Delaware Route 1 South Archive

Taking Exit 156, traffic partitioned for SR 71 and U.S. 13 north below these replaced guide signs. 05/15/05

12/30/16

Removed SR 71 shield along Exit 156 A. 12/30/16

U.S. 13/SR 1 southbound crossing Red Lion Creek. 03/24/04

Governor Lea Road and School House Road were severed with the completion of SR 1. A new overpass was built to link the two roads by way of Lower Twin Lane Road and the original Dupont Highway. 08/05/07

U.S. 13/SR 1 southbound one half mile north of their split near St. Georges. 08/05/07

The business district banner for Exit 152 was added at the urging of local business owners in St. Georges bypassed by construction of the C & D Canal Bridge on SR 1. This sign was replaced by 2007. 04/17/04

Taking the off-ramp (Exit 152) to SR 72 (Wrangle Hill Road from SR 1 south. 04/17/04

Construction in 2016 converted the diamond interchange joining SR 72 (Wrangle Hill Road), U.S. 13 and SR 1 into a DDI. 06/18/12

SR 72 (Wrangle Hill Road) north at the original left turn for SR 1 south to Odessa. 06/18/12

An exit to South St. Georges was added in 1999 to keep the Chesapeake & Canal Bridge as a toll free facility. Before the Odessa Bypass section of SR 1 opened, traffic directly merged onto U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway). 08/05/07

A sign bridge for U.S. 301 (First Responders Memorial Highway) replaced this ground level sign for Exit 148. 12/30/18

The Biddles Corner toll plaza levied a $1.00 toll to all passenger vehicles until 2007. 08/05/07

The toll schedule sign with the variable message board at the Roth Bridge on SR 1 southbound was replaced in Fall 2022. 12/25/20

The Chesapeake and Canal Bridge lined with street lights. 03/24/04

Roadway lighting across the C & D Canal Bridge were removed in 2005. 03/24/04

Exit 148 descends from SR 1 south as a commuter ramp for suburban areas between Boyds Corner and Mount Pleasant. 03/24/04

This sign was replaced in kind on a new sign bridge added in 2018 for U.S. 301 south (Exit 147). 12/30/18

Exit 148 turns motorists northward alongside the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Bridge to Lorewood Grove Road. Lorewood Grove Road was slightly realigned to accommodate the bridge supports. 03/24/04

Lorewood Grove Road curves southeast to merge with U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) south. An access road passes under the adjacent St. Georges Bridge to Main Street at South St. Georges as well. 03/24/04