Delaware State Route 4 Archive

The lone shield posted for SR 100 on SR 4 east at Race Street was removed by 2007. 05/01/04

Span wire signals at Robinson Lane were replaced with mast arms as part of the project converting SR 4 from four lanes to a three lane boulevard with bike lanes. 12/30/16

The trailblazer for I-95 preceding Latimer Drive was removed during the road diet project along Maryland Avenue in Wilmington. 12/30/16

Mast arm signals were added at Latimer Drive south, Latimer Place north and Broom Street north into Wilmington by 2014. 05/01/04

Maryland Avenue east at Maple Street in Browntown, Wilmington. 12/30/16

Replaced span wire signal assembly on Maryland Avenue at Adams Street adjacent to I-95. 12/30/16

What was the last reassurance marker for SR 4 eastbound. 12/20/17

Overheads were added to Maryland Avenue east between I-95 and SR 48 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard) in the 1980s. The greenout for the SR 4 overhead covered Wilmington Boulevard, the original name of SR 48 south. 03/21/04

SR 4 cutout posted on Madison Street between MLK Boulevard (SR 48 east) and the turn onto Maryland Avenue. 03/21/04

03/21/04

12/22/12

A 1960s-installed trailblazer for I-95 directed motorists from SR 4 (Maryland Avenue) west to Elm Street for Adams Street north. This assembly was replaced by August 2007. 03/21/04

SR 4 (Maryland Avenue) west at I-95 and Adams Street. 12/30/16

Replace span wire traffic lights at Maple Street in Browntown, Wilmington. 12/30/16

Van Buren Street south and Lower Oak Street north come together as Maryland Avenue climbs out of the Christina River valley. Maryland Avenue was striped for four lanes, but with on-street parking permitted during non peak hours. 12/30/16

This span wire array of signal heads at Broom Street and Latimer Drive / Place was replaced with a mast arm assembly by 2014. 04/24/04

Three blocks west of the Wilmington city line is the signalized intersection with Alban Drive for Latimer Estates. Several older style Eagle signals remained in use along Maryland Avenue between Wilmington and Newport until Summer 2004. 04/24/04

SR 4 (Maryland Avenue) west at Clayton Road and Robinson Lane prior to the road diet project. 12/30/16

Approaching the south end of SR 100 on SR 4 west at Germay Drive. Like all of the older Eagle signals along Maryland Avenue, these were replaced during the Summer 2004. 04/24/04

Maryland Avenue westbound at Race Street and SR 100 northbound. The shield pictured here for SR 4 west was replaced with a subdivision welcome sign for Glynrich by 2012. 04/24/04