U.S. Route 130 (
US 130) is a
U.S. Highway that is a spur route of
US 30, located completely within the state of
New Jersey. It is signed with north and south cardinal directions, following a general northeast–southwest diagonal path, with north corresponding to the general eastward direction and vice versa. The route runs 83.46 mi (134.32 km) from
Interstate 295 (I-295) and
US 40 at
Deepwater in
Pennsville Township,
Salem County, where the road continues south as
Route 49, north to
US 1 in
North Brunswick Township,
Middlesex County, where
Route 171 continues north into
New Brunswick. The route briefly runs
concurrent with US 30 near
Camden, about one-third of the way to New Brunswick. The road runs within a close distance of I-295 south of
Bordentown and a few miles from the
New Jersey Turnpike for its entire length, serving as a major four- to six-lane
divided local road for most of its length. US 130 passes through many towns including
Penns Grove,
Bridgeport,
Westville, Camden,
Pennsauken,
Burlington, Bordentown,
Hightstown, and
North Brunswick.
In 1916,
pre-1927 Route 2 was designated to run along the present US 130 between the Camden area and Bordentown while
pre-1927 Route 1 was to follow the current route between
Robbinsville and New Brunswick. The current route between Penns Grove and Westville was to become
pre-1927 Route 17S in 1923. In 1926, US 130 was designated to run from US 30 in Camden to US 1 in Trenton along the alignment of pre-1927 Route 2. A year later, the alignment of US 130 became
Route 25 between Camden and Bordentown,
Route 39 between Bordentown and
White Horse, and
Route 37 between White Horse and Trenton. US 130 was extended to Pennsville in 1938 along
Route 45 and
Route 44 while it was realigned to follow Route 25 and
Route 25M between Bordentown and
Route 27 in New Brunswick by the 1940s. In 1953, the state highways running concurrent with US 130 were removed. Around the time of the renumbering, limited-access bypasses for US 130 were built around
Carneys Point and between Bridgeport and Westville; the former alignments eventually became Route 44. In the 1960s, I-295 was designated onto most of these freeway alignments of US 130, which was moved back to its original route in Carneys Point. In 1969, the north end of US 130 was cut back to its current location, with the old road into New Brunswick becoming Route 171. The
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission had proposed a US 130 freeway between Camden and Burlington, but it was never built. (
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