County Route 554 (New Jersey)

County Route 554
Route information
Length:	6.16 mi[1] (9.91 km)
Major junctions
West end:	Route 72 in Barnegat Twp
	G.S. Pkwy. in Barnegat Twp
East end:	US 9 / CR 609 in Barnegat Twp
Highway system
County routes in New Jersey 500-series ← CR 553 CR 555 →

County Route 554, abbreviated CR 554, is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends 6.16 miles (9.91 km) from Barnegat Boulevard (Route 72 to Main Street (U.S. Route 9) in Barnegat Township. The highway was once designated as a portion of CR 534, but as it had no connection to the western segment, it was renamed in the 1980s.

Route description

CR 554 begins at an intersection with Route 72 in Barnegat Township, heading east on two-lane undivided Barnegat Road. The road runs through forested areas of the Pine Barrens and intersects CR 611. Farther to the east, the route runs near wooded neighborhoods as Bay Avenue, coming to junctions with CR 111 and CR 105. CR 554 comes to a partial interchange with the Garden State Parkway that has access to and from the northbound direction of the parkway. After the interchange, CR 554 passes through business areas and intersects CR 8 and CR 10. In the community of Barnegat, the route comes to its eastern terminus at US 9.^[1][2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Barnegat Township, Ocean County.

Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
0.00	Route 72	Western terminus
4.61-4.69	G.S. Pkwy.	GSP exit 67
6.16	US 9 (South Main Street)	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• New Jersey portal

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} NJDOT County Route 554 Straight Line Diagram (PDF) (NJDOT) (Straight line diagram)
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of County Route 554 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=bay+avenue+and+barnegat+road+barnegat,+nj&daddr=main+street+and+bay+avenue+barnegat,+nj&geocode=FWb0XgIdgsaR-ymR1WTVwg7BiTHI0oOoKD8vaw%3B&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=39.77,-74.29886&sspn=0.030149,0.084543&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 

External links

• NJ State Highways: CR 545-560