State Highways of New Jersey



NJ 72 is the spur off NJ 70 that stretches from Four Mile, in Woodland Township, Burlington County, to Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island.

Originally, the road was conceived as NJ S-40, a spur off NJ 40 between Camden and Lakewood, but the road was first legislated only to the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township. It was soon extended, though, across Manahawkin Bay to the beach resorts.

The highway’s number changed in 1953, when the state eliminated spur route designations.

Mile Street Name Feature
28.74 Eastern terminus of NJ 72, Ship Botton Boro, Ocean Co
28.74 8 Ave | 9 Ave CR 607Long Beach Blvd Signal Long Beach BlvdCR 607
28.67 8 Ave | 9 Ave CR 89Central Ave Signal Central AveCR 89
28.46 8 Ave | 9 Ave Barnegat Ave Signal Barnegat AveCR 4
28.14 NJ 72 Ship Bottom Boro, Ocean Co
East Thorofare bridge East Thorofare
Stafford Twp, Ocean Co
27.88 NJ 72 West Thorofare bridge West Thorofare
26.92 Bay Ave Manahawkin Bay bridge Manahawkin Bay
26.40 Bay Ave Hillards Thorofare bridge Hillards Thorofare
26.18 NJ 72 CR 50Bay Ave    
25.70 NJ 72 Marsha Dr Signal Marsha Dr
25.64 NJ 72 Unnamed stream bridge Unnamed stream
24.75 NJ 72 CR 6Mill Creek Rd Signal Mill Creek Rd
23.81 NJ 72 CR 20Jennings Rd Signal Jennings Rd
23.27 NJ 72 Mill Creek bridge Mill Creek
23.25 NJ 72 US 9Main St overpass Main StUS 9
22.68 Bay Ave   Signal Shopping center entrance
22.19 Bay Ave   Signal Doc Cramer Blvd
21.69 Bay Ave NJ 444Garden State Pkwy north underpass Garden State PkwyNJ 444 north
21.61 Bay Ave NJ 444Garden State Pkwy south underpass Garden State PkwyNJ 444 south
21.44 Bay Ave   Signal Stafford Park BlvdCR 2
21.38 Bay Ave Mill Creek bridge Mill Creek
21.27 Bay Ave CR 105Lighthouse Dr    
21.10 Bay Ave CR 111Nautilus Dr Signal  
20.48 Bay Ave Mermaid Dr Signal  
20.16 Bay Ave Breakers Dr Signal  
18.75 Bay Ave Ivy Rd Signal  
18.06 NJ 72 Stafford Twp, Ocean Co
Barnegat Twp, Ocean Co
16.33 NJ 72 SR 554Bay Ave    
15.89 NJ 72 SR 532Warren Grove-Waretown Rd   Warren Grove-Waretown RdCR 610
14.75 NJ 72SR 532 East Branch Wading River bridge East Branch Wading River
14.33 NJ 72SR 532 Yellow Dam Brook culvert Yellow Dam Brook
13.74 NJ 72SR 532 SR 539Whiting Rd Signal Whiting RdSR 539
11.49 NJ 72SR 532 Barnegat Twp, Ocean Co
Woodland Twp, Burlington Co
8.21 NJ 72     Chatsworth-Waretown RdSR 532
6.54 NJ 72 Railroad underpass Railroad
3.43 NJ 72     Chatsworth RdSR 563
0.00 NJ 72 NJ 70 circle NJ 70
0.00 Western terminus of NJ 72, Woodland Twp, Burlington Co
  Road continues westward as CR 644Buddtown Rd


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