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===Roads and highways=== {{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|90.71|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|73.02|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|7.33|mi}} by Salem County, {{convert|8.99|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], {{convert|0.95|mi}} by the [[Delaware River and Bay Authority]] and {{convert|0.42|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Salem.pdf Salem County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed October 31, 2013.</ref> Pennsville houses county, state, U.S., Interstates and toll expressways, which all converge at the northern part of the township near [[Deepwater, New Jersey|Deepwater]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_26.pdf ENLARGED VIEW 26 (Carneys Point Township, Pennsville Township and Mannington Township, Salem County)], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], June 2009. Accessed October 31, 2013.</ref> The southern terminus of [[U.S. Route 130]] is in the township.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000130__-.pdf U.S. Route 130 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], February 2006. Accessed October 31, 2013.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 49|Route 49]] begins at the converging point and travels south for about {{convert|8.2|mi}} through the center of town.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000049__-.pdf Route 49 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], January 2009. Accessed October 31, 2013.</ref> [[Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)|Interstate 295]] and [[U.S. Route 40 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 40]] (multiplexed together) also pass through the north which houses Exit 1 along I-295 and which is also the [[Delaware Memorial Bridge]] that connects to the state of [[Delaware]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000295__-.pdf U.S. Interstate 295 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], February 2008. Accessed October 31, 2013.</ref> In addition, the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] begins where Routes 49, 40, 130 and 295 all intersect with one another, with the creation of a roadway from Pennsville to [[Woodbridge Township, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]] being the initial goal when the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]] was created in 1948.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1948/10/28/archives/turnpike-authority-is-created-in-jersey.html "Turnpike Authority is Created in New Jersey"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 28, 1948. Accessed October 31, 2013. "A New Jersey turnpike authority was created today with Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll designating as its first project an express toll road from Pennsville on the Delaware River to a junction with main routes at Woodbridge, near Elizabeth."</ref> Despite the Turnpike's southern end being in the township,<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000700__-.pdf U.S. New Jersey Turnpike Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], January 1997. Accessed October 31, 2013.</ref> Exit 1 is officially located in neighboring Carneys Point Township.<ref>[http://www.trcsolutions.com/Lists/Projects/ViewProject.aspx?ID=18 NJ Turnpike Interchange No.1 Construction Management and Inspection], TRC. Accessed October 31, 2013.</ref> The only major county road that travels through is [[County Route 551 (New Jersey)|County Road 551]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000551__-.pdf#page=2 County Route 551 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], August 2006. Accessed October 31, 2013.</ref>
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