U.S. 9 Business
U.S. 9 Business was established by 1976 along Savannah Road northeast from Five Points (U.S. 9 & SR 1) to the Lewes business district and Cape Henlopen Drive. Cape Henlopen Drive returns U.S. 9 Business east to U.S. 9 just ahead of the Cape May Lewes Ferry landing.
Historically U.S. 9 Business replaced the easternmost extent of SR 18, which also overlapped with SR 14 along Savannah Road between Belltown and Wescoats Corner.
U.S. 9 Business Mileage: 3.36
U.S. 9 Business - 2014 Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT)
- 12,919 - SR 1 to Donovan's Road
- 9,885 - Donovan's Road to Kings Highway
- 10,874 - Kings Highway to Front Street
- 9,898 - Front Street to Bayview Avenue
- 5,562 - Savanna Road to Freeman Highway
East
U.S. 9 Business begins as the jughandle carrying drivers from U.S. 9 east to SR 1 north departs.
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The lone shield posted for U.S. 9 Business east stands at the jughandle for SR 1 north. Savannah Road reduces to two lanes by a number of businesses to Clay Road.
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Village Main Boulevard ties into U.S. 9 at the ensuing signal as the main entry point to the Villages of Five Points community.
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Wescoats Road provides a return to U.S. 9 & SR 1 (Coastal Highway) from U.S. 9 Business (Savannah Road). The road also doubles as the former alignment of SR 14, from when Savannah Road carried the route east from Belltown to Wescoats Corner.
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Wescoats Road also links U.S. 9 Business (Savannah Road) with Clay Road east to U.S. 9 (Kings Highway).
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A traffic light was added to U.S. 9 Business (Savannah Road) at Vikings Way by 2012 for Cape Henlopen High School.
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Passing through Downtown Lewes, U.S. 9 Business emerges at Front Street and Gills Neck Road.
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A draw bridge carries U.S. 9 across the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal just beyond Front Street.
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The turn of U.S. 9 Business from Savannah Road onto Cape Henlopen Drive is unmarked. Instead a trailblazer for the Cape May Lewes Ferry directs motorists east.
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Heading east along Cape Henlopen Drive, U.S. 9 Business approaches the end with U.S. 9 (Theo C. Freeman Memorial Highway).
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U.S. 9 west bypasses Lewes to the east from Cape Henlopen Drive south to Kings Highway along a mostly rural route. The Cape May Lewes Ferry landing lies just 0.4 miles ahead.
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Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman: 06/18/12
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Page Updated Friday December 04, 2015.