State Route 7 North - Red Lion to Churchmans Crossing

SR 7 extends Dupont Highway north from U.S. 13 and SR 72 at Wrangle Hill. Pictured here is the first confirming marker. The begin placard was added in 2023.

12/26/24

Dupont Highway passes under U.S. 13/SR 1 just north of Corbitt and an at-grade crossing with the Norfolk Southern Railroad. SR 7 reduces to two lanes below the freeway and shifts to Bear Corbitt Road.

12/23/22

Two portions of Old Dupont Highway remain to the east of SR 7.

12/23/22

SR 7 (Bear Corbitt Road) advances north to the community of Red Lion and the junction with SR 71 (Red Lion Road).

12/23/22

SR 71 (Red Lion Road) leads northeast to U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) at Tybouts Corner.

12/23/22

SR 71 (Red Lion Road) crosses SR 7 (Bear Corbitt Road) at a sharp angle. SR 71 historically was a part of the split routing of U.S. 301. The state route doubled as U.S. 301 South from Tybouts Corner to the Summit Bridge and Mt. Pleasant.

12/23/22

North from SR 71 and Red Lion, SR 7 (Bear Corbitt Road) passes by a number of Bear area subdivisions starting with Country Woods and Garwood Estates.

12/18/22

Entering the commercialized intersection with U.S. 40 (Pulaski Highway) on SR 7 (Bear Corbitt Road) north in Bear. Eden Square, Glendale Plaza and Governors Square shopping centers occupy three of the four quadrants of the busy junction. New big box retail was built in the northeast quadrant by 2015.

12/18/22

U.S. 40 constitutes the main commercial arterial through Bear west to Glasgow and Elkton, Maryland.

12/18/22

U.S. 40 (Pulaski Highway) connects Bear with SR 1 north to I-95 just east of SR 7.

12/18/22

Songsmith Drive loops east and west from SR 7 (Bear Christiana Road) at the succeeding traffic light north of U.S. 40. The suburban road serves Governors Square Townhouses and shopping center nearby.

12/18/22

Reassurance marker for SR 7 north posted after U.S. 40 and Songsmith Drive.

12/18/22

Newtown Road (Road 68) stems west from SR 7 (Bear Christiana Road) to Smalleys Dam Road and Brookfield Park. Newtown Road was originally planned as a through route west to Salem Church Road.

12/18/22

Four lane expansion of SR 7 north of Newtown Road (Road 68) was underway from April 2012 to 2014. Upon completion, all of SR 7 north from U.S. 40 to SR 273 (Christiana Bypass) carries four lanes.

12/18/22

Rivers End Drive leads west from SR 7 to the Crofton, Woodbridge and Treelane Terrace neighborhoods.

12/18/22

Back to back signals operate along SR 7 at Christiana Meadows and School Bell Road.

12/18/22

School Bell Road (Road 344) is a major collector 1.31 miles east to U.S. 40 (Pulaski Highway).

12/18/22

Nearing Christiana, SR 7 meets SR 273, a controlled access arterial encircling the unincorporated community to the south and west.

12/18/22

The Christiana Bypass for SR 273 was constructed in the mid 1980s to move traffic away from Main Street (SR 7). The arterial route joins Christiana with Ogletown, I-95 and Newark to the west and Hares Corner, U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) and New Castle to the east.

12/18/22

Following E Main Street north from SR 273, SR 7 approaches Christiana. The initial stretch passes just west of SR 1 and a park and ride lot. The carpool facility takes the place of a former section of SR 273.

06/23/12

SR 7 (E Main Street) enters Christiana across the Christina River on a bridge built in 1937.

12/26/20

SR 7 turns north onto Old Baltimore Pike from Main Street in Christiana. W Main Street (former SR 273) extends west as a local route to the Christiana Town Center retail area. Old Baltimore Pike (Rd 26) west emerges from Christiana as a three lane suburban boulevard to Iron Hill and Elkton, Maryland.

12/26/20

SR 7 turns east onto Road A from Stanton Christiana Road 0.36 miles to SR 1 northbound.

08/18/21

SR 7 meets SR 1 at a folded diamond interchange between Stanton Christiana Road (Road 26) and Center Boulevard to Christiana Mall.

08/18/21

SR 7 (Road A) heads east across SR 1 to intersect Center Boulevard north and Fashion Center Boulevard east to the Christiana Fashion Center retail complex.

08/18/21

Providing additional capacity between Stanton Christiana Road and Center Boulevard, construction from Spring 2019 to Spring 2021¹ added a second bridge for SR 7 (Road A) over SR 1. The new span opened to traffic ahead of Thanksgiving 2020.

08/18/21

SR 7 follows a loop ramp south from Center Boulevard onto SR 1 north leading into the exchange with Interstate 95.

08/18/21

12/22/20

SR 1/7 combine 0.72 miles north to the centerline of Interstate 95 at Exit 165.

12/19/20

SR 1/7 proceed north alongside Christiana Mall to Exit 165B for I-95 north to Wilmington and Philadelphia.

12/22/20

I-95 (Delaware Turnpike) runs 2.6 miles east from SR 1/7 to split with I-295 north to the Delaware Memorial Bridge and four miles to partition with I-495 around Wilmington.

12/19/20

SR 7 passes through the cloverstack interchange with Interstate 95 ahead of Exit 166 for SR 58 (Churchmans Road).

12/19/20

Exit 165B loops onto a collector roadway leading from SR 1/7 to Interstate 95 south ahead of Newark.

12/30/18

The entrance ramp from I-95 north adds an auxiliary lane to SR 7 north for SR 58 at Churchmans Crossing.

12/30/18

SR 58 (Churchmans Road) heads 0.83 miles west from SR 7 to Christiana Hospital, SR 4 (Ogletown Station Road) and Delaware Park Boulevard. East from SR 7, SR 58 continues 3.03 miles to SR 273 at Hares Corner.

12/30/18

AAA Boulevard / Del-Tech Connector Road and the west side service road (Twin C Road) ties into SR 7 just beyond the expressway end from SR 1.

12/22/20

The west service road represents the old alignment of SR 7. The east road leads back to AAA Boulevard the Stanton Campus of Delaware Technical & Community College (DTCC).

12/22/20

Advancing north, SR 7 (Stanton Christiana Road) meets SR 4 (Stanton Ogletown Road) east by the Morgan Christiana Center office park. SR 4 heads west to Christiana Hospital, Ogletown and Newark.

12/22/20

SR 4/7 combine for 1.2 miles north to Stanton. SR 4 west travels 7.5 miles to SR 279 (Elkton Road) in south Newark.

12/30/18

Mileposts along SR 7 continue the numbering of SR 1 into Churchmans Crossing.

12/30/18