New Jersey Route 38
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | New Jersey | |||
| Counties | Camden, Burlington | |||
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Route 38 is a
divided highway
for most of its length and passes through commercial development, residential development, and some farmland.
Route 38 was signed in 1927, replacing part of
freeway crossing the state of New Jersey, running from Camden east to Wall Township, Monmouth County. The eastern part of this freeway would become part of Interstate 195 (I-195) in the late 1960s. The freeway routing was then modified to head north of I-195 to the Route 18 freeway in Colts Neck Township but was ultimately canceled by the late 1970s due to environmental and financial concerns. Route 138
was originally numbered as a segment of Route 38, but was renumbered by the 1990s when it became apparent the freeway would not be completed.
Route description
Route 38 begins at the
Airport Circle junction of US 30, US 130, and CR 607 (Kaighns Avenue) in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, heading east on Kaighns Avenue.[1] It comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with the western terminus of Route 70, which replaced the Browning Road Traffic Circle.[2] A six–lane divided highway separated by a Jersey barrier, it proceeds eastward, crossing into Cherry Hill Township, where it heads through commercial development.[1][3] Route 38 features cloverleaf interchanges with CR 636 (Cuthbert Boulevard) and CR 644 (Haddonfield Road), passing under NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line between the two interchanges.[1] Past the CR 644 interchange, Route 38 heads past the Cherry Hill Mall, located on the north side of the road.[3] It proceeds through the Church Road Circle, where it crosses CR 616 (Church Road) and CR 627 (Coles Avenue/Cooper Landing Road).[1]
Mount Laurel Township, where it intersects CR 615 (Marter Avenue) before meeting I-295 at a partial cloverleaf interchange and passing over the New Jersey Turnpike without access.[1]
It then continues east, heading into more residential than commercial development and passing south of
Mount Holly Township at the intersection of CR 612 (Pine Street/Eayerstown Road).[1] Past this intersection, Route 38 eventually becomes an undivided highway and then reenters Lumberton Township.[1] The route then heads into farmland and crosses into Southampton Township at the intersection with CR 684 (Smithville Road).[1][3] Route 38 then ends at the intersection with US 206, where the road continues east as CR 530 (Pemberton Road).[1]
History
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Prior to 1927, the route was a part of
Pre-1927 Route 18, which was legislated in 1923 to run from Camden to Toms River.[4] In the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Route 38 was legislated to run along the route from Route 25 (now US 130) in Pennsauken Township east to Route 39 (now US 206) in Eastampton.[5][6]
In 1938, Route 38 was legislated to extend from East Hampton to
Ben Franklin Bridge, paralleling US 30 and then Route 70. It would then have run parallel to the current alignment of Route 38 through the Mount Holly area and then travel along the northern border of the Fort Dix Military Reservation to Jackson Township, Ocean County, where it would then follow the present alignment of I-195 to Wall Township.[8][9] In the late 1960s, the eastern part of the Route 38 freeway became part of the proposed I-195.[10][11]
In 1969, it was estimated the Route 38 freeway between
Pine Barrens and financial troubles, the freeway was canceled by the end of the 1970s.[14] The orphaned eastern section of Route 38 in Monmouth County was renumbered to Route 138 on July 29, 1988.[15]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Airport Circle ; western terminus | |||||
| 0.64 | 1.03 |      CR 612) – Merchantville | Partial cloverleaf interchange; western terminus of Route 70 | ||
CR 636) – Merchantville, Oaklyn | Cloverleaf interchange | ||||
| 2.80 | 4.51 | Haddonfield Road ( Pennsauken | Cloverleaf interchange | ||
Tacony Bridge | Partial cloverleaf interchange; no access from northbound Route 41 to westbound Route 38 | ||||
| 5.58 | 8.98 |    Tacony Bridge | Partial cloverleaf interchange; no access from westbound Route 38 to southbound Route 73 or from eastbound Route 38 to northbound Route 73 | ||
I-295 – Delaware Memorial Bridge | Partial cloverleaf interchange; no access from westbound Route 38 to northbound I-295, from southbound I-295 to eastbound Route 38, or from eastbound Route 38 to southbound I-295; exit 40 on I-295 | ||||
Mt. Holly, Burlington | |||||
| east (Pemberton Road) | Eastern terminus; western terminus of CR 530 | ||||
| 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 "Route 38 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- ^ Chevron Oil Company. 1969.
- ^ a b c d e Google (February 8, 2008). "Overview of New Jersey Route 38" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
- ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1923, Chapter 184.
- ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.
- ^ 1927 New Jersey Road Map (Map). State of New Jersey. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
- ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1938, Chapter 51.
- ^ New Jersey Builds Better Highways. New Jersey State Highway Department. 1961.
- ^ Plans for a Central Jersey Expressway System. New Jersey State Highway Department. 1965.
- ^ Route 37 Freeway Relocation Study. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 1967.
- ^ New Jersey Highway Facts. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 1967.
- ^ 1985 Regional Transportation Plan. Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. 1969.
- ^ Master Plan for Transportation. New Jersey Department of Transportation. 1972.
- ^ Nussbaum, Paul (August 19, 1984). "Schuylkill carries the load of many routes left unbuilt". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ "Proposed New Rule: N.J.A.C. 16:28A-1.112" (PDF). December 7, 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
The section of highway which was designated as Route 38 in Wall Township, Monmouth County, was redesignated Route 138 on July 29, 1988, as evidenced in the New Jersey State Highway Straight Line Diagrams 1990.
External links
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