in Pennsylvania
U.S. Route 30
Maintained by NJDOT
Length: 58.26 mi[1] (93.76 km)
Formed: 1925
West end: I-676/US 30 on the Ben Franklin Bridge in Camden
Major
junctions:		 US 130 in Pennsauken Township
NJ 38 in Pennsauken Township
I-295 in Barrington
NJ 73 in Berlin
US 206/NJ 54 in Hammonton
NJ 50 in Egg Harbor City
GSP in Galloway Township
US 9 in Absecon
NJ 157 in Absecon
NJ 87 in Atlantic City
East end: Virginia Avenue in Atlantic City
Counties: Camden, Atlantic
New Jersey State Highway Routes
< NJ 29 NJ 31 >

In the U.S. state of New Jersey, U.S. Route 30 is designated from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge at the Delaware River to Virginia Avenue in Atlantic City. It is a West/East route that is 58.26 miles (93.76 km) long between those two points. Most of the route is known as the White Horse Pike. In 2006, The route had an AADT of 10,758 in Waterford Township, Camden County in 2006.[2]

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Camden County

US 30 crosses the Delaware River over the Ben Franklin Bridge, concurrent with I-676. Here the roadway is called the Admiral Wilson Boulevard, which is named for Henry Braid Wilson. This portion, formerly known as Bridge Approach Boulevard, is an early example of a roadway designed for the automobile, and was home to the first drive-in movie theatre.[3] Shortly after crossing the bridge, US 30 exits I-676 and intersects US 130 and NJ 38. Here, US 130 has a concurrency and the road is called Crescent Boulevard. This concurrency lasts only a mile and US 30 becomes the White Horse Pike, the name that it will have for most of the rest of its route to Atlantic City. A few miles further, US 30 intersects Kings Highway and Soon after, NJ 41 and I-295. US 30 then runs under the New Jersey Turnpike, but there is no interchange. The next major intersection is that with CR 544 in Magnolia. In Berlin, US 30 becomes concurrent with both CR 561 and CR 534 for a short period. Next, in Waterford Township US 30 intersects NJ 73, the last major intersection for miles and in Camden County.

[edit] Atlantic County

Shortly after entering Atlantic County, US 30 comes to its intersection with US 206 and NJ 54 in Hammonton. After leaving Hammonton, US 30 becomes a divided highway with grass median and jughandles. This continues until Egg Harbor City, when the median ends. Here, US 30 intersects with NJ 50, as well as CR 563, which will be concurrent for the next 3 miles before bearing off to the South. Soon, US 30 intersects with CR 575, 2 and half miles before going under the Garden State Parkway which has a partial interchange with US 30. Just before the parkway, US 30 again becomes a divided highway, it will remain as one for the rest of the route. In Absecon, it intersects US 9. In the section between Absecon and Atlantic City, the road gains the name Absecon Boulevard. US 30 then enters Atlantic City, where it meets NJ 87. Virginia Avenue is the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 30.

[edit] History

On October 30, 1925, plans were made for a cross-country route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Atlantic City, New Jersey.[4] This road was designated U.S. Route 30. From 1927 to 1953, Route 43 and NJ 25 were both concurrent to US 30. NJ 25 was concurrent to US 30 breifly after crossing the Ben Franklin bridge. NJ 43 was concurrent to U.S. Route 30 for the majority of the route, from Camden to Route 157 in Absecon. The Designations of Routes 25 and 43 were removed when the routes were renumbered in 1953.

Prior to 1929, the route traveled down Broadway, then onto Federal Street Haddon Avenue in Camden until reaching the current route. From 1929 until Interstate 676 was completed in 1972, U.S. 30 split into 2 one-way roads in Camden. These streets are now Penn Street and Linden Street. [5]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Roads intersected Notes
Pennsylvania/New Jersey state line.
Ben Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River.
concurrency with Interstate 676 over bridge
Westbound: $3.00 or E-ZPass.
Camden Pennsauken Township 3.26 US 130/Route 38 Begin/End concurrency with US 130
Collingswood 4.26 US 130 (Cresent Boulevard) Begin/End concurrency with US 130
Haddon Heights 6.99
CR 551 SPUR (Kings Highway)
7.93 Route 41 (Clements Bridge Road)
Barrington 8.00 I-295 Exit 29 (I-295).
Magnolia 9.71 CR 544 (Evesham Avenue)
Berlin 16.31 CR 690/CR 751/CR 534 (Clementon Berlin Road/Park Drive) Begin/End Concurrency with CR 534
16.50 CR 561 (Haddon Avenue) Begin/End Concurrency with CR 561
17.01 CR 534 (Jackson Road) Begin/End Concurrency with CR 534
17.07 CR 561 (Tansboro Avenue) Begin/End Concurrency with CR 561
18.28
CR 536 SPUR (Taunton Road)
Waterford Township 18.34 Route 73 Interchange
Atlantic Hammonton 29.71 US 206/Route 54
31.05 CR 542 (Central Avenue) Begin/End Concurrency with CR 542
31.13 CR 542 (Pleasant Mills Road) Begin/End Concurrency with CR 542
32.11 CR 561 (Moss Mill Road)
Egg Harbor City 41.27 Route 50/CR 563 (Philadelphia Avenue) Begin/End Concurrency with CR 563
Galloway Township 44.21 CR 563 (Tilton Road) Begin/End Concurrency with CR 563
46.45 CR 575 (Pomona Road)
49.25 Garden State Parkway EXIT 40 (GSP)
Absecon 51.59 US 9 (New Road)
52.04 Route 157/CR 585 (Shore Road)
Atlantic City 57.50 Route 87 (MLK Boulevard) To Brigantine
57.56 Route 187 (Brigintine Boulevard) To Brigantine


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b US 30 Straight Line Diagram (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation (2006-10-07). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
  2. ^ 2006 Annual Traffic Summary (TXT). New Jersey Department of Transportation (2007-03-26). Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
  3. ^ Everts, Bart (2000), Cars, Commuters, and Camden: The History and Impact of Admiral Wilson Boulevard,

    Senior Thesis, Rutgers University 2000, Camden County Historical Society.

  4. ^ Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways, October 30, 1925
  5. ^ New Jersey Roads - NJ State Highways - 25-30
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