U.S. 202, the Concord Pike, provides a six-lane surface arterial between the Pennsylvania state line and Interstate 95 in North Wilmington. The divided highway links the Wilmington metropolitan area with West Chester, Pennsylvania and the King of Prussia. Before the completion of Interstate 476 in 1991, U.S. 202 also carried the brunt of traffic destined for Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The Concord Pike represents one of the main commercial strips in New Castle County, Delaware. Between Blue Ball (junction Delaware 261) and the Pennsylvania state line lies a bastion of commercialism. From the Concord Mall to the Brandywine Town Center, a wide array of shops, restaurants, and other commercial venues exist along the route. For this reason, 23 sets of traffic signals are in place in a six-mile stretch between the state line and Interstate 95.
The carriageways of Concord Pike diverge for one half mile at the community of Talleyville. The expanded "median" is home to several businesses on the stretch in and around the intersections with Mt. Lebanon and Silverside Roads. Pictured here is the congestion of U.S. 202 southbound after the Mt. Lebanon Road intersection. Photo taken 04/21/04.
At the Exit 8 directional cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 95, U.S. 202 merges with the freeway into the city itself. The federal highway coexists with Interstate 95 between Delaware 141 (Exit 5) and the Concord Pike interchange. Additionally U.S. 202 shares a 1.5-mile overlap with Delaware 141 (Basin Road) from the Interstate southward to junction U.S. 13 & 40 (Dupont Highway). The southbound ramp that carries U.S. 202 onto Interstate 95 was expanded in 1999 from one to two lanes.
The stretch of U.S. 202 & Delaware 141 along Basin Road composes a four-lane divided arterial between the freeway and U.S. 13 & 40. A 2003-2004 construction project involved safety and cosmetic improvements to the aging concrete roadway. Additionally the cloverleaf interchange at the Dupont Highway was modified to eliminate the U.S. 202 & Delaware 141 northbound movement to U.S. 13 & 40 southbound by way of the residential street Delaware Avenue. Delaware Avenue now ends before the former Basin Road intersection. For drivers destined for the Dupont Highway southbound, a U-turn lane is present near the intersection of Jay Drive to allow for access to the Basin Road southbound off-ramp to the highway. The interchange itself is signed as Exit 1A/B, a numbering convention continued from the Delaware 141 Newport Freeway to the north. In 2001 the missing end sign for U.S. 202 was replaced.
Dale Sanderson relayed some information regarding the original alignment of U.S. 202 through Wilmington on 01/11/02 courtesy of Carl Moore:
U.S. 202 in Delaware has, for as long as I can remember, come straight down Concord Pike from Pennsylvania to the top of the hill where the Concord Pike / I-95 interchange is now located. The earliest I can remember for U.S. 202 south of that point:
Southbound started onto Concord Avenue, then turned right (just a 45 degree turn) onto Baynard Boulevard, then continued straight ahead as the road becomes Washington Street and followed that all the way down to Front Street. Left on Front, then right onto Market Street and follow that south as it merges with Walnut Street (picking up southbound U.S. 13) and becomes DuPont Parkway, and U.S. 202 ended at the Farnhurst interchange (same place that U.S. 301 began) at what is now I-295. (Notice that both the Market Street and Walnut Street bridges, over the Christina River just south of Front Street, were two-way then, but are now 1-way S-bound and N-bound respectively.)
Interstate 295 south & U.S. 40 westbound at the Farnhurst interchange with the Dupont Highway. At the time of the photo U.S. 202 still ended at the junction. Photo taken by Michael Summa (1969).
More from Carl Moore regarding the historic routing of U.S. 202:
Notice a couple of things now:
1. that part of Front Street is now part of Martin Luther King Boulevard.
2. one block of this route doesn't exist anymore: Washington Street from 2nd Street to Front Street. If you take Washington Street down to 2nd, all that's available straight ahead is an S-curved entrance to W-bound Martin Luther King Boulevard, which soon splits into ramps to I-95 N/S.
Northbound was not a simple reversal of that. U.S. 202 started up the DuPont Parkway, but then split off (from the southbound U.S. 202 although continuing to follow U.S. 13) by going up Walnut Street all the way to 16th Street. Then left on 16th for 2 blocks, and right on Market Street. Then split from U.S. 13 by turning left on Concord Ave. and following that to Baynard Blvd. (meeting up once again with S-bound U.S. 202), and continuing to where it becomes Concord Pike.
Later, U.S. 202 simply ran south down Concord Pike/Ave. to Market Street and ended there (N-bound reversed said procedure).
On May 23, 1984, AASHTO's route numbering committee considered a request to extend U.S. 202:
Beginning at the present terminus of U.S. Route 202 in Wilmington, then southwesterly over I-95 to the intersection of State Road 141, then southeasterly over SR 141 to the intersection of U.S. Route 13 in Wilmington.
The committee withheld action on the request but later approved it upon resubmittal on December 7, 1984.2 The rerouting was likely commissioned to route U.S. 13 northbound motorists from the Southern Delmarva Peninsula northward to the U.S. 202 corridor for west Philadelphia and points northward. Interstate 476 now handles the bulk the load that U.S. 202 once supported. A detailed assessment of the routing through the city of Wilmington is described on Wilmington @ AARoads - an overview of the city highway network.
The original south end of U.S. 202 occurred at the U.S. 13 & 40 split at State Road. The alignment cosigned with U.S. 301 southward from Farnhurst and constituted the original U.S. 122 routing before 1934. On June 2, 1964, the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHTO) approved a request by Delaware to eliminate the portion south of Farnhurst. The description of the section deleted was as follows:
Beginning at junction of present US 202, US 13, US 40 and US 301 at State Road, thence run northerly with US 13 and 40 to interchange with Interstate Routes 95 and 295 at Farnhurst.2
Blue Ball Construction Project
See Blue Ball @ AARoads for photos covering the completed road elements of the project.
Construction is complete along U.S. 202 between Interstate 95 and the Independence Mall at Blue Ball. The project involved the creation of new overpasses for the Concord Pike over relocated Delaware 141 (over Rockland Road) and relocated Delaware 261 (Foulk Road). Previously Rockland Road and Delaware 261 intersected U.S. 202 at a traffic signal north of Augustine Cut-off. On July 9, 2004 U.S. 202 motorists were relocated onto a temporary roadway west of the project area for a 16-month project. This roadway would later become East Park Road, a connector between new Delaware 141 and Augustine Cut-off. Reopening of the U.S. 202 mainline occurred by December of 2005, when traffic was moved onto the newly constructed overpasses. New spans feature a rock motif similar to the Rockland Road underpass along Delaware 141 to compliment the adjacent new state park. Traffic lights join the connecting ramps between U.S. 202 and Delaware 141-261 below.
Completed in 2007, the Blue Ball construction element involving Delaware 141 realigned the state highway from Power Mill Road onto a new alignment between Children's Drive and U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) at Foulk Road (Delaware 261). Originally designated Delaware 141 Spur, the alignment now carries the state road mainline southeast around the Astra-Zenica plant to a new end at the partial interchange with U.S. 202 and Delaware 261. Old Delaware 141 remains open as simply Power Mill Road between U.S. 202 at Murphy Road and Delaware 141 at Children's Drive.
Delaware 141 north travels southeast between Children's Drive to the grade-separated interchange with U.S. 202. Lands surrounding the original Rockland Road and Delaware 261 (Foulk Road) intersection with U.S. 202 were recreated as a state park. New Park Roads travel between Augustine Cut-off and Delaware 141 to the west of U.S. 202 and Augustine Cut-Off and Weldin Road to the east of U.S. 202. Delaware 141 north ends as Delaware 261 north at the U.S. 202 interchange.
Map illustrating the complicated reconfiguration of U.S. 202, Delaware 141, Delaware 261, Rockland Road, and Powder Mill Road. [click for larger]
All of these projects coincided with the creation of park and open space lands adjacent to both the north and southbound sides of the junction. A Delaware Greeneway also is now in place between Augustine Cutoff and Rockland Road. Please see BlueBall.net for additional details on the rest of the project.
The final phase of the Blue Ball construction project is the reconfiguration of the Interstate 95 and U.S. 202 directional-cloverleaf interchange in north Wilmington. First the northbound on-ramp from Interstate 95 onto Concord Pike will be expanded to two overall lanes. The southbound loop ramp from Interstate 95 onto Delaware 202 (Concord Avenue) will be removed. That movement will be accomplished by utilizing the existing southbound ramp to U.S. 202 north by adding a short connecting ramp and left-hand turn. This will allow for crews to build a new wider southbound ramp between Concord Pike and Interstate 95 in place of the former loop ramp. That ramp and the northbound off-ramp to Concord Pike fail in their present states with a lack of capacity for the overwhelming demands and their curvature. Work on the interchange reconfiguration began in Winter 2007.
U.S. 202 Mileage: 13.06
U.S. 202 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
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| 0.00
| U.S. 13-40 Basin Corner
| Delaware 37 Commons Blvd.
| 39,617
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| 1.02
| Delaware 37 Commons Blvd.
| Interstate 95
| 48,734
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| Interstate 95 overlap (1.98-7.92)
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| 7.92
| Interstate 95 & DE 202 Concord Ave.
| Augustine Cut Off
| 36,726
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| 8.27
| Augustine Cut Off
| Delaware 261 Foulk Road
| 67,893
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| 8.67
| Delaware 261 Foulk Road
| Delaware 141 Murphy Road
| 47,834
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| 9.23
| Delaware 141 Murphy Road
| Sharpley Road
| 51,973
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| 9.82
| Sharpley Road
| Silverside Road
| 52,892
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| 10.88
| Silverside Road
| Woodlawn Drive
| 50,817
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| 11.61
| Woodlawn Drive
| Delaware 92 Naamans Road
| 38,244
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| 12.28
| Delaware 92 Naamans Road
| PA state line (13.06)
| 43,671
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| Source: Traffic Summary 2002 (DelDOT) |
The southern leg of U.S. 202 between Raritan, New Jersey and Wilmington, Delaware represents the original alignment of U.S. 122. The former federal highway existed between State Road (where U.S. 13 & 40 split) northward through Wilmington to the Concord Turnpike. The route was signed in Delaware and southeastern Pennsylvania between 1926 and 1934. In June 1934, AASHO approved a 671-mile route for U.S. 202 between Bangor, Maine and State Road, Delaware.2 U.S. 122 was then assigned to a new route between Oxford and Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania over what had been U.S. 120. The second version of U.S. 122 was decommissioned by the late 1960s.
A large intersection joins Delaware 92 (Naamans Road) and U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) an eight of a mile south of the Pennsylvania state line. The close proximity to the Keystone State provides for numerous "sales tax-free" shopping opportunities along both the U.S. 202 and Delaware 92 corridors. Brandywine Town Center resides just northeast of the junction. Concord Mall represents one of the larger commercial venues on U.S. 202 just southeast of the Delaware 92 traffic light. Photo taken 03/22/04.
U.S. 202 in Chester County, Pennsylvania
U.S. 202 continues northward into the Commonwealth with four to six lanes divided by a grassy median. The development is not as heavy as it is in the First State but is nonetheless still substantial. Thus, U.S. 202 retains heavy traffic volumes as it treks northward to the Chester County seat of West Chester. There U.S. 202 bypasses the city on a controlled access expressway. Aside an intersection with Matlack Street, the highway is a full freeway. U.S. 322 overlaps with U.S. 202 north of the U.S. 1 intersection near Chadds Ford. The two remain paired east of West Chester to a location northeast of the city. There U.S. 322 turns west on the two lane
West Chester Bypass. A Business U.S. 322 remains in place along the original alignment.
Continuing north, U.S. 202 travels to the west Philadelphia suburbs of Exton, Malvern, Paoli, Berwyn, Devon, and ultimately the King of Prussia. The original alignment of U.S. 202 roughly follows Paoli Pike to the south of the newer freeway pathway.
The West Chester to King of Prussia freeway saw construction in the 1960s. As the area grew the limited access highway succumbed to congestion and capacity related issues. To address this issue PennDOT embarked on a five year $290 million reconstruction project for the northern reaches of the freeway. Planned in the 1980s and constructed from the mid-1990s onward, U.S. 202 sees expansion from four to six lanes between Tredyffrin Township and the King of Prussia mall in additional to a complete redesign of the interchange with Interstate 76 & U.S. 422. The project overall saw the replacement or creation of 36 separate ramps. All construction is complete as of October 30, 2003.1
U.S. 202 Guide
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U.S. 202 northbound departs Interstate 95 for the Concord Pike at the Exit 8 interchange. The federal highway merges onto Concord Pike just south of the Augustine Cutoff intersection. Delaware 202 ends here and U.S. 202 quickly expands to six overall lanes between the freeway and Delaware 261 (Foulk Road). Construction is underway here to replace the upcoming intersection with a partial interchange and underpass. Photo taken 03/22/04. |
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Delaware 261 northbound departs U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) via Foulk Road. The north-south route cuts a diagonal between Concord Pike and Interstate 95 through the Brandywine Hundred suburbs of Wilmington. The state route eventually becomes Pennsylvania 261 near Booths Corner, Pennsylvania. Photo taken 04/21/04. |
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New overheads now prepare motorists along the U.S. 202 northbound off-ramp from Interstate 95 onto Concord Pike for the partial-interchange with Delaware 141 & 261. Photos taken 12/29/07. |
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U.S. 202 merges onto Concord Pike north from Interstate 95 adjacent to the intersection with Augustine Cutoff. Left-hand turns onto Augustine Cutoff south are only permitted from the ending Delaware 202 as U.S. 202 travelers remain segregated to the right and bypass the traffic lights. Augustine Cutoff connects Concord Pike with north Wilmington via Lovering Avenue. Changes to the intersection now prohibit left-hand turns from Augustine Cutoff onto U.S. 202 north, therefore Delaware 202 motorists no longer must wait at the traffic light. Photos taken 05/19/07 & 12/29/07. |
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Approaching the Delaware 141 (Foulk Road / Route 141 Spur) off-ramp on U.S. 202 north. A partial interchange joins Concord Pike with Delaware 141 below to provide connections to Delaware 261 (Foulk Road) north, Rockland Road, and West Park Road. Upon completion of the Blue Ball project, a diagrammatical overhead replaced the separate panels for the Delaware 141 south & 261 northbound off-ramp. Photos taken 05/19/07 & 12/29/07. |
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The connection to the northbound beginning of Delaware 261 was open by December of 2005 for Foulk Road travelers bound for Brandywine Hundred. Delaware 261 consists of a four-lane surface boulevard between Blue Ball and the Pennsylvania state line. Photo taken 12/21/05. |
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U.S. 202 northbound at the ramp departure to Delaware 141. Delaware 141 south follows Route 141 Spur northwest to Powder Mill Road (former Delaware 141) and Childrens Drive; Delaware 141 north follows Foulk Road to the Delaware 261 beginning at Weldin Road. Note the changes between May and December 2007, with Delaware 202 traffic merging with the two lanes of U.S. 202 north after the Foulk Road off-ramp. Photos taken 05/19/07 & 12/29/07. |
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A traffic light still governs the turning movements between the Delaware 141 (Foulk Road) off-ramps to the U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) mainline. A signal also governs the turning movements below for traffic movements of U.S. 202 north onto Delaware 141 (Route 141 Spur) south. Photo taken 12/21/05. |
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This reassurance shield lies along northbound between between the Delaware 141 (Foulk Road) underpass and Weldin Road. Note that initially it was signed as Delaware 202 but corrected to U.S. 202 by 2007. Photos taken 12/21/05 & 05/19/07. |
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The Weldin Road extension west of Foulk Road remains a permanent feature of the Blue Ball area road work. Weldin Road leads east to Shipley Road and north Wilmington, doubling as a connection to Delaware 261 (Foulk Road) northbound & Delaware 141 southbound. Photos taken 05/19/07. |
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Approaching the former northern terminus of Delaware 141 (Powder Mill Road) on U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) northbound. Delaware 141 loops south and west of Wilmington by way of Route 141 Spur, Powder Mill Road, Centre Road, the Newport Freeway, and Basin Road. The highway carries an overall four lanes and is divided throughout the stretch between New Castle and Fairfax. Powder Mill Road still joins U.S. 202 with Delaware 141 at Childrens Drive. Photo taken 03/22/04. |
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Delaware 141 southbound shield posted ahead of the Powder Mill & Murphy Road intersection. The north-south route was proposed as a full freeway between Interstate 95 at Newport and U.S. 202 at Fairfax. The plan included the Newport Freeway and short limited access segment near Greenville at junction Delaware 52. Community opposition however led to the cancellation of the project and Delaware 141 remains an at-grade facility from Delaware 100 northward to Concord Pike, with the exception of the Rockland Road underpass. Photo taken 03/22/04. |
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U.S. 202 northbound at Powder Mill Road (former Delaware 141) and Murphy Road. To the left is the sprawling Astra Zenica pharmaceutical complex and the Rollins high rise. To the right Murphy Road begins eastward from Powder Mill Road to junction Delaware 261 (Foulk Road) where it becomes Wilson Road en route to Shipley Road and junction Delaware 3 (Marsh Road) & Veale Road. A north U.S. 202 shield assembly replaced the missing marker to the right by December 2007. Photo taken 03/22/04. |
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The north and southbound carriageways of U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) widen through the community of Talleyville. Several businesses line the median between Mt. Lebanon and Silverside Roads. A grassy area remains between Silverside Road and the carriageway northern merge. Pictured here is the west end of Silverside Road. The east-west through route links Concord Pike with the north-south roads of Shipley Road, Delaware 261 (Foulk Road), Delaware 3 (Marsh Road), Veale Road, Carr Road, and U.S. 13 Business (Philadelphia Pike). Photo taken 03/22/04. |
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Welcome to Pennsylvania sign bridge on U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) at the Pennsylvania state line. This particular assembly remains in use through to 2004. Here U.S. 202 becomes the Wilmington West Chester Pike en route to U.S. 1 & 322 at Chadds Ford. There U.S. 322 joins U.S. 202 along the pike northward to the Chester County seat of West Chester. The college town is 7.5 miles north of the state line. Photo taken by Averil Hecht (1985). |
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Old style Delaware Memorial Bridge trailblazer and U.S. 202 services sign at the Delaware state line on the Wilmington West Chester Pike southbound. Photo taken by Averil Hecht (1985). |
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A modern look at the U.S. 202 crossing of the Delaware and Pennsylvania state line. U.S. 202 curves toward the first of several traffic lights at Beaver Valley Plaza ahead. Photo taken 08/01/04. |
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Approaching Delaware 92 (Naamans Road) on U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) southbound. The traffic signals of the busy intersection are photo enforced. To the west, Delaware 92 travels Beaver Valley Road and Thompson Bridge Road to Brandywine Creek State Park. Eastbound Naamans Road consists of a four-lane divided surface arterial to Claymont and Interstate 95. Photo taken 08/01/04. |
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U.S. 202 southbound at Delaware 92 (Naamans Road). The northeast corner of this intersection is home to the Brandywine Town Center Mall. The site was once however the site of the Brandywine Raceway horse track. Delaware 92 and U.S. 202 both provide slow goes from here to Interstate 95 due to heavy development and numerous traffic signals. Photo taken 08/01/04. |
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Six lanes of U.S. 202 travel through the community of Fairfax to Powder Mill Road (former Delaware 141). The busy intersection between the two roads also included Murphy Road from the east. Reconstruction in 1998 and 1999 improved the junction to coincide with an expansion of U.S. 202 from former Delaware 141 southward. Photo taken 04/21/04. |
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Powder Mill Road (former Delaware 141) westbound departs U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) to junction Delaware 141 at Childrens Drive and Route 141 Spur. Delaware 141 follows Powder Mill Road west to the Tyler McConnell Bridge and Greenville. The four-lane arterial reduces to two overall lanes across the Brandywine Creek. Powder Mill Road becomes Barley Mill Road at the crossing. All of Delaware 141 between junction Delaware 52 (Kennett Pike) and Fairfax and U.S. 202 from Delaware 141 southward to Interstate 95 was planned as a freeway at one point. Other than grade separations between Delaware 141 and Rockland Road and the partial interchange with U.S. 202, the road remains a surface highway. Photo taken 04/21/04. |
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A closer look at the signalized intersection between U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) and Powder Mill & Murphy Roads. Murphy Road continues eastward with four lanes to Thomas Road. 0.7 miles east of U.S. 202, Murphy Road intersects Delaware 261 (Foulk Road) and becomes Wilson Road. Photo taken 04/21/04. |
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Approaching the Delaware 141 (Foulk Road / Route 141 Spur) off-ramp on U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) southbound near the intersection with Weldin Road. Weldin Road saw extension to U.S. 202 in 2004 to act as a connector between Concord Pike and Foulk Road. Now that the southbound off-ramp to Delaware 141 is complete, Weldin Road is no longer accessible from U.S. 202 south. Photo taken 12/29/07. |
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The single ramp from U.S. 202 south to Delaware 141 serves interests to Delaware 261 (Foulk Road) north, Rockland Road, West Park Road, and Augustine Cutoff through the Blue Ball park areas. Delaware 141 loops south from Weldin Road to U.S. 202 before turning back north to Childrens Drive near the Alfred DuPont Hospital for Children. Augustine Cutoff joins the Blue Ball area with Lovering Avenue in north Wilmington. Photo taken 12/29/07. |
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Construction associated with the Blueball project resulted in a temporary relocation of the U.S. 202 mainline between Augustine Cutoff and Independence Mall between 2004-05. Pictured here is the original roadway of Concord Pike southbound between the former south end of Delaware 261 (Foulk Road) and Augustine Cutoff. The roadway closed in July of 2004 for 18 months so that crews could construct a pair of underpasses for U.S. 202 at Foulk Road/Route 141 Spur and the new East Park Drive. The second photo looks at the restored U.S. 202 roadway and the third reveals the new signs and jersey-barrier free roadway. Photos taken 04/09/04, 12/23/06, and 12/20/07. |
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The pre-construction configuration of U.S. 202 southbound saw a dedicated right-turn lane for Augustine Cutoff southbound. Augustine Cutoff travels southward from U.S. 202 into the city of Wilmington at Lovering Avenue. The two-lane roadway features a high-level stone arch bridge over the Brandywine Creek. Post construction removed the right-hand turn lane from U.S. 202 south to Augustine Cutoff. Motorists destined for the roadway must now use the Foulk Road off-ramp and East Park Drive south to make the connection. Photos taken 03/29/04, 12/23/06, and 12/20/07. |
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U.S. 202 southbound prepares to merge onto Interstate 95 southbound. The federal highway presently utilizes a two-lane ramp to access the southbound carriageway of the freeway. Delaware 202 continues Concord Pike southward into the city of Wilmington otherwise. Reconstruction on the current directional cloverleaf interchange between Interstate 95 & U.S. 202-Delaware 202 (Exit 8) commenced in 2007 that will eliminate the loop ramp onto Delaware 202 south and widen the southbound on-ramp to Interstate 95 from Concord Pike. Photos taken 03/29/04 & 12/29/07. |
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U.S. 202 southbound descends onto Interstate 95 via a two-lane off-ramp from Concord Pike. The ramp was widened in 1999 to accommodate the increasing traffic that U.S. 202 brings to Interstate 95. The extra lane however ends before the ramp merges onto the freeway itself causing a bottleneck. Note the extra yellow area on the bottom of the sign. New signs were simply pasted over the old ones on U.S. 202 southbound for the new lane configuration. Photo taken 03/27/04. |
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All of the new signs installed at the completion of the U.S. 202 Blue Ball project now omit U.S. 202 shields from the Interstate 95 southbound overheads. Additionally the overheads for the continuation of Concord Pike onto Delaware 202 / Concord Avenue simply display "Wilmington". Unfortunately, the only signs of both the U.S. 202 southbound continuation and the Delaware 202 southbound beginning are these shields posted ahead of the Interstate 95 southbound on-ramp. Photo 12/29/07. |
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U.S. 202 departs Concord Pike for its poorly signed merge with Interstate 95 southbound to downtown Wilmington and New Castle. Note also that the old secondary control city of Chester now joins Philadelphia on the northbound panel. Chester dropped in population from 90,000 to 36,000 during the 20th century and should no longer be used as a control city for the freeway. Photo 12/29/07. |
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Descending toward the city of Wilmington on Concord Pike southbound. The four-lane arterial becomes Delaware 202 upon entering the city of Wilmington at Broom Street. A cloverleaf ramp departs ahead for Interstate 95 northbound. On the horizon is the Delaware River and Delaware Memorial Bridge (Interstate 295 & U.S. 40). Photo taken by Averil Hecht (1985). |
| Scenes related to U.S. 202 |
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The west end of Silverside Road at U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) in Talleyville. An extra wide median here allows for sweeping turn movements between Silverside Road and U.S. 202 southbound. The strip otherwise is heavily commercialized entailing several entrances and exits. Photo taken 04/21/04. |
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The north end of Augustine Cutoff at U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) near Interstate 95 and Blueball. Augustine Cutoff will see realignment to improve the traffic flow of Concord Pike through the area. The new roadway ties into a the West Park Drive west of U.S. 202. West Park Drive follows the 2004-05 temporary alignment of U.S. 202. Photo taken 03/29/04. |
Sources:
1 - "Route 202 project comes to an end." The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 30, 2003
2 - U.S. 202 Maine to Delaware, Federal Highway Administration.
3 - "Blue Ball project slows traffic." The News Journal (DE), July 11, 2004.
U.S. 202 Offsite Links
Page Updated December 29, 2007.
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