Delaware State Highway Log and Terminus
Collection (Signed Routes)
There are 59 signed state highways within the state of Delaware. Delaware 1 is by far the longest at over 100 miles. Delaware 202 constitutes the shortest route at 1.01 miles. Each state highway is cataloged in the table below. Historical information, notes, photographs, traffic count data, and maps are found on each state highway's corresponding guide.
| Route Number |
Starts |
Ends |
Mileage |
| 1 |
Maryland State line |
Christiana |
103* |
| 1A |
Dewey Beach |
Rehoboth Beach |
2.92 |
| 1B |
Rehoboth Beach |
Rehoboth Beach |
1.11 |
| 1D |
near Midway |
Five Points |
3.18 |
| 1 Business |
southeast of Milford |
north Milford |
3.90 |
| 2 |
Maryland state line |
Wilmington |
15.94 |
| 2 Business |
west Newark |
east Newark |
2.72 |
| 3 |
Edgemoor |
near Arden |
5.87 |
| 4 |
Newark |
Wilmington |
14.12 |
| 5 |
Oak Orchard |
near Waples Pond |
19.50 |
| 5 Alternate |
Milton |
northwest of Milton |
2.4* |
| 6 |
Maryland state line |
Woodland Beach |
17.35 |
| 7 |
Wrangle Hill |
Pennsylvania state line |
16.06 |
| 8 |
Maryland state line |
Little Creek |
17.16 |
| 9 |
south of Dover AFB |
Wilmington |
58.31 |
| 9A |
south Wilmington |
Wilmington |
2.1* |
| 10 |
Maryland state line |
Dover AFB |
16.14 |
| 10 Alternate |
Willow Grove |
Lebanon |
9.23 |
| 11 |
Maryland state line |
near Kenton |
6.95 |
| 12 |
Maryland state line |
Frederica |
16.19 |
| 14 |
Maryland state line |
Milford |
19.12 |
| 15 |
Church Hill Village |
Summit Bridge |
56.79 |
| 16 |
Maryland state line |
Milford |
30.47 |
| 17 |
Selbyville |
Millville |
8.30 |
| 18 |
Maryland state line |
Georgetown |
19.49 |
| 20 |
Maryland state line |
Fenwick Island |
42.96 |
| 23 |
Masseys Landing |
Five Points |
14.86 |
| 24 |
Maryland state line |
Midway |
40.61 |
| 26 |
Maryland state line |
Bethany Beach |
23.15 |
| 30 |
Near Bacon |
Near Milford |
44.45 |
| 30 Alternate |
east if Lincoln |
northwest of Argos Corner |
0.74* |
| 34 |
near Marshallton |
Elsmere |
3.30 |
| 36 |
Scotts Corner |
Slaughter Beach |
23.28 |
| 37 |
near Christiana |
near Newport |
3.16 |
| 41 |
Prices Corner |
Pennsylvania state line |
7.05 |
| 42 |
Blackiston |
Leipsic |
12.77 |
| 44 |
Everetts Corner |
Pearsons Corner |
6.67 |
| 48 |
Hockessin |
Wilmington |
7.11 |
| 52 |
Wilmington |
Pennsylvania state line |
8.88 |
| 54 |
Maryland state line |
Fenwick Island |
38.59 |
| 58 |
Delaware Park |
near Hares Corner |
3.90 |
| 62 |
Prices Corner |
Banning Park |
2.68 |
| 71 |
near Townsend |
Tybouts Corner |
22.22 |
| 72 |
Delaware City |
near Hockessin |
17.52 |
| 82 |
Montchanin |
Pennsylvania state line |
5.51 |
| 92 |
Winterthur |
Claymont |
8.93 |
| 100 |
Richardson Park |
Pennsylvania state line |
8.95 |
| 141 |
New Castle |
Blue Ball |
11.37 |
| 202 |
Wilmington |
north Wilmington |
1.01 |
| 261 |
Blue Ball |
Pennsylvania state line |
4.62 |
| 273 |
Maryland state line |
New Castle |
12.76 |
| 286 |
Maryland state line |
near Summit Bridge |
1.73 |
| 299 |
Maryland state line |
Mathews Corners |
9.79 |
| 300 |
Maryland state line |
Smyrna |
11.88 |
| 404 |
Maryland state line |
Five Points |
33.93 |
| 404 Business |
northwest of Bridgeville |
south of Bridgeville |
3.4* |
| 491 |
Pennsylvania state line |
Claymont |
0.36 |
| 896 |
Boyds Corner |
Maryland state line |
21.43 |
| 896 Business |
south of Glasgow |
north of Glasgow |
1.78 |
Source: DelDOT
* - estimate |
Delaware State Highway Log (Decommisioned Routes)
The follow table catalogs the decommissioned state routes in the state of Delaware. These routes are no longer signed.
| Route Number |
Starts |
Ends |
Mileage |
| 14A |
west of Rehoboth Beach |
Dewey Beach |
2 |
| 28 |
Laurel |
Georgetown |
12 |
| 404 Alternate |
near Dublin Hill |
south of Bridgeville |
4.74 |
Delaware State Reference
Roads
In addition to the Interstate, U.S., and State
highway system in Delaware, a fourth numbering system can
be found when traveling upon Diamond State roadways. This
system consists of a reference number system. In many cases
when approaching an intersection of a local road or neighborhood
surface street, signs display "Road XXX" where the X's represent
numbers . These designations are generally reserved for maintenance
purposes by DelDOT and other transportation officials. However
in rural portions of the state the reference numbers act as
default road names. For instance, Old Landing Road between
Midway at Delaware 1 to Old Landing on Rehoboth Bay is numbered
Road 274.
Every segment of the state maintained system is assigned a number. Additionally, old segments or spurs/loops of these roads are often signed with suffixes. An example: Delaware 896 between Interstate 95 and Delaware 71 is assigned the reference number 387. The original routing through Glasgow (now signed as Delaware 896 Business) is assigned reference number 387A. These numbers can be useful if coincided with a good highway map. Otherwise they are just a part of a system used by the state to classify every road.
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Page Updated September 7, 2007
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