Editing New Jersey Route 50

{{Short description|State highway in southern, New Jersey, US}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=NJ
|type=NJ
|route=50
|length_mi=26.02
|length_ref=<ref name=SLD>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000050__-.pdf|format=PDF|title=Route 50 straight line diagram|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|access-date=March 17, 2020}}
</ref>
|map={{maplink-road}}
|map_notes=Major highways in Southern [[New Jersey]] with Route&nbsp;50 in red
|map_custom=yes
|map_alt=The southern part of New Jersey showing major roads. Route&nbsp;50 runs from the Garden State Parkway near the coast north to US 30.
|established=1927
|tourist=[[File:MUTCD D6-4.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Pine Barrens Byway]]
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{plainlist|*{{jct|state=NJ|GSP||US|9}} in [[Upper Township, New Jersey|Upper Township]]}}
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=NJ|CR|557}} in Upper Township
*{{jct|state=NJ|NJ|49}} in Upper Township
*{{jct|state=NJ|CR|557}} in [[Estell Manor, New Jersey|Estell Manor]]
*{{jct|state=NJ|US|40}} in [[Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]]
*{{jct|state=NJ|CR|559}} in Hamilton Township
*{{jct|state=NJ|US|322}} in Hamilton Township
*{{jct|state=NJ|ACE2}} in Hamilton Township
}}
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NJ|US|30|CR|563}} in [[Egg Harbor City, New Jersey|Egg Harbor City]]
|counties=[[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May]], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic]] 
|previous_type=NJ
|previous_route=49
|next_type=NJ-old
|next_route=51}}

'''Route 50''' is a [[state highway]] in the southern part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. It runs {{convert|26.02|mi|km|2|abbr=on}} from an intersection with [[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 9]] (US 9) and the [[Garden State Parkway]] in [[Upper Township, New Jersey|Upper Township]], [[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May County]], north to an intersection with [[U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey|US 30]] and [[County Route 563 (New Jersey)|County Route 563]] (CR 563) in [[Egg Harbor City, New Jersey|Egg Harbor City]], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic County]]. The route, which is mostly a two-lane undivided road, passes through mostly rural areas of Atlantic and Cape May counties as well as the communities of [[Tuckahoe, New Jersey|Tuckahoe]], [[Corbin City, New Jersey|Corbin City]], [[Estell Manor, New Jersey|Estell Manor]], and [[Mays Landing, New Jersey|Mays Landing]]. Route&nbsp;50 intersects several roads, including [[New Jersey Route 49|Route 49]] in Tuckahoe, [[U.S. Route 40 in New Jersey|US 40]] in Mays Landing, and [[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey|US 322]] and the [[Atlantic City Expressway]] in [[Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]].

The portion of current Route 50 between Seaville and Petersburg received funding in 1910 to become a spur of the [[Ocean Highway (New Jersey)|Ocean Highway]]. In 1917, what is now Route 50 was designated a part of [[Pre-1927 Route 14 (New Jersey)|pre-1927 Route 14]], a route that was to run from [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]] to Egg Harbor City. Route 50 was designated onto its current alignment in 1927, replacing this portion of pre-1927 Route 14. In 1960, a [[freeway]] was proposed for Route 50, running from the Garden State Parkway in [[Dennis Township, New Jersey|Dennis Township]] north to US 30 in [[Mullica Township, New Jersey|Mullica Township]]. This proposal was canceled by the mid-1970s due to financial and environmental concerns as well as lack of traffic. The interchange between Route 50 and the Atlantic City Expressway was reconstructed into a full interchange, with completion in June 2010.

==Route description==
[[File:2018-08-09 16 27 21 View north along New Jersey State Route 50 just north of U.S. Route 9 (Shore Road) in Upper Township, Cape May County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|View north along Route 50 at US 9 in Upper Township]]
Route 50 begins at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|US 9]] in the [[Seaville, New Jersey|Seaville]] section of [[Upper Township, New Jersey|Upper Township]], [[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May County]], heading to the north on a two-lane undivided road. From the southern terminus, a ramp provides access to the southbound [[Garden State Parkway]] and from the northbound Garden State Parkway. The road heads north through mostly rural wooded areas with some buildings.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=route+9+and+route+50+ocean+view,+nj&daddr=39.402244,-74.746857+to:US-30+%26+NJ-50,+Egg+Harbor+City,+Atlantic,+New+Jersey+08215&geocode=%3B%3BFVApWwId1_eM-w&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=10&via=1&sll=39.368279,-74.62738&sspn=0.469258,0.88028&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=10|title=overview of New Jersey Route 50 |access-date=2009-07-30}}</ref> It intersects CR 671 in [[Greenfield, New Jersey|Greenfield]] before coming to a junction with CR 616.<ref name=SLD/> Later, Route 50 crosses the [[Cedar Swamp Creek]] in an area of marshland. At this crossing, the road runs closely parallel to the Beesleys Point Secondary railroad line operated by the [[Cape May Seashore Lines]] railroad before entering [[Petersburg, Cape May, New Jersey|Petersburg]], where it splits from the railroad tracks and comes to a crossroad with CR 610. Upon leaving Petersburg, Route 50 turns to the north again and crosses over the Beesleys Point Secondary, intersecting CR 631. It continues to [[Tuckahoe, New Jersey|Tuckahoe]] and comes to CR 669. Past this intersection, the route meets [[County Route 557 (New Jersey)|CR 557]] and CR 664.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/> Route 50 forms a [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with CR 557 and the two routes head north and encounter the eastern terminus of [[New Jersey Route 49|Route 49]] before leaving Tuckahoe.<ref name=SLD/>

Not far after Route 49, the road crosses the [[Tuckahoe River (New Jersey)|Tuckahoe River]] into [[Corbin City, New Jersey|Corbin City]], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic County]].<ref name=SLD/> In Corbin City, it heads into residential areas, with CR 611 looping to the west of the route. Route 50 and CR 557 continue northwest and intersect CR 648, where the road turns north into more forested areas. At the junction with CR 645, the route turns to the northeast and enters [[Estell Manor, New Jersey|Estell Manor]], becoming Broad Street.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/> CR 557 splits from Route 50 by heading northwest on Buena Tuckahoe Road and Route 50 heads through some agricultural clearings concurrent with [[County Route 557 Truck (New Jersey)|CR 557 Truck]], passing to the west of the [[MacNamara Wildlife Area]], which is known as a breeding ground for several species of birds.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/><ref name=nja>{{cite web|url=http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionIBBA/IBBASiteGuide/tabid/1258/Scope/site/sk/3031/Default.aspx|title=Lester G. MacNamara (Tuckahoe) Wildlife Management Area|publisher=[[New Jersey Audubon Society]]|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref> The route intersects CR 637, turning to the northeast.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/>

[[File:2018-09-15 10 14 51 View north along New Jersey State Route 50 and Atlantic County Route 557 just north of Atlantic County Route 648 (Head of River Road) in Corbin City, Atlantic County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Route 50 northbound past CR 648 in Corbin City]]
After passing some homes and Stephen Lake, the road turns to the north and passes to the west of Estell Manor County Park.<ref name="google"/><ref name=acnj>{{cite web|url=http://www.aclink.org/PARKS/mainpages/estell.asp|title=Estell Manor Park|publisher=[[Atlantic County, New Jersey]]|access-date=2009-09-25}}</ref> The route crosses the [[South River (Great Egg Harbor River)|South River]] into [[Weymouth Township, New Jersey|Weymouth Township]], passing the residential community of [[Belcoville, New Jersey|Belcoville]] to the east and meeting CR 669.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/>  It soon enters [[Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]], where the name of the road becomes Mill Street and it comes to a junction with [[U.S. Route 40 in New Jersey|US 40]] (Harding Highway).<ref name=SLD/> CR 557 Truck heads to the west on US 40 at this point while Route 50 heads east on US 40, and CR 616 continues north.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/>

US 40 and Route&nbsp;50 follow the Harding Highway, a two-lane undivided road, turning to the northeast and crossing the [[Great Egg Harbor River]]. Upon passing over the river, enters [[Mays Landing, New Jersey|Mays Landing]] and turns north, encountering CR 617 before passing over an abandoned railroad line and heading into the downtown area of Mays Landing.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/> Here, the road crosses [[County Route 559 (New Jersey)|CR 559]], and US 40 splits from Route&nbsp;50 by turning east along that road.<ref name=SLD/> Meanwhile, Route 50 continues north on Cape May Avenue, passing through developed areas.<ref name="google"/> It leaves Mays Landing and heads into back into forests. The route turns to the northeast, passing near the Clover Leaf Lakes residential development, before coming to a [[diamond interchange]] with [[U.S. Route 322 in New Jersey|US 322]] ([[Black Horse Pike]]).<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/> 
[[File:NJ 50 SB past US 30-CR 563.jpeg|left|thumb|Route&nbsp;50 southbound past its northern terminus at US&nbsp;30 and CR&nbsp;563 in Egg Harbor City]]
Past this interchange, Route 50 widens to a four-lane [[divided highway]] and reaches a [[partial cloverleaf interchange]] with the [[Atlantic City Expressway]]. The route becomes a two-lane undivided road again and continues through inhabited areas, crossing into [[Galloway Township, New Jersey|Galloway Township]], where there is an intersection with CR 686. A short distance later, the road crosses [[NJ Transit]]'s [[Atlantic City Line]] at-grade northwest of the [[Egg Harbor City station]] and enters [[Egg Harbor City, New Jersey|Egg Harbor City]], turning into Philadelphia Avenue.<ref name=SLD/><ref name="google"/> A block after the railroad crossing, Route 50 ends at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey|US 30]] and [[County Route 563 (New Jersey)|CR 563]] (White Horse Pike), with CR 563 continuing north on Philadelphia Avenue at this point.<ref name=SLD/>

Route 50 is an important route linking the Atlantic City Expressway with the [[Jersey Shore]] resorts in Cape May County, serving as an alternate to more congested routes.<ref name=wcau>{{cite news|title=Beat Beach Traffic: Alternate Routes to the Shore|date=2009-07-22|publisher=[[WCAU-TV]]}}</ref> It also serves as a [[hurricane evacuation route]] from Cape May County to inland areas.<ref name=cmc>{{cite web|url=http://www.capemaycountygov.net/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=5&TPID=802|title=Cape May County Hurricane Evacuation Plan|publisher=[[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May County]]|access-date=2008-11-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216064437/http://www.capemaycountygov.net/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=5&TPID=802|archive-date=2007-02-16}}</ref>

==History==
[[File: 2021-09-29 12 40 28 View north along New Jersey State Route 50 (Cape May Avenue) from the overpass for New Jersey State Route 446 (Atlantic City Expressway) in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Route 50 northbound at the Atlantic City Expressway interchange in Hamilton Township]]
What is now Route 50 followed the corridor of the Shamong Trail, a Lenape trail running from [[Crosswicks, New Jersey|Crosswicks]] south to [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]]. The trail was later called the Old Cape May trail.<ref>Snyder, John (1969). "[https://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606-1968]"</ref> The portion of current Route 50 between Seaville and Petersburg received funding to become a spur of the [[Ocean Highway (New Jersey)|Ocean Highway]] in 1910.<ref>1910 Annual report, New Jersey Commissioner of Public Roads, pg. 37</ref> The modern-day alignment of Route 50 was legislated as part of [[Pre-1927 Route 14 (New Jersey)|pre-1927 Route 14]] in 1917, a route that was to run from Cape May to Egg Harbor City.<ref name="1920r14">{{cite report|title=1917 Annual Report|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|date=1917}}</ref> In the [[1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering]], the portion of pre-1927 Route 14 between Seaville and Egg Harbor City was designated as Route 50, the highest state route number assigned in the renumbering.<ref name=nj1927>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.</ref><ref name="Map">{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|title=1927 New Jersey Road Map|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=2008-10-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313112746/http://jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|archive-date=2016-03-13}}</ref> Route 50 retained its current routing in the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]].<ref name="nj1953">{{Cite book|title=1953 renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways}}</ref><ref name=nyt>{{cite news|access-date=2009-07-20|title=New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=1952-12-16|url=http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721112422/http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref> A [[freeway]] was proposed for Route 50 around 1960, running from the Garden State Parkway in [[Dennis Township, New Jersey|Dennis Township]] north to US 30 in [[Mullica Township, New Jersey|Mullica Township]].<ref name=njshd>{{cite book|title=New Jersey Builds Better Highways |publisher=[[New Jersey State Highway Department]] |year=1961}}</ref> This proposed freeway was intended to provide economic development to the region as well as provide a better route to the [[Jersey Shore]] resorts of Cape May County for travelers from the [[Delaware Valley]].<ref name=NJDOT1967>{{cite book|title=New Jersey Highway Facts|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=1967}}</ref> However, this freeway was canceled by the mid-1970s due to financial and environmental concerns as well as lack of traffic along Route 50.<ref name=NJDOT1975>{{cite book|title=New Jersey Route 50, Administrative Action Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Statement |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] and [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] |year=1975}}</ref> On November 21, 2008, construction began on making the interchange with the Atlantic City Expressway a full interchange as part of a series of improvements set for the Atlantic City Expressway.  This project was completed on June 18, 2010.<ref name=sjta112108>{{cite press release |author= Staff |url= http://www.acexpressway.com/acexpressway/news_item.asp?PublicationID=20&ID=1187 |title= SJTA begins construction of Atlantic City Expressway Interchange 17 |date=November 21, 2008 |publisher= South Jersey Transportation Authority |access-date= April 8, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110612175314/http://www.acexpressway.com/acexpressway/news_item.asp?PublicationID=20&ID=1187 |archive-date= June 12, 2011}}</ref><ref name=sjta31609>{{cite press release |author= Staff |url= http://www.acexpressway.com/acexpressway/news_item.asp?PublicationID=20&ID=1269 |title= New traffic pattern until July 2009 |date= March 16, 2009 |publisher= South Jersey Transportation Authority |access-date= April 8, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110612175322/http://www.acexpressway.com/acexpressway/news_item.asp?PublicationID=20&ID=1269 |archive-date= June 12, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=sjta61810>{{cite press release |author= Staff |url= http://www.acexpressway.com/acexpressway/news_item.asp?PublicationID=20&ID=1738 |title= AC Expressway exit 17 new full interchange provides access to economic growth in Atlantic County |date=June 18, 2010 |publisher= South Jersey Transportation Authority |access-date=June 19, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110612174447/http://www.acexpressway.com/acexpressway/news_item.asp?PublicationID=20&ID=1738 |archive-date= June 12, 2011}}</ref>

In 2020, NJTA proposed a $20&nbsp;million project to reconstruct the partial interchange between Route 50 and the Garden State Parkway into a full interchange. As part of the project, the current northbound exit on the left-side of the parkway would be rebuilt on the right hand side.<ref>{{cite web|title=Proposed 2020 Capital Improvement Program|publisher=New Jersey Turnpike Authority|url=https://www.njta.com/media/5179/proposed-2020-capital-improvement-program.pdf|access-date=March 14, 2022}}</ref>

== Major intersections ==
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{{NJint
|county=Cape May
|cspan=3
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=NJ|GSP||US|9|dir1=south|city1=Atlantic City|city2=Ocean City|city3=Sea Isle City|city4=Wildwood|city5=Cape May}}
|location=Upper Township
|lspan=3
|notes=Southern terminus; exit 20 on G.S. Parkway
}}
{{NJint
|type=concur
|mile=6.63
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|557|dir1=south|name1=Reading Avenue}}
|notes=Southern end of CR 557 concurrency
}}
{{NJint
|mile=6.77 
|road={{jct|state=NJ|NJ|49|dir1=west|to2=to|NJ|55|dir2=north|city1=Millville|city2=Vineland|city3=Camden}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of Route 49
}}
{{NJint
|type=concur
|mile=9.97
|county=Atlantic
|cspan=7
|location=Estell Manor
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR|557|dir1=north|name1=Buena Tuckahoe Road|city1=Buena}}<br />{{jct|state=NJ|CR-Truck|557|dir1=begins}}
|notes=Northern end of CR 557 concurrency; southern terminus of CR 557 Truck
}}
{{NJint
|type=concur
|mile=18.50
|road={{jct|state=NJ|US|40|dir1=west|CR-Truck|557|dir2=north|CR-Truck|559|dir3=north|name3=Harding Highway|city1=Malaga}}
|location=Hamilton Township
|ctdab=Atlantic
|lspan=5
|notes=Northern end of CR 557 Truck concurrency; southern end of US 40/CR 559 Truck concurrency
}}
{{NJint
|type=concur
|mile=18.93
|road={{jct|state=NJ|CR-Truck|559|dir1=south|CR|617|county2=Atlantic|dir2=east|name2=Somers Point-Mays Landing Road}}
|notes=Northern end of CR 559 Truck  concurrency southbound
}}
{{NJint
|type=concur
|mile=19.12 
|road={{jct|state=NJ|US|40|dir1=east|CR|559|name2=Main Street|to3=to|ACE2||dir3=east|city1=Atlantic City}}
|notes=Northern end of US 40/CR 559 Truck concurrency northbound
}}
{{NJint
|mile=21.00 
|road={{jct|state=NJ|US|322|name1=[[Black Horse Pike]]|city1=Glassboro|city2=Atlantic City}}
|notes=Interchange
}}
{{NJint
|mile=23.81 
|road={{jct|state=NJ|ACE2||location1=[[Philadelphia]]|city2=Atlantic City}}
|type=toll
|notes=Exit 17 on A.C. Expressway; E-ZPass only to and from eastbound direction of ACE
}}
{{NJint
|mile=26.02 
|road={{jct|state=NJ|US|30|CR|563|name2=White Horse Pike / Philadelphia Avenue|to3=to|GSP||city1=Green Bank|city2=Hammonton|city3=Atlantic City}}
|location=Egg Harbor City
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,toll}}

==See also==
*{{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
*{{Portal-inline|New Jersey}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|New Jersey Route 50}}
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*[http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/log/5.html#50 NJ State Highways: 41-54 - Route 50]
*[http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/nj/nj_50/ New Jersey Roads: Route 50]
*[http://www.njroads.org/ends/50/nj50.htm New Jersey Highway Ends: Route 50]
*[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/speed/rt50.shtm Speed Limits for Route 50]

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