The Black Horse Pike is a designation used for a number of different roadways that had been part of a historic route connecting the Camden area to the area of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Roadways now bearing the Black Horse Pike designation include portions of New Jersey Route 168, New Jersey Route 42, U.S. Route 322 and U.S. Route 40.
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Famous quotes containing the words black, horse and/or pike:
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there was a white
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With an old horse that stumbles and nods
Half asleep as they stalk.”
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