New Jersey Route 54

Route 54
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length	11.86 mi[2] (19.09 km)
Existed	March 30, 1938[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 40 / CR 557 / CR 619 in Buena Vista Township
Major intersections	US 322 in Folsom Route 73 / CR 561 Spur in Folsom A.C. Expressway in Hammonton
North end	US 30 / US 206 in Hammonton
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Atlantic
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← Route 53 → Route 55

Route 54 (known locally as 12th Street for much of its length) is a state highway located in Atlantic County in New Jersey, United States. It is considered to be a southern extension of U.S. Route 206 (US 206), running 11.86 mi (19.09 km) from an intersection with US 206 and US 30 in Hammonton south to an intersection with US 40 in Buena Vista Township. The road passes through the center of Hammonton before running into rural areas. It intersects US 322 and Route 73 in Folsom and the Atlantic City Expressway in Hammonton.

What is now Route 54 was originally legislated on March 30, 1938, to run from US 30/US 206 in Hammonton south to Main Road in Landis Township (part of present-day Vineland). The only part taken over as a state highway and designated Route 54 was north of US 40 in Buena, the proposed route south of this point remained as county-maintained Wheat Road. In 1953, Route 54 was defined onto its current alignment. A freeway was proposed along the Route 54 corridor in the late 1960s to connect the southern terminus of US 206 in Hammonton to Route 55 in the Vineland/Millville area; it was eventually canceled.