Black Horse Pike

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customcommons=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. Roadways now bearing the Black Horse Pike designation include portions of New Jersey Route 168, New Jersey Route 42, U.S. Route 322 and U.S. Route 40.

Route description

NJ 168

The Black Horse Pike heads south from U.S. Route 130 in Camden as a four-lane, divided highway comprising New Jersey Route 168, which continues north of US 130 on Mt. Ephraim Avenue. It heads south and interchanges New Jersey Route 76C, which heads west and provides access to Interstate 76 and the Walt Whitman Bridge. It passes through Haddon Township with many jughandles at intersections. It then passes through Mt. Ephraim, where it narrows to a two-lane road, and enters Bellmawr, where it interchanges with Exit 28 of Interstate 295 and Exit 3 of the New Jersey Turnpike.It then enters Runnemede, where it crosses New Jersey Route 41 and County Route 544. It then heads into Gloucester Township and interchanges with New Jersey Route 42. It continues south, passing through Blackwood, where it intersects County Route 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, where Route 168 ends and the Black Horse Pike becomes Route 42.

NJ 42

. Here, Route 42 ends and US 322 heads east onto the Black Horse Pike.

US 322

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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 County Route 575, which then forms a concurrency on the Black Horse Pike along with US 40 and US 322. It heads into Egg Harbor Township, and Route 575 splits from the Black Horse Pike by heading south on English Creek Avenue. The Black Horse Pike then intersects County Route 563 with a brief concurrency and then meets the Garden State Parkway , with access provided by way of Route 563 and County Route 608. The route continues east into Pleasantville, where it crosses U.S. Route 9. It then passes through the center of Pleasntville on Verona Avenue, with the name changing back to Black Horse Pike. At the border with Atlantic City, the road becomes Albany Avenue, which carries US 40 and US 322 into Atlantic City.

History

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References

ee also

*White Horse Pike