Editing New Jersey Route 38 (section)

==History==
[[File:2021-09-07 13 25 45 View east along New Jersey State Route 38 (Kaighn Avenue) from the pedestrian overpass at the Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Route 38 in Cherry Hill looking east]]
Prior to 1927, the route was a part of [[Pre-1927 Route 18 (New Jersey)|Pre-1927 Route 18]], which was legislated in 1923 to run from [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] to [[Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River]].<ref name="1920r18">State of New Jersey, Laws of 1923, Chapter 184.</ref>  In the [[1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering]], Route 38 was legislated to run along the route from [[New Jersey Route 25|Route 25]] (now [[U.S. Route 130]]) in [[Pennsauken Township, New Jersey|Pennsauken]] east to [[New Jersey Route 39|Route 39]] (now [[U.S. Route 206|US 206]]) in [[Eastampton Township, New Jersey|Eastampton]].<ref name=nj1927>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1927, Chapter 319.</ref><ref name="Map">{{cite map|url=http://www.jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|title=1927 New Jersey Road Map|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=2008-10-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313112746/http://jimmyandsharonwilliams.com/njroads/1920s/images/1927_routes.gif|archive-date=2016-03-13}}</ref>

In 1938, Route 38 was legislated to extend from East Hampton to [[New Jersey Route 4N|Route 4N]] (now [[New Jersey Route 71|Route 71]]) in [[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]].<ref name=nj1938>State of New Jersey, Laws of 1938, Chapter 51.</ref> A section of this was built, running between [[New Jersey Route 34|Route 34]] and [[New Jersey Route 35|Route 35]] in Wall Township.<ref name="chevron" /> The Route 38 freeway was then planned in 1961 to connect these two sections of Route 38. It was to run from I-680 (now [[Interstate 676|I-676]]) in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]] east to the planned Route 35 freeway (now [[New Jersey Route 18|Route 18]]) in Wall Township, providing a direct freeway connection between the [[Delaware Valley|Philadelphia metro area]] and the northern portions of the [[Jersey Shore]]. The route of the freeway was to run east from the [[Benjamin Franklin Bridge|Ben Franklin Bridge]], paralleling [[U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey|US 30]] and then [[New Jersey Route 70|Route 70]]. It would then have run parallel to the current alignment of Route 38 through the [[Mount Holly, New Jersey|Mount Holly]] area and then travel along the northern border of the [[Fort Dix|Fort Dix Military Reservation]] to [[Jackson Township, New Jersey|Jackson]], [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]], where it would then follow the present alignment of [[Interstate 195 (New Jersey)|I-195]] to Wall Township.<ref name=NJDOT1961>{{cite book|title=New Jersey Builds Better Highways|publisher=New Jersey State Highway Department|year=1961}}</ref><ref name=NJSHD1965>{{cite book|title=Plans for a Central Jersey Expressway System|publisher=New Jersey State Highway Department|year=1965}}</ref> In the late 1960s, the eastern part of the Route 38 freeway became part of the proposed I-195.<ref name=NJDOT1967>{{cite book|title=Route 37 Freeway Relocation Study|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=1967}}</ref><ref name=NJDOT1967ii>{{cite book|title=New Jersey Highway Facts|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=1967}}</ref>

[[File:NJ 38 EB past US 30-US 130.jpeg|thumb|left|Route 38 eastbound past US 30/US 130 at the Airport Circle in Pennsauken Township]]
In 1969, it was estimated the Route 38 freeway between [[Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)|I-295]] in [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey|Cherry Hill]] and I-195 in Jackson would cost $60 million and be completed by 1985.<ref name=dvrpc>{{cite book|title=1985 Regional Transportation Plan|publisher=[[Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission]] |year=1969}}</ref> The route of the freeway was revised in 1972 to head north of I-195 to Route 18 in [[Colts Neck Township, New Jersey|Colts Neck]], intersecting with [[New Jersey Route 33|Route 33]] in [[Freehold Township, New Jersey|Freehold Township]]. The western terminus was also moved to [[Mount Laurel, New Jersey|Mount Laurel]], where it was to connect to the [[New Jersey Turnpike]] and [[New Jersey Route 90|Route 90]], which was projected to extend to the New Jersey Turnpike. It was estimated that this routing of the Route 38 freeway would cost $101 million.<ref name=NJDOT1972>{{cite book|title=Master Plan for Transportation|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=1972}}</ref> However, due to environmental concerns of the route passing through the [[New Jersey Pine Barrens|Pine Barrens]] and financial troubles, the freeway was canceled by the end of the 1970s.<ref name=inq>{{cite news|last=Nussbaum|first=Paul|title=Schuylkill carries the load of many routes left unbuilt|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=August 19, 1984}}</ref> The orphaned eastern section of Route 38 in Monmouth County was renumbered to [[New Jersey Route 138|Route 138]] on July 29, 1988.<ref name=July1988Ref>{{cite web |url=http://law.njstatelib.org/law_files/imported/Research_Guides/Law/njregister/volume24number23%20page4307-4454.pdf |title=Proposed New Rule: N.J.A.C. 16:28A-1.112 |date=December 7, 1992 |quote=The section of highway which was designated as Route 38 in Wall Township, Monmouth County, was redesignated Route 138 on July 29, 1988, as evidenced in the New Jersey State Highway Straight Line Diagrams 1990. |access-date=July 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616020631/http://law.njstatelib.org/law_files/imported/Research_Guides/Law/njregister/volume24number23%20page4307-4454.pdf |archive-date=June 16, 2011 }}</ref>