County Route 554 (New Jersey)

County Route 554 (CR 554) is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends 6.07 miles (9.77 km) from Barnegat Boulevard (Route 72) to Main Street (U.S. Route 9 or US 9) in Barnegat Township. The highway was designated as the easternmost segment of CR 532 in the early 1950s[2] and was later a portion of CR 534, but as it had no connection to the western segment, it was renamed by 1984.[3]

County Route 554
CR 554 highlighted in red
Route information
Length6.07 mi[1] (9.77 km)
Major junctions
West end Route 72 in Barnegat Township
  G.S. Parkway in Barnegat Township
East end US 9 / CR 609 in Barnegat Township
Location
CountiesOcean
Highway system
CR 553CR 555

Route description

View west at the east end of CR 554 at US 9 in Barnegat Township

CR 554 begins at an intersection with Route 72 in Barnegat Township, heading east on two-lane undivided Barnegat Road. The road runs through forested areas of the Pine Barrens and intersects CR 611. Farther to the east, the route runs near wooded neighborhoods as Bay Avenue, coming to junctions with CR 111 and CR 105. CR 554 comes to a partial interchange with the Garden State Parkway that has access to and from the northbound direction of the parkway. After the interchange, CR 554 passes through business areas and intersects CR 8 and CR 10. In the community of Barnegat, the route comes to its eastern terminus at US 9.[1][4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Barnegat Township, Ocean County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 Route 72Western terminus
4.45–
4.69
7.16–
7.55
G.S. ParkwayGSP exit 67
6.079.77 US 9 (South Main Street) / CR 609 east (Bay Avenue) Toms River, AbseconEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also

  •  U.S. Roads portal
  •  New Jersey portal

References

  1. "County Route 554 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. March 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  2. Road Map of Ocean County, New Jersey (Map). Lawrence F. Wagner, County Engineer. 1953. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  3. Hammonton, New Jersey 1:100,000-scale metric topographic map (Map). United States Geological Survey. 1984. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  4. Google (2010-04-06). "overview of County Route 554" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-04-06.

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