The Black Horse Pike is a designation used for a number of different roadways that had been part of a historic route connecting the
Camden area to the area of
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Route 168,
Route 42,
U.S. Route 322
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(US 322), and
US 40.
Route description
Route 168
The Black Horse Pike heads south from
US 130 in
Camden as a four-lane, divided highway comprising Route 168, which continues north of US 130 on Mt. Ephraim Avenue. It heads south and interchanges
Route 76C, which heads west and provides access to
Interstate 76
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(I-76) and the
Walt Whitman Bridge
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. It passes through
Haddon Township with many
jughandle
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s at intersections. It then passes through
Mt. Ephraim, where the road was restriped in the late 1990s reducing it from four lanes to two, and enters
Bellmawr, where it interchanges with exit 28 of
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and exit 3 of the
New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP). It then enters
Runnemede, where it crosses
Route 41 and
County Route 544 (CR 544). It then heads into
Gloucester Township
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and interchanges with
Route 42. It continues south, passing through
Blackwood, where it intersects
CR 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 the
Atlantic City Expressway
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, where Route 168 ends and the Black Horse Pike becomes Route 42.
Route 42
The Black Horse Pike heads south into
Washington Township,
Gloucester County on Route 42 as a four-lane divided highway lined with many businesses. In
Cross Keys, it intersects
CR 555. It then enters
Monroe Township, where in
Williamstown, it meets
US 322 and
CR 536 Spur. Here, Route 42 ends and US 322 heads east onto the Black Horse Pike.
US 322
US 322 heads southeast on the Black Horse Pike from Williamstown, intersecting
CR 536 and
CR 538. It heads into
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,
Atlantic County
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Route 54 at a
cloverleaf interchange and then the southern terminus of
Route 73. It continues into
Hamilton Township, passing through rural areas. It intersects
CR 559 shortly after crossing into Hamilton Township. Near
Mays Landing
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Route 50. It continues southeast and near the
Hamilton Mall
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and the former
Atlantic City Race Course
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, it intersects
US 40.
US 40/US 322 concurrency
US 40 joins US 322 and the two routes continue to the southeast along the Black Horse Pike. Shortly after joining, the road intersects
CR 575, which then forms a concurrency on the Black Horse Pike along with US 40 and US 322. It heads into
Egg Harbor Township
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, and Route 575 splits from the Black Horse Pike by heading south on English Creek Avenue. The Black Horse Pike has an intersection with
CR 563, which was formerly a
traffic circle
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built in 1932 until it was replaced by traffic signals and
jughandle
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s in 2002.
The Black Horse Pike has a brief concurrency with CR 563 and then meets the
Garden State Parkway
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(GSP) with access provided by way of CR 563 and
CR 608. The route continues east into
Pleasantville, where it crosses
US 9. It then passes through the center of Pleasantville on Verona Avenue, with the name changing back to Black Horse Pike. At the border with
Atlantic City
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, the road becomes Albany Avenue, which carries US 40 and US 322 into Atlantic City.
History
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 the Williamstown and Good Intent Turnpike Company in 1852, and Camden 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 of
Route 18S. With the
1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering, the route became
Route 42 from Camden to Mays Landing and
Route 48 from Mays Landing to Atlantic City.
US 322 was later designated along the road from Williamstown to Atlantic City and
US 40 from Mays Landing to Atlantic City.
[State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.] With the
1953 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.
Following the completion of the North–South Freeway, Route 42 was moved off the Black Horse Pike to the new freeway between Camden and
Turnersville, and the
Route 168 designation was given to the Black Horse Pike between Camden and Turnersville.
Major intersections
The mileposts correspond to the routes the Black Horse Pike follows.
See also
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*
White Horse Pike
References
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Roads in New Jersey
U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 322
Former toll roads in New Jersey
Transportation in Atlantic County, New Jersey
Transportation in Camden County, New Jersey
Transportation in Gloucester County, New Jersey
Transportation in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey)