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The completion of the Delaware Turnpike allowed motorists to travel from Washington, D.C. to Boston without having to stop at a traffic light. Construction of the Delaware Turnpike cost $30 million (equivalent to $229 million in 2023 [18]). [4] Following the opening of the turnpike, traffic levels on US 40 and US 301 fell by 40 to 50 percent. [53]
The creation of the Interstate Highway System in 1956 led to the construction of 40 miles (64 km) of freeway in northern New Castle County, including the tolled Delaware Turnpike. The Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) limited-access toll road between Dover and Wilmington was fully completed in 2003, and was the largest public works project in state history.
[28] [29] Construction at the interchange connecting to the Delaware Turnpike at Farnhurst was completed in July 1961. On November 14, 1963, the Delaware Turnpike opened to traffic, with I-295 extended west (south) to I-95 at the northern terminus of the Delaware Turnpike, which continued south as I-95.
The Delaware River at Trenton was approaching flood stage as of midday Monday. At noon on Monday, the weather service reported the water level of the Delaware River at Trenton to be 15.54 feet.
Delaware Route 1 (DE 1) is the longest numbered state highway in the U.S. state of Delaware.The route runs 102.63 mi (165.17 km) from the Maryland state line in Fenwick Island, Sussex County, where the road continues south into that state as Maryland Route 528 (MD 528), north to an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in Christiana, New Castle County, where the roadway continues north as part ...
The New Jersey Turnpike inner roadway will be closed for construction southbound between exit 14 in Newark and exit 6 in Mansfield, 9 p.m. Dec. 16 to 5 a.m. Dec. 17.
Residual flooding; lane closures on routes 10, 23 and 80, and the George Washington Bridge; and Disney on Ice in Newark may cause traffic this week
On November 14, 1963, the Delaware Turnpike opened to traffic, with I-295 extended west (south) to I-95 at the northern terminus of the turnpike. [34] [35] In the middle of 1964, work began on a second span at the Delaware Memorial Bridge due to increasing traffic volumes. The second span of the bridge was opened to traffic in the later part of ...