New Jersey Route 162
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| Route 162 |
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| Maintained by NJDOT | |||||||||
| Length: | 0.70 mi[1] (1.13 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1969[2] | ||||||||
| South end: | Seashore Road in Lower Township | ||||||||
| North end: |  US 9 in Lower Township |
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Route 162 is a 0.70-mile (1.13 km) state highway in Lower Township, New Jersey, United States. Named Relocated Seashore Road, the unsigned route consists of a bridge over the Cape May Canal (part of the Intracoastal Waterway) and its approaches. At both ends, where the realignment ends, Seashore Road continues as County Route 626.
[edit] History
Route S4C was designated by the New Jersey Legislature in 1929 as a spur of Route 4 (now U.S. Route 9), beginning at Bennett and running south on Seashore Road and Broadway, past Sunset Boulevard to the Delaware Bay. This, along with Route 4 north from Bennett, was part of the old 1850s Cape May Turnpike, bypassed by 1920 with a new alignment that avoided several crossings of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad) and Atlantic City Railroad (Reading Company), including one at Bennett.
Route S4C was never taken over by the state. However, when the United States Army Corps of Engineers built the Cape May Canal during World War II, Seashore Road was chosen as one of two roads to cross the canal. (The other was Route 4, now Route 109). The Army Corps built a low level bridge close to the pre-canal alignment. The New Jersey Department of Transportation built a higher bridge ca. 1970 on a new alignment.
[edit] External links
- New Jersey Highway Ends - 162
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or MapQuest
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, or WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey Department of Transportation. Route 162 straight line diagram. Retrieved on March 19, 2007.
- ^ Alpert, Steve. New Jersey Roads – History. Retrieved on March 19, 2007.
