Editing New Jersey Route 49 (section)

==History==
[[File:2021-08-31 10 00 51 View west along New Jersey State Route 49 (Main Street) from the overpass for New Jersey State Route 55 (Cape May Expressway) in Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|Route 49 westbound at Route 55 in Millville]]
The road from Millville to the east end of Bridgeton was maintained by the '''Bridgeton and Millville Turnpike''', chartered in 1854. From the west end of Bridgeton to the Salem-Cumberland line, then called Marlborough, was built by the '''Shiloh Turnpike Company''', chartered in 1866. From there to Quinton's Bridge, the road was maintained by the '''Marlborough and Quinton's Bridge Turnpike Company''', chartered in 1864. The company was in business by at least 1920.

Route 49 was legislated in the [[1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering]] to run from Route 45 in Salem to [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]] (now [[U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey|US 9]]) in [[Clermont, Cape May County, New Jersey|Clermont]].<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>  The route replaced a branch of [[Pre-1927 Route 6 (New Jersey)|pre-1927 Route 6]] between Salem and [[Bridgeton, New Jersey|Bridgeton]] and a part of [[Pre-1927 Route 15 (New Jersey)|pre-1927 Route 15]] between Bridgeton and [[South Dennis, New Jersey|South Dennis]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Report|publisher=New Jersey State Highway Department|date=1917}}</ref> A spur route of Route 49, [[New Jersey Route S49|Route S49]], was created in 1927 to run from Route 49 in South Dennis to Route 4 in [[Rio Grande, New Jersey|Rio Grande]] along the remainder of pre-1927 Route 15. Route S49 was extended to [[Wildwood, New Jersey|Wildwood]] in 1938.<ref name="nj1927" /><ref name="nj1938">State of New Jersey, Laws of 1938, Chapter 168.</ref>

[[File:NJ 49 EB past Cumberland CR 678.jpeg|thumb|right|Route 49 eastbound past CR 678 in Millville]]
In the [[1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering]], Route 49 was extended west along what was a part of [[New Jersey Route 44|Route 44]] to Deepwater to end at US 40 and US 130 near the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The eastern part of the route was realigned to head from [[Millville, New Jersey|Millville]] east to Route 50 in Tuckahoe, replacing what had been the southern part of Route 47. Meanwhile, Route 47 was realigned to head south from Millville, replacing Route 49 from Millville to South Dennis and the length of Route S49. The portion of Route 49 from South Dennis to Clermont became [[New Jersey Route 83|Route 83]].<ref name="nj1953">{{Cite journal|title=1953 renumbering|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|publisher=New Jersey Department of Highways|access-date=July 31, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628183145/http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1953_New_Jersey_state_highway_renumbering|archive-date=June 28, 2011}}</ref>

A [[freeway]] was proposed for Route 49 in the early 1960s, running from I-295 and US 40 at the Delaware Memorial Bridge to Route 55 in Millville.<ref name=njshd>{{cite book|title=New Jersey Builds Better Highways |publisher=[[New Jersey State Highway Department]] |year=1961}}</ref> However, this freeway was canceled by 1967 as it closely paralleled the planned [[New Jersey Route 60|Route 60]] freeway, which itself was never built.<ref name=NJDOT1967>{{cite book|title=New Jersey Highway Facts|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|year=1967}}</ref>

In the 2000s, construction has occurred to replace many bridges along Route 49. The [[Moveable bridge|drawbridge]] over the Salem River was replaced by a fixed span in the mid-2000s.<ref name=njdot3>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2002/072302b.shtm|title=Governor McGreevey "Celebrates New Jersey" in Salem County |date=July 23, 2002|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|access-date=2009-03-30}}</ref> On October 1, 2008, the bridge over the railroad line in Tuckahoe was closed for reconstruction and reopened in June 2009.<ref name=njdot>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2008/093008.shtm|title=NJDOT to replace Route 49 bridge in Upper Township|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|date=September 30, 2008|access-date=2008-11-27}}</ref><ref name=njdot2>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2009/052009.shtm|title=Route 49 bridge in Upper Township to remain closed through Memorial Day weekend|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|date=May 20, 2009|access-date=2009-06-19}}</ref> The bridge over the Cohansey River in Bridgeton was also reconstructed. Construction on this bridge started in October 2008 and was completed in July 2009.<ref name=njdot4>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2008/100808.shtm|title=NJDOT announces traffic shift on Route 49 Cohansey River Bridge|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|date=October 8, 2008|access-date=2008-11-27}}</ref><ref name=njdot5>{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2009/062009.shtm|title=NJDOT reopens Route 49 Cohansey River Bridge to four lanes in Bridgeton|publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]|date=June 20, 2009|access-date=2009-06-30}}</ref>