New Jersey Route 166
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| Route 166 |
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| Length: | 3.73 mi[1] (6.00 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1954[2] | ||||||||
| South end: |  US 9 in South Toms River |
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| Major junctions: |
 CR 530 in Toms River Twp  CR 527/CR 549 in Toms River Twp NJ 37 in Toms River Twp |
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| North end: | US 9/GSP in Toms River |
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Route 166 is a 3.73-mile (6.00 km) state highway in New Jersey, United States, providing an alternate route for U.S. Route 9 through Toms River Township. Route 166 runs from US 9 in Beachwood north along former US 9 through South Toms River and Toms River Township, ending where US 9 leaves the Parkway north of Toms River. US 9 itself uses the Garden State Parkway to bypass Toms River.
As of December 2006, traffic traveling southbound is diverted west at Water Street in Downtown Toms River, proceeding to Irons Street and across a new bridge on Herflicker Boulevard. Traffic rejoins Route 166 southbound slightly south of the old bridge. The old bridge is now northbound only.
[edit] History
Route 166 was part of pre-1927 Route 4, taken over in 1920, and kept its number as Route 4 in the 1927 renumbering. The bypass was built ca. 1952, but at first US 9 continued to run through Toms River. In the 1953 renumbering, the current Route 166 officially became part of US 9. In 1954, US 9 had been rerouted onto the Gareden State Parkway, and the old route became Route 166, as well as U.S. Route 9 Alternate.[2] The US 9 Alternate designation was dropped in the 1960s.[3]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ New Jersey Department of Transportation. Route 166 straight line diagram. Retrieved on March 19, 2007.
- ^ a b Alpert, Steve. New Jersey Roads – History (NJ 166). Retrieved on March 19, 2007.
- ^ Alpert, Steve. New Jersey Roads – History (US 9 Alt). Retrieved on March 20, 2007.
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