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Route 42
Black Horse Pike North-South Freeway
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length	14.28 mi (22.98 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
Major intersections	ACE in Washington Township NJ 168 in Blackwood NJ 41 in Deptford Township NJ 55 in Deptford Township
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← Route 41 → Route 44

Communities
Monroe Township Washington Township Deptford Bellmawr

Template:FixHTML Route 42 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Camden area. It runs for 14.28 mi (22.98 km) from an intersection with U.S. Route 322 and County Route 536 Spur in Monroe Township, Gloucester County to an intersection with Interstate 76 and Interstate 295 in Bellmawr, Camden County.

The route is a mix of freeway and divided four-lane arterial road with the southern 6.35 mi (10.22 km) of Route 42 a local arterial that is one of several highways comprising the Black Horse Pike, a road that runs from Camden to Atlantic City and the northern 7.93 mi (12.76 km) a freeway referred to locally as the North-South Freeway (or simply the 42 Freeway) that is is directly connected to the Atlantic City Expressway.

Route 42 was originally designated in 1927 to run along the Black Horse Pike between Ferry Avenue in Camden and the present U.S. Route 40/U.S. Route 322 split in the McKee City section of Hamilton Township, Atlantic County. In 1953, the southern terminus was cut back to its current terminus in the Williamstown section of Monroe Township to avoid the concurrency it shared with U.S. Route 322. With the completion of the North-South Freeway between Bellmawr and Turnersville in 1959, Route 42 was moved to this freeway and the Black Horse Pike north of Turnersville became Route 168.

Route description

Black Horse Pike

See also: Black Horse Pike

A sign at the beginning of Northbound Route 42 on the Black Horse Pike just north of its southern terminus at US 322/CR 536 Spur.

Route 42 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 322 and County Route 536 Spur in Monroe Township, Gloucester County where it heads to the north on the Black Horse Pike. For the first 6.35 miles, Route 42 is a divided highway that intersects various local roads and is lined with many businesses. At mile marker 2.62, it crosses County Route 689 (Berlin-Cross Keys Road) and enters Washington Township. It then intersects the northern terminus of County Route 555 (Tuckahoe Road) at mile marker 3.51. After the intersection with County Route 555, Route 42 intersects three more county routes: County Route 655 (Fries Mill Road) at mile marker 4.92, County Route 639 (Ganttown Road) at mile marker 5.30, and County Route 651 (Greentree Road) at mile marker 5.81. At 6.35 miles, the Atlantic City Expressway starts to the right at an unnumbered intersection, Route 168 continues to the north on the Black Horse Pike, and Route 42 becomes the North-South Freeway.

North-South Freeway

Route 42 southbound at the Atlantic City Expressway split in Turnersville.

Upon becoming the North-South Freeway, Route 42 crosses into Gloucester Township, Camden County and comes to the first numbered exit for County Route 705 at mile marker 6.62, which provides access to Route 168. County Route 534 interchanges at 8.81 miles with a southbound exit and northbound entrance. County Route 706 (Coles Road) interchanges at 9.48 miles with a northbound exit and southbound entrance. At mile marker 10, Route 42 encounters Exits 9B and 10A are for Route 168, with Exit 9B serving northbound Route 168 and providing access to the New Jersey Turnpike and Exit 10A serving southbound Route 168. County Route 681 interchanges at 11.02 miles, with a southbound exit and northbound entrance, and Route 42 enters Gloucester County again in Deptford Township at mile marker 11.10 after crossing the South Branch of Big Timber Creek.

At mile marker 11.54, Route 41 interchanges with a northbound exit and entrance and County Route 544 interchanges at mile marker 11.95. Both these interchangers provide access to the Deptford Mall and to Route 55 from northbound Route 42, which has no direct access to that route. At mile marker 12.54, Route 42 meets the northern terminus of the Route 55 freeway Exit 13 with a southbound exit and northbound entrance. It then crosses the Big Timber Creek into Runnemede, Camden County at mile marker 13.11, where it passes over the New Jersey Turnpike without an interchange at mile marker 13.25. It then enters Bellmawr at mile marker 13.44. At mile marker 13.82, Route 42 features right-in/right-out ramps with Leaf Avenue, which provides access to County Route 753 (Creek Road) . Route 42 then continues north to its terminus at Interstate 295 where the route then becomes Interstate 76, which heads to Camden and Philadelphia .

The North-South Freeway portion is a major route for daily commuters from southern New Jersey to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and weekend commuters from southeastern Pennsylvania to the southern Jersey Shore via Route 55. Route 42 sees frequent congestion on a daily basis, from the end of the Atlantic City Expressway to the I-76/I-295 interchange. While Route 42 ends at I-295, the North-South Freeway is sometimes called "Route 42" all the way to the I-76/I-676 split.

Snow removal, litter control, and landscaping of Route 42 between the end of the Atlantic City Expressway and Interstate 295 is performed by the South Jersey Transportation Authority.

History

The Route 54 bridge over the Black Horse Pike (U.S. Route 322) in Folsom, showing the former Route 42 designation used before the 1953 renumbering.

In 1927, Route 42 was legislated to run along the Black Horse Pike, a road that traces its origins back to 1855 when the Camden and Blackwoodstown Turnpike Company was established by entrepreneurs who had helped create the White Horse Pike to build a gravel road that would run from Camden south to Blackwoodtown and eventually to Atlantic City, from Ferry Avenue in Camden to Route 48 (now U.S. Route 40) in McKee City. In the mid-1930s, U.S. Route 322 was assigned to follow the routing of Route 42 between Williamstown and McKee City. With the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, which eliminated long concurrencies between U.S. Routes and State Routes, the southern terminus of Route 42 was cut back to Williamstown to avoid the concurrency with U.S. Route 322.

The North-South Freeway portion of Route 42 was originally planned as a parkway in 1932 that was to run from the Ben Franklin Bridge in Camden to Atlantic City, but this proposal never materialized. In the late 1940s, the North-South Freeway was planned by the New Jersey State Highway Department to run from the Ben Franklin Bridge to Turnersville. In the early 1950s, right-of-way for Route 42 was acquired and actual construction of the freeway came next. The Route 42 freeway opened between Interstate 295 in Bellmawr and the Black Horse Pike in Blackwood in 1958 and between the Black Horse Pike in Blackwood and Turnersville in 1959. With the completion of the North-South Freeway portion of Route 42, the Black Horse Pike north of Turnersville became Route 168.

Following its completion, the North-South Freeway portion of Route 42 has seen many improvements. In 1965 the freeway was widened to six lanes for most of its length with the northernmost part being widened to eight lanes due to the completion of the Atlantic City Expressway and development along the route. Between 1996 and August 1999, the route was widened to eight lanes between Interstate 295 and Route 55 in Deptford Township. In the early 2000s, the interchanges with Route 41 and County Route 544 in Deptford were rebuilt to improve movements within the area. In October 2003, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) installed exit tabs along the stretch of the freeway portion of Route 42. They also installed mile markers with the shield at the top for better recognition with the confusing name changes of the heavily traveled freeway.

Future developments

Template:Future road Camden County wishes to build a new interchange along Route 42 at College Drive (CR 673), to ease traffic headed for Camden County College. When completed this would likely become a newly created Exit 7. The NJDOT is going to build the missing movements between I-295 NB and Route 42 SB, and Route 42 NB to I-295 SB. These new ramps will likely be completed before the reconstruction of the Route 42/I-295/I-76 interchange. Once complete it will likely become a new Exit 14A, changing the current Exit 14 (CR 753) to a new Exit 14B for Northbound drivers. The NJDOT has long term plans for 2011-2020 to reconstruct the entire Route 42 freeway from I-295 to the Atlantic City Expressway. This would likely involve rubblizing the severely worn out concrete slabs and laying a smoother asphalt surface. It is not known if they will add any lanes to the wide grass median.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Gloucester	Monroe Twp.	0.00		US 322 / CR 536 Spur (Sicklerville Road)
	Washington Twp.	3.51		CR 555 south (Tuckahoe Road)
		South end of freeway
		6.35		A.C. Expressway east
Camden	Gloucester Twp.	6.62	7	To Route 168 – Sicklerville, Blackwood	northbound exit
				Route 168 north – Sicklerville	southbound exit
		8.81	8	CR 534 – Blackwood, Pine Hill, Clementon	southbound exit
		9.48	9A	Coles Road - Blenheim, Almonesson	northbound exit
		10.00	9B	Route 168 north to N.J. Turnpike – Chews Landing	northbound exit
		10.00	10A	Route 168 south – Blenheim, Almonesson	southbound exit
		11.02	10B	CR 681 – Almonesson, Chews Landing	southbound exit
Gloucester	Deptford Twp.	11.54	12	Route 41 south – Deptford, Pitman, Glassboro	southbound exit
		11.95	12	CR 544 – Deptford, Woodbury, Runnemede
		12.54	13	Route 55 south – Glassboro, Vineland	southbound exit
Camden	Bellmawr	13.97	14	To CR 753 (Creek Road) – Bellmawr
		14.28	14	I-76 / I-295 to US 130 / I-676Module:Jct error: Invalid "to" argument - W Whitman Br, Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden	Road continues as I-76

External links

• An enlarged view of road jurisdiction at the confluence of I-76, I-295 and NJ 42
• New Jersey Roads: Route 42
• New Jersey Highway Ends: Route 42
• Speed Limits for Route 42