State Highways of New Jersey



NJ 324 is perhaps the most forgotten New Jersey state highway, including by NJDOT.

The mile-and-a-half strip of concrete, originally legislated as NJ S-44, effectively goes nowhere and connects to very little anymore. It used to be the main access road to the ferry between Bridgeport (in Logan Township, Gloucester County) and Chester, Pa., but the ferry died when the adjacent Commodore Barry Bridge was opened in 1974, taking US 322 with it. There are a few houses on the southeast end of the road, near the interchange of US 322 and US 130, with which the road does not directly connect. The interchange is a cloverleaf, and keeping a direct connection was deemed unnecessary by the engineers. Today, exactly two roads intersect Ferry Road: Island Road, off US 130 (but only accessible from the southbound lanes), and Springers Lane, an extension of Springer Road, which starts at nearby NJ 44, crosses US 130, and runs alongside and then under the bridge.

When I visited NJ 324 in July 2010, there was little evidence that it was a state highway. There are no signs except for state-issued NO PARKING signs at the U-turn circle at the southeast end. Northwest of Springers Lane, the road is overgrown, with barely two 10-foot traffic lanes (although there is a regulation yellow line down the center of it). The northwest end is a dead end, stopping less than 100 feet shy of the Delaware River. There is a sign, about three-quarters of a mile from the river, saying ROAD CLOSED, but the road isn’t closed, it’s merely abandoned.

Mile Street Name Feature
1.51 Eastern terminus of NJ 324, Logan Twp, Gloucester Co
1.51 Ferry Rd   U-turn circle  
1.11 Ferry Rd     Island Rd, to US 130
0.95 Ferry Rd Springers Ln, to NJ 44    
0.00 Western terminus of NJ 324, Logan Twp, Gloucester Co


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