Southbound - State Road to Dover

U.S. 13 Southbound
	U.S. 13 reduces to four lanes between State Road and the SR 1 Turnpike at Tybout's Corner. The highway also opens somewhat with remaining open space between Federal Lane and Bear Tybouts Road. Photo taken 04/17/04.
	A traffic signal resides at the intersection of U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) and Bear Tybouts Road & Hamburg Road. Hamburg Road links the Dupont Highway with Delaware 9 (River Road) 0.6 miles to the east. Bear Tybouts Road snakes its way northward to Delaware 7 (Bear-Corbitt Road) in Bear. An on-ramp to Delaware 1 northbound exists just north of the intersection with U.S. 13. Photo taken 04/17/04.
	The northern terminus of Delaware 71 (Red Lion Road) occurs within the pervasive trumpet interchange of the SR 1 Turnpike and U.S. 13. Delaware 71 leaves U.S. 13 from within the junction en route to the village of Red Lion. South of the intersection U.S. 13 transitions into a freeway as it joins Delaware 1 southbound. Historically Delaware 71 was apart of U.S. 301 until the 1980s. The state route received its number from a Maryland numbering convention of the U.S. 301 corridor in the 1950s as Maryland 71. Photo taken 04/17/04.
	U.S. 13 & Delaware 1 southbound after their merge at Tybout's Corner. The two highways share a six lane freeway between Exits 156 and 152. Pictured here is the Red Lion Creek crossing of the turnpike. Photo taken 03/24/04.
	Delaware 1 & U.S. 13 reassurance shields posted at the Red Lion Creek. The SR 1 Turnpike jaunts east of the original U.S. 13 alignment at the Lower Twin Lane Road over crossing. Photo taken 04/17/04.
	Visible to the west of the U.S. 13 & Delaware 1 southbound mainline is the abandoned northbound carriageway of U.S. 13 and the two-way southbound carriageway now used for local access. Still designated Dupont Highway, the two lane roadway parallels U.S. 13 & Delaware 1 between Governor Lea Road and Lower Twin Lane Road. A second segment of abandoned pavement resides south of Lower Twin Lane Road. Photo taken 04/17/04.

A look at the abandoned portions of U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) between Delaware 7 (Bear-Corbitt Road) and Lower Twin Lane. The southbound carriageway serves a residence still. The northbound carriageway however remains unused. The construction of the Lower Twin Lane overpass approach barricaded the Dupont Highway between Delaware 9 and the remaining sections at Governor Lea Road. Photos taken 04/17/04.

	Governor Lea Road and School House Road were severed with the completion of the SR 1 Turnpike. A new overpass saw construction to link the two highways by way of Lower Twin Lane Road and the original Dupont Highway. The bridge is visible in this photo of the one-mile guide sign for Exit 152 (U.S. 13 south & Delaware 72). Photo taken 04/17/04.
	U.S. 13 & Delaware 1 southbound one half mile north of their split near St. Georges. Delaware 72 (Wrangle Hill Road) ends nearby at Delaware 7 outside of Delaware City. The state highway arcs northwestward from Delaware City to the city of Newark. U.S. 13 and Delaware 72 share pavement for two tenths of a mile between the Exit 152 diamond interchange and the original Dupont Highway. Photo taken 04/17/04.
	U.S. 13 southbound leaves the SR 1 Turnpike at Exit 152. It was debated for years whether or not to keep the existing St. Georges steel arch bridge over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal open or not. For a time U.S. 13 remained multiplexed with Delaware 1 southward over the turnpike canal bridge as the fate of the St. Georges Bridge was undecided. When U.S. 13 was moved back onto its original alignment, a Bypass U.S. 13 was christened along Delaware 1 for a short period of time. Now Delaware 1 and U.S. 13 segregate at Exit 152 and follow their respective paths through St. Georges. Photo taken 04/17/04.
	Ascending the Exit 152 off-ramp to Wrangle Hill Road. U.S. 13 & Delaware 72 intersect the Dupont Highway (Delaware 7) nearby. There U.S. 13 overtakes Delaware 7 and follows the Dupont Highway southward through North and South St. Georges. Delaware 72 continues eastward along Wrangle Hill Road two miles to its terminus at Delaware 9 (River Road) outside of Delaware City. Photo taken 04/17/04.
	U.S. 13 & Delaware 72 southbound (Wrangle Hill Road) on the overpass of Delaware 1. Pictured here is the U.S. 13 & Delaware 1 northbound shield assembly for the upcoming on-ramp. Photo taken 04/17/04.
	The area around Wrangle Hill and the Exit 152 diamond interchange is steadily growing. Therefore DelDOT decided to install signals at both ends of the SR 1 Turnpike ramps in anticipation of the growth in 1995. Photo taken 04/17/04.

Approaching Delaware 7 and the Dupont Highway on U.S. 13 & Delaware 72 southbound at Wrangle Hill Road. Delaware 7 saw extension southward from Bear-Corbitt Road onto the Dupont Highway when U.S. 13 joined Delaware 1 in 1995. The state highway originally ended one mile to the north. Photos taken 08/05/07.

	U.S. 13 rejoins the Dupont Highway at Wrangle Hill and Delaware 7. Delaware 72 continues eastward on Wrangle Hill Road for another 1.5 miles to its terminus at Delaware 9 (River Road) outside of Delaware City. Delaware 9 passes through the heart of town along 5th Street before elevating over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal via the Reedy Point Bridge. Photo taken 08/05/07.
	Southbound reassurance shield posted after the reunification of U.S. 13 and the Dupont Highway at Wrangle Hill. The four-lane divided highway features a grassy median and light traffic on the stretch through the split St. Georges. Photo taken 04/17/04.

	Opened in 1942, the St. Georges Bridge is a four-lane steel arch span over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal between the split villages of St. Georges. Owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the span was to close in 1997 after the 1995 opening of the Delaware 1 Canal Bridge 1,800 feet to the east. However citizen opposition to the closing and dismantling of the bridge led to the cancellation of the closure and dismantling process and the bridge remains in use to this day. In 2001 the Army Corps of Engineers undertook a project to replace the bridge deck and repaint the bridge. The $10 million project saw the removal of all lead based paint from the bridge.1 See the Army Corps of Engineers St. Georges Bridge page for more background on the structure. Photos taken 04/17/04 & 08/10/04.

	U.S. 13 southbound as it departs South St. Georges. Traffic from Delaware 1 merges onto the Dupont Highway from a nearby ramp to Lorewood Grove Road. The ramp allows motorists the opportunity to travel the Canal Bridge for free by allowing drivers to depart the turnpike before the Biddles Corner Toll Plaza. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	A northbound on-ramp to the SR 1 Turnpike allows U.S. 13 motorists access to the six-lane cable-stayed Canal Bridge at Biddles Corner. Access to the ramp is also permitted for U.S. 13 southbound motorists as pictured here. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	A traffic signal governs the left-hand turns of U.S. 13 northbound traffic onto Delaware 1 northbound. Until 1999, Delaware 1 merged directly onto U.S. 13 at this location. Now the turnpike continues southward and crosses over U.S. 13 midway between Biddles Corner and Boyds Corner. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Peering southwestward at the Biddles Corner Toll Plaza of the SR 1 Turnpike from U.S. 13 southbound. The northbound on-ramp allows motorists the opportunity to bypass the toll barrier and keeps the bridge over the canal free as mandated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Another U.S. 13 reassurance shield posted on the Dupont Highway southbound at Biddles Corner. The shield resides near the Port Penn Road intersection. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	The Dupont Highway passes underneath the four-lane SR 1 Turnpike near the relocated Hyatts Corner Road intersection. Hyatts Corner used to intersect U.S. 13 slightly further to the north and was moved southward due to the path of Delaware 1. The bridge structure above features allocations for an eventual six-laning of the turnpike. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Entering the Boyds Corner community on U.S. 13 southbound. The SR 1 Turnpike features a diamond interchange east of U.S. 13 with Pole Bridge Road for Delaware 896 at Exit 142. Motorists wishing to access Delaware 1 are advised to move left in this scene. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	U.S. 301 and U.S. 13 traveled southward from Farnhurst to Boyds Corner until 1993. U.S. 301 saw relocation than to Delaware 896 from Mt. Pleasant northward to junction U.S. 40 at Glasgow. However with that stated guide signs remain at the former southbound split at Boyds Corner for U.S. 301. Delaware 896 travels Boyds Corner Road solo between U.S. 13 and Mt. Pleasant now. The state route merges with U.S. 301 3.5 miles to the west. Photo taken 04/04/04.

Entering the intersection of U.S. 13 and Delaware 896 (Boyds Corner Road) & Pole Bridge Road. A pair of turn lanes are allocated for Pole Bridge Road eastbound and the SR 1 Turnpike. The intersection otherwise represents the southern terminus of the multi state Delaware/Pennsylvania 896. An end sign for Delaware 896 resides on Boyds Corner Road eastbound at U.S. 13. Photos taken 04/04/04 & 05/15/05.

	A fourth Delaware 1 toll trailblazer is posted at the U.S. 13 intersection with Delaware 896. The Exit 142 interchange is only 300 feet or so to the east. Pole Bridge Road otherwise links U.S. 13 & Delaware 896 with Delaware 9 at the Delaware River hamlet of Port Penn. Photo taken 04/04/04.
	Bayview Road intersects U.S. 13 (DuPont Highway) just south of Delaware 896 at Boyds Corner. Bayview Road spurs east threw sprawling areas to junction Delaware 9 (Silver Run Road) in addition to providing the connection between U.S. 13 and Vance Neck Road. Vance Neck Road originally met DuPont Highway directly but was severed due to the construction of the SR 1 Turnpike. Photo taken 05/15/05.
	Entering the village of Odessa along U.S. 13 (6th Street) southbound. The federal highway briefly partitions into the one-way street couplet of 5th and 6th Streets within the vicinity of junction Delaware 299 (Main Street). Photo taken 05/15/05.
	A signalized intersection constitutes the junction between U.S. 13 (6th Street) south and Delaware 299 (Main Street). Before the completion of the SR 1 Turnpike, this and the northbound intersections were sources of major congestion during Summer beach season. Photo taken 05/15/05.
	Delaware 299 joins Odessa with the nearby growing town of Middletown to the west and Delaware 9 to the southeast. The corridor is growing with traffic as suburban sprawl continues to devour the remaining farm land of southern New Castle County. Photo taken 05/15/05.
	Continuing south along 6th Street toward the merge with 5th Street on U.S. 13. U.S. 13 crosses the Appoquinimink River at the south edge of Odessa. Photo taken 05/15/05.

U.S. 13 shifts to the east of its original alignment due to the path of the SR 1 Turnpike south of the Appoquinimink River. The two four-lane highways parallel each other closely between Old State and Blackbird Landing Roads. Photos taken 05/15/05.

	U.S. 13 (DuPont Highway) south at Pine Tree Corners and the intersection with Blackbird Landing Road east and Pine Tree Road west. Pine Tree Road links DuPont Highway with the village of Townsend to the west; Blackbird Landing Road stems southeast to Union Church Road at Naylors Corners. Photo taken 05/15/05.
	Delaware 71 returns to U.S. 13 in rural southern New Castle County by way of Summit Bridge Road. The state route provides the main route between U.S. 13 and the city of Middletown five miles to the north. The southern terminus of Summit Bridge Road features a traffic light two miles to the southeast of Townsend. A future interchange is planned on the SR 1 Turnpike for Townsend by way of Summit Bridge Road in 2006. The southern leg of Delaware 71 between Middletown and U.S. 13 was once a part of Delaware 896. Photo taken by Adam Froehlig 02/18/02.
	Just south of the Kent County line is the northern terminus of Delaware 300 on U.S. 13 (Dupont Boulevard) southbound in Smyrna. Delaware 6 & 300 enter the junction by way of Glenwood Avenue from the southwest. The two highways share 1.1 miles of pavement between Dupont Boulevard and Smyrna Clayton Boulevard. Delaware 6 departs Delaware 300 for the village of Clayton west of town. Delaware 300 continues southwesterly to Kenton and Sudlersville, Maryland (via Maryland 300). Delaware 6 eastbound meanwhile joins U.S. 13 southbound for three blocks to the intersection of Commerce Street. Photo taken by Adam Froehlig 02/18/02.
	The first southbound U.S. 13 reassurance shield posted within the state of Maryland. U.S. 13 is known as the Ocean Highway between the Delaware state line and Norfolk Virginia. The designation also applies to U.S. 13 northward to New Castle but is rarely used within the Diamond State. The Ocean Highway concept relates to the idea of the highway as a touring route in the 1950s and 60s. U.S. 17 continues the Ocean Highway moniker from Norfolk into the Southeastern States. Photo taken by JP Nasiatka (09/04/01).

Sources:
1 - St. Georges Bridge, Philadelphia District - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Page Updated December 18, 2007.