Northbound

Delaware 9 Northbound
County of Kent
	Delaware 9 (Bayside Drive) northbound splits with Delaware 1 (Bay Road) and quickly intersects Kitts Hummock Road on the outskirts of Dover Air Force Base. Kitts Hummock Road spurs southeast from Delaware 1 and 9 to Kitts Hummock on the Delaware Bay. Photo taken 08/05/07.
County of New Castle
	Delaware 9 (Delaware City Port Penn Road) northbound reassurance shield posted after the intersection with Thorntown Road. The Reedy Point Bridge looms on the horizon over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Reedy Point Road departs Delaware 9 at the south approach to the Reedy Point Bridge. The road parallels Delaware 9 northward to the Augustine and Canal Wildlife Areas and Dutch Neck Road. Dutch Neck Road links to the Canal Wildlife Areas dirt road system. These unpaved roads parallel the canal along the north and south banks. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Delaware 9 northbound shield on the Reedy Point Bridge approach. The Reedy Point refers to the land area that juts into the Delaware River between Delaware City and the Canal itself. Photo taken 04/04/04.

	Views of the Reedy Point Bridge northbound as it crosses the Delaware & Chesapeake Canal. The cantilever span carries two overall lanes and opened in 1968 as the fourth crossing of the canal. In 1995 a fifth crossing opened to traffic along the SR 1 Turnpike. Photos taken 04/04/04.

Town of Delaware City
	Delaware 9 returns to grade at Fort Dupont State Park and the intersection of New Castle Avenue and Polktown Place. The state route becomes 5th Street as it enters the town limits of Delaware City across the Delaware City Canal. Pictured here is the canal crossing and Delaware City welcome sign. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Delaware City is a small town along the Delaware River. The community features a small grid pattern of streets with Delaware 9 as the main north-south road and Clinton Street as the main east-west avenue. The only traffic light in town, since replaced in 2005, governs the intersection of Delaware 9 (Fifth Street) and Clinton Street. Clinton Street becomes Cox Neck Road en route to U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) near North St. Georges. Photo taken 04/04/04.
County of New Castle
	Delaware 9 turns westward along Wrangle Hill Road from Delaware City to junction Delaware 72. The southern terminus of the state route coincides with the intersection of Wrangle Hill, River, and Clarks Corner Road near the Valero Refinery complex. Delaware 9 turns northward via River Road from here en route to New Castle. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Delaware 72 northbound continues Wrangle Hill Road west to junction U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) and Delaware 1 (Exit 152) at Wrangle Hill itself. Clarks Corner Road travels southward from the intersection to Cox Neck Road and North St. Georges. The SR 1 Turnpike interchange with U.S. 13 & Delaware 72 exists 1.75 miles to the west. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	The northbound beginning of Delaware 72 parts ways with Delaware 9 (River Road). Delaware 72 constitutes a circuitous route between Delaware City, Newark, and the Pike Creek Valley. Delaware 9 meanwhile meanders through wetlands between the U.S. 13 & Delaware 1 corridors and the Delaware River itself between Delaware City and New Castle. Photo taken 04/04/04.

		Delaware 9 (River Road) northbound as it passes through the Valero refinery area. Several sets of flashers advise caution to the entrances to the plant. Photos taken 08/05/07.
		Hamburg Lane links Delaware 9 (River Road) with U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) at the Tybouts Road intersection. The 0.7-mile road provides a short access route between the SR 1 Turnpike (Exit 156) and Delaware 9. Pictured here is River Road northbound at Hamburg Road. Photos taken 08/05/07.

	The coastal landscape of Delaware 9 continues from Hamburg Road northward. Asides the intersection with Federal School Lane, another short connector between River Road and U.S. 13, the stretch is essentially undeveloped. Photo taken 08/05/07.
	Delaware 9 reassurance shield posted after the intersection with Federal School Lane. Some residential development encroaches upon Delaware 9 (River Road) north of here at the Llangollen Estates community. Photo taken 08/05/07.
	River Road enters the New Castle corporate limits at Bellanca Beach. Photo taken 08/05/07.
Town of New Castle
	A small grid of streets cross Delaware 9 (West 7th Street) in southwest New Castle. A set of older Eagle flashers reside at the intersection with Center Street at the Dobbinsville community. Photo taken 08/05/07.
	Delaware 9 travels Seventh Street through southwest New Castle to the intersection of Washington Avenue. There the state route turns northward to junction Delaware 141 (Basin Road) and 273 (Frenchtown Road). The alignment bypasses the previous alignment of 7th Street, South Street, and 6th Street through the heart of town. Photo taken 08/05/07.
	Shield assembly posted at the Washington Avenue turn of Delaware 9 from West 7th Street. An Interstate 95 trailblazer refers to the continuation of Delaware 141 (Basin Road) north from Delaware 9 (Washington Avenue) at Delaware 273. Photo taken 08/05/07.
	Delaware 9 joins Delaware 273 along Delaware Street and Ferry Cut Off Street between Washington Avenue and East 6th Street. The two overlap between the southern terminus of Delaware 141 (Basin Road) and the original alignment of Delaware 9 (East 6th Street). Delaware 273 ends at the Ferry Cut Off Street intersection with 6th and Chestnut Streets. From there Delaware 9 travels Wilmington Road northward along a four-lane arterial. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Delaware 9 northbound at Moores Road. Moores Road travels northward from Delaware 9 (Wilmington Road) to Boulden Boulevard and Landers Lane in the Wilmington Manor community. In conjunction with Boulden Boulevard, Moores Road links U.S. 13 & 40 (Dupont Highway) at Farnhurst with New Castle. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Cherry Lane crosses Delaware 9 (New Castle Avenue) between Interstate 295 and Landers Lane. The roadway carries Interstate 295 northbound traffic onto New Castle Avenue and serves the Delaware War Memorial to the east of Delaware 9. Mast arm traffic signals replaced a span wire assembly here between 2000 and 2004. Photo taken 04/04/04.
County of New Castle
	New Castle Avenue enters a cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 295 & U.S. 40. The junction was reconstructed between 1998-2000 to include new pavement, a replaced bridge deck, and new signs. A collector/distributor roadway exists along Delaware 9 northbound for the Interstate 295 ramps and the Delaware River and Bay Authority Administrative offices within the carriageways of the freeway below. Photo taken 05/19/07.
	Delaware 9 northbound at the loop ramp to Interstate 295 & U.S. 40 westbound. Interstate 295 & U.S. 40 split at the next exit to the west at Farnhurst. 2.5 miles west of Delaware 9 is the Interstate 295 terminus at the junction of Interstate 95-495 and U.S. 202 & Delaware 141. Photo taken 05/19/07.
	Interstate 295 gore point sign and Delaware 9 overhead for the end of the c/d roadway. Northward New Castle Avenue continues through Garfield Park and other older suburbs of south Wilmington. Photo taken 03/27/04.
	The Wilmington city skyline draws into view as Delaware 9 northbound approaches the intersection with Rogers Road. Rogers Road provides an east-west route between New Castle Avenue and U.S. 13 (Heald Street) and U.S. 13 Business (Market Street). Delaware 9 passes underneath Interstate 495 ahead with no access between the two routes. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Delaware 9A leaves Delaware 9 via Terminal Avenue to the Exit 2 partial-cloverleaf interchange of Interstate 95 in south Wilmington. The short state route loops from there to the Port of Wilmington and northward to Christina Avenue. Photo taken 04/04/04.
City of Wilmington
	Delaware 9 (New Castle Avenue) northbound enters the city limits of Wilmington at Claymont Street through the ghettos of Southbridge. A retro set of mast arm signals remains in place for the short spur of Claymont Street at Eden Park. Several abandoned public housing complexes reside on the street to the left. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	D Street carries U.S. 13 northbound from Heald Street one block east onto Delaware 9 northbound (New Castle Avenue) in the South Bridge neighborhood of Wilmington. From here the two routes overlap for five blocks on the one-way street couplet of New Castle Avenue (northbound) and Heald Street (southbound). Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Many old mast arm traffic light assemblies remain in the South Bridge section of the city along U.S. 13 & Delaware 9. Pictured here is one such assembly at the intersection of New Castle Avenue with C Street. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	One block to the north of C Street is the signalized intersection with B Street. The alphabet series of streets in Wilmington exists south of the Christina River. B, C, and D street are short roadways in South Bridge alone. E, F, and G Streets were planned but never built. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Newer signals were fitted onto the mast arms for A Street at the intersection with New Castle Avenue. A Street provides the main east-west surface arterial between Market Street (U.S. 13 Business) and Christina Avenue (Delaware 9A) in South Bridge. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	New Castle Avenue merges onto Heald Street at the intersection with Lobdell Street. U.S. 13 & Delaware 9 follow the four-lane Heald Street northward from South Bridge to the Christina River crossing into the East Side neighborhood of the city. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Approaching the northern terminus of Delaware 9A (Christina Avenue) on U.S. 13 & Delaware 9 northbound (Heald Street). Delaware 9A provides a loop from Delaware 9 via Christina Avenue and Terminal Avenue for the Port of Wilmington. The state highway sees a partial cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 495 along Terminal Avenue. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	U.S. 13 & Delaware 9 (Heald Street) northbound at Delaware 9A (Christina Avenue). Christina Avenue was once a busier road leading Wilmington area motorists to a Ferry terminal along the Delaware River. Ferry service used to carry cars and trucks across the Delaware River to Penns Grove, New Jersey. When the Delaware Memorial Bridge opened to traffic in 1951 the ferry service ceased. Christina Avenue carried Delaware 48 eastward from Lancaster Avenue to the ferry until that time. The route received its number from the New Jersey 48 counterpart in Penns Grove. However with the ferry crossing no longer in place Delaware 48 saw truncation westward back to Market Street. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	A four-lane draw bridge carries U.S. 13 & Delaware 9 across the Christina River into East Side Wilmington. Here Heald Street ends and Fourth Street begins. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	The only intact set of U.S. 13 & Delaware 9 reassurance shields resides at the north end of the Christina River Bridge. The two highways however part ways at the upcoming intersection with Church Street. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	U.S. 13 north departs Delaware 9 to the right onto Church Street at the Amtrak overpass adjacent to Christina Park. Delaware 9 remains on Fourth Street westward through the central business district en route to its conclusion at Delaware 2 (Union Street) in the Hill Top neighborhood of the city. U.S. 13 splits between the one-way couplet of Church Street (northbound) and Spruce Street (southbound) between Fourth Street and Eleventh Street. Delaware 9 intersects Spruce Street in one block. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Delaware 9 (Fourth Street) northbound at U.S. 13 (Spruce Street) southbound. U.S. 13 turns eastward onto Fourth Street to cross the Christina River into the Southbridge section of the city with Delaware 9. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Traveling Fourth Street northbound toward the business district at Lombard Street. A hodgepodge of row homes and apartment complexes line the streets south of Walnut Street (U.S. 13 Business northbound) in the Eastside section of Wilmington. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Older mast arm assemblies posted at the Delaware 9 (Fourth Street) northbound intersection with Poplar Street in the East Side section of the city. Poplar is the third signalized intersection in a row between U.S. 13 south (Spruce Street) and U.S. 13 Business north (Walnut Street) on Delaware 9. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Yellowed U.S. 13 Business shield posted on Delaware 9 northbound for the junction at Walnut Street. Walnut Street northbound carries three lanes through the business district to Delaware 52 north (Twelfth Street). This is the only U.S. 13 Business shield posted along Fourth Street westbound. Photo taken 03/30/05.
	Delaware 9 (Fourth Street) northbound at Van Buren Street. Wilmington replaced many of the span-wire supported traffic light assemblies with these vintage-style mast-arm fixtures during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Photo taken 08/05/07.
	Harrison Street flows southwest from the Hilltop area to the Browntown neighborhood of the city. Pictured here are mast arm signals on Fourth Street north at the street. Photo taken 08/05/07.
	Ascending through the West Side neighborhood on Delaware 9 (Fourth Street) northbound at Franklin Street. Several older span wire signals remain in use throughout the stretch between Jackson Street and Lincoln Street (Delaware 2 east). The row homes that line Fourth Street through here fall within the hispanic community of the city. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Delaware 9 (Fourth Street) northbound at Clayton Street at the Hilltop section of Wilmington. Clayton Street intersects the four-lane arterial here and travels northward five blocks to St. Francis Hospital. The final northbound reassurance shield is posted ahead of the Clayton Street intersection. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Dupont Street intersects Delaware 9 one block north of Clayton Street. The southbound only street begins at Lovering Avenue near Brandywine Park and ends at Oak Street near Canby Park. Photo taken 08/05/07.

		One of two original Delaware 9 cutouts remaining as of April 2004 was posted on Fourth Street northbound between Dupont and Scott Streets. The relic dated back to at least the 1960s and was missing by 2007. photo taken 03/20/04, second photo taken 06/00.
		Approaching Delaware 2 east (Lincoln Street) on Delaware 9 (Fourth Street) northbound. Several signs are posted for the Delaware 2 & 9 confluence. A beautification project results in the placement of new ornamental light fixtures, decorative mast arms, new signs, and new tree plantings. The project occurred in 2000 and was done to add to the appeal of the Little Italy neighborhood nearby. Delaware 2 east enters Little Italy on its final trek to Delaware 52 (Pennsylvania Avenue). Photo taken 03/20/04.
		A second junction shield for Delaware 2 is posted between Lincoln and Union Streets on Delaware 9 northbound. The assembly should feature a north placard as Union Street carries the westbound direction of the state route. Two blocks to the west on Union Street is the merge with Delaware 48 westbound (Second Street). Delaware 48 provides the main route through northwest Wilmington to Hockessin via Lancaster Avenue. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	The end sign for Delaware 9 resides just beyond the Union Street (Delaware 2 west) intersection. A second Delaware 48 trailblazer directs motorists three blocks west to Delaware 48 east and west (Lancaster Avenue). Fourth Street meanwhile continues northward to Greenhill and Ogle Avenues. Photo taken 03/20/04.
Scenes pertaining to Delaware 9
	Delaware 9 trailblazer posted along South Street southbound near the intersection with Sixth Street eastbound. Delaware 9 used to travel this route, but was relocated in the early 1990s. The shield assembly however is new as of 2007. Photo taken 08/05/07.
		30" Eagle traffic signals at the intersection of Sixth and Delaware Streets in New Castle. Delaware 9 used to travel Sixth Street between South Street and junction Delaware 273 (Ferry Cut Off Street). First photo taken along Delaware Street northbound ; second photo taken via 6th Street northbound. Photos taken 08/05/07.
	Delaware 9 trailblazer on Fifth Street eastbound at Harmony Street one block south of Sixth Street. The shield likely dates from before 1990 and the relocation of Delaware 9 onto Ferry Cut Off Street. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Delaware 9 & 273 shield assembly posted at the intersection of Chestnut, Ferry Cut-off and Sixth Street in the town of New Castle. Delaware 9 travels Sixth Street southward from Wilmington Road onto Ferry Cut-off Street and Delaware 273. The original alignment of Delaware 9 took Sixth Street through the heart of New Castle until the early 1990s. The highway now cosigns with Delaware 273 between here and Basin Road (Delaware 141). 2di-shields posted for 3di-routes is a rarity in the First State these days. Photo taken 05/15/05.

Page Updated December 18, 2007