U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey
U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a United States Numbered Highway in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, running from Laurel, Delaware, to Champlain, New York. In New Jersey, the route runs 166.80 miles (268.44 km) from the Cape May–Lewes Ferry terminal in North Cape May, Cape May County, where the ferry carries US 9 across the Delaware Bay to Lewes, Delaware, north to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, Bergen County, where the route along with Interstate 95 (I-95) and US 1 continue into New York City. US 9 is the longest U.S. Highway in the state.
US 9 southbound past its intersection with CR 601 in Middle Township
US 9 southbound at the northern end of its concurrency with the GSP in Somers Point
US 9 northbound past US 30 in Absecon
US 9 northbound past its intersection with CR 554 in Barnegat Township
The Cape May–Lewes Ferry is a ferry system in the United States that traverses a 17-mile (27 km) crossing of the Delaware Bay connecting North Cape May, New Jersey with Lewes, Delaware. The ferry constitutes a portion of U.S. Route 9 and is the final crossing of the Delaware River-Delaware Bay waterway before it meets the Atlantic Ocean. It is only one of two direct crossings between Delaware and New Jersey, the other being the Delaware Memorial Bridge
M.V. Delaware near the Lewes, Delaware terminal on May 21, 2019
The Cape May, New Jersey terminal
The Lewes, Delaware terminal
The "shark's fin" stacks of the MV Delaware, pictured at the Lewes, Delaware, terminal, on July 6, 2004.
