 was designated as Route 50 , the highest state route number assigned in the renumbering . Route 50 retained its current routing in the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering . A freeway was proposed for Route 50 around 1960 , running from the Garden State Parkway in Dennis Township north to US 30 in Mullica Township . This proposed freeway was intended to provide economic development to the region as well as provide a better route to the Jersey Shore resorts of Cape May County for travelers from the Delaware Valley . However , this freeway was canceled by the mid @-@ 1970s due to financial and environmental concerns as well as lack of traffic along Route 50 . On November 21 , 2008 , construction began on making the interchange with the Atlantic City Expressway a full interchange as part of a series of improvements set for the Atlantic City Expressway . This project was completed on June 18 , 2010 .   = = Major intersections = =   = Air Rhodesia Flight 825 =   Air Rhodesia Flight 825 was a scheduled passenger flight that was shot down by the Zimbabwe People 's Revolutionary Army ( ZIPRA ) on 3 September 1978 , during the Rhodesian Bush War . The aircraft involved , a Vickers Viscount named the Hunyani , was flying the last leg of Air Rhodesia 's regular scheduled service from Victoria Falls to the capital Salisbury , via the resort town of Kariba .   Soon after Flight 825 took off , a group of ZIPRA guerrillas scored a direct hit on its starboard wing with a Soviet @-@ made Strela 2 surface @-@ to @-@ air infrared homing missile , critically damaging the aircraft and forcing an emergency landing . An attempted belly landing in a cotton field just west of Karoi was foiled by an unseen ditch , which caused the plane to cartwheel and break up . Of the 52 passengers and four crew , 38 died in this crash ; the insurgents then approached the wreckage , rounded up the 10 survivors they could see and massacred them with automatic gunfire . Three passengers survived by hiding in the surrounding bush , while a further five lived because they had gone to look for water before the guerrillas arrived .   ZIPRA leader Joshua Nkomo publicly claimed responsibility for shooting down the Hunyani in an interview with the BBC 's Today programme the same evening , saying the aircraft had been used for military purposes , but denied that his men had killed survivors on the ground . The majority of Rhodesians , both black and white , saw the attack as an act of terrorism . A fierce white Rhodesian backlash followed against perceived enemies , with many whites becoming violently resentful and suspicious of blacks in general , even though few black Rhodesians supported attacks of this kind . Reports viewing the attack negatively appeared in international journals such as Time magazine , but there was almost no acknowledgement of it by overseas governments , much to the Rhodesian government 's indignation .   Talks between Nkomo and Prime Minister Ian Smith , which had been progressing promisingly , were immediately suspended by the furious Rhodesians , with Smith calling Nkomo a " monster " . On 10 September , Smith announced the extension of martial law over selected areas . The Rhodesian Security Forces launched several retaliatory strikes into Zambia and Mozambique over the following months , attacking both ZIPRA and its rival , the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ( ZANLA ) . The attack on ZIPRA in particular brought great controversy as many of those killed were refugees camping in and around guerrilla positions . Five months later , in February 1979 , ZIPRA shot down Air Rhodesia Flight 827 , another civilian flight , in an almost identical incident .   = = Background = =   A dispute over the terms for the granting of full sovereignty to the self @-@ governing colony of Rhodesia ( or Southern Rhodesia ) led the colonial government , headed by Prime Minister Ian Smith , to unilaterally declare independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965 . The idea of " no independence before majority rule " had recently gained ground in Britain and elsewhere amid decolonisation , and Rhodesia 's government was dominated by the country 's white minority , so the unilateral declaration went unrecognised internationally . Britain and the United Nations imposed economic sanctions on Rhodesia .   Two rival communist @-@ backed black nationalist groups initiated military campaigns to overthrow the government and introduce majority rule : the Chinese @-@ aligned Zimbabwe African National Union ( ZANU ) , mostly comprising Shonas , created the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army ( ZANLA ) and adopted aspects of Maoist doctrine , while the Ndebele @-@ dominated Zimbabwe African People 's Union ( ZAPU ) , aligned with Soviet @-@ style Marxism – Leninism and the Warsaw Pact , mobilised the Zimbabwe People 's Revolutionary Army ( ZIPRA ) . These guerrilla armies proceeded to wage what they called the " Second Chimurenga " against the Rhodesian government and security forces . The resulting conflict , the Rhodesian Bush War , began in earnest in December 1972 , when Z
Ġwas Ġdesignated Ġas ĠRoute Ġ50 Ġ, Ġthe Ġhighest Ġstate Ġroute Ġnumber Ġassigned Ġin Ġthe Ġren umber ing Ġ. ĠRoute Ġ50 Ġretained Ġits Ġcurrent Ġrouting Ġin Ġthe Ġ1953 ĠNew ĠJersey Ġstate Ġhighway Ġren umber ing Ġ. ĠA Ġfreeway Ġwas Ġproposed Ġfor ĠRoute Ġ50 Ġaround Ġ1960 Ġ, Ġrunning Ġfrom Ġthe ĠGarden ĠState ĠParkway Ġin ĠDennis ĠTownship Ġnorth Ġto ĠUS Ġ30 Ġin ĠMull ica ĠTownship Ġ. ĠThis Ġproposed Ġfreeway Ġwas Ġintended Ġto Ġprovide Ġeconomic Ġdevelopment Ġto Ġthe Ġregion Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġprovide Ġa Ġbetter Ġroute Ġto Ġthe ĠJersey ĠShore Ġresorts Ġof ĠCape ĠMay ĠCounty Ġfor Ġtravelers Ġfrom Ġthe ĠDelaware ĠValley Ġ. ĠHowever Ġ, Ġthis Ġfreeway Ġwas Ġcanceled Ġby Ġthe Ġmid Ġ@ - @ Ġ1970 s Ġdue Ġto Ġfinancial Ġand Ġenvironmental Ġconcerns Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġlack Ġof Ġtraffic Ġalong ĠRoute Ġ50 Ġ. ĠOn ĠNovember Ġ21 Ġ, Ġ2008 Ġ, Ġconstruction Ġbegan Ġon Ġmaking Ġthe Ġinterchange Ġwith Ġthe ĠAtlantic ĠCity ĠExpress way Ġa Ġfull Ġinterchange Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġa Ġseries Ġof Ġimprovements Ġset Ġfor Ġthe ĠAtlantic ĠCity ĠExpress way Ġ. ĠThis Ġproject Ġwas Ġcompleted Ġon ĠJune Ġ18 Ġ, Ġ2010 Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠMajor Ġintersections Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠAir ĠRhodes ia ĠFlight Ġ8 25 Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠAir ĠRhodes ia ĠFlight Ġ8 25 Ġwas Ġa Ġscheduled Ġpassenger Ġflight Ġthat Ġwas Ġshot Ġdown Ġby Ġthe ĠZimbabwe ĠPeople Ġ' s ĠRevolutionary ĠArmy Ġ( ĠZIP RA Ġ) Ġon Ġ3 ĠSeptember Ġ1978 Ġ, Ġduring Ġthe ĠRhodes ian ĠBush ĠWar Ġ. ĠThe Ġaircraft Ġinvolved Ġ, Ġa ĠV ickers ĠV isc ount Ġnamed Ġthe ĠHun y ani Ġ, Ġwas Ġflying Ġthe Ġlast Ġleg Ġof ĠAir ĠRhodes ia Ġ' s Ġregular Ġscheduled Ġservice Ġfrom ĠVictoria ĠFalls Ġto Ġthe Ġcapital ĠSal isbury Ġ, Ġvia Ġthe Ġresort Ġtown Ġof ĠKar iba Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSoon Ġafter ĠFlight Ġ8 25 Ġtook Ġoff Ġ, Ġa Ġgroup Ġof ĠZIP RA Ġgu err illas Ġscored Ġa Ġdirect Ġhit Ġon Ġits Ġstar board Ġwing Ġwith Ġa ĠSoviet Ġ@ - @ Ġmade ĠSt rel a Ġ2 Ġsurface Ġ@ - @ Ġto Ġ@ - @ Ġair Ġinfrared Ġh oming Ġmissile Ġ, Ġcritically Ġdamaging Ġthe Ġaircraft Ġand Ġforcing Ġan Ġemergency Ġlanding Ġ. ĠAn Ġattempted Ġbelly Ġlanding Ġin Ġa Ġcotton Ġfield Ġjust Ġwest Ġof ĠKar oi Ġwas Ġfo iled Ġby Ġan Ġunseen Ġditch Ġ, Ġwhich Ġcaused Ġthe Ġplane Ġto Ġcart wheel Ġand Ġbreak Ġup Ġ. ĠOf Ġthe Ġ52 Ġpassengers Ġand Ġfour Ġcrew Ġ, Ġ38 Ġdied Ġin Ġthis Ġcrash Ġ; Ġthe Ġinsurgents Ġthen Ġapproached Ġthe Ġwreckage Ġ, Ġrounded Ġup Ġthe Ġ10 Ġsurvivors Ġthey Ġcould Ġsee Ġand Ġmassac red Ġthem Ġwith Ġautomatic Ġgunfire Ġ. ĠThree Ġpassengers Ġsurvived Ġby Ġhiding Ġin Ġthe Ġsurrounding Ġbush Ġ, Ġwhile Ġa Ġfurther Ġfive Ġlived Ġbecause Ġthey Ġhad Ġgone Ġto Ġlook Ġfor Ġwater Ġbefore Ġthe Ġgu err illas Ġarrived Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠZIP RA Ġleader ĠJoshua ĠN k omo Ġpublicly Ġclaimed Ġresponsibility Ġfor Ġshooting Ġdown Ġthe ĠHun y ani Ġin Ġan Ġinterview Ġwith Ġthe ĠBBC Ġ' s ĠToday Ġprogramme Ġthe Ġsame Ġevening Ġ, Ġsaying Ġthe Ġaircraft Ġhad Ġbeen Ġused Ġfor Ġmilitary Ġpurposes Ġ, Ġbut Ġdenied Ġthat Ġhis Ġmen Ġhad Ġkilled Ġsurvivors Ġon Ġthe Ġground Ġ. ĠThe Ġmajority Ġof ĠRhodes ians Ġ, Ġboth Ġblack Ġand Ġwhite Ġ, Ġsaw Ġthe Ġattack Ġas Ġan Ġact Ġof Ġterrorism Ġ. ĠA Ġfierce Ġwhite ĠRhodes ian Ġbacklash Ġfollowed Ġagainst Ġperceived Ġenemies Ġ, Ġwith Ġmany Ġwhites Ġbecoming Ġviolently Ġresent ful Ġand Ġsuspicious Ġof Ġblacks Ġin Ġgeneral Ġ, Ġeven Ġthough Ġfew Ġblack ĠRhodes ians Ġsupported Ġattacks Ġof Ġthis Ġkind Ġ. ĠReports Ġviewing Ġthe Ġattack Ġnegatively Ġappeared Ġin Ġinternational Ġjournals Ġsuch Ġas ĠTime Ġmagazine Ġ, Ġbut Ġthere Ġwas Ġalmost Ġno Ġacknowledgement Ġof Ġit Ġby Ġoverseas Ġgovernments Ġ, Ġmuch Ġto Ġthe ĠRhodes ian Ġgovernment Ġ' s Ġindignation Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠTalks Ġbetween ĠN k omo Ġand ĠPrime ĠMinister ĠIan ĠSmith Ġ, Ġwhich Ġhad Ġbeen Ġprogressing Ġpromising ly Ġ, Ġwere Ġimmediately Ġsuspended Ġby Ġthe Ġfurious ĠRhodes ians Ġ, Ġwith ĠSmith Ġcalling ĠN k omo Ġa Ġ" Ġmonster Ġ" Ġ. ĠOn Ġ10 ĠSeptember Ġ, ĠSmith Ġannounced Ġthe Ġextension Ġof Ġmartial Ġlaw Ġover Ġselected Ġareas Ġ. ĠThe ĠRhodes ian ĠSecurity ĠForces Ġlaunched Ġseveral Ġretali atory Ġstrikes Ġinto ĠZamb ia Ġand ĠMoz amb ique Ġover Ġthe Ġfollowing Ġmonths Ġ, Ġattacking Ġboth ĠZIP RA Ġand Ġits Ġrival Ġ, Ġthe ĠZimbabwe ĠAfrican ĠNational ĠLiberation ĠArmy Ġ( ĠZ AN LA Ġ) Ġ. ĠThe Ġattack Ġon ĠZIP RA Ġin Ġparticular Ġbrought Ġgreat Ġcontroversy Ġas Ġmany Ġof Ġthose Ġkilled Ġwere Ġrefugees Ġcamping Ġin Ġand Ġaround Ġguerrilla Ġpositions Ġ. ĠFive Ġmonths Ġlater Ġ, Ġin ĠFebruary Ġ1979 Ġ, ĠZIP RA Ġshot Ġdown ĠAir ĠRhodes ia ĠFlight Ġ8 27 Ġ, Ġanother Ġcivilian Ġflight Ġ, Ġin Ġan Ġalmost Ġidentical Ġincident Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠBackground Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠA Ġdispute Ġover Ġthe Ġterms Ġfor Ġthe Ġgranting Ġof Ġfull Ġsovereignty Ġto Ġthe Ġself Ġ@ - @ Ġgoverning Ġcolony Ġof ĠRhodes ia Ġ( Ġor ĠSouthern ĠRhodes ia Ġ) Ġled Ġthe Ġcolonial Ġgovernment Ġ, Ġheaded Ġby ĠPrime ĠMinister ĠIan ĠSmith Ġ, Ġto Ġunilaterally Ġdeclare Ġindependence Ġfrom Ġthe ĠUnited ĠKingdom Ġon Ġ11 ĠNovember Ġ1965 Ġ. ĠThe Ġidea Ġof Ġ" Ġno Ġindependence Ġbefore Ġmajority Ġrule Ġ" Ġhad Ġrecently Ġgained Ġground Ġin ĠBritain Ġand Ġelsewhere Ġamid Ġdec olon isation Ġ, Ġand ĠRhodes ia Ġ' s Ġgovernment Ġwas Ġdominated Ġby Ġthe Ġcountry Ġ' s Ġwhite Ġminority Ġ, Ġso Ġthe Ġunilateral Ġdeclaration Ġwent Ġunrecogn ised Ġinternationally Ġ. ĠBritain Ġand Ġthe ĠUnited ĠNations Ġimposed Ġeconomic Ġsanctions Ġon ĠRhodes ia Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠTwo Ġrival Ġcommunist Ġ@ - @ Ġbacked Ġblack Ġnationalist Ġgroups Ġinitiated Ġmilitary Ġcampaigns Ġto Ġoverthrow Ġthe Ġgovernment Ġand Ġintroduce Ġmajority Ġrule Ġ: Ġthe ĠChinese Ġ@ - @ Ġaligned ĠZimbabwe ĠAfrican ĠNational ĠUnion Ġ( ĠZ AN U Ġ) Ġ, Ġmostly Ġcomprising ĠSh on as Ġ, Ġcreated Ġthe ĠZimbabwe ĠAfrican ĠNational ĠLiberation ĠArmy Ġ( ĠZ AN LA Ġ) Ġand Ġadopted Ġaspects Ġof ĠMao ist Ġdoctrine Ġ, Ġwhile Ġthe ĠN de be le Ġ@ - @ Ġdominated ĠZimbabwe ĠAfrican ĠPeople Ġ' s ĠUnion Ġ( ĠZ AP U Ġ) Ġ, Ġaligned Ġwith ĠSoviet Ġ@ - @ Ġstyle ĠMarxism ĠâĢĵ ĠLenin ism Ġand Ġthe ĠWarsaw ĠPact Ġ, Ġmobil ised Ġthe ĠZimbabwe ĠPeople Ġ' s ĠRevolutionary ĠArmy Ġ( ĠZIP RA Ġ) Ġ. ĠThese Ġguerrilla Ġarmies Ġproceeded Ġto Ġwage Ġwhat Ġthey Ġcalled Ġthe Ġ" ĠSecond ĠChim ure ng a Ġ" Ġagainst Ġthe ĠRhodes ian Ġgovernment Ġand Ġsecurity Ġforces Ġ. ĠThe Ġresulting Ġconflict Ġ, Ġthe ĠRhodes ian ĠBush ĠWar Ġ, Ġbegan Ġin Ġearnest Ġin ĠDecember Ġ1972 Ġ, Ġwhen ĠZ