Black Horse Pike | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained byNJDOT | |
| Length | 52.04 mi[1][2][3][4] (83.75 km) |
| Component highways |  Route 168 fromCamden toWashington Township Route 42 from Washington Township toMonroe Township US 322 from Monroe Township toAtlantic City US 40 fromHamilton Township to Atlantic City |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  US 130 /Route 168 inCamden |
| Major intersections |  I-295 inBellmawr N.J. Turnpike inBellmawrRoute 42 inGloucester Township Route 42 /A.C. Expressway inWashington TownshipUS 322 inMonroe Township Route 54 inFolsom Route 50 inHamilton TownshipUS 40 inHamilton Township G.S. Parkway inEgg Harbor Township US 9 inPleasantville |
| East end | US 40 /US 322 (Albany Avenue) inAtlantic City |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| Highway system | |
TheBlack Horse Pike is a designation used for a number of different roadways that had been part of a historic route connecting theCamden area to the area ofAtlantic City, New Jersey. Roadways now bearing the Black Horse Pike designation include portions ofRoute 168,Route 42,U.S. Route 322 (US 322), andUS 40.
The Black Horse Pike heads south fromUS 130 inCamden as a four-lane, divided highway comprising Route 168, which continues north of US 130 on Mt. Ephraim Avenue. It heads south and interchangesRoute 76C, which heads west and provides access toInterstate 76 (I-76) and theWalt Whitman Bridge. It passes throughHaddon Township with manyjughandles at intersections. It then passes throughMt. Ephraim, where the road was restriped in the late 1990s reducing it from four lanes to two, and entersBellmawr, where it interchanges with exit 28 ofI-295 and exit 3 of theNew Jersey Turnpike (NJTP). It then entersRunnemede, where it crossesRoute 41 andCounty Route 544 (CR 544). It then heads intoGloucester Township and interchanges withRoute 42. It continues south, passing throughBlackwood, where it intersectsCR 534, and then widens back into a four-lane, divided highway. It then heads toward the southern terminus of the North–South Freeway (Route 42) and the western terminus of theAtlantic City Expressway, where Route 168 ends and the Black Horse Pike becomes Route 42.
The Black Horse Pike heads south intoWashington Township,Gloucester County on Route 42 as a four-lane divided highway lined with many businesses. InCross Keys, it intersectsCR 555. It then entersMonroe Township, where inWilliamstown, it meetsUS 322 andCR 536 Spur. Here, Route 42 ends and US 322 heads east onto the Black Horse Pike.
US 322 heads southeast on the Black Horse Pike from Williamstown, intersectingCR 536 andCR 538. It heads intoFolsom,Atlantic County, where it meetsRoute 54 at acloverleaf interchange and then the southern terminus ofRoute 73. It continues intoHamilton Township, passing through rural areas. It intersectsCR 559 shortly after crossing into Hamilton Township. NearMays Landing, it features an interchange withRoute 50. It continues southeast and near theHamilton Mall and the formerAtlantic City Race Course, it intersectsUS 40.
US 40 joins US 322 and the two routes continue to the southeast along the Black Horse Pike. Shortly after joining, the road intersectsCR 575, which then forms a concurrency on the Black Horse Pike along with US 40 and US 322. It heads intoEgg Harbor Township, and Route 575 splits from the Black Horse Pike by heading south on English Creek Avenue. The Black Horse Pike has an intersection withCR 563, which was formerly atraffic circle built in 1932 until it was replaced by traffic signals andjughandles in 2002.[5] The Black Horse Pike has a brief concurrency with CR 563 and then meets theGarden State Parkway (GSP) with access provided by way of CR 563 andCR 608. The route continues east intoPleasantville, where it crossesUS 9. It then passes through the center of Pleasantville on Verona Avenue, with the name changing back to Black Horse Pike. At the border withAtlantic City, the road becomes Albany Avenue, which carries US 40 and US 322 into Atlantic City.
The origins of the Black Horse Pike can be traced to 1795 when surveyors working for old Gloucester County, laid out a new and straight road to replace the meandering Irish Road. The new roadway carried various names including the Newton Road, Chews Landing-Philadelphia Road, Mount Ephraim-Blackwoodtown Road, etc. State legislators incorporated theWilliamstown and Good Intent Turnpike Company in 1852, andCamden and Blackwoodtown Turnpike Company in 1855, converting the road into a toll road north of Good Intent.
In 1923, the portion from Mays Landing to Atlantic City became part ofRoute 18S. With the1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, the route becameRoute 42 from Camden to Mays Landing andRoute 48 from Mays Landing to Atlantic City.US 322 was later designated along the road from Williamstown to Atlantic City andUS 40 from Mays Landing to Atlantic City.[6][7] With the1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, which eliminated long concurrencies between U.S. and state routes in New Jersey, the Route 42 and Route 48 designations were removed from the parts of the road that were already signed as US 322 or US 40/US 322, with Route 42 cut back to Williamstown and Route 48 completely removed from the Black Horse Pike.[8] Following the completion of the North–South Freeway, Route 42 was moved off the Black Horse Pike to the new freeway between Camden andTurnersville, and theRoute 168 designation was given to the Black Horse Pike between Camden and Turnersville.[9]
The mileposts correspond to the routes the Black Horse Pike follows.
| County | Location | mi[1][2][3][4] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Camden | Camden | 9.72 | 15.64 |  US 130 /Route 168 north (Mount Ephraim Avenue) –Collingswood | No left turns; Route 168 continues north as Mount Ephraim Avenue |
| Haddon Township | 9.48 | 15.26 |      ToI-76 west /I-676 north –Walt Whitman Bridge,Philadelphia | Interchange with unsignedRoute 76C, northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| Mount Ephraim | 8.07 | 12.99 |   CR 551 Spur (Kings Highway) –Westville,Haddonfield | ||
| Bellmawr | 7.42 | 11.94 | I-295 –Trenton,Walt Whitman Bridge,Delaware Memorial Bridge | Exit 28 on I-295 | |
| 6.60 | 10.62 | N.J. Turnpike –New York,Delaware | Exit 3 on NJ Turnpike | ||
| Runnemede | 5.71 | 9.19 |    Route 41 /CR 573 north (Clements Bridge Road) –Deptford Township,Barrington | Southern terminus of CR 573 | |
| 5.39 | 8.67 |  CR 544 (Evesham Road) –Deptford Township,Magnolia | |||
| Gloucester Township | 3.42– 3.44 | 5.50– 5.54 | Route 42 toA.C. Expressway –Walt Whitman Bridge,Philadelphia,Williamstown,Atlantic City | No northbound access to Route 42 south; exits 9B-10A on Route 42 | |
| 2.43 | 3.91 |  CR 534 (Church Street) | |||
| Gloucester | Washington Township | 0.00– 0.25 | 0.00– 0.40 |   Route 42 north /A.C. Expressway east –Atlantic City,Shore Points | Southern terminus of Route 168; Route 42 joins Black Horse Pike; exit 7 on Route 42; exit 44 on A.C. Expressway |
| 3.51 | 5.65 |   CR 555 south (Tuckahoe Road) –Vineland | |||
| Monroe Township | 0.00 | 0.00 |   US 322 west /CR 536 Spur (Sicklerville Road) –Glassboro,Sicklerville | East end of Route 42 overlap, west end of US 322 overlap | |
| 24.67 | 39.70 | CR 536 (Poplar Street / New Brooklyn Road) –Waterford,Glassboro | |||
| 30.13 | 48.49 |   CR 538 west (Coles Mill Road) | |||
| Atlantic | Folsom | 34.66 | 55.78 | Route 54 –Hammonton,Trenton,Buena,Millville | Interchange |
| 36.90 | 59.38 |   Route 73 /CR 561 Spur north (Mays Landing Road) toA.C. Expressway –Philadelphia | |||
| Hamilton Township | 41.37 | 66.58 |  CR 559 (Weymouth Road) –Mays Landing,Hammonton | Modifiedtraffic circle | |
| 46.03 | 74.08 | Route 50 –Mays Landing,Egg Harbor City | Interchange | ||
| 50.26 | 80.89 | US 40 west (Harding Highway) –Mays Landing | West end of US 40 overlap | ||
| 50.46 | 81.21 |  CR 575 north (Wrangleboro Road) toA.C. Expressway –Pomona | West end of CR 575 overlap | ||
| Egg Harbor Township | 52.38 | 84.30 | CR 575 south (English Creek Avenue) –English Creek | East end of CR 575 overlap | |
| 55.47 | 89.27 |  CR 563 north (Tilton Road) | West end of CR 563 overlap | ||
| 55.87 | 89.91 | CR 563 south (Tilton Road) –Margate City,Ocean City | East end of CR 563 overlap | ||
| 55.95 | 90.04 |  G.S. Parkway north toA.C. Expressway | GSP exit 36 | ||
| Pleasantville | 57.62 | 92.73 | US 9 –Absecon,Somers Point | ||
| 57.99 | 93.33 |  CR 585 (Main Street) | |||
| Atlantic City | 60.17 | 96.83 |  US 40 east /US 322 east (Albany Avenue) | Eastern terminus of Black Horse Pike, east end of US 40/US 322 overlap | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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