Walkabout Wilmington – A stroll through the city Archive

Harrison Street links Delaware Avenue south with Pennsylvania Avenue at Fountain Plaza. 04/01/04

SR 52 shifts from Pennsylvania to Delaware Avenue south at Van Buren Street. 03/30/04

Jackson Street connects SR 52 (Delaware Avenue) with I-95 south. 03/19/04

An array of 30" Eagle brand signals were previously used at the intersection of Van Buren Street north and Delaware Avenue (SR 52). Van Buren Street provides part of the movement from SR 52 north to the Jackson Street on-ramp to I-95 south. 04/01/04

An array of 30" Eagle brand signals were previously used at the intersection of Van Buren Street north and Delaware Avenue (SR 52). 04/01/04

Van Buren Street provides part of the movement from SR 52 north to the Jackson Street on-ramp to I-95 south. November 1999

Van Buren Street lowers four blocks from Pennsylvania Avenue to enter Brandywine Park at Park Drive. 03/30/04

Van Buren Street lowers four blocks from Pennsylvania Avenue to enter Brandywine Park at Park Drive. 03/30/04

Van Buren Street south intersects Park Drive below high level span for Interstate 95 near Happy Valley. 03/30/04

Van Buren Street south intersects Park Drive below high level span for Interstate 95 near Happy Valley. 03/30/04

Van Buren Street crosses Brandywine Creek between Interstate 95 and Washington Street. Supported by eight arch spans, the Van Buren Street Bridge is 353 feet in length. The bridge was built in 1906 during the City Beautiful Movement. Extra attention was given to the engineering, architectural and landscaped surroundings to aesthetically blend the bridge into Brandywine Park.¹ 03/30/04

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The Van Buren Street Bridge supports a 48" diameter water main, linking the Porter Reservoir to the filter station at Sixteenth and Market Streets. DelDOT closed the bridge in 1996 for major repairs.¹ 03/30/04

Looking west at the Washington Street Bridge from the path along Park Drive along Brandywine Creek. The arch bridge is 720 feet long with five spans. Opened on November 24, 1921, the Washington Street Bridge is the only open spandrel arch bridge in the state of Delaware.¹ 03/30/04

Designed as a memorial to Delaware's war veterans, each of the 40' tall pylons along the main span of the Washington Street Bridge include bronze tablets commemorating service in various wars.¹ 03/30/04

Washington Street north at 13th Street and the entrance to Wilmington Hospital. The city of Wilmington placed two 42" signals on this span wire over Washington Street to accompany 30" ground level signals. All were replaced after 2008. 03/30/04

The eastern section of 14th Street stems east from Washington Street and Wilmington Hospital to Clifford Brown Walk in the Upper East Side community. The western section branches off Delaware Avenue to the Highlands neighborhood in northwest Wilmington. 03/30/04

The Washington Street Bridge spans Brandywine Creek and Park Drive with a 40 foot wide roadway and two 14 foot sidewalks.¹ 03/30/04

Crews from Byers Electric installing 36" Eagle Mark IV traffic signals at the Washington Street split with Baynard Avenue. U.S. 202 historically used Baynard Boulevard between Concord Avenue and Washington Street. 03/30/04

The Wilmington skyline rises above Washington Street Bridge. Early 2000s construction rehabilitated the arch bridge with new pavement, a rebuilt sidewalk and decorative lamp posts. 03/30/04

Heading through Midtown Brandywine along Washington Street south at Thirteenth Street and the entrance to Wilmington Hospital. 03/30/04