Delaware State Route 2 Archive

Elkton Road east at the west end of SR 4 and the turn of SR 896 south onto Christina Parkway. SR 2 previously overlapped with SR 4/896 east to bypass central Newark as SR 2 Business followed Elkton Road northeast to Downtown. 05/15/05

SR 2/4 eastbound split at SR 72 (South Chapel Street) just outside the Newark city limits. 04/17/04

SR 2 combined with SR 72 north along S Chapel Street and Library Avenue to SR 273 (Delaware Avenue) in east Newark. 06/18/12

Installed around 1980, the only sign bridge in the city of Newark stands along Library Avenue where SR 2/72/273 previously overlapped to E Main Street, Kirkwood Highway and Ogletown Road. The panel for Main Street was greened out in 1988 to display SR 2 Business instead of SR 2 West. 03/28/04

During the Summer 2004, the overhead for SR 273/SR 2 Business west was replaced to include a trailblazer for the Newark Public Library. 08/31/04

SR 2/72 (Capitol Trail) east at Cleveland Avenue west and Woodlawn Avenue east. 03/28/04

The intersection with Cleveland Avenue was reconfigured in 2014/15. The span wire signal array was replaced with mast arms during that project. 06/18/12

Construction in 2012 replaced sidewalks and the narrow concrete divider along SR 2 to the northbound split of SR 72. New signs and signals were installed during the project. 06/30/10

Prior to 2012, six Eagle Flatback signals operated at the intersection of SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) and Harmony Road. The change to protected turns included signal upgrades. 03/28/04

SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) east at Pike Creek Road west. 03/28/04

SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) east at Delaware Park Drive. 06/05/12

Span wire supported Eagle Flatback signals at Kirkwood Highway and Milltown Road were replaced with new McCain signals the first full week of June 2012. 03/28/04

Left turns in both directions of SR 2 were switched to protected. 06/05/12

Kirkwood Highway east at St. James Church Road south and Griffin Drive north. Signals once provided permissive left turns from SR 2 east here. 03/28/04

Prior to 2015, SR 2/41 overlapped east from Newport Gap Pike to SR 141. 06/05/12

A sign addition made along SR 2 east at Newport Gap Pike in 2017 erroneously referenced the former overlap of SR 2 east / SR 41 south to Prices Corner. This was corrected by 2021. 12/20/17

The SR 2/41 overlap was created in 1979 when the freeway for SR 141 opened. 06/05/12

Coinciding with the 1999 reconstruction of the Newport Freeway, SR 62 shields were posted for Newport Gap Pike south on Kirkwood Highway. SR 62 at the time was the preferred alternate route to SR 141 south from Prices Corner due to construction closures. 03/23/04

Confirming markers for SR 2/41 posted between Newport Gap Pike and Albertson Boulevard. The two overlapped for a half mile. 03/28/04

This original guide sign for SR 141 on Kirkwood Highway east remained in service through 2001. A poorly designed greenout was added to show Interstate 95 prior to its replacement. 12/19/01