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==History==
==History==
In 1927, Route 42 was legislated to run along the [[Black Horse Pike]], a road that traces its origins back to 1855. In that year, the [[Camden and Blackwoodstown Turnpike Company]] was established by entrepreneurs who had helped create the [[White Horse Pike]] to build a gravel road that would run from [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] south to [[Blackwood, New Jersey|Blackwoodtown]] and eventually to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]],<ref name=pressac>{{cite news|title=Answer Guy: How did the White Horse and Black Horse Pikes get their names?|publisher=''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]''|date=August 31, 2008}}</ref> from Ferry Avenue in Camden to [[New Jersey Route 48|Route 48]] (now [[U.S. Route 40 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 40]]) in [[McKee City, New Jersey|McKee City]].<ref name=nj1927>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.</ref><ref name="Map">{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|title=1927 New Jersey Road Map|publisher=State of New Jersey| accessdate=2008-10-08}}</ref> By 1941, [[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 322]] was assigned to follow the routing of Route 42 between [[Williamstown, New Jersey|Williamstown]] and McKee City.<ref name="mwm">{{cite map|publisher=Mid-West Map Co.|title= Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey |year=1941|cartography=[[H.M. Gousha]]|url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/roadcart/1941_1467m.jpg|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> With the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]], which eliminated long concurrencies between U.S. Routes and State Routes, the southern terminus of Route 42 was cut back to Williamstown to avoid the concurrency with U.S. Route 322.<ref name="nj1953">{{Cite journal|title=1953 renumbering|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways|accessdate=July 31, 2009|postscript=.}}</ref>
In 1927, Route 42 was legislated to run along the [[Black Horse Pike]], a road that traces its origins back to 1855. In that year, the [[Camden and Blackwoodstown Turnpike Company]] was established by entrepreneurs who had helped create the [[White Horse Pike]] to build a gravel road that would run from [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] south to [[Blackwood, New Jersey|Blackwoodtown]] and eventually to [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]],<ref name=pressac>{{cite news|title=Answer Guy: How did the White Horse and Black Horse Pikes get their names?|publisher=''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]''|date=August 31, 2008}}</ref> from Ferry Avenue in Camden to [[New Jersey Route 48|Route 48]] (now [[U.S. Route 40 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 40]]) in [[McKee City, New Jersey|McKee City]].<ref name=nj1927>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.</ref><ref name="Map">{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|title=1927 New Jersey Road Map|publisher=State of New Jersey|accessdate=2008-10-08|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313112746/http://jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|archivedate=2016-03-13|df=}}</ref> By 1941, [[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 322]] was assigned to follow the routing of Route 42 between [[Williamstown, New Jersey|Williamstown]] and McKee City.<ref name="mwm">{{cite map|publisher=Mid-West Map Co.|title= Map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey |year=1941|cartography=[[H.M. Gousha]]|url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/roadcart/1941_1467m.jpg|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> With the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]], which eliminated long concurrencies between U.S. Routes and State Routes, the southern terminus of Route 42 was cut back to Williamstown to avoid the concurrency with U.S. Route 322.<ref name="nj1953">{{Cite journal|title=1953 renumbering|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways|accessdate=July 31, 2009|postscript=.|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183145/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|archivedate=June 28, 2011|df=}}</ref>
[[Image:Route 42 Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[New Jersey Route 54|Route 54]] bridge over the [[Black Horse Pike]] ([[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 322]]) in [[Folsom, New Jersey|Folsom]], showing the former Route 42 designation used before the [[1953 renumbering]]]]
[[Image:Route 42 Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[New Jersey Route 54|Route 54]] bridge over the [[Black Horse Pike]] ([[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 322]]) in [[Folsom, New Jersey|Folsom]], showing the former Route 42 designation used before the [[1953 renumbering]]]]
The North&ndash;South Freeway portion of Route 42 was originally planned as a [[parkway]] in 1932 that would run from the [[Ben Franklin Bridge]] in Camden to Atlantic City; however, this proposal never materialized.<ref name="1932plan">{{cite book|title=Regional Plan of the Philadelphia Tri-State District|publisher=Regional Planning Federation |year=1932}}</ref> In the late 1940s, the North&ndash;South Freeway was proposed by the [[New Jersey State Highway Department]] to run from the Ben Franklin Bridge to [[Turnersville, New Jersey|Turnersville]]. In the early 1950s, right-of-way for the freeway was acquired and actual construction of the freeway followed.<ref name="1957news">{{cite news|title=Philadelphia's New Shore Route|last=Weart|first=William J.|date=April 21, 1957|website=The New York Times}}</ref> The Route 42 freeway opened between [[Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)|Interstate 295]] in [[Bellmawr, New Jersey|Bellmawr]] and the Black Horse Pike in [[Blackwood, New Jersey|Blackwood]] in 1958. It opened between the Black Horse Pike in Blackwood and Turnersville in 1959.<ref name="njhf">{{cite journal|title=New Jersey Highway Facts|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|volume=1967|postscript=.}}</ref> With the completion of the North&ndash;South Freeway portion of Route 42, the Black Horse Pike north of Turnersville became [[New Jersey Route 168|Route 168]].<ref name="chevron">{{cite map|publisher=[[Chevron Oil Company]]|title= Map of New Jersey |year=1969|cartography=[[H.M. Gousha]]}}</ref>
The North&ndash;South Freeway portion of Route 42 was originally planned as a [[parkway]] in 1932 that would run from the [[Ben Franklin Bridge]] in Camden to Atlantic City; however, this proposal never materialized.<ref name="1932plan">{{cite book|title=Regional Plan of the Philadelphia Tri-State District|publisher=Regional Planning Federation |year=1932}}</ref> In the late 1940s, the North&ndash;South Freeway was proposed by the [[New Jersey State Highway Department]] to run from the Ben Franklin Bridge to [[Turnersville, New Jersey|Turnersville]]. In the early 1950s, right-of-way for the freeway was acquired and actual construction of the freeway followed.<ref name="1957news">{{cite news|title=Philadelphia's New Shore Route|last=Weart|first=William J.|date=April 21, 1957|website=The New York Times}}</ref> The Route 42 freeway opened between [[Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)|Interstate 295]] in [[Bellmawr, New Jersey|Bellmawr]] and the Black Horse Pike in [[Blackwood, New Jersey|Blackwood]] in 1958. It opened between the Black Horse Pike in Blackwood and Turnersville in 1959.<ref name="njhf">{{cite journal|title=New Jersey Highway Facts|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|volume=1967|postscript=.}}</ref> With the completion of the North&ndash;South Freeway portion of Route 42, the Black Horse Pike north of Turnersville became [[New Jersey Route 168|Route 168]].<ref name="chevron">{{cite map|publisher=[[Chevron Oil Company]]|title= Map of New Jersey |year=1969|cartography=[[H.M. Gousha]]}}</ref>

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I-295 in Bellmawr
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountiesGloucester, Camden
Highway system
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Route 43

Route 42 is a

divided four-lane arterial road. The southern portion of Route 42 is a local arterial route and one of several highways comprising the Black Horse Pike, a road that runs from Camden to Atlantic City. The northern portion is a six- to eight-lane freeway referred to locally as the North–South Freeway (or simply the 42 Freeway[2]) that is directly connected to the Atlantic City Expressway. Major intersections along the route include the Atlantic City Expressway and the southern terminus of Route 168 in Turnersville, another intersection with Route 168 in Blackwood, and Route 41 and Route 55 in Deptford Township
.

Route 42 was originally designated in 1927 to run along the Black Horse Pike between Ferry Avenue in Camden and the present U.S. Route 40/U.S. Route 322 split in the McKee City section of Hamilton Township, Atlantic County. In 1953, the southern terminus was cut back to its current terminus in the Williamstown section of Monroe Township to avoid the concurrency it shared with U.S. Route 322. After the completion of the North–South Freeway between Bellmawr and Turnersville in 1959, Route 42 was moved to this freeway, and the Black Horse Pike north of Turnersville became Route 168.

The freeway portion of Route 42 has been improved many times. Construction work has commenced on a project known as the "I-295/I-76/Route 42 Direct Connection," which is reconstructing the dangerous and congested Route 42/Interstate 295/

Interstate 76
interchange in Bellmawr.

Route description

CR 536 Spur

Black Horse Pike

See also: Black Horse Pike

Route 42 begins at an intersection with

County Route 651 (Greentree Road).[1] The Atlantic City Expressway then starts to the right at an unnumbered intersection, Route 168 continues to the north on the Black Horse Pike, and Route 42 becomes the six–lane North–South Freeway.[1]

North–South Freeway

County Route 681 interchanges after Route 168, with a southbound exit and northbound entrance, and Route 42 enters Gloucester County again in Deptford Township after crossing the South Branch of Big Timber Creek.[1]

In Deptford Township,

Interstate 76, which heads to Camden and Philadelphia.[1]

County Route 753 in Bellmawr

The North–South Freeway portion of Route 42 is a major route for daily commuters from southern New Jersey to

Ben Franklin Bridge and weekend commuters from southeastern Pennsylvania to the southern Jersey Shore via Route 55 and the Atlantic City Expressway.[5] Even though Route 42 ends at I-295, the north–south Freeway is sometimes called "Route 42" all the way to the Interstate 76/Interstate 676 split.[6]

Snow removal, litter control, and landscaping of Route 42 between the end of the Atlantic City Expressway and Interstate 295 is performed by the South Jersey Transportation Authority.[7]

History

In 1927, Route 42 was legislated to run along the

White Horse Pike to build a gravel road that would run from Camden south to Blackwoodtown and eventually to Atlantic City,[8] from Ferry Avenue in Camden to Route 48 (now U.S. Route 40) in McKee City.[9][10] By 1941, U.S. Route 322 was assigned to follow the routing of Route 42 between Williamstown and McKee City.[11] With the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, which eliminated long concurrencies between U.S. Routes and State Routes, the southern terminus of Route 42 was cut back to Williamstown to avoid the concurrency with U.S. Route 322.[12]

1953 renumbering

The North–South Freeway portion of Route 42 was originally planned as a

Interstate 295 in Bellmawr and the Black Horse Pike in Blackwood in 1958. It opened between the Black Horse Pike in Blackwood and Turnersville in 1959.[15] With the completion of the North–South Freeway portion of Route 42, the Black Horse Pike north of Turnersville became Route 168.[16]

Following its completion, the North–South Freeway portion of Route 42 has seen many improvements. In 1965, the freeway was widened to six lanes for most of its length with the northernmost part being widened to eight lanes due to the completion of the Atlantic City Expressway and development occurring along the route. The route had its interchange with Route 55 open in 1985, when the Route 55 Freeway was opened from Route 42 to Route 41 to the south.[17] Between 1996 and August 1999, the route was widened to eight lanes between Interstate 295 and Route 55 in Deptford Township.[18] In the early 2000s, the interchanges with Route 41 and County Route 544 in Deptford were rebuilt at a cost of $13 million to improve movements within the area.[19] In October 2003, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) installed exit tabs along the stretch of the freeway portion of Route 42.[20] On August 27, 2010, an interchange opened at County Route 673 (College Drive), providing better access to Camden County College.[4]

Future

NJDOT has broken ground on the missing express connection between

Interstate 76 interchange, which currently requires traffic on I-295 to use 35 mph (56 km/h) ramps that merge onto the North–South Freeway for a short distance, among a series of other indirect connections.[22] In 2007, "Alternative D" for the reconstructed interchange was selected, calling for I-295 to cross over the North–South Freeway. This interchange is projected to cost $900 million.[23] Construction began in 2013 and is scheduled to be complete in 2021. NJDOT has long term plans for 2011–2020 to reconstruct the entire Route 42 freeway from the Atlantic City Expressway to I-295.[24]

On May 12, 2009, New Jersey Governor

Camden-Philadelphia BRT (bus rapid transit system) along the Route 42 freeway and the adjacent Route 55 freeway as part of a comprehensive transportation plan for South Jersey[25] that would include a diesel light rail line between Camden and Glassboro, improvements to the Atlantic City Line, and enhanced connections to the Atlantic City International Airport.[26]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
CR 536 Spur (Sicklerville Road) – Glassboro, Sicklerville
Southern terminus of CR 536 Spur
Washington Township3.515.65
 CR 555 south (Tuckahoe Road) – Vineland		Northern terminus of CR 555
South end of freeway
6.3510.22
 A.C. Expressway east – Shore Points

 Route 168 begins		Western terminus of Atlantic City Expressway, no access from ACE westbound to Route 42 southbound; southern terminus of Route 168, only access from southbound Route 42 to northbound Route 168 and southbound Route 168 to southbound Route 42
CR 705) – Sicklerville, Blackwood
Northbound exit and entrance
6.6210.657
 Route 168 north – Sicklerville		Southbound exit and entrance
7.4812.047B
CR 673 (College Drive)
Opened August 27, 2010[4]
8.8114.188 CR 534 – Blackwood, Pine Hill, ClementonSouthbound exit, northbound entrance
9.4815.269AColes Road – Blenheim, AlmonessonNorthbound exit, southbound entrance
10.0016.099B

 Route 168 north to N.J. Turnpike – Chews Landing		Northbound exit and entrance
10.0016.0910A
 Route 168 south – Blenheim, Almonesson		Southbound exit and entrance
11.0217.7310B
CR 681 – Almonesson, Chews Landing
Southbound exit, northbound entrance
GloucesterDeptford Township11.5418.5712

 Route 41 to Route 55 / CR 544 – Woodbury, Runnemede		No southbound exit
11.9519.2312
 CR 544 to Route 41 – Deptford Township, Woodbury, Runnemede		Southbound exit and entrance
12.5420.1813
 Route 55 south – Glassboro, Vineland		Southbound exit, northbound entrance
CR 753 (Creek Road) – Bellmawr
14.2822.981B
I-295 north – Trenton
I-295 south exit 26A, north exit 27; northbound exit, southbound entrance.
14.2822.98
I-76
, exits 1A-B.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Route 42 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
  2. ^ "Man injured after allegedly car surfing on I-295". WPVI-TV. July 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  3. ^ a b c d Google (2009-04-01). "overview of New Jersey Route 42" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
  4. ^ a b c Beym, Jessica (August 28, 2010). "Camden County College celebrates an easier drive". Gloucester County Times. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  5. ^ "I-295/I-76/Route 42 Direct Connection". New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  6. ^ Lindsey, Nedra (January 17, 2002). "Suspect in shoplifting jailed after car chase". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. B12. "He was pursued back to Haddonfield-Berlin Road, onto Interstate 295, then to Route 42 and onto Route 130, police said."
  7. ^ "1999 Annual Report" (PDF). South Jersey Transportation Authority. p. 9. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  8. ^ "Answer Guy: How did the White Horse and Black Horse Pikes get their names?". The Press of Atlantic City. August 31, 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.
  10. ^ 1927 New Jersey Road Map (Map). State of New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2008-10-08. {{cite map}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. H.M. Gousha
    . Mid-West Map Co. 1941. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  12. ^ "1953 renumbering". New Jersey Department of Highways. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  13. ^ Regional Plan of the Philadelphia Tri-State District. Regional Planning Federation. 1932.
  14. ^ Weart, William J. (April 21, 1957). "Philadelphia's New Shore Route". The New York Times.
  15. ^ "New Jersey Highway Facts". 1967. New Jersey Department of Transportation. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  16. Chevron Oil Company
    . 1969.
  17. ^ "Going The Extra Mile For NJ Roads". The Philadelphia Inquirer. February 18, 1987.
  18. ^ Weisenfeld, Bernie (May 28, 1999). "South Jersey Commuting Could Be Worse". The Courier-Post.
  19. ^ Laughlin, Jason (April 21, 2000). "Relief Proposed for Traffic Headache". The Courier-Post.
  20. ^ Moroz, Jennifer (November 24, 2004). "New Jersey Promises To Untangle a Traffic Knot". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  21. ^ "I-295, Route 42 interchange project breaks ground". NJ.com. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  22. ^ "I-295/I-76/Route 42 Direct Connection". New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  23. ^ "I-295, Route 42 interchange problems began in the 1950s". NJ.com. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  24. ^ "Destination 2030" (PDF). Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 15, 2007.
  25. ^ "Regional Transportation & Economic Development Initiative". Delaware River Port Authority. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  26. ^ "Light Rail Extension Moves Forward - Gov Corzine Supports Multimodal Regional Initiative To Boost Mobility & Economic Development". Delaware River Port Authority. May 12, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2009.

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