State Route 71 North

SR 71 converges with Middletown Warwick Road (old U.S. 301) north from Broad Street in Middletown.
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12/18/22
Summit Bridge Road carries just two lanes from the north side of Middletown to Mount Pleasant.
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12/29/24
Glasgow and Newark lie ten and 16 miles ahead respectively via SR 71 (Summit Bridge Road) north to SR 896. The distance to Wilmington references the SR 896 interchange with I-95 north.
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12/29/24
Springmill Drive winds westward from SR 71 to Middletown Corporate Center and the Springmill development from a traffic light near the north end of Middletown.
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12/29/24
Armstrong Corner Road extends Marl Pit Road (Road 429) west 0.89 miles from SR 71 (Summit Bridge Road) to SR 15 (Choptank Road). Marl Pit Road arcs 3.90 miles east to the Parkside and Brick Mill Park developments en route to U.S. 13 near Odessa.
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12/29/24
A dumbbell interchange (Exit 5) connects the U.S. 301 (First Responders Memorial Highway) with SR 71 (Summit Bridge Road) just north of Armstrong Corner and Marl Pit Roads.
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U.S. 301 turns northeast across SR 71 (Summit Bridge Road) en route to SR 1 near the Biddles Corner Toll Plaza and St. Georges.
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12/29/24
A lone reassurance marker for SR 71 stands along Summit Bridge Road north between Beaston Road and the signalized entrance to Summit Airport (EVY) and Crystal Run Elementary School.
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Maintained by the Army Core of Engineers, the Summit Bridge is a through truss bridge completed in 1960 as part of the 1954 Canal authorization plan.
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12/18/22
Spanning the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, together with the approaches, the Summit Bridge comprises a two mile long limited access expressway.
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12/29/24
Northbound SR 71 (Red Lion Road) curves south and east around Lums Pond State Park between SR 896 and Kirkwood.
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12/18/22
Chesapeake City Road (Road 399) stems west from SR 71 (Red Lion Road) to Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery and Chesapeake City, Maryland.
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12/18/22
This sign was not retained during 2022-24 construction widening SR 72 (Wrangle Hill Road) at SR 71.
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12/18/22
SR 71 (Red Lion Road) angles northeast from Red Lion to end within the trumpet interchange joining U.S. 13 (Dupont Highway) and SR 1.
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12/23/22
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 12/15/99, 12/18/22, 12/23/22, 12/26/24, 12/29/24
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Page Updated Saturday December 06, 2025.
