Former US 40

NJ 48 is old US 40, so it's fitting that the first WB sign is really for US 40 traffic. If you stretch the roads a little bit, NJ 48 really connects to the WB U-turn jughandle, and Forrest Lane really connects to the EB U-turn jughandle. Oh, and Forrest may be a Gumpish typo for just plain Forest.


The first legitimate WB signs (i.e. past the "jughandle") and the last EB sign. All of the shields are nice and old on this road.


Heading WB up to our only error of the route, a new sign stuck among all the old ones. I've now been on the other three approaches, and there are no errant shields there, so somehow the contractor made three NJ 48 shields and only one CR 551, thus not noticing the error until it was up in the field. My comment on this sign: I mean, really, you can't just demount the 48 before putting the 551 up? How lazy can the construction crew be?


More WB signs right on up to US 130. With a name like Virginia Ave., this doesn't seem like the main road through town. Does Broad St. sound better? Well, since we're on Main St. anyway, click the big link below to see where old 48 met old 130.

Salem CR 675, old NJ 48/US 40
Onto modern US 40

Onto US 130
Onto I-295
Onto CR 551
Into Salem County
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