The South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) is a quasi-private agency created by the
New Jersey Legislature in 1991 to manage transportation-related services in the six
southern New Jersey counties:
Atlantic
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,
Camden,
Cape May
Cape May consists of a peninsula and barrier island system in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is roughly coterminous with Cape May County and runs southwards from the New Jersey mainland, separating Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. The so ...
,
Cumberland,
Gloucester
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, and
Salem.
The Authority, successor to the New Jersey Expressway Authority and the Atlantic County Transportation Authority (ACTA), is responsible for coordinating South Jersey's transportation system, including highways, airports and other transportation needs. The Authority's transportation network includes public highways, including the
Atlantic City Expressway
The Atlantic City Expressway, officially numbered, but unsigned, as Route 446 and abbreviated A.C. Expressway, ACE, or ACX, and known locally as the Expressway, is a long toll road in the U.S. state of New Jersey, managed and operated by ...
, and transportation projects, such as the
Atlantic City International Airport
Atlantic City International Airport is a shared civil-military airport northwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey, in Egg Harbor Township, the Pomona section of Galloway Township and in Hamilton Township. The airport is accessible via Exit 9 o ...
; parking facilities and functions once performed by ACTA; other public transportation facilities, and related economic development facilities in
South Jersey.
The
Atlantic City Expressway
The Atlantic City Expressway, officially numbered, but unsigned, as Route 446 and abbreviated A.C. Expressway, ACE, or ACX, and known locally as the Expressway, is a long toll road in the U.S. state of New Jersey, managed and operated by ...
, a limited-access toll road, long, extends from approximately east of
Philadelphia
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, to
Atlantic City, and through the
Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector to
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The island is accessi ...
. Thirteen interchanges provide access to arterial routes, including the
Garden State Parkway
The Garden State Parkway (GSP) is a controlled-access toll road that stretches the north–south length of eastern New Jersey from the state's southernmost tip near Cape May to the New York state line at Montvale. Its name refers to New Jerse ...
, and seven toll barriers control the collection of toll revenues.
Atlantic City International Airport
Atlantic City International Airport is a shared civil-military airport northwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey, in Egg Harbor Township, the Pomona section of Galloway Township and in Hamilton Township. The airport is accessible via Exit 9 o ...
covers approximately and is located near the Delilah Road exit (Interchange 9 of the Atlantic City Expressway) approximately northwest of
Atlantic City. Aviation services include scheduled flights and charter service as well as ground handling of aircraft, fueling, aircraft maintenance, parking, registration and collection of landing and parking fees through fixed-base operators.
South Jersey Transportation Authority operates shuttle buses and vans to worksites in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties.
State Senator
Jeff Van Drew
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has called for the SJTA to build the southern extension of
Route 55 as an elevated toll road from its current southern terminus at
Route 47 in
Port Elizabeth to
Cape May County
Cape May County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Much of the county is located on Cape May bound by Delaware Bay to its west and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and east. Adjacent to the Atlantic coastline are f ...
.
Shuttle routes
References
External links
South Jersey Transportation AuthoritySJTA Shuttles & Parking
{{Authority control
State agencies of New Jersey
Government agencies established in 1991
Transportation planning
Transportation in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Transportation in Camden County, New Jersey
Transportation in Cape May County, New Jersey
Transportation in Cumberland County, New Jersey
Transportation in Gloucester County, New Jersey
Transportation in Salem County, New Jersey
Hammonton, New Jersey
1991 establishments in New Jersey
Toll road authorities of the United States