Delaware State Route 9

Kitts Hummock Road meanders west from Kitts Hummock on Delaware Bay to Delaware 9 (Bayside Drive). Construction of the diamond interchange between Delaware 1 and 9 realigned the northernmost portion of the roadway onto an S-curve to circumnavigate the new ramps. This scene looks at the previous approach to Bayside Drive. 08/05/07

Kitts Hummock Road north at the split two wye intersection joining Delaware 9 (Bayside Drive) with then U.S. 113 (Bay Road). 04/13/04

U.S. 113 signs were replaced with Delaware 1 at Kitts Hummock Road and Bayside Drive. 08/05/07

Kitts Hummock Road branched southeast to connect U.S. 113 (Bay Road) south with Delaware 9 (Bayside Drive) north. This location falls within the footprint now of the SR 1 and 9 interchange now. 04/13/04

Delaware 9 (Bayside Drive) north at Kitts Hummock Road south. 08/05/07

Fog produced from a warm front shrouded the northbound beginning of Delaware 9. The new interchange with Delaware 1 opened to traffic in 2009. 04/13/04

This old array of Eagle signals along SR 9 (5th Street) at Clinton Street in Delaware City was replaced by 2005. 04/04/04

These trailblazers for U.S. 13 and Delaware 1 at Hamburg Road were removed by 2008. By 2014 a new assembly referenced the 0.7 mile road west to Dupont Highway for truck traffic. 08/05/07

SR 9 shifts onto Seventh Street eastward through the Dobbinsville community in New Castle. 08/05/07

SR 273 formerly overlapped with SR 9 between SR 141 (Basin Road) and Sixth Street in New Castle. A reassurance marker was posted east of Basin Road by Carrie Downie Elementary until 2013. 07/31/13

The overhead for I-295 south on SR 9 north was replaced in 2020. 12/23/18

A new gore point sign for I-295 was added in place of this assembly in 2020. The adjacent overhead for SR 9 was removed as well. 06/02/12

SR 9 (4th Street) north at Poplar Street in Wilmington. 04/04/04

SR 9 (4th Street) at U.S. 13 Business (Walnut Street) northbound. 04/04/04

Former Delaware 9 cutout on 4th Street west ahead of Scott Street in Wilmington. 03/20/04

SR 9 (4th Street) at Monroe Street in West Center City, Wilmington. 08/05/07

SR 9 south at US 13 Business (King Street) south in Wilmington. 03/30/04

Eagle Flatback signals at 4th and Poplar Streets in East Side, Wilmington. 03/30/04

SR 9 (New Castle Avenue) south at Eden Park and what was Claymont Street west. This vintage signal array was still in place as of 2018. 06/16/00

Delaware 273 previously began at the turn of Delaware 9 south from Sixth Street to Chestnut Street in New Castle. All signs for the state route west were taken down by 2014, but shields here remained through 2016. 04/10/04

Approaching the south end of Delaware 141 on then Delaware 9 south & 273 (Delaware Street) west. 08/05/07

The intersection joining SR 9 (Delaware Street / Washington Avenue), SR 141 (Basin Road) and SR 273 (Frenchtown Road) was configured in 2013-14. An end sign was added for SR 273 here at that time. 08/05/07

A set of truss arm signals were located at Delaware 9 (Washington Avenue) and 12th Street for the Washington Park subdivision in New Castle. They were disassembled in 2013. 06/10/12

Removed after 2013, this set of Eagle Flatbacks operated along SR 9 (7th Street) at Center Street in New Castle. 07/31/13

The Eagle traffic lights at Delaware 9 (5th Street) and Clinton Street in Delaware City were replaced with Eagle Mark IV signal heads in 2005. 05/15/05

Mast arm signal assemblies replaced the span wire traffic lights at SR 9 (5th Street) and Clinton Street in Delaware City by 2017. 06/10/12

SR 9 shield and advisory sign for the Hope Creek Generating Station posted at the Reedy Point Bridge approach. 08/10/04

SR 9 (Bayside Drive) previously ended at U.S. 113/SR 1 (Bay Road) at a split wye intersection. 04/13/04

Bayside Drive led directly to U.S. 113 & Delaware 1 (Bay Road) south to Frederica and Milford. U.S. 113 remained signed at this time, two months after it was decommissioned. 04/13/04

Kitts Hummock Road tied into the U.S. 113 and Delaware 9 junction from the southeast. It linked Bayside Drive south with Bay Road north. 04/13/04

A Delaware 1 trailblazer replaced one for U.S. 113 along Kitts Hummock Road north ahead of Dover AFB. 08/05/07