It's almost impossible to drive from Maryland to Atlantic City
without paying a toll. The Delaware Memorial Bridge on I-295 is
toll-free eastbound, so you can take I-295 to US-40 to Atlantic
City, instead of paying the toll on the Atlantic City Expressway.
US-40 is not a freeway, so you will slow down and stop in every
little town along the way. Also, to get back, you would have to go
north of Philadelphia to cross the Delaware River without paying a
toll.