The connector is a state highway owned and operated by the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) it has an unsigned designation of Route 446X. Locally, the freeway is known as 'the Tunnel', due to the tunnel along its route that passes underneath the Westside neighborhood. It is a 2.37-mile (3.81 km) extension of the Atlantic City Expressway, connecting it to New Jersey Route 87, which leads into Brigantine via the Marina district of Atlantic City. The Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector (officially the Atlantic City Expressway Connector also known as the Atlantic City Connector or Brigantine Connector) is a connector freeway in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector highlighted in red alternate routing per NJDOT in blue
