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Rio Grande is situated at the junction of U.S. Route 9 and Route 47. U.S. Route 9 runs south to Cape May and north toward the Atlantic City area while Route 47 runs southeast to Wildwood and north to Millville and the Camden area. Rio Grande is accessible from the Garden State Parkway at exit 4 northbound and exit 4B southbound. [25]
Route S49 was extended from Rio Grande to Park Boulevard in Wildwood in 1938. [15] In the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering, Route 47 and Route 49 switched alignments south and east of Millville and Route 47 replaced Route S49 south to Wildwood. [16] [17] Route 47 southbound at the Garden State Parkway interchange in Middle Township
Old Rio Grande Avenue Dead end in Lower Township: CR 624 (2) 0.14 0.23 Route 47 in Lower Township: West Rio Grande Avenue Dead end in Lower Township: CR 625: 2.78 4.47 US 9 in Dennis Township: Sea Isle Boulevard, John F. Kennedy Boulevard CR 619 in Sea Isle City: CR 626: 7.75 12.47 CR 604 in West Cape May: Broadway, Seashore Road, Railroad ...
The airport started in 1941 as NAS Rio Grande, named for its location near Rio Grande, New Jersey. Due to confusion with Rio Grande, Texas, the name was changed to NAS Wildwood in 1943. Following the end of World War II, Naval Air Station Wildwood was deemed excess to U.S. Navy requirements.
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 ...
The airport started in 1941 as NAS Rio Grande, named for its location near Rio Grande, New Jersey. Due to confusion with Rio Grande, Texas, the name was changed to NAS Wildwood in 1943, in relation to Wildwood, New Jersey. Following the end of World War II, Naval Air Station Wildwood was deemed excess to U.S. Navy requirements.
On March 5, a father and son from the Villas area of Lower Township, New Jersey, along with an individual from Rio Grande, were apprehended. [ 5 ] A subsequent inspection by Macrie and CMSL employees revealed the theft encompassed approximately 6,800 feet (1 1/4 miles) of track, affecting 75 percent of the tie plates and spikes in that section ...
A 1777 map depicting Cape May County, the scene of the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet on June 29, 1776, in the American Revolutionary War. Before Cape May County was settled by Europeans, the indigenous Kechemeche tribe of the Lenape people inhabited South Jersey, and traveled to the barrier islands during the summer to hunt and fish.