State Route 1 North - Fenwick Island to Argo Corners

MD 528 (Coastal Highway) approaches SR 54 (Lighthouse Road) west. Although not acknowledged on Coastal Highway, SR 54 overlaps with SR 20 four miles west to Zion Church Road.

01/16/17

A welcome overhead at Fenwick Avenue marks the transition of MD 528 into SR 1 north.

01/16/17

One block removed from the state line, SR 1 (Coastal Highway) intersects the east end of SR 20/54 (Lighthouse Road). Lighthouse Road leads SR 54 west to Selbyville as part of its multi-state route with MD 54 west to Gumboro, Delmar and Mardela Springs, Maryland.

01/16/17

SR 20 was extended southeast from Millsboro to Dagsboro and Fenwick Island in 1991 to provide an additional signed route for beach traffic. The state route is no longer posted on Fenwick Island.

September 1999

SR 1 (Coastal Highway) continues north six blocks to South Carolina Avenue.

01/16/17

Travelers heading north along Coastal Highway formally enter the town of Fenwick Island at Atlantic Street.

01/16/17

Dagsboro Street stems west from parallel Bunting Avenue to residential areas off Lighthouse Cove and south of Old Inlet Point.

01/16/17

James Street is the last traffic light on SR 1 north in Fenwick Island.

01/16/17

Leaving the town of Fenwick Island, SR 1 (Coastal Highway) enters Fenwick Island State Park.

01/16/17

Speed limits along SR 1 increase to 55 miles per hour through Fenwick Island State Park.

01/16/17

Motorists along SR 1 north next enter the town of South Bethany at York Road west and Logan Street east.

01/16/17

Northbound SR 1 (Coastal Highway) intersects Layton Drive at the succeeding traffic light.

01/16/17

SR 1 leaves South Bethany Beach for unincorporated Middlesex Beach beyond the signal at Evergreen Road. Evergreen Road straddles the town line west to Richard Hall Memorial Park and Pine Street.

01/16/17

SR 1 shifts one block west onto a 1960s-bypass of Bethany Beach at Pennsylvania Avenue. Pennsylvania Avenue is the former alignment of SR 14.

01/16/17

Westway Drive meanders west from SR 1 (Coastal Highway) at Pennsylvania Avenue to Kent Avenue (former SR 54 ALT) and the Sea Colony community.

01/16/17

Jefferson Bridge Road follows along SR 1 north to link Coastal Highway east to Pennsylvania Avenue at the Sea Colony oceanfront condos and west to Kent Avenue.

01/16/17

Coastal Highway enters the town of Bethany Beach just north of Jefferson Bridge Road.

01/16/17

SR 26 (Garfield Parkway) connects Bethany Beach with interior Sussex County via Ocean View and Millview at the upcoming traffic light.

01/16/17

A 23.15 mile long route, SR 26 ends just east of SR 1 (Coastal Highway) at the beach. Westward, the state route meets U.S. 113 at Dagsboro and SR 30 north of Gumboro.

01/16/17

SR 1 (Coastal Highway) north at Delaware Seashore State Park and Indian River Inlet, a waterway linking Indian River Bay with the Atlantic Ocean.

06/18/12

A cable-stayed bridge carries four lanes of SR 1 across Indian River Inlet. The span includes a 12 foot wide pedestrian walkway along the northbound roadway.

06/18/12

The Charles W. Cullen Bridge fully opened to traffic on May 6, 2012 after the southbound side opened to two-way traffic on January 20, 2012.^1,2

06/18/12

The new SR 1 bridge replaced a twin steel-girder bridge that reached its lifespan. The previous bridge included supports subjected to the extreme tidal currents of Indian River Inlet. Design of the new 2600-foot long bridge negated the need for supports in the waterway.¹

06/18/12

92 light fixtures illuminate the 248 foot high pylons supporting the Charles W. Cullen Bridge. Work on the span commenced in 2008 at a cost of $150 million.³

06/18/12

SR 1 lowers from the Charles W. Cullen Bridge onto a sandy strip of land between Bottom Hills Drain and the Atlantic Ocean.

06/18/12

Inlet Road ties into SR 1 just north of the Indian River Inlet bridge at the northern section of Delaware Seashore State Park. The road doubles back south and then west to Indian River Marina at Balders Pond while also serving a parking area just west of the bridge.

06/18/12

SR 1 (Coastal Highway) angles northwest from Dewey Beach along a 1940s-bypass of Rehoboth Beach. SR 1 leaves the town limits north at Bayard Avenue.

12/22/24

Spring Lake Drive ties into Coastal Highway at a signalized intersection across from Rehoboth Beach Plaza shopping center.

12/22/24

SR 1B provides a direct route to the Rehoboth Beach business district via State Road north.

12/22/24

A ramp departs for SR 1B (State Road) north ahead of the bridge taking SR 1 across the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. A left turn follows for Washington Street, which links SR 1 south with SR 1B (Roosevelt Street) north.

01/16/17

Lewis Rehoboth Canal connects Rehoboth Bay to the south with Delaware Bay at Lewes to the north.

12/22/24

Bay Vista Road (Rd 273A) north intersects SR 1 (Coastal Highway) across from access to parallel Oyster House Road (Rd 273C).

12/22/24

Dover is 41 miles to the north of where SR 1A (Rehoboth Avenue Extension) returns to SR 1 west from Rehoboth Beach. The 86 miles to Wilmington listed on this distance sign predates the completion of SR 1 north to I-95, instead referencing SR 1, U.S. 113 and U.S. 13. Wilmington is instead 91 miles away via SR 1 north and Interstate 95.

12/22/24

SR 1A (Rehoboth Avenue Extension) converges with SR 1 (Coastal Highway) adjacent to a service road connecting with Hebron Road (Rd 273) north.

12/22/24

Advancing north of SR 1A (Rehoboth Boulevard), SR 1 intersects Holland Glade Road north to tracts of Cape Henlopen State Park and the Holland Glade subdivision.

01/16/17

Heavy commercial development lines both sides of Coastal Highway north to Midway and Five Points. The ensuing northbound signal is located at Seaside Outlet Drive for the Tanger Outlets center.

12/22/24

Camelot Drive ties into SR 1 at the Shoppes of Camelot retail plaza as the main entrance to the Camelot manufactured home community.

12/22/24

Businesses occupy all four corners of the intersection with Miller Road south and Munchy Branch Road (Rd 270B) north. Both roads lead to subdivisions beyond the SR 1 frontage.

12/22/24

Old Landing Road (Rd 274) heads 2.86 miles south from SR 1 to Warrington Neck and the Rehoboth Bay community. SR 24 (John J. Williams Highway) west and SR 1D north follow from SR 1 in a half mile. SR 1D forms a suburban loop northwest to SR 23 and U.S. 9 at Belltown.

12/22/24

A signalized left turn joins SR 1 northbound with the entrance to Rehoboth Mall.

01/16/17

SR 24 stretches 42.7 miles across Sussex County between Midway and the Maryland state line west of Laurel. SR 24 connects the coast with Oak Orchard, a community along Indian River Bay at the south end of SR 5, and Millsboro at the crossroads with U.S. 113.

12/22/24

Confirming marker for SR 1 posted north of SR 24 west and unsigned SR 1D north on John J. Williams Highway.

12/22/24

SR 1 (Coastal Highway) continues along a heavily commercialized stretch to the signal with Midway Outlet Drive.

12/22/24

An SR 1 reassurance marker stands north of Midway Outler Drive ahead of Midway Center retail plaza.

12/22/24

Postal Lane (Rd 283) leads 2.81 miles west from a signalized intersection with SR 1 at Melson Road to Robinsonville Road (Rd 277).

12/22/24

Continuing north of Postal Lane along SR 1 at Midway.

12/22/24

Providing a cut off from SR 1 north to U.S. 9 east, Kings Highway (Rd 268) branches 0.33 miles north from Coastal Highway.

12/22/24

U.S. 9 separates from Kings Highway west to meet SR 1 across from Dartmouth Drive.

12/22/24

U.S. 9 combines with SR 1 (Coastal Highway) for 1.12 miles between Kings Highway and Lewes Georgetown Highway at Five Points.

12/22/24

Wescoats Road (Rd 12) angles 0.46 miles north from U.S. 9/SR 1 to U.S. 9 Business (Savannah Road).

12/22/24

U.S. 9 accompanies SR 404 west from Five Points to the county seat of Georgetown, where the multi state route branches west to Bridgeville and Maryland.

12/22/24

2022-25 construction as part of the Plantation Road Improvements, Robinsonville Road to US 9 (Phase 1) project realigned the north ends of SR 1D (Plantation Road) and SR 23 (Beaver Dam Road) to meet at a roundabout to the immediate south of U.S. 9/SR 404 at Belltown Road.

12/22/24

U.S. 9 continues 25.0 miles southwest from SR 1 at Five Points to U.S. 13 at Laurel.

12/22/24

U.S. 9 Business heads northeast from U.S. 9/SR 1 along Savannah Road to Downtown Lewes.

12/22/24

Turning more inland, SR 1 (Coastal Highway) leaves the congested stretch through Five Points and Nassau to become a rural four lane highway. SR 1 crosses the Broadkill River ahead of SR 16, where a diamond interchange was built from Summer 2022 to Summer 2026. SR 16 travels west to Milton and east to Broadkill Beach.

01/16/17