New Jersey Route 44T

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New Jersey State Highway Department
Existed1938-1939–by 1953
Major junctions
West endPennsylvania state line in Paulsboro
East end Route 42 in Williamstown
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
Highway system
← Route 44→ Route 45

Route 44T, also known as the Gloucester County Tunnel, was a proposed

vehicular tunnel during the 1930s from Gloucester County, New Jersey to Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The route was to begin at the state line near Paulsboro, New Jersey, heading eastward as a freeway through several southern New Jersey communities and providing access from New Jersey Route 42 to the Delaware River
.

The plans for the original freeway date back to 1930, when the original studies and requests were decided on by the

New Jersey State Legislature. Plans soon followed in Pennsylvania, but after three years of receiving approval, the Gloucester County Tunnel experienced several setbacks. In 1938, the New Jersey State Legislature designated the State Highway Route 44-T designation, as a suffixed tunnel spur of New Jersey Route 44
. By the 1953 renumbering, Route 44-T was already repealed and decommissioned while the tunnel was never constructed by the Gloucester County Tunnel Commission.

Route description

State Highway Route 44-T was designated to start at the Pennsylvania state line near the community of Paulsboro along the Gloucester County Tunnel. Route 44-T would then head eastward along the tunnel, coming ashore in Paulsboro and onto lands in New Jersey. In New Jersey, the highway was proposed to head eastward along the Pine Barrens region as a freeway, interchanging with State Highway Route 44 (also designated U.S. Route 130) in Paulsboro. From there, it would head to the northeast, interchanging with State Highway Route 45 further east. From that point, the highway was to continue eastward, interchanging with State Highway Route 47 in Blackwood. After interchanging with State Highway Route 41 in Blackwood, Route 44-T would head eastward, interchanging with State Highway Route 42 (also designated U.S. Route 322) in Williamstown, where the designation would terminate.[1][2]

History

Route 44-T and the Gloucester County Tunnel were proposed as an alternate to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, seen in this photo at sunrise

The plans for a tunnel across the

Pennsylvania State Legislature in Harrisburg performed the same actions a year later.[9]

As a result of the signing of the roadway in New Jersey, the

New Jersey State Legislature set forth the proposed designation of State Highway Route 44-T as the approaches to the tunnel and a freeway built off the tunnel. The designation came as a spur of U.S. Route 130/State Highway Route 44 in Paulsboro.[1] A year later, the Route 44-T designation was extended to end at State Highway Route 42 in Williamstown.[2] Although plans for a tunnel continued into the late 1940s, no tunnel was ever constructed,[10] and the Route 44-T designation was repealed by the state highway renumbering on January 1, 1953.[11]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Gloucester County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
PaulsboroPennsylvania state lineProposed western terminus of Route 44T.
US 130 / Route 44
Route 45
Blackwood Route 47
Route 41Original proposed eastern terminus of Route 44T.
Williamstown US 322 / Route 42Proposed eastern terminus of Route 44T.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b ROUTE NO. 44T. Beginning at the Plaza of the Gloucester county tunnel and from thence to Route No. 44 at or near Paulsboro, from thence to form a connecting link with Route No. 45, from thence to form a connecting link with Route No. 47, and from thence to form a connecting link with Route No. 41. L.1938, c. 367, p. 935, s. 1.
  2. ^ a b ADDITION TO ROUTE NO. 44T. Beginning at a point where Route No. 47 intersects Route No. 41 and from thence to form a connecting link with Route No. 42. L.1939, c. 264, p. 684, s. 1.
  3. ISBN 978-0-8386-3881-1
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  4. ^ "Jersey Will Speed Tunnel Plans". The New York Times. New York, New York. January 28, 1930.
  5. ^ "Delaware Tunnel Bill Signed". The New York Times. New York, New York. December 24, 1933.
  6. ^ "Purchase of Jersey Farm Options Linked To Projected River Tube to Philadelphia". The New York Times. New York, New York. May 2, 1935.
  7. ^ Delaware River port development plan. Gloucester County, New Jersey: Delaware Tunnel Board. 1948. p. 67.
  8. ^ "Tunnel Permit Renewed". The New York Times. New York, New York. July 26, 1938.
  9. ^ "Delaware Tunnel Bill Signed". The New York Times. New York, New York. June 1, 1939.
  10. ^ "Auto Tube Studied for the Delaware". The New York Times. New York, New York. March 2, 1947.
  11. ^ 1953 renumbering, New Jersey Department of Highways, archived from the original on June 28, 2011, retrieved July 31, 2009

External links

  • Moraseski, Dan; Alpert, Steve (2009). "44T". Alps Roads. Retrieved November 17, 2009.
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