Delaware

[Alex]

Bob texted me that new APL's are going up along Interstate 95 northbound. He added that it looks like an Exit 5C tab is being added, and that they are changing the control cities.

[jeffandnicole]

Bob texted me that new APL's are going up along Interstate 95 northbound. He added that it looks like an Exit 5C tab is being added, and that they are changing the control cities.

I imagine I-295 North will be Exit 5C.

[ixnay]

(For North Millsboro Bypass) TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Nighttime Lane Closures on US 113

I drove through Millsboro on 113 two weeks ago on the way to OCMD and beheld firsthand the advanced state of the bypass project.

[Alex]

Bob texted me that new APL's are going up along Interstate 95 northbound. He added that it looks like an Exit 5C tab is being added, and that they are changing the control cities.

I imagine I-295 North will be Exit 5C.

Bob texted me a photo of the new signage:

[elsmere241]

Yes, I-295 north is Exit 5C.  It's posted that way on I-95 south.

Every so often, I see a driver go past the 295 split, and then dash across 295 to get to 141 north.  Hopefully no one will be that confused here on out.

[jeffandnicole]

Bob texted me that new APL's are going up along Interstate 95 northbound. He added that it looks like an Exit 5C tab is being added, and that they are changing the control cities.

I imagine I-295 North will be Exit 5C.

Bob texted me a photo of the new signage:

I'd bet DelDOT cringed when they realized they couldn't get a control city for 141 on this sign here.

[plain]

That sign is goofy AF

[Alex4897]

Bob texted me that new APL's are going up along Interstate 95 northbound. He added that it looks like an Exit 5C tab is being added, and that they are changing the control cities.

I imagine I-295 North will be Exit 5C.

Bob texted me a photo of the new signage:

I'd bet DelDOT cringed when they realized they couldn't get a control city for 141 on this sign here.

It's nice to see that they didn't continue posting text with the 3/4 sizing error that the rest of the interchange got treated with during the DE 141 widening project a few years back, though.

I also note exit 5C being listed after exit 5B on the exit tab, despite splitting off a bit before 5B does.

[jeffandnicole]

Bob texted me that new APL's are going up along Interstate 95 northbound. He added that it looks like an Exit 5C tab is being added, and that they are changing the control cities.

I imagine I-295 North will be Exit 5C.

Bob texted me a photo of the new signage:

I'd bet DelDOT cringed when they realized they couldn't get a control city for 141 on this sign here.

It's nice to see that they didn't continue posting text with the 3/4 sizing error that the rest of the interchange got treated with during the DE 141 widening project a few years back, though.

I also note exit 5C being listed after exit 5B on the exit tab, despite splitting off a bit before 5B does.

A lot of decisions had to be made for this sign.  You're correct on the 5B-C exit tab, although 5C-B would've looked awkward on a Northbound sign.

The fact they're keeping NJ - NY on this sign was no doubt another decision. When they recently widened I-95 South thru the 295 interchange, one thought was DelDOT wanted to prioritize the true I-95 routing, not the normally shorter and faster NJ Turnpike routing.  Instead, they basically kept the control (non)cities as is. 

On top of that, it's debatable that the sign should have kept NJ - NY, since remaining on 95 leads motorists to both NJ and New York State via other routes as well. DelDOT could've also simply went with "New York City" to more properly denote the common long-distance routing for the city here.

I'm good with what they did here - just pointing out that most likely these topics were also ones discussed internally at DelDOT before making their decisions.

[74/171FAN]

(Affects DE 141)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-295 Ramp Closure Next Week

(Update to previous link)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - UPDATE--I-295 Ramp Closure This Week and Next

[74/171FAN]

(For DE 24)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Road Closure of Sharptown Road/SR 24 between Ellis Grove Road and Columbia Road

(For Former DE 34)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - Faulkland Road Closed due to a Sinkhole

(For DE 896 Business I think) TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - Old Glasgow Avenue to Close for Tree Removal

[ixnay]

(For DE 24)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Road Closure of Sharptown Road/SR 24 between Ellis Grove Road and Columbia Road

Indirectly affects MD 348, which becomes DE 24 heading east out of Sharptown, MD.  The western closure point is about 1 mile inside Delaware per Google Maps.

[74/171FAN]

(For DE 16)  SR 16 Corridor Study, Phase 1 Public Meeting

[74/171FAN]

(Also for DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closures

(For DE 1A)  Sussex County - DelDOT to hold Rehoboth Ave. bridge information session

[74/171FAN]

US 40, SALEM CHURCH ROAD TO WALTHER ROAD has been awarded

This project is proposing to add an additional lane in each direction along US40 from Salem Church Road to Walther
Road. There will also be pedestrian and bicycle improvements with the addition of a shared-use path for the length of
the project. Follow other incidental construction in accordance with the location, notes and details shown on the plans,
and as directed by the Engineer.

[74/171FAN]

TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - Nighttime Lane Restrictions on I-95 and I-295 for the Four Bridge Project

(For DE 24)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Nighttime lane closures on SR 24 (John J. Williams Hwy), Angola Rd and Robinsonville Rd

[74/171FAN]

(For DE 1 and DE 54)  Fenwick Island Sidewalk Improvements Public Workshop

(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closures

(For DE 1 and DE 16)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Rt. 1 and Rt. 16 - New Traffic Pattern

After the switch motorist can expect:

NB SR 1 continues to drive on Ramp A &B
SB SR 1 drives on new SR 1 NB
The ramps on the west side of SR 1 will be open to facilitate movements from SB SR 1 to SR 16 and movements from SR 16 to SB SR 1
No traffic signal on SB SR 1
Traffic signal at the intersection of temporary NB SR 1 and SR 16 will remain

[ixnay]

(For DE 1 and DE 16)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Rt. 1 and Rt. 16 - New Traffic Pattern

After the switch motorist can expect:

NB SR 1 continues to drive on Ramp A &B
SB SR 1 drives on new SR 1 NB
The ramps on the west side of SR 1 will be open to facilitate movements from SB SR 1 to SR 16 and movements from SR 16 to SB SR 1
No traffic signal on SB SR 1
Traffic signal at the intersection of temporary NB SR 1 and SR 16 will remain

I first learned of this tonight through https://www.coasttv.com/news/new-traffic-pattern-at-route-1-and-route-16-starts-april-21/article_27b4e2f0-5348-4d11-815d-21d4e5de5c12.html .

[Alex4897]

The wheels of government seem to be turning slowly towards some potential interesting projects in the Churchman's Crossing area, DelDOT and Wilmapco look to be in the early stages of setting up a Transportation Improvement District (an area in which new developments are charged a fee to go towards transportation funding) with the intention of raising shy of $180M for local projects. Most notably, these projects include the Churchman's Road / SR 58 extension to Kirkwood Highway / SR 2 by way of Delaware Park Blvd, as well as some kind of direction connection between southbound SR 1/7 and northbound I-95.



Full document is here, March 19th presentation. They have 2045 pegged as the "horizon year" for the TID, so I'm not sure what that means for the time scale on dirt moving for these projects. The SR 58 extension would be immensely helpful for the area now, so hopefully it doesn't take a full 20 years for this to come to fruition.

[davewiecking]

(For DE 1 and DE 54)  Fenwick Island Sidewalk Improvements Public Workshop

(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closuresp

(For DE 1 and DE 16)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Rt. 1 and Rt. 16 - New Traffic Pattern

After the switch motorist can expect:

NB SR 1 continues to drive on Ramp A &B
SB SR 1 drives on new SR 1 NB
The ramps on the west side of SR 1 will be open to facilitate movements from SB SR 1 to SR 16 and movements from SR 16 to SB SR 1
No traffic signal on SB SR 1
Traffic signal at the intersection of temporary NB SR 1 and SR 16 will remain

SB SR1 will use the new SB roadbed over the bridge. New NB SR1 doesn't exist yet.

[74/171FAN]

(For DE 896) TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closures

[roadman65]

(For DE 1 and DE 54)  Fenwick Island Sidewalk Improvements Public Workshop

(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closuresp

(For DE 1 and DE 16)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Rt. 1 and Rt. 16 - New Traffic Pattern

After the switch motorist can expect:

NB SR 1 continues to drive on Ramp A &B
SB SR 1 drives on new SR 1 NB
The ramps on the west side of SR 1 will be open to facilitate movements from SB SR 1 to SR 16 and movements from SR 16 to SB SR 1
No traffic signal on SB SR 1
Traffic signal at the intersection of temporary NB SR 1 and SR 16 will remain

SB SR1 will use the new SB roadbed over the bridge. New NB SR1 doesn't exist yet.

Why is only half the highway grade separated?

[davewiecking]

(For DE 1 and DE 54)  Fenwick Island Sidewalk Improvements Public Workshop

(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closuresp

(For DE 1 and DE 16)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Rt. 1 and Rt. 16 - New Traffic Pattern

After the switch motorist can expect:

NB SR 1 continues to drive on Ramp A &B
SB SR 1 drives on new SR 1 NB
The ramps on the west side of SR 1 will be open to facilitate movements from SB SR 1 to SR 16 and movements from SR 16 to SB SR 1
No traffic signal on SB SR 1
Traffic signal at the intersection of temporary NB SR 1 and SR 16 will remain

SB SR1 will use the new SB roadbed over the bridge. New NB SR1 doesn't exist yet.

Why is only half the highway grade separated?

Because of insufficient room to maintain 4 lanes of traffic while building 4 lanes of bridges at the same time.

[74/171FAN]

(For DE 896)  New Castle County - UPDATE--I-95/Rt 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closures

[Dough4872]

(For DE 1 and DE 54)  Fenwick Island Sidewalk Improvements Public Workshop

(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closuresp

(For DE 1 and DE 16)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Rt. 1 and Rt. 16 - New Traffic Pattern

After the switch motorist can expect:

NB SR 1 continues to drive on Ramp A &B
SB SR 1 drives on new SR 1 NB
The ramps on the west side of SR 1 will be open to facilitate movements from SB SR 1 to SR 16 and movements from SR 16 to SB SR 1
No traffic signal on SB SR 1
Traffic signal at the intersection of temporary NB SR 1 and SR 16 will remain

SB SR1 will use the new SB roadbed over the bridge. New NB SR1 doesn't exist yet.

Why is only half the highway grade separated?

(For DE 1 and DE 54)  Fenwick Island Sidewalk Improvements Public Workshop

(For DE 896)  TRAFFIC ALERT - New Castle County - I-95/Route 896 Interchange--Upcoming Closuresp

(For DE 1 and DE 16)  TRAFFIC ALERT - Sussex County - Rt. 1 and Rt. 16 - New Traffic Pattern

After the switch motorist can expect:

NB SR 1 continues to drive on Ramp A &B
SB SR 1 drives on new SR 1 NB
The ramps on the west side of SR 1 will be open to facilitate movements from SB SR 1 to SR 16 and movements from SR 16 to SB SR 1
No traffic signal on SB SR 1
Traffic signal at the intersection of temporary NB SR 1 and SR 16 will remain

SB SR1 will use the new SB roadbed over the bridge. New NB SR1 doesn't exist yet.

Why is only half the highway grade separated?

They still need to build the northbound bridge, which apparently should be complete by the end of the year.