New Jersey Route 83

Route 83
Trooper Bertram T. Zimmerman III Memorial Highway
Route 83 shown in red
Route information
Maintained by NJDOT
Length	3.81 mi[1] (6.13 km)
Existed	January 1, 1953[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	Route 47 in Dennis Township
East end	US 9 in Dennis Township
Location
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
Counties	Cape May
Highway system
New Jersey State Highway Routes Interstate US State Scenic Byways
← Route 82 → Route 84

Route 83 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is completely within Dennis Township, New Jersey, running 3.81 mi (6.13 km) from an intersection with Route 47 east to an intersection with U.S. Route 9 (US 9). The route, which passes through woodland and some residential development, is also known as the Trooper Bertram T. Zimmerman III Memorial Highway in honor of a New Jersey State Police officer who was killed along Route 83 in 2004 while responding to an armed robbery.

Between 1927 and 1953, Route 83 was a part of Route 49, which originally ran south of Millville along Route 47 between Millville and South Dennis and along the entire length of Route 83. In 1953, the route became Route 83 when Route 49 was realigned to follow what was then Route 47 between Millville and Tuckahoe and Route 47 was aligned to follow Route S49 between South Dennis and Wildwood. In 2007, the state completed reconstruction of the intersection with Route 47 to include a traffic signal. A school bus accident has prompted the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to install a traffic signal at the Y intersection of Route 83 and US 9.