Walkabout Wilmington – A stroll through the city Archive

2nd Street (SR 48) at Market Street in LOMA. 03/30/04

2nd Street at Market Street pedestal signal. 03/30/04

Redesign of this intersection in 2007 with brick sidewalks included the replacement of pedestal and span wire signals with new mast arm assemblies. 03/30/04

One of the last 18" trailblazers for I-95 was posted on Sixth Street east between Van Buren and Jackson Streets. 03/21/04

One of the last 18" trailblazers for I-95 was posted on Sixth Street east between Van Buren and Jackson Streets. 04/09/04

There is a break in Sixth Street between King Street (U.S. 13 Business south) and Lombard Street east of Downtown. Pictured here is the end of the one-way street at U.S. 13 Business south. 03/30/04

Like Sixth Street one block to the south, Seventh Street also ends at King Street (U.S. 13 Business south) near Downtown. A hotel parking garage takes the place of 7th Street between King and Walnut Streets (U.S. 13 Business north). Seventh Street resumes one block to the south. 03/30/04

Seventh Street crosses over Interstate 95 from West Center City and intersects Jackson Street. 04/09/04

The intersection of Eighth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. Shipley Street flows south from Tenth Street to LOMA and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Train Station. 03/30/04

The intersection of Eighth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. Shipley Street flows south from Tenth Street to LOMA and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Train Station. 03/30/04

The intersection of Eighth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. Shipley Street flows south from Tenth Street to LOMA and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Train Station. 03/30/04

Original Interstate 95 trailblazer posted at Eighth and Jackson Streets. 04/09/04

Original Interstate 95 trailblazer posted at Eighth and Jackson Streets. As of April 2004 only ten state named shields for Interstate 95 remained in the Diamond State. 04/09/04

Original Interstate 95 trailblazer posted at Eighth and Jackson Streets. This assembly was still standing as of 2016. 04/03/04

Ninth Street south at Jackson Street, the west frontage street for Interstate 95 from Happy Valley to Hedgeville. 03/19/04

A 1960s overhead for Interstate 95 north directed traffic from Ninth Street east to Adams Street for the adjacent on-ramp at 8th Street. A new shield was added to the assembly in 2000. 03/19/04

A 1960s overhead for Interstate 95 north directed traffic from Ninth Street east to Adams Street for the adjacent on-ramp at 8th Street. A new shield was added to the assembly in 2000. 03/19/04

A mast arm assembly with 3M traffic signals previously operated at the intersection of Ninth Street, Adams Street and the northbound off-ramp from I-95 for Delaware Avenue. A span wire assembly replacd this array by 2004. May 2000

Formerly a part of Delaware 4, Washington Street flows one-way south between Twelfth Street (Delaware 52) and the Interstate 95 access ramps from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. 03/30/04

Ninth Street east at Washington Street, midway between Trinity Vicnity and Downtown Wilmington. 03/30/04