The Expressway provides safe and efficient access to Atlantic City, the Shore and rural and suburban communities along the Expressway. Operation and maintenance of the roadway is supported by tolls collected at two barrier toll plazas and five entrance and exit ramps. The Expressway operates 47 miles of roadway as of 2001, when the Atlantic City Connector was completed. The Authority is also charged with promoting economic development in its six-county region through transportation-related projects. When the South Jersey Transportation Authority was established in 1991 by the New Jersey Legislature, it was given the responsibility for the Expressway, Atlantic City International Airport and tour-bus travel in Atlantic County. Its Atlantic City connection was completed in 1965.
Construction of the 44-mile Atlantic City Expressway (ACE) began in 1962 to connect the Delaware Valley and Philadelphia metropolitan area with Atlantic City and other South Jersey shore communities.
