Delaware 58 joined the state highway system in 1988 along with Delaware 37 in the Churchmans Crossing and New Castle County Airport area of northern New Castle County. The state highway follows all of Churchmans Road between Delaware 4 & Delaware Park Racetrack and Slots to Delaware 273 near Hares Corner.

In 1996 a project began to upgrade the busy intersection of Delaware 7 & 58 at Churchmans Crossing near Interstate 95 and the Delaware Technical and Community College Stanton Campus (DTCC). The grid lock at the intersection increased steadily with development in the Pike Creek Valley (Delaware 7 corridor) and east Newark (Delaware 4 corridor). The project entailed replacing the wide intersection with a partial-cloverleaf interchange just north of the Interstate 95 (Exit 4) cloverleaf interchange. In order to build the exit, land from the DTCC campus, Christiana Hilton Hotel, and the adjacent shopping center west of Delaware 7 was needed for the road work. In 1999 most of the construction was complete and by 2000 Delaware 1 saw extension from Interstate 95 (Exit 165) northward to Delaware 58 (Exit 166). The interchange is still missing one element however, a direct ramp from Delaware 1 & 7 south to Interstate 95 south. Demand for that ramp was low enough to allow for the postponement of its construction until a later date. Therefore Delaware 1 & 7 southbound traffic must use the Delaware 58 off-ramp and on-ramp to access Interstate 95 south.

In March of 2004 a bridge replacement project began for the Churchmans Road crossing of Interstate 95. The current two-lane span is in a state of deterioration and needs to be replaced. Therefore DelDOT is building a new wider bridge along the west side of the current span to replace the old one. Upon completion Delaware 58 will expand from two to four lanes over Interstate 95 and the Delaware Turnpike below will expand to ten lanes.

Other projects involving Delaware 58 that are not set in stone involve the addition of a northbound Interstate 95 off-ramp from Churchmans Road. Currently traffic from Delaware 58 must use either the Delaware 1 & 7 southbound loop ramp to Interstate 95 north or use Delaware 37 (Airport Road) to the ramps at U.S. 202 & Delaware 141 (Basin Road/Newport Freeway). It is unclear if the ramp will be built or if the plans were shelved. An additional project involving Delaware 58 involves the extension of the route northward from Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) through Delaware Park to Delaware 2 (Kirkwood Highway). The idea behind the lengthening entails improved access between the Delaware 2 corridor and Churchmans Crossing. Included in the 1990 issued New Castle County 2010 Transportation Plan, the four-lane extension appears to be in serious doubt if not cancelled altogether.

Delaware 58 Mileage Table

Delaware 58 2002 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)

• 11,064 - Delaware 273 to Delaware 37/Airport Road
• 13,319 - Delaware 37/Airport Road to Interstate 95
• 19,292 - Interstate 95 to Delaware 1 & 7
• 20,039 - Delaware 1 & 7 to Delaware 4/Stanton Road

Delaware 58 Terminus Collection

Western terminus
	End shield at the terminus at Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) and the entrance to Delaware Park Racetrack (Delaware Park Boulevard). A car fire scorched the original end shield assembly in 1995. Two months after the fact DelDOT replaced the shield assembly with the one posted here. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) at Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) and Delaware Park Boulevard. A new train station opened on Delaware Park Boulevard between here and the Delaware Park Racetrack and Slots facility at the AMTRAK Northeastern Corridor. Known as the Fair Play Station, commuters can get aboard the SEPTA R-2 Regional Rail line for Wilmington and Philadelphia. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) eastbound at the eastbound beginning of Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) and Delaware Park Boulevard. Delaware 58 meets Delaware 1 & 7 via a partial-cloverleaf interchange within one mile. Delaware 4 continues east to its merge with Delaware 7 (Stanton Christiana Road) in 0.8 miles. Delaware Park Boulevard stems north into Delaware Park itself. Photo taken 05/01/05.
Eastern Terminus
	The eastern terminus of Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) at Delaware 273 (Christiana Road). Churchmans Road ends at Delaware 273 adjacent to the old New Castle Square Mall across from a small industrial park. The mall was rebuilt in the late 1990s as a banking center. The end shield for Delaware 58 resides within the median of Churchmans Road. U.S. 13 & 40 are just a short drive to the east via Delaware 273. Photo taken 05/01/05.
	Delaware 273 (Christiana Road) eastbound at the terminus of Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road). Delaware 58 comprises all of Churchmans Road between Christiana Road (Hares Corner) and Delaware 4 (Churchman's Crossing). The state route intersects Delaware 37 (Airport Road) 1.1 miles to the northwest. The entrance to nearby businesses ties into the intersection from the right. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	The westbound beginning of Delaware 58 as seen from Delaware 273 (Christiana Road) westbound. Delaware 58 travels northwest from the Hares Corner area three miles to Churchman's Crossing. There the route interchanges with Delaware 1 & 7 before ending a mile later at Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) and the main entrance to the Delaware Park Race Track and Slots facility. Photo taken 03/20/04.

Delaware 58 Highway Guide

Delaware 58 east
	The first eastbound reassurance shield for Delaware 58 resides just beyond the intersection of Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) & Delaware Park Boulevard on Churchmans Road. The sprawling complex of Christiana Hospital fronts the eastbound lanes. Photo taken 05/01/05.
	Development has encompassed all of the vacant land along Delaware 58 between Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) and the junction with Delaware 1 & 7. The former corn fields along the westbound lanes are now the home to a pair of shopping centers across from the Christiana Hospital east entrance. A set of traffic lights governs the movements from the hospital and commercial property to Churchmans Road. Photo taken 05/01/05.

Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) eastbound on the approach to the signalized intersection with Continental Drive and Churchmans Place. Continental Drive serves a business campus and hotel to the south. Churchman Place links Delaware 58 with Old Churchmans Road. Overheads advise motorists of the upcoming partial-cloverleaf interchange with Delaware 1 & 7. Photos taken 05/01/05.

	Delaware 58 eastbound expands to three lanes in anticipation of the junction with the Delaware 1 & 7 freeway. The left-hand lane turns onto the northbound on-ramp to Delaware 7 (Stanton Christiana Road) northbound for Stanton and the Pike Creek Valley. Photo taken 05/01/05.
	A pair of lanes depart Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) eastbound for Delaware 1 & 7 southbound. Delaware 1 travels south via a limited-access highway from Stanton to Dover. Delaware 7 shares pavement with Delaware 1 south to Christiana (Exit 164B). A cloverleaf interchange joins Delaware 1 & 7 with Interstate 95 just south of the Exit 166 junction with Delaware 58. Photo taken 05/01/05.
	Construction of the interchange between Delaware 1, 7, and 58 took place between 1996 and 1999. Delaware 1 & 7 pass over Delaware 58 at the site of the formerly congested intersection of Churchmans Road and Stanton Christiana Road. The northbound on-ramp to Delaware 7 also serves the Stanton campus of Delaware Technical and Community College via the first signalized intersection north of Exit 166. Photo taken 05/01/05.
	Delaware 58 eastbound reassurance marker posted between the entrance and exit to Geoffry Drive. Geoffry Drive serves a busy commercial strip sandwiched between Churchmans Road and Interstate 95. The name Geoffry Drive stems from the Toys R Us situated nearby. Photo taken 05/01/05.
	Delaware 58 sees another signalized intersection with the exit of Geoffrey Drive and south entrance to Delaware Technical and Community College. The four-lane divided highway reduces to two lanes on the approach to the Interstate 95 under crossing. However 2004-05 construction of a new overpass extended the four-lane segment toward the Interstate 95 under crossing. Photo taken 12/23/06.
	Opened in December 2005, the new overpass for Delaware 58 includes a pedestrian / bicycle path on the west side of the span over Interstate 95. Churchmans Road still carries two overall lanes however. Photo taken 12/23/06.
	The Exit 4B off-ramp from Interstate 95 southbound to Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) intersects the state highway just ahead of the Delaware Turnpike underpass. Completion of the new overpass ahead does not include provisions for a long planned northbound Interstate 95 on-ramp from Delaware 58. The ramp was proposed in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but remains unclear as to whether or not it will be built. Photo taken 12/23/06.

		Churchmans Road crosses the Christina River midway between Interstate 95 and junction Delaware 37 (Airport Road). Delaware 37 comprises a short north-south route between Delaware 273 (Christiana Road) and U.S. 202 & Delaware 141 (Basin Road). The Airport Road intersection and Delaware 58 approaches were widened to four lanes between 2005-06. Photos taken 05/01/05 & 12/23/06.
		Eastbound at junction Delaware 37 (Airport Road). Delaware 37 ends at Delaware 273 just east of its interchange with Delaware 1 near Christiana. Northward, Airport Road follows the west periphery of the New Castle County Airport to Corporate Commons and junction U.S. 202 & Delaware 141 just south of its interchange with Interstate 95. U.S. 13 & 40 trailblazers direct motorists east on Delaware 58 to Delaware 273 and Hare's Corner. Photos taken 05/01/05 & 12/23/06.

	Continuing east past Delaware 37 (Airport Road) toward Hare's Corner. The state highway ends 1.25 miles ahead. Photo taken 05/01/05.
	Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) curves southward to intersect Delaware 273 (Christiana Road) just west of Hare's Corner and the Dupont Highway (U.S. 13 & 40). The former New Castle Square Mall, now a business complex, lies to the northwest of the Delaware 37 & 273 intersection. Photo taken 05/01/05.
	Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) draws to a close at Delaware 273 (Christiana Road). The signalized intersection includes an entrance to an adjacent business park. Use Delaware 273 west for Christiana and Newark and east for New Castle. Photo taken 05/01/05.
Delaware 58 west
	Churchmans Road westbound at junction Delaware 37 (Airport Road) at the southwest corner of the New Castle County Airport. Airport Road composes a 3.16-mile route between Delaware 273 (Christiana Road) and U.S. 202 & Delaware 141 (Basin Road). The highway came into existence with Delaware 58 in 1988. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Pressing westward on Delaware 58 after the Delaware 37 (Airport Road) intersection. Delaware 58 crosses the Christina River and Artesian Water Company en route to the Cavaliers Country Club and Interstate 95 under crossing. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	An on-ramp from Interstate 95 southbound joins Delaware 58 just north of the Delaware Turnpike. The addition of the lane expands Churchmans Road from two to four lanes. The area between here and Delaware 1 & 7 was rebuilt between 1996 and 1999 as part of an interchange upgrading project between Delaware 58 and Delaware 7 (Stanton Christiana Road). A frontage road to Delaware Technical and Community College departs from the right ahead of the upcoming exit. Photo taken 05/06/05.
	Delaware 58 westbound at the northbound on-ramp to Delaware 7 (Stanton Christiana Road). Traffic using this ramp will merge with Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) in one half mile. From there the six-lane overlap turns northeast to the village of Stanton. Delaware 4 departs Delaware 7 for Newport at Stanton as Delaware 7 turns onto Limestone Road for the Pike Creek Valley. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Between 1996 and 1999 the congested intersection between Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) and Delaware 7 (Stanton Christiana Road) was upgraded to a partial-cloverleaf interchange. The project elevated Delaware 7 over Delaware 58 and included a slight northward extension of the Delaware 1 designation to encompass the new freeway. Pictured here is the westbound approach to the Delaware 7 northbound off-ramp and Delaware 1 & 7 southbound on-ramp. A collector/distributor roadway begins to the left for the SR 1 Turnpike and includes ramps to both Interstate 95 north and south. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Leaving the Exit 166 interchange of Delaware 1 & 7 with Delaware 58 on Churchmans Road westbound. Old Churchmans Road departs to the right en route to Delaware 4. Four-laning of Delaware 58 between Stanton Christiana Road and Delaware 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Westbound reassurance shield posted between Old Churchmans Road and the Christiana Hospital. The regional medical facility became operation in 1985 and was built on what was previously open space. At the time of its construction Delaware 4 composed a two-lane country road and Delaware 58 was yet to be signed along Churchmans Road. The east entrance to the hospital departs from the next traffic light. Photo taken 03/20/04.
	Junction Delaware 4 shield on Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) westbound as it nears its end with Ogletown Stanton Road and the south entrance to Delaware Park Racetrack and Slots. Delaware 4 constitutes a four-lane arterial between Delaware 7 (Stanton Christiana Road) and Delaware 896 (South College Avenue) between Stanton and Newark. Photo taken 03/20/04.

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Page Updated November 19, 2007.