Editing Salem County, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Del Mem Br.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Delaware Memorial Bridge]] connects Salem County with [[New Castle County, Delaware]]]]
{{As of|2010}}, the county had a total of {{convert|879.53|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|429.36|mi}} were maintained by the local municipality, {{convert|355.17|mi}} by Salem County and {{convert|85.94|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]],  {{convert|8.11|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]] and {{convert|0.95|mi}} by the [[Delaware River and Bay 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 July 18, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000295__-.pdf Interstate 295 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2017. Accessed December 25, 2020.</ref>

Salem is served by many roads. Major county routes include [[County Route 540 (New Jersey)|CR 540]], [[County Route 551 (New Jersey)|CR 551]], [[County Route 553 (New Jersey)|CR 553]] (only in [[Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey|Pittsgrove]]) and [[County Route 581 (New Jersey)|CR 581]]. State highways include [[New Jersey Route 45|Route 45]], [[New Jersey Route 48|Route 48]] (only in [[Carneys Point Township, New Jersey|Carneys Point]]), [[New Jersey Route 49|Route 49]], [[New Jersey Route 56|Route 56]] (only in Pittsgrove), [[New Jersey Route 77|Route 77]] and [[New Jersey Route 140|Route 140]] (only in Carneys Point). The U.S. routes are [[U.S. Route 40 in New Jersey|U.S. Route 40]] and the southern end of [[U.S. Route 130]].

Limited access roads include [[Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)|Interstate 295]] and the [[New Jersey Turnpike]]. Both highways pass through the northern part of the county. Only one turnpike interchange is located in Salem: Exit 1 in Carneys Point (which is also where the turnpike ends). There are a pair of service areas on the Turnpike, both located between exits 1 and 2 in Oldmans Township: The John Fenwick Service Area on the northbound side and the Clara Barton Service Area in the southbound direction.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/our-roadways.html Travel Resources: Interchanges, Service Areas & Commuter Lots], [[New Jersey Turnpike Authority]]. Accessed August 17, 2015.</ref> The [[New Jersey Route 55|Route 55]] freeway passes through the northeastern part of the county briefly but has no interchanges within the county.

The [[Delaware Memorial Bridge]] (which is signed as I-295/US 40) is a set of twin suspension bridges crossing the Delaware River. Connecting [[New Castle, Delaware]] and [[Pennsville Township, New Jersey|Pennsville Township]], the original span was opened in 1951 and the second span in 1968.<ref>[http://www.drba.net/DelawareMemorialBridge/AbouttheDelMemorialBridge.aspx About the Delaware Memorial Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124104519/http://www.drba.net/DelawareMemorialBridge/AbouttheDelMemorialBridge.aspx |date=November 24, 2017 }}, [[Delaware River and Bay Authority]]. Accessed August 17, 2015.</ref>

[[NJ Transit]] operates three routes through Salem County:<ref>[https://www.salemcountynj.gov/departments/community-bus-service/ Community Bus Service], Salem County. Accessed April 11, 2020.</ref> the 401, which stops in Salem, Woodstown, Swedesboro, and Woodbury en route to and from Philadelphia;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0401.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030405171959/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0401.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2003 |url-status=live|title=401}}</ref> the 402, which stops in Penns Grove and has two stops in Salem en route to and from Philadelphia;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0402.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030405214344/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0402.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2003 |url-status=live|title=402}}</ref> and the 468, which has local stops throughout Salem County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0468.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030403055655/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0468.pdf |archive-date=April 3, 2003 |url-status=live|title=468}}</ref>