Central Wilmington, Delaware map
A look at the streets, traffic lights, highway signs, and bridges that help make up the Wilmington, Delaware city scape. Photos are cataloged by street and ordered from south to north or west to east.
Second Street
2nd Street (SR 48) at Market Street in LOMA. 03/30/04
Second Street
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
Second Street
2nd Street at Market Street pedestal signal. 03/30/04
Sixth Street
One of the last 18" trailblazers for I-95 was posted on Sixth Street east between Van Buren and Jackson Streets. 03/21/04
Sixth Street
One of the last 18" trailblazers for I-95 was posted on Sixth Street east between Van Buren and Jackson Streets. 04/09/04
Sixth Street
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
Seventh Street
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
Seventh Street crosses over Interstate 95 from West Center City and intersects Jackson Street. 04/09/04
Eighth Street
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
Eighth Street
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
Eighth Street
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
Eighth Street
Original Interstate 95 trailblazer posted at Eighth and Jackson Streets. 04/09/04
Eighth Street
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
Eighth Street
Original Interstate 95 trailblazer posted at Eighth and Jackson Streets. This assembly was still standing as of 2016. 04/03/04.
Ninth Street
Ninth Street south at Jackson Street, the west frontage street for Interstate 95 from Happy Valley to Hedgeville. 03/19/04
Ninth Street
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
Ninth Street
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
Ninth Street
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. 06/00.
Ninth Street
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
Ninth Street east at Washington Street, midway between Trinity Vicnity and Downtown Wilmington. 03/30/04
Ninth Street
Ninth Street east at Washington Street, midway between Trinity Vicnity and Downtown Wilmington. 03/30/04
Ninth Street
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
Ninth Street
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
Ninth Street
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
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
Tenth Street
Delaware 52 trailblazers on Tenth Street west at U.S. 13 Business (Walnut Street) north. 03/30/04
Tenth Street
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
Tenth Street
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
Tenth Street curves northwesterly beyond the intersection with Orange Street to become Delaware Avenue in one block at Tatnall Street. 03/30/04
Tenth Street
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
Tenth Street
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
Eleventh Street
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
Thirteenth Street
Exiting Wilmington Hospital at the intersection of 13th and Washington Streets. 30" Eagle traffic signals were used here until sometime after 2008.
Thirteenth Street
Exiting Wilmington Hospital at the intersection of 13th and Washington Streets. 30" Eagle traffic signals were used here until sometime after 2008.
Thirteenth Street
13th Street east at U.S. 13 Business (Walnut Street) north in the Upper East Side community. 03/30/04
Thirteenth Street
US 13 Business (Walnut Street) at 13th Street in the Upper East Side neighborhood. 03/30/04
Fourteenth Street
30" Eagle signals formerly operated at the intersection of 14th Street west and Walnut Street (U.S. 13 Business) north. 03/30/04
Fourteenth Street
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
Fourteenth Street
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
Fourteenth Street
14th and French Streets in the Upper East Side community. 03/30/04
Fourteenth Street
14th Street west at U.S. 13 Business (King Street) south near Midtown Brandywine. King Street flows south with three lanes from the Market Street bridge over Brandywine Creek to LOMA and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. 03/30/04
Sixteenth Street
The U.S. 13 Business shield at 16th and Walnut Streets fell off after 2008, and the Business banner was lowered to abut the left arrow. 03/30/04
Sixteenth Street
16th Street (US 13 Business) west at French Street. Buildings in the north and southwest quadrants here were eventually demolished. 03/30/04
Market Street
U.S. 13 Business northbound turns north from 16th Street onto the Market Street Bridge across Brandywine Creek. 03/30/04
Market Street
Looking south at the intersection of US 13 Business (Market Street) with 16th Street and Park Drive. 03/30/04
Twelfth Street
With the former Chase Manhattan buildings overlooking, SR 52 (12th Street) intersects Jefferson Street. 03/30/04
Delaware Avenue
Looking at the intersection of Adams Street and Delaware Avenue from the northeast. Adams Street north is discontinuous across Delaware Avenue. Motorists on SR 52 south cannot access the street north as well. 03/30/04
Delaware Avenue
Situated ahead of Adams Street on SR 52 (Delaware Avenue) north were a pair of original guide signs with 2000-replaced shields for I-95. Both signs were carbon copied by 2007. 03/30/04
Delaware Avenue
Delaware 52 (Delaware Avenue) north at Adams Street north and the nearby on-ramp for I-95. 03/30/04
Delaware Avenue
Delaware Avenue branches north from Delaware 52 (Pennsylvania Avenue) at Van Buren Street. The initial block to Harrison Street west is one-way north. 03/30/04- Delaware Historic Bridges
http://www.deldot.net/static/projects/archaeology/historic_pres/delaware_bridge_book/bridge_toc.html, Delaware Department of Transportation.