Walkabout Wilmington – A stroll through the city Archive


Streets, traffic lights, highway signs and bridges that help make up the Wilmington, Delaware city scape. Photos are cataloged by street and ordered from south to north or west to east.

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

Econolite signals formerly operated at Ninth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. The intersection was converted to a two-way stop by 2016. The building on the southeast corner was demolished by 2016 as well to make way for the Residences at Mid-town Park development. 03/30/04

Econolite signals formerly operated at Ninth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. The intersection was converted to a two-way stop by 2016. 03/30/04

Econolite signals formerly operated at Ninth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. The intersection was converted to a two-way stop by 2016. 03/30/04

Tenth Street east at Market Street and Rodney Square in Downtown Wilmington. Rodney Square is a transit hub for DART (Delaware Area Regional Transit) bus lines. 03/30/04

Tenth Street converts into two-way traffic west of Walnut Street. Delaware 52 begins two blocks to the north along Twelfth Street. 03/30/04

Westward facing view of Tenth and Market Streets. Decorative signal mast arms and street lamps appear throughout the central business district. 03/30/04

Tenth Street curves northwesterly beyond the intersection with Orange Street to become Delaware Avenue in one block at Tatnall Street. 03/30/04

The addition of painted crosswalks at Tenth and Jackson Streets in 2016 included the installation of new pedestrian signs in place of this 1960s trailblazer for Interstate 95 south. 04/09/04

The addition of painted crosswalks at Tenth and Jackson Streets in 2016 included the installation of new pedestrian signs in place of this 1960s trailblazer for Interstate 95 south. 04/09/04

A sign bridge over Eleventh Street east between Adams and Monroe Streets directs motorists heading to Downtown Wilmington from respective off-ramps of Interstate 95. Delaware 52 overtakes Eleventh Street south in three blocks from Delaware Avenue at Jefferson Street. 03/19/04

Exiting Wilmington Hospital at the intersection of 13th and Washington Streets. 30" Eagle traffic signals were used here until sometime after 2008. 03/30/04

Exiting Wilmington Hospital at the intersection of 13th and Washington Streets. 30" Eagle traffic signals were used here until sometime after 2008. 03/30/04

13th Street east at U.S. 13 Business (Walnut Street) north in the Upper East Side community. 03/30/04

30" Eagle signals formerly operated at the intersection of 14th Street west and Walnut Street (U.S. 13 Business) north. 03/30/04

A vintage U.S. 13 shield at 14th and French Streets in the Upper East Side community. The shield referenced the historical alignment of U.S. 13 along French Street. 03/30/04
Photos by Alex Nitzman
References:
- Delaware Historic Bridges
http://www.deldot.net/static/ projects/archaeology/historic_pres/ delaware_bridge_book/bridge_toc.html, Delaware Department of Transportation.
Page Updated Friday May 26, 2017.