page_title: New Jersey Route 38
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: New Jersey Route 38 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: View east along New Jersey State Route 38 (Kaighn Avenue) at Longwood Avenue in Cherry Hill Township, Camden County, New Jersey
context_page_description: Route 38 is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It extends 19.19 mi from the Airport Circle, where it intersects U.S. Route 30 and U.S. Route 130, in Pennsauken Township, Camden County to an intersection with U.S. Route 206 and County Route 530 in Southampton Township, Burlington County. The entire route is closely parallel to County Route 537, being only one block away at places. The route is a four- to six-lane divided highway for most of its length and passes through commercial development, residential development, and some farmland.
  Route 38 was signed in 1927, replacing part of Pre-1927 Route 18, which had run from Camden to Toms River. Route 38 was originally planned to be a freeway crossing the state of New Jersey, running from Camden to Wall Township, Monmouth County. The eastern part of this freeway would become part of Interstate 195 in the late 1960s. The freeway routing was then modified to head north of Interstate 195 to the Route 18 freeway in Colts Neck Township but was ultimately canceled by the late 1970s due to environmental and financial concerns.
context_section_description: Route 38 begins at the Airport Circle junction of County Route 607 (Kaighn Avenue), U.S. Route 30, and U.S. Route 130 in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, heading east on Kaighns Avenue. It meets a partial cloverleaf interchange with the western terminus of Route 70, which replaced the Browning Road Traffic Circle. A six–lane divided highway separated by a Jersey barrier, it proceeds eastward, crossing into Cherry Hill Township, where it heads through commercial development. Route 38 features cloverleaf interchanges with County Route 636 (Cuthbert Boulevard) and County Route 644 (Haddonfield Road), passing under NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line between the two interchanges. Past the County Route 644 interchange, Route 38 passes by the Cherry Hill Mall, located on the north side of the road. It proceeds through the Church Road Circle, where it crosses County Route 616 (Church Road) and County Route 627 (Coles Avenue/Cooper Landing Road).
  Route 38 crosses the South Branch of the Pennsauken Creek into Maple Shade Township, Burlington County. The route then reaches a cloverleaf interchange with Route 41 and then interchanges with Route 73. The Route 38-41-73 interchange complex replaced a dangerous and congested 6-way traffic circle. The route then crosses County Route 608 (Lenola Road) into Moorestown Township, where it becomes unnamed. Route 38 then travels by the Moorestown Mall before passing by the Strawbridge Lake Park, where it crosses County Route 607 (Church Street) and then County Route 603 (Mount Laurel Road). It then enters Mount Laurel Township, where it intersects County Route 615 (Marter Avenue) before passing over Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike.
  It then continues east, heading into more residential than commercial development. Route 38 intersects many roads with jughandles, including County Route 686 (Hartford Road), County Route 635 (Ark Road), and County Route 636 (Masonville-Fostertown Road) crossing into Hainesport Township, where it further intersects County Route 674 (Hainesport-Mount Laurel Road), County Route 636 (Creek Road) without a traffic light, and County Route 641 (Hainesport-Lumberton Road).  The route then crosses the South Branch of Rancocas Creek before entering Lumberton Township, where the road intersects County Route 541, the Mount Holly Bypass.  Route 38 then runs through the southern part of the Mount Holly area, intersecting County Route 691 (Madison Avenue/Main Street), the former alignment of County Route 541. It crosses into Mount Holly Township at the intersection of County Route 612 (Pine Street/Eayerstown Road).  Past this intersection, Route 38 eventually becomes an undivided highway and then reenters Lumberton Township. The route then heads into farmland and crosses into Southampton Township at the intersection with County Route 684 (Smithville Road).  Route 38 then ends at the intersection with U.S. Route 206 where the road continues east as County Route 530 (Pemberton Road).
caption: Eastbound Route 38 in Cherry Hill
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