Ocean Drive (New Jersey) 3322106 225843337 2008-07-15T17:36:38Z Dough4872 4066845 capitalization {{Infobox road |marker_image=[[Image:Cape May County Route 633 NJ.svg|50px]][[Image:Circle sign 109.svg|50px]][[Image:Cape May County Route 621 NJ.svg|50px]][[Image:Circle sign 147.svg|50px]][[Image:Cape May County Route 619 NJ.svg|50px]]<br>[[Image:Cape May County Route 623 NJ.svg|50px]][[Image:Cape May County Route 656 NJ.svg|50px]][[Image:Circle sign 152.svg|50px]][[Image:Atlantic County Route 629 NJ.svg|50px]] |state=NJ |highway_name=Ocean Drive |name_notes= |type= |route= |alternate_name= |maint= |section= |map= |length_mi= |length_round= |length_ref= |length_notes= |established= |decommissioned= |direction_a=South |starting_terminus=[[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]] |beltway_city= |junction=[[Image:Circle sign 109.svg|25px]] [[New Jersey Route 109|NJ 109]] in [[Lower Township, New Jersey|Lower Twp.]]<br>[[Image:Circle sign 47.svg|20px]] [[New Jersey Route 47|NJ 47]] in [[Wildwood, New Jersey|Wildwood]]<br>[[Image:Circle sign 147.svg|25px]] [[New Jersey Route 147|NJ 147]] in [[North Wildwood, New Jersey|North Wildwood]]<br>[[Image:Circle sign 152.svg|25px]] [[New Jersey Route 152|NJ 152]] in [[Longport, New Jersey|Longport]] |direction_b=North |ending_terminus=[[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]] |counties= |rural_municipalities= |cities= |system= |previous_type= |previous_route= |next_type= |next_route= |browse= {{Infobox road/NJ Atlantic browse|previous_type=|previous_route=627|route=[[Image:Atlantic County Route 629 NJ.svg|20px]]|next_type=|next_route=630}} {{Infobox road/NJ Cape May browse|previous_type=|previous_route=618|route=[[Image:Cape May County Route 619 NJ.svg|20px]]|next_type=|next_route=620}} {{Infobox road/NJ Cape May browse|previous_type=|previous_route=620|route=[[Image:Cape May County Route 621 NJ.svg|20px]]|next_type=|next_route=622}} {{Infobox road/NJ Cape May browse|previous_type=|previous_route=655|route=[[Image:Cape May County Route 656 NJ.svg|20px]]|next_type=|next_route=657}} |commons= |customcommons= }} '''Ocean Drive''' is a series of local roads in southern [[New Jersey]], connecting [[Atlantic City (NJ)|Atlantic City]] to [[Cape May (NJ)|Cape May]] along [[barrier island]]s on the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. It consists of several roads and includes all five [[toll bridge]]s owned by the '''Cape May County Bridge Commission'''. ==Route description== Ocean Drive begins in the city of Cape May in [[Cape May County, New Jersey|Cape May County]], heading north on [[County Route 633 (Cape May County, New Jersey)|County Route 633]] and [[New Jersey Route 109]] (Lafayette Street). <!--not clear on this end--> It crosses the [[Cape May Canal]] into [[Lower Township, New Jersey|Lower Township]] and makes a right turn onto '''County Route 621'''. It then crosses over the [[Middle Thorofare Bridge]] (toll) and continues north into [[Wildwood Crest, New Jersey|Wildwood Crest]]. Ocean Drive follows CR 621 through the length of [[The Wildwoods]], passing through Wildwood Crest, [[Wildwood, New Jersey|Wildwood]] (where it intersects [[New Jersey Route 47]]), and finally continuing into [[North Wildwood, New Jersey|North Wildwood]]. In North Wildwood, CR 621 ends and Ocean Drive follows [[New Jersey Route 147]] into [[Middle Township, New Jersey|Middle Township]]. It then turns right onto '''County Route 619''' and crosses over the [[Grassy Sound Bridge]] (toll) and then the [[Stone Harbor Bridge]] into [[Stone Harbor, New Jersey|Stone Harbor]]. Ocean Drive follows CR 619 north through Stone Harbor and into [[Avalon, New Jersey|Avalon]]. It then crosses over the [[Townsends Inlet Bridge]] (toll) and continues north through [[Sea Isle City, New Jersey|Sea Isle City]]. It then heads through the [[Strathmere, New Jersey|Strathmere]] section of [[Upper Township, New Jersey|Upper Township]] before crossing the [[Corson's Inlet Bridge]] (toll) into [[Ocean City, New Jersey|Ocean City]]. Ocean Drive continues to follow CR 619 north through Ocean City before meeting [[County Route 623 (Cape May County, New Jersey)|County Route 623]]. It then follows CR 623 for several blocks to the northwest on 34th Street before following '''County Route 656''' (Bay Avenue) through downtown Ocean City, where it crosses 9th Street, which provides access to [[New Jersey Route 52]]. Ocean Drive then crosses the [[Ocean City-Longport Bridge]] over the Great Egg Harbor into [[Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey|Egg Harbor Township]], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey|Atlantic County]]. Upon entering Atlantic County, Ocean Drive follows the northern approach of the Ocean City-Longport Bridge to [[New Jersey Route 152]]. It then makes a right turn on NJ 152 and follows it to the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] bridge into [[Longport, New Jersey|Longport]]. Ocean Drive then heads north on '''County Route 629''', following that route from Longport north through [[Margate City, New Jersey|Margate City]] and [[Ventnor City, New Jersey|Ventnor City]] into Atlantic City. <!--not sure how it enters Atlantic City--> ==Continuations to the north== [[Route 87 (New Jersey)|Route 87]] and [[County Route 638 (Atlantic County, New Jersey)|County Route 638]] continues from Atlantic City north to [[Brigantine (NJ)|Brigantine]], but there is no other access to the mainland from Brigantine. [[State Route S4A (New Jersey)|State Route S4A]] ([[Great Bay Boulevard]]) was proposed to head north from Brigantine to [[Tuckerton (NJ)|Tuckerton]]. Further north, [[County Route 607 (Ocean County, New Jersey)|County Route 607]] runs along the length of [[Long Beach Island]], but is only connected to the mainland by one bridge - [[Route 72 (New Jersey)|Route 72]] - in the middle of the island. [[Route 35 (New Jersey)|Route 35]] begins at [[Island Beach State Park]], connected to the mainland by the [[Thomas A. Mathis Bridge]] ([[Route 37 (New Jersey)|Route 37]]) in [[Seaside Heights (NJ)|Seaside Heights]], and then heads north to [[Point Pleasant Beach (NJ)|Point Pleasant Beach]], where the barrier island merges with the mainland. ==References== *[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/01000629__-.pdf Atlantic County 629] [[straight line diagram]] ([[PDF]]) *[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/05000656__-.pdf Cape May County 656] [[straight line diagram]] ([[PDF]]) *[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/05000619__-.pdf Cape May County 619] [[straight line diagram]] ([[PDF]]) *[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/05000621__-.pdf Cape May County 621] [[straight line diagram]] ([[PDF]]) [[Category:Roads in New Jersey]] {{NewJersey-road-stub}} [[Category:Intracoastal Waterway]]