New Jersey Route 168
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Route information | ||
Maintained by NJDOT | ||
Length | 10.75 mi[1] (17.30 km) | |
Existed | 1959–present | |
Major junctions | ||
South end | ||
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North end | CR 605 in Camden | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | New Jersey | |
Counties | Gloucester, Camden | |
Highway system | ||
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Route 168 is a 10.75-mile (17.30 km)
(US 130) in Camden.What is now Route 168 runs along the Black Horse Pike, a turnpike established in 1855 that was to run from Camden to
Route description
Route 168 begins at an interchange with the west end of the
From here, Route 168 continues north through commercial areas before crossing the
Past the Route 42 interchange, the route intersects CR 676 and narrows to two lanes as it heads through commercial areas of Hilltop. It gains a center left-turn lane again before it crosses over CR 681 and the North Branch of the Big Timber Creek. Route 168 comes to a junction with CR 683 and enters the
The route forms the border between
Immediately past this interchange, Route 168 narrows to four lanes and intersects CR 650, crossing the Newton Creek, where it forms the border between Camden to the west and Haddon Township to the east. Here, the route crosses US 130 at a channelized intersection.[1] After crossing over US 130, Route 168 drops the Black Horse Pike designation and becomes Mount Ephraim Avenue as is runs between the Fairview section of Camden and the West Collingswood Extension section of Haddon Township. Here, the route narrows to a two-lane undivided road and passes through urban areas.[1][2] It crosses over CR 630 before it becomes a three-lane road with a center left-turn lane and entirely enters Camden.[1] The road crosses the North Branch of the Newton Creek, where it forms the border between Camden to the west and Woodlynne to the east. It becomes a four-lane undivided road that passes through industrial sectors before crossing Conrail Shared Assets Operations' Beesleys Point Secondary railroad line and heading past more urban development. Route 168 ends at the intersection with CR 603, where Mount Ephraim Avenue continues north as CR 605 to downtown Camden, ending at an intersection with CR 561.[1][2]
History
The predecessor to today's Route 168 was a set of
In the late 1940s, a
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Gloucester | Washington Township | 0.00– 0.25 | 0.00– 0.40 | A.C. Expressway east / Route 42 south (Black Horse Pike) – Atlantic City | Southern terminus; Route 42 exit 7 |
0.25 | 0.40 | ||||
Camden | Gloucester Township | 2.43 | 3.91 | CR 534 (Church Street) | |
3.42– 3.44 | 5.50– 5.54 | Route 42 to A.C. Expressway east – Walt Whitman Bridge, Philadelphia, Williamstown, Atlantic City | No northbound access to Route 42 south; Route 42 exits 9B-10A | ||
Runnemede | 5.39 | 8.67 | CR 544 (Evesham Road) | ||
5.71 | 9.19 | CR 573 north (Clements Bridge Road) – Deptford Township, Barrington | Southern terminus of CR 573 | ||
Bellmawr | 6.60 | 10.62 | N.J. Turnpike – New York, Delaware | NJTP exit 3 | |
7.42 | 11.94 | I-295 exit 28 | |||
CR 551 Spur (Kings Highway) – Westville, Haddonfield | |||||
Route 76C ; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||||
US 130 (Crescent Boulevard) – Collingswood | No left turns | ||||
10.75 | 17.30 | CR 605 north (Mount Ephraim Avenue) | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- New Jersey portal
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Route 168 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Google (2009-08-12). "overview of New Jersey Route 168" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ a b "The Black Horse Pike". Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "Answer Guy: How did the White Horse and Black Horse Pikes get their names?". The Press of Atlantic City. August 31, 2008.
- ISBN 978-0-8386-3881-1. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.
- ^ Williams, Jimmy and Sharon. "1927 New Jersey Road Map". 1920s New Jersey Highways. Archived from the original on 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ "1953 renumbering". New Jersey Department of Highways. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
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- ^ Weart, William J. (April 21, 1957). "Philadelphia's New Shore Route". New York Times.
- ^ "New Jersey Highway Facts". 1967. New Jersey Department of Transportation.
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