New Jersey Route 37

Route 37
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length	13.4 mi[1] (21.6 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
West end	Route 70 in Lakehurst
Major intersections	CR 527 in Toms River US 9 / G.S. Parkway in Toms River Route 166 in Toms River
East end	Route 35 in Seaside Heights
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Ocean
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← Route 36 → Route 38

Route 37 is a state highway located in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The route runs 13.4 mi (21.57 km) from a traffic circle with Route 70 in Lakehurst east to an interchange with Route 35 in Seaside Heights. A two– to six–lane divided highway its entire length, Route 37 serves as the major east–west route through the Toms River area as well as a main route to the Barnegat Peninsula, crossing the Barnegat Bay on the Thomas A. Mathis and J. Stanley Tunney Bridges. The route through Toms River is lined with many businesses and named Little League World Champions Boulevard in honor of Toms River East Little League's victory in the 1998 Little League World Series. Route 37 intersects many major roads in the Toms River area, including CR 527, the Garden State Parkway/US 9, Route 166, CR 549, and CR 571. The route experiences congestion from both development in the area and from traffic bound for the barrier islands in the summer.

Route 37 was first legislated in 1927 in two sections: one running from Trenton to White Horse along the current US 206 alignment that replaced part of Pre-1927 Route 2 and the other running from Lakehurst to Point Pleasant that replaced part of Pre-1927 Route 18 between Lakehurst and Toms River. In 1953, Route 37 was legislated along its current alignment, with the designation dropped on the Trenton–White Horse segment to avoid the concurrency with US 206 and the Seaside Heights–Point Pleasant section becoming a realignment of Route 35. Route 37 was then proposed in the 1960s as a freeway running from White Horse to Seaside Heights. This freeway proposal was eventually altered to create I-195, running from Trenton to Wall Township.