State Route 2 East

A begin shield for SR 2 eastbound was posted along SR 72/273 (Library Avenue) north ahead of E Main Street in 2013.

10/11/14

SR 2 east / SR 72 north lower from the intersection with SR 273 (Ogletown Road / East Main Street) to pass under a CSX Railroad bridge. The Welcome to Newark Rail Bridge Mural on the span acts as a gateway to Newark for points east along Capitol Trail.

12/24/24

Cleveland Avenue east and Woodlawn Avenue west from the Stafford neighborhood converge with SR 2/72 (Capitol Trail) just beyond the CSX Railroad bridge. Cleveland Avenue comprise a third route west across Newark. This congested intersection was reconfigured from late 2014 to mid 2015. Crosswalks were added and the turn lanes from Cleveland Avenue east to Capitol Trail were restriped.

12/26/20

Anna Way (Rd 101) connects SR 2/72 (Capitol Trail) with the Stafford and Windy Hills neighborhoods.

12/24/24

Removed by 2023, the first confirming marker for SR 2 east appeared alongside SR 72 north by White Clay Creek, where Capitol Trail leaves the Newark city limits.

12/26/20

SR 72 north partitions with SR 2 east at Possum Park Road and Liberty Plaza Shopping Center. Possum Park Road climbs over 200 feet in elevation on the 1.86 mile course to Milford Crossroads and Paper Mill Road.

12/24/24

SR 72 forms an L-shaped route north and east to the Middle Run Natural Area of White Clay Creek State Park and the suburban areas of Upper Pike Creek Valley. The state route concludes at SR 7.

12/24/24

The remainder of SR 2 east from SR 72 to Wilmington is a stand alone route.

12/24/24

SR 2 (Capitol Trail) advances east to intersect Delaplane Avenue to the Delaplane Manor neighborhood and Melrose Place Drive to the Melrose Place and Hunters Crossing apartment communities.

12/24/24

Red Mill Road north and Polly Drummond Hill Road (Rd 328) south come together at the succeeding eastbound signal of SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway). Red Mill Road (Rd 352) connects with the SR 273 bypass of Ogletown.

12/24/24

Brewster Drive circles southwest around Shue Middle School into the Sycamore Gardens subdivision from this signal on Kirkwood Highway. Mast arm signal assemblies here replaced a span wire array in 2015.

12/24/24

The north end of Harmony Road ties into Capitol Trail at the succeeding traffic light on SR 2 eastbound. Harmony Road (Rd 355) leads south 1.44 miles to SR 4 (Ogletown Stanton Road) near Christiana Hospital and 2.17 miles to SR 273 adjacent to ramps with I-95.

12/24/24

SR 2 (Capitol Trail) rises from a crossing of Pike Creek to intersect Green Valley Circle, the lone entrance to the Green Valley subdivision.

12/24/24

Erected in 1965, a pedestrian bridge spans Kirkwood Highway at the intersection with Meadowood Drive. Meadowood Drive passes between adjacent shopping centers as the main road into the adjacent Meadowood subdivisions.

12/23/22

Pike Creek Road (Road 316) arcs 0.86 miles northwest from SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) around Meadowood to the split intersection with Upper Pike Creek Road. Old Coach Road extends Road 316, 0.89 miles west to Drummond Hill.

12/23/22

Old Capitol Trail (Road 20) branches away from SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) as a major collector just east of Pike Creek Road. Delaware Park Drive (Road 11A) links the two roads at the north entrance to Delaware Park Racetrack and Casino.

12/20/22

Old Capitol Trail continues east from Delaware Park Drive to Telegraph Road (Road 338) near Stanton.

12/20/22

Milltown Road (Road 318) loops northeast from SR 2 to SR 41 (Newport Gap Pike) near Prices Corner. A two lane concrete arterial with full shoulders, Milltown Road is a busy commuter route in and around the confluence of SR 7 (Limestone Road) and McKennans Church Road at Milltown.

12/20/22

Kirkwood Highway expands to six overall lanes east from St. James Church Road (Road 337) as nearly solid commercial development lines SR 2 to Prices Corner. St. James Church Road provides a popular short cut with Telegraph Road south to SR 4/7 at Stanton.

07/27/24

Passing south of Midway Shopping Center, SR 2 advances east to SR 7 (Limestone Road). Limestone Road comprises the primary arterial route through Pike Creek Valley. SR 7 expanded from rural two lane standards to a four lane arterial northward from Milltown Road to Valley Road near Hockessin in stages between 1980 and 2000.

07/27/24

SR 7 extends 5.92 miles north to the Pennsylvania state line west of Hockessin and just south of PA 41 at Kaolin.

07/27/24

Limestone Road leads SR 7 south 0.96 miles to Stanton, where it combines with SR 4 west to Churchmans Crossing and SR 1.

07/27/24

The commercialized intersection with SR 7 (Limestone Road) lies between separate segments of Old Capitol Trail. The cross roads are routinely congested during peak hour traffic.

12/20/22

12/19/22

Signals operate at the left turn for Kirkwood Plaza Shopping Center adjacent to the turnoff for Capitol Trail east to Marshallton. The three signals above Kirkwood Highway eastbound are for a crosswalk.

12/20/22

Farrand Drive (Road 12A) provides access from Old Capitol Trail (Road 12) and Marshallton west to Kirkwood Highway and from SR 2 to Old Capitol Trail east. The signal at Farrand Drive also serves additional retail and fast food franchises.

12/20/22

Just the third reassurance marker posted along SR 2 east, this assembly stands between Farrand and Evelyn Drives.

12/20/22

Duncan Road (Road 281) stems 0.27 miles north from Greenbank and Newport Roads at Marshallton to intersect SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway). North of Kirkwood Highway, Duncan Road continues 0.93 miles to Faulkland Road (former SR 34) and 1.62 miles to McKennans Church Road at Delcastle Park.

12/20/22

A reassurance marker for SR 2 was added east of Duncan Road in 2017.

12/20/22

SR 2 ascends to Prices Corner over Red Clay Creek. This crossing was expanded to six lanes in 1988.

12/20/16

Kirkwood Highway rises from Red Clay Creek to intersect the shared end point of SR 41 south and SR 62 west at Newport Gap Pike.

12/20/22

Forming a multi state route with PA 41 to Avondale and U.S. 30 at Gap, SR 41 follows Newport Gap Pike northwest to Hockessin. The state route formerly extended east alongside SR 2 for a half mile to the Newport Freeway.

12/20/22

Sign changes made during 2015 removed references to SR 41 south along SR 2 east. The two routes previously overlapped east to SR 141 at Prices Corner.

08/25/21

The removal of SR 41 from SR 2 east included adding better signage for SR 62 along Newport Gap Pike south. SR 62 lines Newport Gap Pike for 0.98 miles to Boxwood Road at Belvedere and SR 141.

12/20/22

SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) advances east from SR 41/62 by Prices Corner Shopping Center.

12/20/22

Albertson Boulevard ties into the main exit from Prices Corner Shopping Center as a minor connector between Kirkwood Highway and Greenbank Road. The forthcoming interchange with SR 141 is incomplete, as the movement from SR 141 south to SR 2 east uses Greenbank Road and Albertson Boulevard.

08/25/21

The main entrance to Prices Corner Shopping Center follows at an eastbound only traffic light. The retail plaza dates back to around 1960.

08/25/21

A lane drop for SR 2 east occurs just beyond the Centerville Road underpass at the directional cloverleaf interchange with the Newport Freeway. SR 141 constitutes an 11.3 mile loop encircling Wilmington between New Castle and Fairfax.

12/27/16

SR 141 upgrades to a limited access highway southward from SR 2 to Newport and the expansive interchange with I-95/295. The Newport Freeway was completed in 1979 to bypass a congested stretch of Newport Gap Pike (old SR 41). The route today comprises a busy commuter route between Kirkwood Highway and I-95.

08/25/21

The right lane departs from Kirkwood Highway east for SR 141 north to Greenville and Fairfax. Centre Road extends the state route northeast to Faulkland Road (old SR 34) along a four lane arterial rebuilt 2007-10. Cancelled plans for SR 141 called for the freeway portion to extend north to Fairfax with a return to I-95 via U.S. 202.

06/05/12

Wide shoulders allude to incomplete plans for ramp connections to Kirkwood Highway on the east side of the exchange with SR 141. A confirming marker appears as SR 2 narrows to four lanes by the Roselle neighborhood.

12/19/22

The ensuing signal is at the entrance to Elsmere Shopping Center. This is the last full sized shopping center along SR 2 east.

12/22/16

A series of five traffic lights line SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) east over a 0.4 mile stretch starting with Maple Avenue at the Forest Park community.

12/22/16

Hazel Avenue ties into Kirkwood Highway across from the entrance to the Wilmington VA Medical Center. SR 2 crosses Chestnut Run and the Elsmere town line next.

12/22/16

Poplar Avenue heads north from Kirkwood Highway through the Oak Grove community.

12/22/16

New mast arm traffic light assemblies were placed throughout Elsmere along Kirkwood Highway as part of a streetscaping project in the early 2000s. Pictured here is the intersection with Tamarack Avenue south to the Elmsere Manor and Gardens communities.

12/22/16

The state route proceeds east to Sanders Road north and the split with New Road. New Road parallels SR 2 eastward as a discontinuous alignment (due to the CSX Railroad) toward the Wilmington city line.

12/22/16

East SR 2 reassurance shield posted between Sanders Road and Birch Avenue. Bricks or faux bricks were added within the median, and at various crosswalks and intersections along Kirkwood Highway through Elsmere to enhance aesthetics.

12/22/16

Ohio Avenue crosses SR 2 south from New Road to Baltimore Avenue and Fairgrounds Park.

12/22/16

SR 2 (Kirkwood Highway) intersects SR 100 (Dupont Road) at the foot of the CSX Railroad bridge. Dupont Road is the primary north-south route through the town of Elsmere. The arterial passes through the municipality between Richardson Park (SR 4) and Faulkland Road (old SR 34).

12/22/16

The bridge between SR 100 (Dupont Road) and Prospect Road replaced New Road in 1949 as the new alignment for SR 2. Passing over the confluence of the CSX and Delaware Valley Railroads, the span was expanded to four lanes in 1985.

03/29/04

Crossing into the city of Wilmington, SR 2 (Union Street) intersects Prospect Road south to the Canby Park Estates neighborhood. A unique traffic pattern sees Prospect Road flow south from SR 2 to Rodman Road, and a south side frontage road (New Road) providing return access to Union Street. Mast arm signals were installed here by 2014.

12/22/16

SR 2 enters Canby Park and partitions between the one way couplet of Union Street (westbound) and Lincoln Street (eastbound). The concrete roadway here was paved over with asphalt by 2014.

03/29/04

Lincoln Street splits with Beach Street south to the St. Elizabeth Area and Kosciuszko Park as SR 2 continues east with two lanes.

12/20/17

Entering the Canby Park neighborhood, SR 2 (Lincoln Street) intersects Sycamore Street. Sycamore Street travels south to Kosciuszko Park at Broom Street.

12/20/17

Linden Street leads north from Bayard Middle School, two blocks south of SR 2 (Lincoln Street) east, to the Union Park Gardens neighborhood.

12/20/17

Lincoln Street angles northeast by the Bayard Square neighborhood to meet SR 48 (Lancaster Avenue) east at an unmarked intersection. SR 48 travels east to I-95 at Hedgeville and U.S. 13 Business at LOMA (Lower Market).

12/20/17

Lincoln Street east at 2nd Street. SR 48 utilizes a couplet of Lancaster Avenue south and 2nd Street north from Interstate 95 to SR 2 (Union Street) west. Lancaster Avenue carries two-way traffic north from Union Street to exit the city as Lancaster Pike en route to SR 41 near Hockessin.

12/20/17

Two blocks further north, SR 2 (Lincoln Street) intersects SR 9 (Fourth Street). SR 9 follows Fourth Street southeast from Union Street (SR 2 west) to combine with U.S. 13 across the Christina River into Southbridge.

12/22/16

Fourth Street forms the main arterial east from the Flats and Hilltop neighborhoods to Interstate 95, West Center City and Downtown. SR 9 is inconsistently signed along the four lane street.

12/22/16

Lincoln Street continues north through the Little Italy neighborhood. A city of Wilmington street scaping project in 2000 added decorative street light and mast arm signal fixtures, planters and brick sidewalks.

12/20/17

0.38 miles of SR 2 remain east of SR 9 (4th Street) along Lincoln Street.

12/20/17

SR 2 eastbound intersects Sixth Street at the ensuing traffic light.

12/20/17

Seventh Street flows south from Ferris Street to cross Union Street two blocks ahead of St. Francis Hospital. The street formerly crossed the CSX Railroad five blocks northward.

12/20/17

Eight Street flows north from Downtown to West Hill and Little Italy to span the CSX Railroad into the Wawaset neighborhood.

12/20/17

SR 2 (Lincoln Street) east at Ninth Street and Father Tucker Park. Ninth Street leads southeast to Cool Spring, Interstate 95 and Trinity Vicinity.

12/20/17

An end shield marks the terminus of SR 2 at SR 52 (Pennsylvania Avenue). Unmarked on Lincoln Street east, SR 52 comprises a well traveled commuter route north to Greenville and south to Downtown.

12/22/16

12/20/17