Delaware Route 1 South Archive

Replaced overhead for the Biddles Corner toll plaza. 08/05/07

The overhead for the Biddles Corner Toll Plaza was replaced with an APL during construction of the toll road for U.S. 301 at Exit 147. 06/18/12

Overheads at the separation of traffic for the E-ZPass express lanes and the cash lanes at the Biddles Corner toll plaza were also replaced after 2007. 08/05/07

The wye interchange where U.S. 301 south splits from SR 1 was constructed just north of the Biddles Corner Toll Plaza. 06/18/12

The replacement for this Exit 142 sign omitted the word TO for U.S. 301. Prior to 1993, U.S. 301 ran south alongside U.S. 13 to Boyds Corner and west to Mt. Pleasant along Boyds Corner Road. 04/13/04

06/18/12

Another erroneous reference of U.S. 301 for Exit 142. U.S. 301 was realigned onto a toll road southwest from SR 1 in 2019. 08/05/07

06/18/12

Entering the diamond interchange with Exit 142. This overhead for U.S. 13, SR 896 and U.S. 301 was replaced by 2008. 08/05/07

06/18/12

Beaches on this distance sign posted south of Exit 142 referenced the intersection with SR 1A outside Rehoboth Beach. 08/05/07

Exit 136 signs were modified to add Townsend in place of the distance to SR 299. 08/05/07

SR 1 crosses Drawyer Creek before turning west to the diamond interchange (Exit 136) with SR 299. 08/05/07

A ground level sign referenced Townsend, a small town not directly served from SR 1. An unbuilt interchange with SR 71 north to Townsend was apart of original plans for the toll road. 08/05/07

Trailblazers with a life guard chair referenced the Delaware Beaches along SR 1 south from Churchmans Crossing to Odessa. This mileage sign posted south of Odessa was carbon copied by 2012. 08/05/07

The mileage sign posted south of the proposed SR 71 interchange was replaced by 2012. 08/05/07

All signs for Exit 119 were replaced by 2012, with the exception of the Exit 119B panel referencing Townsend. It was added after 2003. 08/05/07

The half mile sign for Exit 119A was a replacement for an assembly posted in 2003. It was also replaced by 2012 and no longer shows Smyrna in all capital letters. 08/05/07

U.S. 13 and SR 1 overlapped from Odessa to Smyrna until the completion of the toll road between Exits 136 and 119. A last exit before toll placard references the untolled on-ramp from SR 299. 08/05/07

A loop ramp departs SR 1 south for U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) just north of a rest area. The Smyrna rest area started as a wayside table in 1937. It was modernized in 1991 and later incorporated into SR 1 with direct ramps to southbound. 08/05/07