Ocean Highway (New Jersey) - Route Description

Route Description

The Ocean Highway was to run from Atlantic Highlands to Cape May. The 1910 Annual Report of the New Jersey Commissioner of Public Roads refers to the funding of several projects:

For the improvement of a road along the bluff at Atlantic Highlands, conditioned upon the county expending a like amount.....$10,000.00

For filling in the head of Wesley Lake and the construction of a roadway between Ocean Grove and Asbury Park.....$5,700.00

For the acquisition of land and the opening up and improvement of the road known as the extension of Ocean Avenue in the Borough of Spring Lake.....$4,300.00

For the improvement of the road between Lakewood and Tom's River.....$11,000.00

For the improvement of the road between New Gretna and the Mullica River Bridge.....$7,000.00

For the straightening, widening and improvement of the road between Chestnut Neck and Absecon.....$5,000.00

For the improvement of the Main Shore Road between Cape May Court House and Cape May, and the road between Petersburg and Seaville.....$7,000.00

From the above projects, it would appear that this route would follow Ocean Boulevard through Atlantic Highlands to Navesink Avenue in Highlands. From there it would follow Ocean Avenue south through Monmouth County along the Atlantic Ocean. The Ocean Highway then crossed into Ocean County, probably via the present Route 35 and continued on to Lakewood probably via the present Route 88. It then roughly followed U.S. Route 9, Route 166, Route 167 and Route 109 to Cape May. A short spur from Seaville to Petersburg in Upper Township is now part of Route 50.