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The Delaware State Route System consists of roads in the U.S. state of Delaware that are maintained by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). The system includes the portions of the Interstate Highway System and United States Numbered Highways system located in the state along with state routes and other roads maintained by DelDOT.
River Road at Oak Orchard: DE 1 near Milton: 1938 [33] current DE 5 Alt. 3.8: 6.1 DE 5 near Milton: DE 5 / DE 16 near Milton: 1998 [34] current DE 6: 17.38: 27.97 MD 291 near Blackiston: Delaware Avenue at Woodland Beach: 1936 [4] current DE 7: 16.87: 27.15 US 13 / DE 72 in Wrangle Hill: SR 3013 at Pennsylvania state line near Hockessin
A 3.75-mile (6.04 km) long portion of the road near Wilmington was finished in 1816 with the remainder completed in 1823. [15] With the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, the Philadelphia Pike was to be improved by the state. [16] The Philadelphia Pike was upgraded to a state highway by 1920. [17]
DE 9 is a designated scenic highway known as the Delaware Bayshore Byway south of New Castle, running through mostly rural areas to the west of the Delaware Bay and the Delaware River as a two-lane undivided road. Between New Castle and Wilmington, DE 9 is a four-lane road that runs through urban and suburban areas.
[2] [9] In 1926, the Delaware State Highway Department suggested that the portion of US 40 that followed US 13 along the DuPont Highway be widened. [10] This widening was completed a year later. [11] In 1928, US 40 was rerouted at Hares Corner to head east through New Castle and cross the Delaware River on a ferry to Pennsville, New Jersey.
The Delaware State Highway Department recommended that DE 9 along the Delaware Bay and Delaware River be designated a scenic highway as far back as 1965. In 2007, the Route 9 Coastal Heritage Byway was nominated and designated as a Delaware Scenic and Historic Highway. [10] By 2017, the byway was extended south from the Dover area to Lewes. [11]
In the community of Gravel Hill, the road crosses DE 30. Following this intersection, US 9/DE 404 passes through more rural land, reaching a junction with DE 5 near businesses in the community of Harbeson. Past here, the two routes cross an abandoned railroad line at the Cool Spring Road intersection in the community of Cool Spring.
This is a list of municipalities on the Delaware River and Delaware Bay from the confluence of the East Branch Delaware River and West Branch Delaware River downstream to the Atlantic Ocean. Since the river forms a state border for the entirety of its length (with the exception of Finns Point and Artificial Island ), its left and right banks ...