 A freeway was originally proposed for the Route 72 corridor in the late 1960s . The Route 72 freeway was planned to run from the Four Mile Circle to the New Jersey Turnpike in Westampton Township , where it would connect to the proposed I @-@ 895 that would continue to I @-@ 95 near Bristol , Pennsylvania . The existing Route 72 would also be widened into a four @-@ lane divided highway . Both I @-@ 895 and Route 72 were intended to connect Bucks County , Pennsylvania and the Willingboro area with the Jersey Shore . The proposed freeway for Route 72 was to cost $ 39 million . However , construction costs and the desire to use money for mass transit led to cancellation of both I @-@ 895 and the Route 72 freeway by the 1980s . 
