GET NJ - New Jersey - A Guide To Its Present And Past - Tour 23, Atlantic City, Absecon, Egg Harbor City, Berlin, Camden, (Philadelphia, Pa.); US 30

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NEW JERSEY
A Guide To Its Present And Past Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey American Guide Series

Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003

Tour 23
Atlantic City–Absecon–Egg Harbor City–Berlin–Camden–(Philadelphia, Pa.); US 30

Atlantic City-Absecon-Egg Harbor City-Berlin-Camden-(Philadelphia, Pa.); US 30.
Atlantic City to Pennsylvania Line, 59.5 miles.
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines parallel the route throughout.
Excellent accommodations at both terminals; gas stations and lunchrooms at frequent intervals.
Four- to six-lane concrete roadbed.

Northwest of Atlantic City US 30 runs through wide sandy wastes with stunted trees, then through a belt of rich fruit-growing land, important for wine grapes. In the western region are many orchards, and then a broad zone of suburban towns. Known as the White Horse Pike, the highway carries the bulk of the traffic to Atlantic City passing through Philadelphia.

US 30, following Virginia Ave., branches west from Atlantic Ave. in Atlantic City.