U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 30.

U.S. Route 30

US 30 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT, DRPA, and SJTA
Length58.26 mi[1] (93.76 km)
Existed1926–present
NHSEntire route[1][2]
Major junctions
West end I-676 / US 30 on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Camden
Major intersections
East endVirginia Avenue in Atlantic City
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountiesCamden, Atlantic
Highway system
← Route 29→ Route 30
← Route 42NJ 43 (cutout).svg→ Route 44

U.S. Route 30 (US 30) is a United States Numbered Highway running from Astoria, Oregon, east to Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the U.S. state of New Jersey, US 30 runs 58.26 miles (93.76 km) from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge at the Delaware River in Camden, Camden County, while concurrent with Interstate 676 (I-676), southeast to Virginia Avenue in Atlantic City, Atlantic County. Most of the route in New Jersey is known as the White Horse Pike and is four lanes wide. The road runs through mostly developed areas in Camden County, with surroundings becoming more rural as the road approaches Atlantic County. US 30 runs through several towns, including Collingswood, Berlin, Hammonton, Egg Harbor City, and Absecon.

Most of US 30 in New Jersey follows the White Horse Pike, a turnpike chartered in 1854 to run from Camden to Stratford and eventually toward Atlantic City. In 1917, pre-1927 Route 3 was legislated to run from Camden to Absecon on the White Horse Pike, while US 30 was designated in New Jersey in 1926 to connect Camden and Atlantic City via the White Horse Pike. A year later, pre-1927 Route 3 was replaced by Route 43, which ran between US 130 near Camden and US 9 (now Route 157) in Absecon, and Route 25 was designated along the portion of US 30 between the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and US 130. The segment of US 30 past Route 43 into Atlantic City became Route 56 in 1938. In 1953, the state highway designations were removed from US 30. A freeway was proposed for US 30 in Camden County during the late 1960s, running from Camden to Berlin; however, it was never built.

Route description

The entire length of US 30 in New Jersey is part of the National Highway System.[1][2]

Camden County

US 30 crosses the Delaware River into New Jersey on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, along with I-676 and the PATCO Speedline. The road continues east into the downtown area of Camden in Camden County as a seven-lane freeway maintained by the Delaware River Port Authority that passes to the north of the former site of Campbell's Field, a former baseball stadium, and comes to the westbound toll plaza for the bridge.[3][4] Past the toll plaza, US 30 splits from I-676 at an interchange and heads southeast on the six-lane divided Admiral Wilson Boulevard maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and named for Henry Braid Wilson.[1][4][5] This portion, formerly known as Bridge Approach Boulevard, is an early example of a roadway designed for the automobile and was home to the first drive-in theater.[5] Along Admiral Wilson Boulevard, the route passes under a railroad line carrying Conrail Shared Assets Operations' Vineland Secondary and NJ Transit's River Line and has an interchange with County Route 537 (CR 537) before widening to eight lanes and crossing the Cooper River.[1] The road runs east through urbanized sections of Camden along the north bank of the Cooper River, interchanging with CR 608. After this interchange, US 30 enters suburban Pennsauken Township and comes to the Airport Circle, which has been modified to include ramps.[1][4] Here, US 30 meets US 130 and the western terminus of Route 38 and turns south to form a concurrency with US 130 on Crescent Boulevard, a six-lane divided highway that narrows to four lanes.[1] The road crosses the Cooper River into Collingswood, running to the east of Harleigh Cemetery before interchanging with CR 561 and passing under the PATCO Speedline.[1][4]

US 30 eastbound on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard approaching US 130 and Route 38 at the Airport Circle in Pennsauken Township

At the former Collingswood Circle, US 30 splits from US 130 by heading south-southeast on the two-lane undivided White Horse Pike.[1] The road passes homes and some businesses before crossing Newton Creek into Oaklyn, where it passes suburban residential and commercial development.[1][4] US 30 forms the border between Oaklyn to the west and Haddon Township to the east before heading into Audubon. At the border of Audubon and Haddon Heights, the route crosses CR 551 Spur.[1] In this town, the White Horse Pike reaches an intersection with Route 41 at a modified traffic circle and an interchange with I-295 within a close distance of each other in Barrington.[1][4] At this point, the route is four lanes wide, with a short divided portion immediately south of I-295.[1]

US 30 westbound past CR 669 in Magnolia

US 30 continues into Lawnside, becoming a four-lane undivided road. It passes under the New Jersey Turnpike, but there is no interchange present between the two roads.[1][4] Past here, the road enters Magnolia, where it crosses CR 544. Following this intersection, the route heads through Somerdale before turning more southeast and forming the border between Stratford to the southwest and Somerdale to the northeast.[1] US 30 entirely enters Stratford as it intersects CR 673 and passes near Lindenwold station, which is a stop on NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line and the terminus of the PATCO Speedline.[1][4] The White Horse Pike turns back to the south-southeast and forms the border between Laurel Springs to the west and Lindenwold to the east before continuing fully into Lindenwold. The route later turns southeast and enters Clementon. After a turn to the east, US 30 runs along the border of Lindenwold to the north and Clementon to the south and fully enters Lindenwold again prior to the border with Berlin.[1] In Berlin, the White Horse Pike becomes concurrent with CR 534 and then CR 561 a short distance later.[1][4] US 30 turns to the south-southeast and passes through the downtown area of Berlin as a two-lane road.[4] Past the downtown area, CR 534 and CR 561 split from US 30 at the same intersection, with CR 534 heading east on Jackson Road and CR 561 heading southeast on Tansboro Road, and US 30 widens back to four lanes. The White Horse Pike encounters Route 73 and CR 536 Spur at a cloverleaf interchange.[1][4]

Following the interchange, US 30 enters Waterford Township as it passes near the community of Atco.[1][4] The road turns south as it passes Atco Lake and continues into more wooded areas with some development, eventually heading south-southeast again. NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line runs a short distance to the northeast of the route at this point.[4] US 30 continues through Chesilhurst before it enters Winslow Township. Here, the route intersects CR 536 and forms a short concurrency with that route before it heads to the east.[1] From this point, the road continues into a mix of woodland, farmland, and development.[4] US 30 intersects Route 143 and passes over the Atlantic City Line as it turns southeast.[1][4] The road makes another turn to the south as it crosses CR 723 and passes under an abandoned railroad line.[1]

Atlantic County

US 30 westbound past CR 542 in Hammonton

US 30 heads southeast into Hammonton, Atlantic County, continuing through rural areas with increasing development. The road comes to its intersection with the southern terminus US 206 and the northern terminus of Route 54.[1][4] A short distance later, the route has a concurrency with CR 542 that begins adjacent to the former Atlanticare - Kessler Memorial Hospital that closed in 2009 and passes by Hammonton Lake.[1][4][6] US 30 turns south-southwest past the CR 542 concurrency before heading south. The route crosses CR 561 and turns southeast again, entering Mullica Township.[1] Here, the White Horse Pike enters more forested areas with a few buildings, running a short distance to the northeast of the Atlantic City Line.[4] Past the intersection with CR 623 in the developed community of Elwood, US 30 becomes a divided highway with grass median and jughandles. This configuration continues until Egg Harbor City, when the median ends. In Egg Harbor City, US 30 passes a mix of homes and businesses, intersecting the northern terminus of Route 50 and CR 563 in the center of town.[1][4] At this point, CR 563 forms a concurrency with US 30, and the two routes continue through more of the town before crossing into Galloway Township at the intersection with CR 674.[1] The road passes through rural areas with some development, reaching the community of Cologne. In this area, there is a crossroads with CR 614 before CR 563 splits from US 30 by turning south onto Tilton Road. Past Cologne, the road reaches a junction with CR 575 in the developed community of Pomona.[1][4]

US 30 westbound just west of the eastern terminus in Atlantic City

Following this intersection, US 30 continues southeast past wooded residential neighborhoods to the northeast, becoming a divided highway again.[1][4] The route comes to a partial interchange with the Garden State Parkway, with access to and from the northbound direction of the parkway.[1] Past this interchange, the road heads through commercial areas and continues into Absecon.[1][4] In Absecon, the White Horse Pike widens to six lanes and crosses CR 651 before intersecting US 9.[1] After passing near Absecon station along the Atlantic City Line, US 30 crosses Shore Road, which heads north as Route 157 and south as CR 585. The road turns south, narrowing back to four lanes before entering marshland to the west of Absecon Bay. There is a northbound exit and southbound entrance to CR 646 before US 30 crosses the Jonathans Thorofare into Atlantic City, where the name becomes Absecon Boulevard as it turns to the east.[1][4] Absecon Boulevard crosses Newfound Thorofare before heading south and passing over Duck Thorofare.[1] The road passes by the Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm and heads southeast across Beach Thorofare. At this point, US 30 widens to six lanes and passes to the north of residential neighborhoods, with maintenance of the road switching from NJDOT to the South Jersey Transportation Authority. After crossing the Penrose Canal, the route passes over the tunnel carrying the Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector and intersects the southern terminus of Route 87, where there is a ramp to the northbound Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector. The road passes areas of development and intersects an access road to the southbound Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector as well as Route 187.[1][4] Two blocks later, US 30 ends at the intersection with Virginia and Adriatic avenues, where Absecon Boulevard continues east as an unnumbered road.[1]

History

Route 43

LocationCamden–Absecon
Existed1927[7]–1953[8]
US 30 westbound and US 130 northbound approaching the Airport Circle in Pennsauken

US 30 followed the course of an old Lenape trail running from what is now Camden to the Absegami lands, in what is now Absecon.[9] This routing later became the White Horse Road. The White Horse Turnpike Company was incorporated January 27, 1854, with the authority to convert White Horse Road into a turnpike, running from Camden to Stratford and eventually to Atlantic City.[10][11] By 1913, maintenance of the White Horse Pike became public,[12] and the road was incorporated into an auto trail, signed as the White Horse Trail.[13] The route of US 30 today in New Jersey was designated as pre-1927 Route 3 from 1916 to 1927 between Camden and Absecon.[14]

US 30 westbound in Somerdale

On October 30, 1925, plans were made for a cross-country route from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Atlantic City, New Jersey, as part of the U.S. Numbered Highway System.[15] This road was designated US 30 in 1926.[16] It entered New Jersey from Pennsylvania in Camden and followed the entire length of pre-1927 Route 3 to Absecon before continuing into Atlantic City.[17] In the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Route 43 replaced the Route 3 designation along US 30 between US 130 and US 9 (now Route 157) in Absecon while Route 25 was designated along with US 30 between the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and US 130.[7][18] In 1938, the portion of US 30 from the terminus of Route 43 in Absecon into Atlantic City was designated as Route 56.[19] Prior to the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, spur routes of Route 43 and Route 56 were planned. Route S43 was planned in 1938 to be a route running from Route 43 in Germania to Route 4 in Northfield; this plan was never built as a state highway but the alignment is now followed by CR 563.[20] Route S56 was legislated in 1945 to be a spur of Route 56 to Brigantine along what had also been legislated as Route S4A; this road became Route 87 in 1953.[8][21]

Route 56

LocationAbsecon–Atlantic City
Existed1938[19]–1953[8]

In the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, which eliminated several concurrencies between U.S. and state routes, the designations of routes 25, 43, and 56 were removed from US 30.[8] Prior to the completion of I-676 across the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the 1970s, US 30 used Penn Street eastbound and Linden Street westbound to travel between the bridge and Admiral Wilson Boulevard.[22][23] In the late 1960s, a freeway was proposed for US 30 in Camden County by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. The freeway, which was to cost $40 million (equivalent to $255 million in 2023[24]), was to run from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to I-295 in Barrington with a $16-million (equivalent to $102 million in 2023[24]) extension to the planned Route 90 freeway in Berlin. The segment between Camden and Barrington was to be complete by 1975 while the extension to Berlin was to be finished by 1985. However, NJDOT did not build this US 30 freeway.[25] In 2009, the Collingswood Circle at the eastern end of the US 130 concurrency was replaced with an at-grade intersection with jughandles.[26]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Delaware River0.000.00

 I-676 west / US 30 west – Central Philadelphia		Continuation into Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Bridge (westbound toll; cash or E-ZPass)
CamdenCamden0.92–
1.20		1.48–
1.93
 I-676 south – Walt Whitman Bridge, Atlantic City		Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern terminus of I-676 overlap
1.602.57Linden Street – Camden Business District, Rutgers–CamdenInterchange, westbound exit only; last westbound exit before toll; to Freedom Mortgage Pavilion and E-ZPass Customer Service Center
1.752.82 Federal Street (CR 537) / Martin Luther King Boulevard – Campbell Place, Waterfront AttractionsWestbound exit and entrance; access to Cooper University Hospital
2.494.01Baird Boulevard (CR 608)Interchange
Pennsauken Township3.10–
3.26		4.99–
5.25



 US 130 north / Route 38 east to Route 70 / N.J. Turnpike – Trenton, Cherry Hill		Airport Circle; west end of US 130 overlap; western terminus of Route 38
Collingswood3.926.31 CR 561 (Haddon Avenue) – Camden, CollingswoodInterchange
4.266.86
 US 130 south (Crescent Boulevard) – Mt. Ephraim, Westville		Former Collingswood Circle; east end of US 130 overlap
Audubon–Haddon Heights
borough line		6.9911.25
 CR 551 Spur (Kings Highway)
Haddon Heights–Barrington
borough line		7.9312.76 Route 41 / CR 573 (Clements Bridge Road) – Barrington, Runnemede, Haddonfield
Barrington8.0012.87 I-295 – Trenton, Walt Whitman Bridge, Delaware Memorial BridgeExit 29 on I-295
Magnolia9.7115.63 CR 544 (Evesham Avenue) – Ashland, Deptford
Berlin16.3126.25
 CR 534 west (Clementon Berlin Road) – Clementon		West end of CR 534 overlap
16.5026.55
 CR 561 north (Haddon Avenue)		West end of CR 561 overlap
17.0127.37
 CR 534 east (Jackson Road) – Atco		East end of CR 534 overlap
17.0727.47
 CR 561 south (Tansboro Avenue) – Tansboro		East end of CR 561 overlap
Berlin–Waterford Township
municipal line		18.2829.42

 CR 536 Spur south (Taunton Road) – Williamstown
Waterford Township18.3429.52
 Route 73 to N.J. Turnpike – Marlton, Tacony Bridge, Folsom		Interchange
Winslow Township23.1637.27
 CR 536 west (Pump Branch Road)		West end of CR 536 overlap
23.2537.42
 CR 536 east (Pennington Avenue)		East end of CR 536 overlap
25.0540.31 Route 143 (Spring Garden Road) – Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
AtlanticHammonton29.7147.81

 US 206 north / Route 54 south (Bellevue Avenue) – Trenton, Buena		Southern terminus of US 206; northern terminus of Route 54
31.0549.97

 CR 542 west (Central Avenue) to A.C. Expressway		West end of CR 542 overlap
31.1350.10
 CR 542 east (Pleasant Mills Road) – Batsto		East end of CR 542 overlap
32.1151.68 CR 561 (Moss Mill Road) – Smithville
Egg Harbor City41.2766.42


 Route 50 south / CR 563 north (Philadelphia Avenue) to A.C. Expressway – Batsto		Northern terminus of Route 50; west end of CR 563 overlap
Galloway Township44.2171.15

 CR 563 south (Tilton Road) to A.C. Expressway – Northfield, Margate		East end of CR 563 overlap
46.4574.75
 CR 575 (Pomona Road) to A.C. Expressway – Port Republic, McKee City
49.2579.26

 G.S. Parkway north		Exit 40 (GSP); westbound exit to GSP northbound, eastbound entrance from GSP southbound only
Absecon51.5983.03 US 9 (New Road) – Smithville, Cape May
52.0483.75

 Route 157 north / CR 585 south (Shore Road) – New Gretna, Pleasantville		Southern terminus of Route 157; northern terminus of CR 585
52.0483.75



 CR 646 west (Delilah Road) to US 40 / US 322 / A.C. Expressway		Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
Atlantic City57.5092.54


 Route 87 north (Huron Avenue) to A.C. Expressway – Brigantine, Convention Center, Marina, Downbeach		Southern terminus of Route 87
57.9193.20



 A.C.–Brigantine Connector south / Route 187 north (Brigantine Boulevard) to A.C. Expressway west		Exit E on the Brigantine Connector
58.2693.76Virginia Avenue/Absecon Boulevard/Adriatic AvenueEastern terminus of US 30
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 m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al "US 30 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. October 7, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b National Highway System: New Jersey (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. September 30, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "I-676 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 6, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Google (October 27, 2009). "overview of U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ a b Everts, Bart. Cars, Commuters, and Camden: The History and Impact of Admiral Wilson Boulevard, Senior Thesis, Rutgers University 2000. Camden County Historical Society.
  6. ^ "Kessler Memorial Hospital closing in N.J." Philadelphia, PA: WPVI-TV. March 12, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Laws of 1927, Chapter 319". State of New Jersey. pp. 715, 717. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  8. ^ a b c d "New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey". The New York Times. New York City. December 16, 1952. p. 41. Archived from the original (JPG) on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  9. ^ Snyder, John (1969). "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606-1968"
  10. ^ Murphy, John L. (1877). Index of Colonial and State Laws Between the Years 1663 and 1877 Inclusive. Stare of New Jersey. p. 864. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
  11. ^ "Answer Guy: How did the White Horse and Black Horse Pikes get their names?". The Press of Atlantic City. August 31, 2008.
  12. ^ Cammarota, Ann Marie T. (2001). Pavements in the garden: the suburbanization of southern New Jersey, adjacent to the city of Philadelphia, 1769 to the present. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-8386-3881-1. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  13. ^ Rand McNally and Co. "Eastern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, South East Michigan, Southern Ontario, Western New York: District No. 4". Rand McNally Official Auto Trails Map, 3rd ed., 1924, pp. 168-169. David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, David Rumsey (curator), Cartography Associates, Accessed Nov 4, 2019, www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~201570~3000600:Auto-Trails-Map--Pennsylvania,-New-.
  14. ^ 1916 Annual Report (Report). New Jersey Department of Transportation. 1916.
  15. ^ Joint Board on Interstate Highways (1925). "Appendix VI: Descriptions of the Interstate Routes Selected, with Numbers Assigned". Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways, October 30, 1925, Approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, November 18, 1925 (Report). Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 52. OCLC 733875457, 55123355, 71026428. Retrieved February 24, 2018 – via Wikisource.
  16. ^ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons. Usage Note: Access the full resolution version of the image and focus on Salt Lake City, Utah where the western end of Route 30 can be seen
  17. ^ Map of New Jersey (Map). Tydol Trails. 1927. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
  18. ^ 1927 New Jersey Road Map (Map). State of New Jersey. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  19. ^ a b "Laws of 1938, Chapter 84". State of New Jersey. p. 203. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  20. ^ "Laws of 1938, Chapter 216". State of New Jersey. p. 511. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
  21. ^ "Laws of 1945, Chapter 1". State of New Jersey. p. 11. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
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  23. ^ Pennsylvania (Map). Cartography by General Drafting. Exxon. 1973.
  24. ^ a b Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
  25. ^ 1985 Regional Transportation Plan. Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. 1969. Note: Copy available at Temple University Library
  26. ^ Rosen, Jeremy (October 12, 2009). "Marlton Circle in for more changes" (Fee required). The Courier-Post. Retrieved October 28, 2009.

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