Delaware Route 1 South Archive


This all-caps mileage sign for Beaches posted south of Paddock Road was replaced by June 2008. 08/05/07

Exit 104 is a trumpet interchange and short access road linking SR 1 with adjacent U.S. 13 (Dupont Boulevard). 08/05/07

Guide signs posted for Exit 114 originally displayed SR 6/300 shields for the connections with Glenwood Avenue and Woodland Beach Road in Smyrna. This assembly was also replaced when sign lighting was removed. 08/05/07

This sign directed motorists headed to Hampton Roads to remain along SR 1 south to the Puncheon Run Connector east. It was replaced with a new assembly located north of the Simms Wood Road overpass between 2004 and 2007. 04/13/04

Replacement guide signs for Exit 104 display Scarborough Road in place of W. Dover Ind. Area. The small trailblazer referenced Dover Downs casino. 04/13/04

The initial guide sign for the Puncheon Run Connector (Exit 97) at the SR 8 underpass was replaced with a sign using Clearview font by 2012. 08/05/07

Exit 95 departs immediately south of the Puncheon Run Connector for Bay Road. Bay Road was formerly a part of U.S. 113, until the route was truncated south to Milford. 04/13/04

The commercial gate to Dover AFB is accessible only from SR 1 northbound at Exit 92. Truck traffic to the gate was routed southward 15 miles to make a U-turn until the interchange with SR 9 opened in 2009. 08/05/07

The Puncheon Run Connector has ramps with adjacent Bay Road (former U.S. 113) in Dover. U.S. 113 and SR 1 overlapped from Exit 95 southward to Milford until 2004. 04/13/04

Former guide sign posted within the wye interchange for the Puncheon Run Connector listing U.S. 113 north. 04/13/04

Older signs at Exit 95 referenced SR 1 along Bay Road from before completion of the freeway through Dover Air Force Base. 04/13/04

The first guide sign for Exit 93 and the Dover A.F.B. Main Gate was posted near President Drive. The 2012 replacement added the distance to the AMC Museum. 08/05/07

The expressway ends sign posted at the on-ramp from SR 10 (Lebanon Road) to SR 1 south was removed in 2017. 06/18/12
Photos by AARoads, Adam Froehlig (02/18/02, 04/04/04)
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Page Updated Friday January 24, 2025.