U.S. Route 130

U.S. Route 130
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length	83.46 mi (134.32 km)
Existed	1950–present
Major junctions
Major intersections	Route 1 in North Brunswick, NJ I-195 in Hamilton Twp File:New Jersey 33.svg Route 33 in Hightstown, NJ File:New Jersey 133.svg Route 133 in Hightstown Route 206 in Bordentown, NJ
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways

U.S. Route 130 is a north-south U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey, United States. It runs from Interstate 295 and U.S. Route 40 at Deepwater north to U.S. Route 1 near New Brunswick, briefly running concurrent with its parent (U.S. Route 30) near Camden, about one-third of the way to New Brunswick. The road has been supplanted by Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike for through traffic, though it still serves as a major local road.

Route description

US 130's south end is in Pennsville Township at the east end of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which carries Interstate 295 and U.S. Route 40. The New Jersey Turnpike begins at this interchange, and Route 49 heads south.

The southernmost part of US 130 is a two-lane local road, passing the west end of Route 140, as well as Route 48 in Penns Grove. Just north of the Salem/Gloucester County line, the road becomes four lanes with a median. A cloverleaf at Bridgeport (in Logan Township) provides access to U.S. Route 322 and the Commodore Barry Bridge, and forms the beginning of a ca. 1954 freeway section of US 130.

The first interchange after US 322 is a right-in right-out at Barker Avenue, with an overpass just to the south at Springers Road. This provides mainly local access; though Barker Avenue leads east to the south end of Route 44, the next interchange provides easier access to that road. After Route 44 is the last interchange, with Cedar Swamp Road, before US 130 merges into Interstate 295 for a 9.32-mile (15.00 km) concurrency; Route 44 is the old road.

US 130 leaves I-295 in West Deptford Township as a four-lane divided road. A simple Y interchange merges Route 45 into it in Westville. Soon after entering Brooklawn, the road turns east at a traffic circle, under the Conrail Vineland Secondary, and northeast at another circle (where Route 47 ends) onto Kings Highway. US 130 soon turns north onto Crescent Boulevard, a ca. 1930 eastern bypass of Camden. (The original road is now County Route 551, which heads north at the first of the two circles in Brooklawn.)

Crescent Boulevard is a four-to-six-lane divided highway with frequent jughandles. Interchanges with Interstate 76 and Route 76C provide access towards the Walt Whitman Bridge and Atlantic City Expressway, and soon after is a channelized intersection with Route 168. At Collingswood Circle, U.S. Route 30 joins from the east, heading north with US 130 over the Cooper River to Airport Circle. Airport Circle is a major intersection with several flyovers; US 30 splits to the west, while Route 38 heads east, soon splitting with Route 70.

North of Collingswood Circle, Crescent Boulevard is slightly older (ca. 1927). It has one more interchange, with County Route 537 in Pennsauken Township, before US 130 rejoins its former alignment at Westfield Avenue. Just past Westfield Avenue is an interchange with Route 90 for access to the Betsy Ross Bridge, as well as an interchange with Route 73 (which runs to the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge).

In Burlington, a short ca. 1925 bypass takes US 130 around downtown. At the south end of the bypass is an intersection with Route 413, providing access to the Burlington-Bristol Bridge. The six-lane section of US 130 ends on the bypass, and north of Burlington the road os four lanes wide. A ca. 2000 interchange with the Pennsylvania Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) is present in Florence Township, and in Bordentown Township a ca. 1928 bypass begins. Along the bypass, US 130 interchanges with Interstate 295 before merging with U.S. Route 206 for a short distance and splitting to the northeast. A ca. 1952 bypass takes US 130 around Yardville (in Hamilton Township), where the almost-freeway US 130 has several ramps on the northbound side, and the old alignment - Route 156 - provides southbound access.

North of Yardville, a cloverleaf interchange accesses Interstate 195, and Route 33 joins from the west soon after. US 130 and Route 33 run together around a ca. 1937 bypass of Windsor before Route 33 splits onto the old alignment into Hightstown. US 130 runs around the west side of Hightstown, interchanging with Route 133, before crossing the old alignment (now County Route 539) in Cranbury Township and bypassing downtown Cranbury to the east on a ca. 1937 alignment.

An intersection with Route 32 provides access to the New Jersey Turnpike and Jamesburg, and soon after US 130 leaves its original alignment (Georges Road) onto a ca. 1942 bypass. An interchange is present with County Route 522 (Ridge Road), and just to the north is a ca. 2000 alignment of 522 heading west from US 130 after a short concurrency. US 130 rejoins Georges Road near the South Brunswick Township/North Brunswick Township line, continuing as a four-lane divided highway to its end at U.S. Route 1. The north end at US 1 was rebuilt ca. 2004 to provide direct ramps to/from the north on US 1. Route 171, part of US 130 until 1963, continues north from US 1 into New Brunswick, state maintained until the city line, and then running along county-maintained city streets to Route 27.

History

When US 130 was first marked in 1927, it was a spur of U.S. Route 30 from downtown Camden northeast and north to U.S. Route 1 in downtown Trenton. This had all been pre-1927 Route 2, and in the 1927 renumbering it was designated Route 25 from Camden to Bordentown, Route 39 from Bordentown to White Horse, and Route 37 from White Horse to Trenton.

In the meantime, new alignments of Route 25 (and thus US 130) were built - around Camden ca. 1927 (moving US 130's south end to US 30 at Collingswood Circle in Collingswood via a bit of Route 45, truncated slightly to Airport Circle in Pennsauken Township ca. 1929), around downtown Burlington ca. 1925, and around downtown Bordentown ca. 1929.

US 130 was extended north in 1935, leaving the old alignment at Bordentown and running north on Route 25 towards New Brunswick, continuing past U.S. Route 1 on Route 25M. Old US 130 north of Bordentown had been designated part of U.S. Route 206 in 1934. In 1938, US 130 was extended south from Camden along Route 45 to Westville and Route 44 to U.S. Route 40 at Deepwater in Pennsville Township, just south of its current end, where the connection to Hook Road now hits Route 49. (US 40 continued south to downtown Pennsville, where a ferry led across the Delaware River to New Castle, Delaware.

Bypasses of Windsor, Hightstown and Cranbury were built ca. 1937, and a long section of new alignment was built in South Brunswick Township ca. 1942. A bypass around Yardville was built ca. 1952, and the old road through Yardville became Route 156 soon after.

To the south, Route 45 had already bypassed Camden by the time US 130 was extended along it and Route 44. With the 1951 opening of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, US 130 was truncated very slightly to its east end, continuing to end at US 40. A new alignment of Route 44 (and US 130) was built from near Westville south to Bridgeport ca. 1954; most of this was later incorporated into Interstate 295 as a concurrent I-295/US 130, only upgraded to Interstate standards in the 1990s. Another section of new road was built ca. 1953, running east of the old road, north from the east end of the Delaware Memorial Bridge to Hollywood Avenue in Carneys Point Township. This was designated as part of I-295 in 1959. With the 1953 renumbering freeing up Route 44, that number was assigned to the two sections of old road. Route 44 still runs along the northern section, but US 130 was moved back to the southern part in 1968, when I-295 was completed in the area.

In the 1953 renumbering, US 130 replaced Route 44 and parts of Route 45 and Route 25, as well as the short Route 25M into New Brunswick. US 130 was truncated to its current north end as U.S. Route 1 in 1963, and the continuation into New Brunswick was assigned Route 171.

References

• US 130 straight line diagram (PDF)
• End of U.S. Highway 130