Optimal Areas for Further Highway Development for South Jersey Shore Routes

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Objective:
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the rhighway d e ve lopm e ntto
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ic ultur
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od uc tion Ar
ea Figur e 1showsthe stud y c onne c tr
oute 55to the Gar d e n State Parkway.
Fe d e r
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Introduction:
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owth Ar
ea In the sum m e rtraffic going towar d sthe Je rse y Shor e isagr owing is sue .W ith the one of the
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ea
two be s twaysto ge tto the J erse y Shor e be ing atollr oad the ne e d forar oute withouttollsis
Spe c ialAG Pr
od uc tion Ar
ea 0 15 30 60Mile s
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tant.Asof rightnowr oute 55goe ss
se y,butthe highway stopsjusts
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outh towar
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oute 55and the Gar

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Abstract:
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Figur e 2showsland use BARREN LAN D
c lassific ationsforthe stud y are a, FOREST
asc lassifie d by the wate rshe d
W ETLAN DS The goalof thiss tud y wasto s e e whatar e aswould have alowe rc os tof highway
m anage m e ntar e as.
AGRI
CUL
TURE d e ve lopm e nt.By d e ve loping e ithe rr oute 55d own to the par kway orc r e ating m or e lane son
W ATER pr e- e xisting route ss om e shor e tr affic issue sc ould be alle viate d .The ar e aswhe r e found by
cr e ating ale as tc ostanalys isc r e ate d from land us e and slope d atas e ts. Anothe rr oute was
found us ing pre- ex isting r oad sand using spatialse le c tion toolsin or d e rto spe c ially loc ate
road sthatwould be the e asie s tto d e ve lop furthe r.The r e sultsof the le as tc oas tanalys is
c am e up with m any d iffe r e ntwaysthatahighway c ould be d e ve lope d ,while the s e le c tion
us ing pr e- existing r oad sys te m sm e thod c am e up with one r oute thatinte r se c te d with both

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5 25 50Mile s
route 55and the Gar

Methodology:
d e n State Par kway.

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Dataforthisstud y wasfound on the N e wJ er
s e y De par tm e ntof Environm e ntalPr ote c tion
RT55 RT55
GI Sd ownload page ,along with infor m ation fr om N JGI N and Stoc kton’ sGI Sd atabas e .The
Par
kway Par
kway
infor m ation use d to c re ate the le astc os tpath wasd ownload e d fr om the N JDEPwe bsite
stco
and the n puttoge the rinto one lar ge d atas e tso thatthe s lope c ould be fac tore d into the
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analys is.The land use d atawasfound in d atafr om the d iffe re ntwate rshe d m anage m e nt
146439-297490 are asaffe c te d by the d e ve lopm e ntof the highway.W he n the le as tc ostanalys iswasr an,
297491-423394 the r es ultwass e ve r
ald iffe r
e ntpathsthatc ould be take n be twe e n r oute 55and the
Par kway.The othe rpossible r oute of d e ve lopm e ntwasfound using pr e-e xisting r oad
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423395-615301
0 5 10 20Mile s 615302-8841
18 0 5 10 20Mile s sys te m s.Thisr oute wasfound by us ing the se le c tby attr ibute tooland the n se tting the
spatialse le c tion m e thod to find allr oad sthatinte r se c tats om e pointwith r oute 55and the
Figur e 3showsthe wate r she d se ffe c te d by highway Figur e 4showsthe populationse ffe c te d by highway par kway.
d e ve lopm e nt.Both the Gar d e n State Par kway and route 55 d e ve lopm e nt.
ar e shown s o c ur
re ntim pac tsar e shown.

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Results and Conclusion:
Route
Par
kway
RT55 The r es ultsof the le ast c ost analysiss howe d m any d iffe r e nt waysthat r oad sc ould be
leastcostpath d e ve lope d to c onne c t r
oute 55to the par kway.W ith the le ast c os t analys isfac torssuc h as
Value land us e we nt into the c onsid e ration of whe r e the r oad would go.Figur e 5s howsthe final
1-144 res ultsand in thism ap we tland swe r e avoid e d asm uc h asposs ible .The r e wassom e
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0000001-405 ove r lap with pr e-
e xisting road s,but thos e we r e not fac tor e d into the or iginal le as t c ost
r
oad s analys is.The re wasone r oute thatwasid e ntifie d asaposs ible route ford e ve lopm e ntthatis
s
tc o alr e ad y ar oad ,and thatwasRoute 47.Thatisthe only r oute thatinte r se c tswith both r oute
55and the Par kway.Both the le astc os tpath c r e ate d and the r oute found thr ough se le c tion
go thought Pine land sfor est are as,but the land us e d atafr om the wate r she d m anage m e nt
ar e ass howsthe le as tc ostbe ing the be tte rroute sto d e ve lop asbe tte rbe c aus e thos e paths
d o notinc lud e asm uc h we tland s.

Data Sources:

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