New Jersey Route 163
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| Maintained by New Jersey Department of Transportation | ||||
| Length: | 0.30 mi (0.48 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1953 – present | |||
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 US 46 in Delaware
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| North end: | Dead end in Delaware | |||
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| Counties: | Warren | |||
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New Jersey State Highway Routes
Route 163 is a short 0.30-mile (0.48 km) long state highway in the county of Warren in New Jersey. The route, which is currently a stub, used to be the approach to the destroyed Delaware Bridge, which was a road bridge over the Delaware River, connecting the settlement of Delaware, New Jersey with Portland, Pennsylvania. Until 1953, the bridge carried U.S. Route 46 over the river. The bridge has been destroyed, but the approaches are still state-maintained. A still-existing bridge carries an abandoned ex-Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad line across the river just north of the former road crossing. The unsigned Route 163 runs from US 46 north to a dead end on the east side of US 46, all in Knowlton Township, New Jersey. From the dead end, the bridge approach continued northwest and west over US 46 to the bridge.
Route 163 begins north of an intersection with U.S. Route 46 and Roy Ace Road in the community of Delaware. The highway heads to the north along Lackawanna Road. Route 163 passes several residences to the north and a short stretch of homes to the south. There is a short intersection with an unnamed local road. After that intersection, Route 163 passes a truck stop that is visible on both Route 46, which parallels to the south, and the short state highway. There is another short truck stop before an intersection with a return ramp to Route 46. Route 163 officially terminates at a barricaded dead-end near Hemlock Hill Road.
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