Walkabout Wilmington – A stroll through the city

2nd Street (SR 48) at Market Street in LOMA. 03/30/04

2nd Street at Market Street pedestal signal. 03/30/04

Redesign of this intersection in 2007 with brick sidewalks included the replacement of pedestal and span wire signals with new mast arm assemblies. 03/30/04

One of the last 18" trailblazers for I-95 was posted on Sixth Street east between Van Buren and Jackson Streets. 03/21/04

One of the last 18" trailblazers for I-95 was posted on Sixth Street east between Van Buren and Jackson Streets. 04/09/04

There is a break in Sixth Street between King Street (U.S. 13 Business south) and Lombard Street east of Downtown. Pictured here is the end of the one-way street at U.S. 13 Business south. 03/30/04

Like Sixth Street one block to the south, Seventh Street also ends at King Street (U.S. 13 Business south) near Downtown. A hotel parking garage takes the place of 7th Street between King and Walnut Streets (U.S. 13 Business north). Seventh Street resumes one block to the south. 03/30/04

Seventh Street crosses over Interstate 95 from West Center City and intersects Jackson Street. 04/09/04

The intersection of Eighth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. Shipley Street flows south from Tenth Street to LOMA and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Train Station. 03/30/04

The intersection of Eighth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. Shipley Street flows south from Tenth Street to LOMA and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Train Station. 03/30/04

The intersection of Eighth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. Shipley Street flows south from Tenth Street to LOMA and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Train Station. 03/30/04

Original Interstate 95 trailblazer posted at Eighth and Jackson Streets. 04/09/04

Original Interstate 95 trailblazer posted at Eighth and Jackson Streets. As of April 2004 only ten state named shields for Interstate 95 remained in the Diamond State. 04/09/04

Original Interstate 95 trailblazer posted at Eighth and Jackson Streets. This assembly was still standing as of 2016. 04/03/04

Ninth Street south at Jackson Street, the west frontage street for Interstate 95 from Happy Valley to Hedgeville. 03/19/04

A 1960s overhead for Interstate 95 north directed traffic from Ninth Street east to Adams Street for the adjacent on-ramp at 8th Street. A new shield was added to the assembly in 2000. 03/19/04

A 1960s overhead for Interstate 95 north directed traffic from Ninth Street east to Adams Street for the adjacent on-ramp at 8th Street. A new shield was added to the assembly in 2000. 03/19/04

A mast arm assembly with 3M traffic signals previously operated at the intersection of Ninth Street, Adams Street and the northbound off-ramp from I-95 for Delaware Avenue. A span wire assembly replacd this array by 2004. May 2000

Formerly a part of Delaware 4, Washington Street flows one-way south between Twelfth Street (Delaware 52) and the Interstate 95 access ramps from Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. 03/30/04

Ninth Street east at Washington Street, midway between Trinity Vicnity and Downtown Wilmington. 03/30/04

Ninth Street east at Washington Street, midway between Trinity Vicnity and Downtown Wilmington. 03/30/04

Econolite signals formerly operated at Ninth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. The intersection was converted to a two-way stop by 2016. The building on the southeast corner was demolished by 2016 as well to make way for the Residences at Mid-town Park development. 03/30/04

Econolite signals formerly operated at Ninth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. The intersection was converted to a two-way stop by 2016. 03/30/04

Econolite signals formerly operated at Ninth and Shipley Streets in Downtown Wilmington. The intersection was converted to a two-way stop by 2016. 03/30/04

Tenth Street east at Market Street and Rodney Square in Downtown Wilmington. Rodney Square is a transit hub for DART (Delaware Area Regional Transit) bus lines. 03/30/04

Delaware 52 trailblazers on Tenth Street west at U.S. 13 Business (Walnut Street) north. 03/30/04

Tenth Street converts into two-way traffic west of Walnut Street. Delaware 52 begins two blocks to the north along Twelfth Street. 03/30/04

Westward facing view of Tenth and Market Streets. Decorative signal mast arms and street lamps appear throughout the central business district. 03/30/04

Tenth Street curves northwesterly beyond the intersection with Orange Street to become Delaware Avenue in one block at Tatnall Street. 03/30/04

The addition of painted crosswalks at Tenth and Jackson Streets in 2016 included the installation of new pedestrian signs in place of this 1960s trailblazer for Interstate 95 south. 04/09/04

The addition of painted crosswalks at Tenth and Jackson Streets in 2016 included the installation of new pedestrian signs in place of this 1960s trailblazer for Interstate 95 south. 04/09/04

A sign bridge over Eleventh Street east between Adams and Monroe Streets directs motorists heading to Downtown Wilmington from respective off-ramps of Interstate 95. Delaware 52 overtakes Eleventh Street south in three blocks from Delaware Avenue at Jefferson Street. 03/19/04

Exiting Wilmington Hospital at the intersection of 13th and Washington Streets. 30" Eagle traffic signals were used here until sometime after 2008. 03/30/04

Exiting Wilmington Hospital at the intersection of 13th and Washington Streets. 30" Eagle traffic signals were used here until sometime after 2008. 03/30/04

13th Street east at U.S. 13 Business (Walnut Street) north in the Upper East Side community. 03/30/04

US 13 Business (Walnut Street) at 13th Street in the Upper East Side neighborhood. 03/30/04

30" Eagle signals formerly operated at the intersection of 14th Street west and Walnut Street (U.S. 13 Business) north. 03/30/04

A vintage U.S. 13 shield at 14th and French Streets in the Upper East Side community. The shield referenced the historical alignment of U.S. 13 along French Street. 03/30/04

A vintage U.S. 13 shield at 14th and French Streets in the Upper East Side community. U.S. 13 through Downtown Wilmington was renumbered as U.S. 13 Business in 1970. 03/30/04

14th and French Streets in the Upper East Side community. 03/30/04