New Jersey Route 147

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Route 147

Map
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length4.20 mi[1] (6.76 km)
ExistedNovember 1, 1971[2]–present
Major junctions
West end US 9 in Middle Township
Major intersections
East end
CR 621 / Ocean Drive at New York Avenue in North Wildwood
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountiesCape May
Highway system
← Route 143→ Route 151

Route 147 is a 4.20-mile (6.76 km)

County Route 621 (New Jersey Avenue). The route passes through mostly marshland along its journey, intersecting the Garden State Parkway at a partial interchange and County Route 619 (Ocean Drive
).

The portion of the route east of the intersection with the latter forms a part of Ocean Drive. When the 500-series county routes were established in New Jersey in the 1950s, what is now Route 147 became a part of County Route 585, a route running from Lower Township north to Absecon. On November 1, 1971, Route 147 was designated along County Route 585 between U.S. Route 9 and the North Wildwood border. The route was extended to its current location in North Wildwood by the 1990s.

Route description

County Route 618 (Indian Trail Road) to Route 47.[1][3] The road passes residences and businesses to the north and woodland to the south before coming to a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Garden State Parkway that has access to and from the northbound direction of the parkway.[3]

View west along Route 147 at Delaware Avenue in North Wildwood

Past the Garden State Parkway, Route 147 becomes a four-lane

County Route 619 (Ocean Drive).[1]

At this point, the Ocean Drive moniker merges onto Route 147 and the road crosses over the Beach Creek into the

County Route 621 continues south along the roadway as New Jersey Avenue.[1] Route 147, along with County Route 618, provide an alternate route to The Wildwoods from Route 47.[4]

History

Route 147 eastbound past the Garden State Parkway in Middle Township

What is now Route 147 was an unimproved road back in 1927.[5] When the 500-series county routes were established in the 1950s, this road became a part of County Route 585, a route that ran from Route 109 (then a part of U.S. Route 9) in Lower Township north to U.S. Route 30 and Route 157 in Absecon. The route was also designated as part of County Route 18, which continued west past U.S. Route 9 to Route 47.[6] On November 1, 1971, Route 147 was designated to replace the portion of County Route 18/County Route 585 between U.S. Route 9 in Burleigh and the North Wildwood border.[2] In 1994, the current fixed-span steel girder bridge over the Grassy Sound was built.[7] As a result of the bridge replacement, Route 147 was realigned off its former drawbridge, and the former alignment became Cape May County Route 665.[8] The southern terminus of County Route 585 was eventually truncated its current location at Route 52 in Somers Point. By the 1990s, Route 147 was extended to its current terminus at New York Avenue in North Wildwood.[9]

In 2020, NJTA proposed a $10 million project to reconstruct the partial interchange between Route 147 and the Garden State Parkway into a full interchange.[10]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Cape May County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Middle Township0.000.00 US 9 – Whitesboro, Cape May Court HouseWestern terminus
0.330.53


 G.S. Parkway north to A.C. Expressway		Access to northbound GSP and access from southbound GSP; GSP exit 6
2.864.60
CR 619 north / Ocean Drive north – Stone Harbor
West end of Ocean Drive overlap
CR 621 south / Ocean Drive
south (New Jersey Avenue) / New York Avenue		Eastern terminus; east end of Ocean Drive overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Route 147 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Gotta Gripe? The Mystery of a Road at Grassy Sound". The Courier-Post. July 20, 1972. p. 3. Retrieved December 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b c d Google (2009-08-13). "overview of New Jersey Route 147" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  4. ^ Signage for CR 618/NJ 147 alternate route to Wildwoods on NJ 47 southbound (Highway sign). Middle Township, New Jersey: New Jersey Department of Transportation.
  5. ^ Map of New Jersey (Map). Tydol Trails. 1927. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
  6. ^ Map of Cape May County New Jersey (Map). Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders. 1955. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 0517151". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
  8. ^ "Route 147 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). Ewing, New Jersey: New Jersey Department of Transportation. 2007. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  9. ^ United States-Canada-Mexico Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 1996.
  10. ^ "Proposed 2020 Capital Improvement Program" (PDF). New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

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