Delaware State Route 2 Archive

A carbon copied overlay updated the SR 141 sign to better show I-95, but retained the must exit placard. SR 141 was completed as a freeway south from SR 2 through Newport in 1979. 03/28/04

An SR 41 trailblazer directed truckers and other through traffic originating from U.S. 30 and Lancaster, Pennsylvania to the SR 141 southbound on-ramp from SR 2 east. SR 41 ended along the ramp until 2015. 06/05/12

This 1979 sign for SR 141 south was greened out to include SR 41 prior to its replacement. 12/19/01

An overlay retained SR 41 for SR 141 south to Newport. SR 41 was signed east along SR 2 through Prices Corner to the Newport Freeway. An end shield was posted along the on-ramp until 2015. 03/28/04

A previous overhead posted ahead of the loop ramp for SR 141 (Centre Road) north on SR 2 east. This circa 2002 overhead was replaced by 2007 and then removed by 2012 in favor of a new assembly after the freeway overpasses. 03/28/04

A city-installed sign (still in place as of 2017) directed traffic on Lancaster Avenue south to Interstate 95. Succeeding signal replacements by 2014 replaced these Eagles with new mast arm supported lights. 04/27/04

SR 2 (Union Street) east at 2nd Street (SR 48 west) in Wilmington. This span wire array of signals was replaced with a mast arm assembly in 2017. 12/22/16

Eagle brand traffic lights at the east end of SR 2 with SR 52 (Pennsylvania Avenue). 04/01/04

Approaching SR 9 (4th Street) on SR 2 (Union Street) in Wilmington. 04/27/04

SR 2 shield formerly posted at the north end of SR 9 (4th Street) at the Flats in Wilmington. 04/27/04

This cutout shield for SR 2 west after SR 48 was replaced in 2016. 08/05/07

A trailblazer took the place of a junction shield assembly for SR 141 on SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) west just ahead of the Newport Freeway. It was replaced by 2012. 03/20/04

The overhead sign structure at the exit ramp from SR 2 to SR 141 south dated back to the completion of the Newport Freeway in 1979. 03/20/04

A new assembly posted at the on-ramp to SR 141 by 2012 included I-95 on the overhead for Newport. 07/08/10

This sign over the SR 141 on-ramp was carbon copied onto a new overhead fixture by 2012. 03/20/04

Traffic partitioned for SR 141 south and north by a newly landscaped berm. 03/20/04

Thunderstorms associated with a cold front darkened skies west of SR 2 at Albertson Boulevard. This intersection was one of two New Castle County locations using flashing yellow arrows (the other was located at Library Avenue and Ogletown Road in Newark) before they became a national standard. 04/24/05

Mast arm signal assemblies replaced this set of span wires at SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) and Delaware Park Drive in 2017. 06/15/12

Mast arm signal assemblies replaced the span wire setup at Brewster Drive in 2015. 06/03/12

SR 2 (Capitol Trail) west at SR 72 (Possum Park Road) outside Newark. This intersection was reconstructed in Summer 2012 with new sidewalks, a longer eastbound turn lane, signal upgrades and sign replacements. 06/30/10