US 30 in New Jersey
| US 30 | |||
| Get started | Camden | ||
| End | Atlantic City | ||
| Length | 56 mi | ||
| Length | 90 km | ||
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According to findjobdescriptions, US 30 is a US Highway in the US state of New Jersey. The road forms an east-west route in the south of the state, from Camden near Philadelphia to the coastal city of Atlantic City. The road runs largely parallel to the Atlantic City Expressway, a toll road. US 30 is 90 kilometers long.
Travel directions
US 30 at Egg Harbor City.
In the town of Camden, US 30 in Pennsylvania joins Interstate 676 into New Jersey from Philadelphia by crossing the wide Delaware River. The road then continues on White Horse Pike through the older suburban area southeast of Philadelphia and intersects two freeways at Barrington, first Interstate 295 and then the New Jersey Turnpike, which is unconnected. Both roads come from Wilmington and run to Trenton and New York. This is followed by another 20 kilometers of suburbs, after which you enter the Pinelands, a densely wooded area. US 30 is mostly a 1×2 lane main road. Slightly to the southwest is the Atlantic City Expressway for through traffic. US 206 begins at Hammonton, a secondary north-south route to Trenton. The road then runs straight to the southeast and crosses the Garden State Parkway just before Atlantic City, the toll road from Cape May to Newark. Shortly afterwards you cross the US 9, which runs parallel to it. The US 30 then ends just before the beach in a district with many casinos and gambling palaces.
History
US 30 was created in 1926. The route follows a historic 1854 turnpike that ran from Camden to Atlantic City. On July 1, 1926, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge also opened over the Delaware River on the Pennsylvania border. Later, I-676 was also routed over this. US 30 was historically a major route and was widened early on to become a divided highway. In 1964 and 1965, the Atlantic City Expressway opened parallel to US 30, eliminating the throughway importance of the road. In the late 1960s, it was proposed to build a new highway from Camden to Berlin, which would connect to an extended State Route 90 freeway from Philadelphia. Both highways have not been built.
Atlantic City Expressway
| Route 446 | |||
| Get started | Atlantic City | ||
| End | Turnersville | ||
| Length | 44 mi | ||
| Length | 71 km | ||
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According to indexdotcom, the Atlantic City Expressway (ACE) is a toll highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway runs from Atlantic City on the Atlantic coast to Turnersville, where State Route 42 continues to Philadelphia. It is therefore a connection from Atlantic City to Philadelphia. The highway is 71 kilometers long.
Travel directions
In Atlantic City.
The highway begins in the center of Atlantic City, 800 meters from the beach. Atlantic City has a population of 41,000 and is one of the few gambling cities in the Eastern United States. The highway has 2×3 lanes and runs over a spit of land to the mainland, where it crosses the Garden State Parkway at Pleasantville, the toll road from Cape May to New York. The highway runs through New Jersey’s densely wooded coastal region and has 4+2 lanes, as the vacation getaway is busier to Atlantic City than the return to Philadelphia. There are few exits, and the area is sparsely populated between the Philadelphia and Atlantic City metropolitan areas. The toll road ends at Turnersvilleand State Route 42 continues as the North South Freeway to Camden and Philadelphia.
History
In 1932, a plan was presented for a system of parkways in and around Philadelphia, based on the model then built in New York City by Robert Moses. The plan also included a parkway to connect the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Atlantic City. However, planning for this was slow, and not a single project really got off the ground. World War II further delayed plans, and after World War II it became clear that the New York parkway system was quickly becoming obsolete, requiring more modern design requirements. In the 1950s, the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway werebuilt in southern New Jersey. However, these were north-south connections and a connection between Philadelphia and Atlantic City was missing.
In 1958 and 1959, studies were prepared for the construction of a toll road between the two areas, which was approved in 1962. Construction on the turnpike began in the summer of 1962. In July 1964, the turnpike was opened for 40 miles between the end at Turnersville and the Garden State Parkway. Exactly one year later, the highway was extended eight miles into the center of Atlantic City, completing the highway. The cost ended up being $39.8 million.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the intensities remained quite low, but rose sharply in 1978 when casinos in Atlantic City were allowed to open. Atlantic City then became an important recreation and tourist area for both Philadelphia and New York City. Recent proposals are based on privatization of the toll road.
Opening history
| from | nasty | length | date |
| Turnersville | Garden State Parkway | 61 km | 31-07-1964 |
| Garden State Parkway | Atlantic City | 10 km | 00-07-1965 |
widening
Originally, only the carriageway toward Atlantic City had 3 lanes of traffic. In 2005, the highway in Atlantic City itself was widened to 2×3 lanes, east of the toll plaza were originally 2×2 lanes. Between 2011 and 2014, the Atlantic City Expressway was widened west to 3 lanes, up to SR-73. This project was 39 kilometers long and cost $58 million.
Toll
The Atlantic City Expressway is a toll road, operated by the South Jersey Transportation Authority.
Traffic intensities
The western starting point of the Atlantic City Expressway.
The traffic intensities below are to the west of the aforementioned connection.
| Exit | Location | 2009-2017 |
| 0 | Atlantic City | 41,400 |
| 2 | US 40 | 50,000 |
| 7 | Garden State Parkway | 48,600 |
| 14 | Atlantic City Race Track | 43,700 |
| 17 | Mays Landing | 39,100 |
| 28 | hammonton | 43,500 |
| 31 | Winslow | 33,900 |
| 38 | Williamstown | 47,300 |
| 44 | sicklerville | 52,600 |
Lane Configuration
| From | Unpleasant | Lanes |
| Exit 1 | Exit 31E | 2×3 |
| Exit 31E | Exit 44W | 2×2 |