Interstate 495 Delaware Archive

All rounded edge based guide signs for Interstate 495 were replaced in the mid-2000s. 03/23/04

Guide signs for Exit 1 were replaced in kind. 12/27/16

The interchange sequence sign posted a half mile west of Exit 1 was replaced with a new sign giving separate 1 mile listings for Terminal Avenue and the Port of Wilmington. 03/20/04

A horizontal rule was also added between Twelfth Street and SR 3. The replacement sign was removed completely by October 2014. 12/23/12

A monotube replaced this sign bridge by July 2018. 12/27/16

Exit 1 looped away from I-495 north onto U.S. 13 at U.S. 13 Business. Rogers Road crosses over the freeway in the distance. 03/20/04

A monotube assembly replaced the overhead at Exit 1 by July 2018. 12/21/16

Interstate 495 north crosses over SR 9 and an abandoned railroad corridor on the quarter mile approach to Exit 2 with SR 9A (Terminal Avenue). 03/23/04

Riverfront attractions placards were added to Exit 2 signs in 2000 during the reconstruction project of I-95 north of Wilmington. 03/20/04

The overhead at Exit 2 was replaced in 2017 with a monotube assembly. 10/05/14

Signs for Interstate 495 on SR 9A were replaced by 2007. 08/10/04

Approaching the Christina River Bridge along I-495 north, motorists passed under this interchange sequence sign posted one mile ahead of Exit 3 with 12th Street. 03/23/04

The mileage sign north of SR 9A was removed in 2018. 10/05/14

The 12th Street off-ramp (Exit 3) departs I-495 just north of the Christina River on the industrial east side of Wilmington. 03/23/04

Slotted signs for 12th Street along I-495 north, and SR 9A along I-495 south, over the Christina River Bridge were installed June 12, 2005. 10/05/14

The slotted signs were removed by 2018 with installation of a new monotube. 12/19/16

A 2001 installed overhead for Twelfth Street saw the removal of the lighting fixtures at Exit 3. The exit lies one mile east of U.S. 13 (Northeast Boulevard). 03/23/04

One of the bubble shields for I-495 installed along northbound in 2000. The shield was missing by 2008. 03/20/04

A new overhead panel was installed in 2000 at Exit 4. The installation coincided with the removal of lighting fixtures. 03/23/04

Confirming marker posted north of Exit 4. 01/01/19