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5 unusual facts about Atlantic City Expressway


Absecon Island

He built a cabin of cedar logs and cleared a field where the Atlantic City Expressway now ends in Atlantic City.

Atlantic City Expressway

Plans resurfaced for the road in the 1950s when a group of officials led by State Senator Frank S. Farley pushed for a road to help the area economy.

Farley Service Plaza, the only service area on the route, has a building containing several fast food restaurants and a gas station.

On January 8, 2008, Governor Jon Corzine proposed a 50 percent increase in tolls on New Jersey's three toll roads in 2010, with increases of a similar percentage every four years after that, in order to help pay down the state debt.

In 2008, two separate plans were made to raise the tolls along the road, one proposed by Governor Jon Corzine and one proposed by the South Jersey Transportation Authority that would increase tolls 50%.



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