Ocean Drive begins in Cape May Point, and its southern terminus is split among two separate roads.

One branch of Ocean Drive begins on Sunset Boulevard (CR 606) at its dead end and travels for 0.5 miles.

It then crosses over the Middle Thorofare Bridge (toll southbound) and continues north into Wildwood Crest.

In North Wildwood, CR 621 ends and Ocean Drive follows Route 147 into Middle Township.

It crosses over the Townsends Inlet Bridge (toll southbound) and continues north through Sea Isle City.

It then makes a right turn on Route 152 and follows it to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway into Longport.

[3][4] The five toll bridges on Ocean Drive charge $2.50 for cars, which can be paid in cash or with E-ZPass.

Soon after, the alignment through Cape May was competed The rest of the original construction was delayed because of World War II.

With the completion of this span, the road and provided a continuous link between Cape May and Atlantic City.

The work consisted of replacing the deck, adding new hand rails, reconstructing the sidewalk from a single wide one into two smaller ones, installing marine cables.

[10][11][12] In 1955, the Ocean City-Longport Bridge received a minor improvement; its operator room was renovated with new doors and windows, while a steel deck was installed on the draw span.

[citation needed] With this, a short portion of road in Altantic County that was formerly designated as CR 20,[3][14] was redesignated as Route 152.

[16] The portion of road between Cape May Canal and Lower Township was to be redesignated as Route 109, with US 9 being realigned to travel to Delaware; this occurred in 1972.

[17] In 1977, the original toll plaza at the Ocean City-Longport Bridge was demolished and a wider one built in its place.

[8] In 1994, the current fixed-span steel girder bridge on the section concurrent with NJ 147 was built.

[18] This was done to protect the road from flooding, as well as so that the only direct connection to North Wildwood was four lanes wide.

[citation needed] As a result of the bridge replacement, the road was realigned off the former drawbridge, and the original alignment became CR 665.

[citation needed] By this point, by the Route 147 concurrency had been extended to New York Avenue in North Wildwood, replacing a short portion of CR 621.

[21] By the late 1980s, it had become apparent the Ocean city-Longport bridge was far to structurally unsafe for continued operation, and needed to be replaced.

[13] The Middle Thoroughfare Bridge underwent emergency scour repairs following Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.

In 2017 the Cape May County Freeholders approved the purchase of E-ZPass equipment to be installed on the five toll bridges.

The Cape May County Bridge Commission looked for a replacement for the motor, and the closure was expected to last at least several weeks.

[34] As of 2024, this has been expanded to include replacing the Corsons Inlet Bridge as well, as it is unable to lift its draw due to serious deterioration, this is in spite of being the second newest.