Walkabout Wilmington – A stroll through the city Archive

Harrison Street flows three blocks southwest from Lovering Avenue and Brandywine Park to Delaware Avenue at Fountain Plaza. Delaware Avenue splits from Pennsylvania Avenue as a one-way street north nearby. 03/30/04

Harrison Street is discontinuous between Delaware 52 (Pennsylvania Avenue) and Tenth Street due to Cool Springs Reservoir. The side street resumes from Tenth Street to Maryland Avenue (Delaware 4) through the Cool Springs, Hilltop, and Hedgeville neighborhoods of the city. 03/30/04

Orange Street north at Seventh Street and the Quaker Hill neighborhood. 03/30/04

Orange Street north at Ninth Street in Downtown Wilmington. Older mast arm assemblies here were removed during construction of a new development at the southeast corner by 2016. 03/30/04

Decorative mast arm signals at Orange Street north at Tenth Street. Wilmington started using this style of assembly by 2000. 03/30/04

Park Drive winds along side or above the west banks of Brandywine Creek north from Market and 16th Streets to Lovering Avenue near Trolley Square. The scenic drive passes underneath the Washington Street Bridge near Wilmington Hospital and the Brandywine Zoo. 03/30/04

Park Drive winds along side or above the west banks of Brandywine Creek north from Market and 16th Streets to Lovering Avenue near Trolley Square. The scenic drive passes underneath the Washington Street Bridge near Wilmington Hospital and the Brandywine Zoo. 03/30/04

Park Drive and Van Buren Street meet just below the Brandywine Creek Bridge of Interstate 95. Van Buren Street descends from Happy Valley to span the creek north to the Triangle community. 03/30/04

Park Drive and Van Buren Street meet just below the Brandywine Creek Bridge of Interstate 95. Van Buren Street descends from Happy Valley to span the creek north to the Triangle community. 05/19/07

All 30" pedestal signals at Park Drive and Van Buren Street were replaced with 42" signals by 2012. 03/30/04

All 30" pedestal signals at Park Drive and Van Buren Street were replaced with 42" signals by 2012. 03/30/04

An I-95 overhead was overlaid with green outs and a new shield in 2000 during the six month reconstruction and associated closures of I-95 north of Wilmington. The panel was replaced with a copy of the original sign by 2007. 03/19/04

Replaced signal heads at Pennsylvania Avenue and Union Street near the Little Italy community. 04/01/04

SR 52 (Pennsylvania Avenue) south at the split intersection with Union Street. SR 2 follows Union Street west from here. 04/01/04

Pennsylvania Avenue at the east end of SR 2 (Lincoln Street). 04/01/04

Older Eagle signals at Pennsylvania Avenue and Dupont Street were replaced by 2007. 04/01/04

New signals were added at Pennsylvania Avenue and Clayton Street by 2007. 04/01/04

SR 52 (Pennsylvania Avenue) south at Rodney Street. 04/01/04

Pennsylvania Avenue south at Broom Street. 04/01/04

Pennsylvania Avenue south at Franklin Street. 04/01/04