 What is now Route 54 was originally legislated in 1938 to run from US 30 / US 206 in Hammonton south to Main Road in Landis Township ( part of present @-@ day Vineland ) . The only part taken over as a state highway and designated Route 54 was north of US 40 in Buena , the proposed route south of this point remained as county @-@ maintained Lincoln Avenue . In 1953 , Route 54 was defined onto its current alignment . A freeway was proposed along the Route 54 corridor in the late 1960s to connect the southern terminus of US 206 in Hammonton to Route 55 in the Vineland / Millville area ; it was eventually canceled . 
