County Route 540 (New Jersey)

County Route 540
CR 540 highlighted in red
Route information
Length:	43.16 mi (69.46 km)
Major junctions
West end:	US 130 / Route 140 in Carneys Point Township
	US 40 / Route 140 in Carneys Point Township Route 45 in Mannington Township CR 581 in Alloway Township Route 77 in Upper Deerfield Township CR 553 in Pittsgrove Township Route 47 in Vineland CR 555 in Vineland CR 557 in Buena Vista Township
East end:	US 40 / CR 622 in Buena Vista Township
Location
Counties:	Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic
Highway system
County routes in New Jersey 500-series ← CR 539 CR 541 →

County routes in New Jersey

County Route 540, abbreviated CR 540, is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends 43.16 miles (69.46 km) from the intersection of U.S. Route 130 and Route 140 in Carneys Point Township to Harding Highway (U.S. Route 40) in Buena Vista Township.

Mile markers on County Route 540 continue from NJ 140's mileage, which would indicate a short concurrency with NJ 140 to that road's western terminus at US 130, while real-world signage indicates CR 540's western terminus is at NJ 140's eastern terminus at US 40.

The first 0.92 mi (1.48 km) of CR 540 are concurrent with the entire length of Route 140, running southeast through commercial areas of Carneys Point Township from an intersection with US 130 and interchanging with I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike/US 40 at the point US 40 splits from the New Jersey Turnpike. From the east end of Route 140, signage for CR 540 begins past US 40, with the route heading southeast on two-lane undivided Hawks Bridge Road. The road runs through residential neighborhoods before crossing the Salem River into Mannington Township. The route intersects CR 631 as it heads through forests before entering a mix of woods and farms as the road turns south and briefly becomes a divided highway at the CR 646 junction. From here, CR 540 becomes Pointers Road and runs through more agricultural areas, crossing the marshy Mannington Creek before briefly turning southeast onto Bypass Road and intersecting CR 620 and Route 45.