Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/New Jersey/Selected article/April 2012

Route 77 is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It runs 22.55 mi from an intersection with Route 49 in Bridgeton, Cumberland County north to an intersection with Route 45 in Mullica Hill, Gloucester County. It is a mostly two-lane, undivided road traversing through farmland in Cumberland, Salem, and Gloucester Counties. Along the way, Route 77 intersects Route 56 in Upper Deerfield Township and U.S. Route 40 in Upper Pittsgrove Township.

Prior to 1927, the route was a branch of pre-1927 Route 6 that ran from Bridgeton to Mullica Hill. In 1927, it was designated as Route 46, which replaced the Bridgeton-Mullica Hill branch of pre-1927 Route 6. In 1953, it was renumbered to Route 77 to avoid conflicting with U.S. Route 46 in the northern part of the state.