State Route 24
SR 24 travels 42.7 miles from MD 348, east of Sharptown, to SR 1 at Midway. Prior to the 2025 realignment onto the North Millsboro Bypass, SR 24 was 40.61 miles in length. The state route follows a rural course east along Sharptown Road to Laurel Airport (N06) and West Street into the town of Laurel. Narrowing through Downtown Laurel, SR 24 shifts to Market and 4th Streets before intersecting U.S. 13 (Sussex Highway) just south of Records Pond.
East from Laurel, SR 24 (Laurel Road) passes through the settlements of Lone Pines, Sandy Fork and Lowe ahead of agricultural areas to Whaleys Crossroads and Millsboro Highway (former SR 30). SR 24 shifts north to Mission and the suburban outskirts of Millsboro. Laurel Road takes SR 24 east to U.S. 113 (Dupont Boulevard) in the town of Millsboro. There SR 24 turns northwest alongside U.S. 113/SR 20 to the North Millsboro Bypass while SR 24 Business follows the former route northward through Downtown Millsboro along the one way couplet of Main and Washington Streets.
The North Millsboro Bypass opened to traffic on September 26, 2025. The two-lane, controlled-access expressway takes SR 24 east from a parclo B2 interchange with U.S. 113 and SR 20 (Hardscrabble Road) across Millsboro Pond to John J. Williams Highway east of Hollyville Road. SR 24 Business follows John J. Williams Highway west back into Millsboro.
Beyond the North Millsboro Bypass, SR 24 joins John J. Williams Highway east to the Mountaire Farms poultry plant at Longwood Pond. The state route gradually becomes more suburban from Warwick east to SR 5 (Oak Orchard Road), and north to SR 23 (Long Neck Road) and Angola. SR 24 concludes at the commercialized stretch of SR 1 (Coastal Highway) through Midway.
With the exception of the realignemnt onto the North Millsboro Bypass in September 2025, SR 24 essentially follows the same alignment that it did in 1936. One previously change was the realignment from Jersey Road, between Indian River and Hollyville Road, onto John J. Williams Highway.
Delaware State Route 24 Guides
Construction underway from March 2022 to 2024 expanded SR 24 from Love Creek to Mulberry Knoll in eastern Sussex County. Coinciding with this work through March 2022 was four lane expansion of SR 24 east from Mulberry Knoll Road to SR 1. These are two of several projects in DelDOT's Highway Safety Improvement Project (HSIP), which includes intersection improvements at SR 5, SR 23, Mount Joy Road, Bay Farm Road, etc.
Delaware State Route 24 - 2015 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
- 1,786 - Maryland line to Columbia Road (Road 76)
- 3,228 - southwest Laurel limits to Central Avenue
- 8,197 - Central Avenue to east Laurel limits
- 7,090 - U.S. 13 to Shiloh Church Road
- 2,184 - Lowes Crossing Road to SR 30
- 23,021 - U.S. 113 to South Washington Street
- 33,494 - Millsboro limits to split with SR 30
- 19,008 - Warrington Road to SR 1
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The Gravel Hill Road Connector (Rd 248B) joins SR 30 (Gravel Hill Road) with SR 24 along the North Millsboro Bypass.
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The North Millsboro Bypass is part of SR 24 east from Millsboro to SR 1 at Midway. The west end of the bypass leads onto SR 20 toward Seaford.
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SR 24 follows the North Millsboro Bypass west from the Gravel Hill Road Connector to U.S. 113/SR 20 (Dupont Boulevard) south into Millsboro.
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Robbinsville Road south at SR 24 (John J. Williams Highway).
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Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 12/17/17, 12/27/25
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Page Updated Monday January 12, 2026.