U.S. 13 South - Claymont to Wilmington

U.S. 13 (Philadelphia Pike) enters Delaware through the industrial north side of unincorporated Claymont.

12/26/24

U.S. 13 (Philadelphia Pike) passes below the AMTRAK Northeast Corridor overpass ahead of SR 92 (Naamans Road).

12/26/24

SR 92 commences a nearly nine mile long route from U.S. 13 (Philadelphia Pike) west to SR 100 at Brandywine Creek State Park.

12/26/24

SR 92 (Naamans Road) is an often overcrowded commuter route west from Claymont to U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) across northern reaches of the Brandywine Hundred community. Naamans Road links with I-95 a short distance west of Philadelphia Pike at the north end of I-495. U.S. 13 meets I-495 directly.
This sign was removed by 2024.

12/21/16

U.S. 13 (Philadelphia Pike) crosses Naaman Creek south from the intersection with SR 92 west.

12/26/24

Transit Center Drive stems south from a signalized intersection added to U.S. 13 in 2023 to the Claymont Transit Center. The transit center is a stop along SEPTA Regional Rail.

12/26/24

Alcott Avenue spurs north from U.S. 13 (Philadelphia Pike) to the Worthland neighborhood adjacent to I-495 and Knollwood Park.

12/26/24

A parclo interchange joins U.S. 13 (Philadelphia Pike) and Interstate 495 south of Alcott Avenue. Signs for the northbound entrance ramp reference I-95, as I-495 ends nearby.

12/26/24

A loop ramp allows trucks serving the industrial areas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania convenient access onto I-495 southbound for the Port of Wilmington, New Castle and Baltimore, Maryland.

12/26/24

The SEPTA Claymont Station was formerly located along I-495 at the end of forthcoming Myrtle Avenue east from U.S. 13.

12/30/18

Darley Road, a through road northwest to SR 92 (Naamans Road) in the Brandywine Hundred community, ties into the signal with Myrtle Avenue in Claymont.

12/30/18

Manor Avenue intersects U.S. 13 (Philadelphia Pike) from the Darley Green development and Archmere Academy.

12/30/18

Seminole Avenue and Wiltshire Road come together at the succeeding signal along U.S. 13 south near Claymont Elementary.

12/30/18

U.S. 13 leaves Philadelphia Pike at the split with U.S. 13 Business for Governor Printz Boulevard.

12/30/18

Governor Printz Boulevard acts as a bypass of the built-up areas along Philadelphia Pike between Claymont and Wilmington. Philadelphia Pike (U.S. 13 Business) continues south into northeast Wilmington.

12/30/18

U.S. 13 runs directly alongside Interstate 495 to Edgemoor, where an interchange joins the freeway with Governor Printz Boulevard and SR 3 (Edgemoor Road).

08/18/05

The entrance ramp for I-495 south for U.S. 13 (Governor Printz Boulevard) departs from SR 3 (Edgemoor Road). SR 3 ends at Hay and Lighthouse Roads, an industrial road parallel to the freeway between Fox Point Park and 12th Street.

08/18/05

A wye interchange joins U.S. 13 with Interstate 495 north back to Claymont, Marcus Hook and Philadelphia directly from the Governor Printz Boulevard intersection with Stuvesant Drive.

08/18/05

U.S. 13 south at SR 3. SR 3 travels overall between Edgemoor and the Brandywine Hundred community at SR 92 (Naamans Road). Edgemoor Road also provides a direct connection to U.S. 13 Business (Philadelphia Pike) and northeast Wilmington.

08/18/05

Lowering from Edgemoor Road (SR 3), the Wilmington skyline appears on the horizon as U.S. 13 (Governor Printz Boulevard) passes by Merchants Square shopping center.

12/30/18

Lea Boulevard branches north from Governor Printz Boulevard ahead of Shellpot Creek. Lea Boulevard forms a through route to Market Street (U.S. 13 Business), Washington Street in Brandywine Hills, Wilmington and Miller Road.

12/30/18

Crossing the Wilmington city line at E 35th Street and the Eastlawn neighborhood, U.S. 13 (Governor Printz Boulevard) becomes Northeast Boulevard.

12/30/18

U.S. 13 (Northeast Boulevard) at 30th Street in northeast Wilmington. 30th Street runs west through the Eastlawn neighborhood and east to the Riverside community.

12/30/18

Built in 1972, a pedestrian bridge spans U.S. 13 (Northeast Boulevard) at E 29th Street.

12/30/18

The next signal along U.S. 13 (Northeast Boulevard) south operates at E 26th Street. 26th Street, 30th Street and Vandever Avenue accommodate two way traffic. The remainder of the northeast Wilmington city street grid consists of one way streets.

12/30/18

Northeast Boulevard underwent a transformation from a five lane boulevard into a four lane, divided arterial during the early 2000s. The Interstate 495 trailblazer here references forthcoming 12th Street east.

12/30/18

The redesign of Northeast Boulevard included adding mast arm traffic light assemblies at the intersection with Vandever Avenue. Vandever Avenue provides a truck route through the Eastlake neighborhood to U.S. 13 Business (Market Street) at SR 202 (Concord Avenue).

12/30/18

Until sometime after 2008, an I-495 trailblazer was posted along U.S. 13 (Northeast Boulevard) at the five-point intersection with Thatcher Street and E 14th Street. Heald Street, one block prior, provides an alternate to 12th Street for I-495.

08/07/04

U.S. 13 (Northeast Boulevard) reaches 12th Street and Brandywine Creek. 12th Street heads east through the 11th Street Bridge community to a diamond interchange with Interstate 495 by Cherry Island.

12/30/18

Northeast Boulevard crosses the State Representative Dr. Al O. Plant, Sr. Bridge over Brandywine Creek.

12/30/18

U.S. 13 separates into a one way couplet along 11th Street west / Spruce Street south and Church Street north at the end of Northeast Boulevard.

12/30/18

Southbound U.S. 13 provides a gateway into central Wilmington along 11th Street by Kirkwood Park, where streetscaping was completed in 2003.

12/30/18

Curving south onto Spruce Street from 11th Street. 11th Street extends west into the Upper East Side.

12/30/18

Continuing into the East Side neighborhood, U.S. 13 (Spruce Street) south intersects E 10th Street. An SR 52 trailblazer here was replaced with a signal by 2016. SR 52 begins at 12th and Walnut Streets (U.S. 13 Business), eight blocks to the northwest.

12/30/18

Spruce Street south at Taylor Street. Row homes line many of the streets throughout the city of Wilmington, and this intersection is representative of how much of the city looks.

12/30/18

A shield for U.S. 13 south was posted south of Taylor Street. It was missing by 2012.

04/10/04

8th Street flows west from U.S. 13 (Spruce Street) and East Side at this traffic light to Downtown.

12/30/18

7th Street spurs east from U.S. 13 to Wilmington Industrial Park and Mayor John E. Babiarz Park at the mouth of Brandywine Creek.

12/30/18

U.S. 13 turns east from Spruce Street onto Fourth Street (SR 9) to cross the Christina River.

12/30/18

U.S. 13/SR 9 south combine to the Southbridge neighborhood of Wilmington. SR 9 north travels four blocks westward to Walnut Street (U.S. 13 Business north) and five blocks to King Street (U.S. 13 Business south) at the LOMA neighborhood. Fourth Street provides one of two main routes from Downtown Wilmington to the Hill Top and Little Italy neighborhoods west of I-95.

12/20/17

Continuing beyond the AMTRAK overpass, U.S. 13/SR 9 turn southeast by Christina Park to Heald Street through Southbridge.

12/30/18

The William J. Winchester Bridge, a double leaf bascule span, carries U.S. 13/SR 9 across the Christina River.

12/30/18

U.S. 13/SR 9 meet the north end of SR 9A (Christina Avenue) just beyond the Christina River. SR 9A forms a short loop east from Heald Street and New Castle Avenue to the Port of Wilmington and I-495. The SR 9A shield here was missing by 2008.

12/30/18

A marker for U.S. 13 was missing from the confirming assembly south of SR 9A. This set of signs was removed entirely by 2007. Historically SR 9A was part of SR 48 leading to a ferry connecting with New Jersey Route 48. Ferry service ceased in 1951 when the Delaware Memorial Bridge opened.

04/10/04

U.S. 13/SR 9 separate into a one way couplet at Lobdell Street. Southbound traffic continues along Heald Street while northbound traffic follows New Castle Avenue to the east.

12/30/18

Heald Street southbound at A Street in Southbridge. The alphabet series of streets in Wilmington lies entirely south of the Christina River. The grid runs through D Street, while E, F and G Streets were planned but never built. A Street is the only of the four to connect with Market Street (U.S. 13 Business) to the west.

12/30/18

B, C and D Streets consists of short streets serving industrial type businesses or public housing communities. Pictured here is the signal southbound at B Street.

12/30/18

C Street travels a total of four blocks between Buttonwood and Claymont Streets. The two way street intersects U.S. 13/SR 9 northbound one block to the east.

12/30/18

Heald Street transitions to two-way traffic south of D Street, which takes U.S. 13 northbound east onto SR 9 (New Castle Avenue) north.

12/24/25

U.S. 13/SR 9 (Heald Street) proceed south across the Paul Livingston Bridge spanning a Norfolk Southern Railroad line and the ramp leading SR 9 south to New Castle Avenue.

12/24/25

SR 9 southbound follows a loop ramp from U.S. 13 (Heald Street) east to New Castle Avenue south. SR 9 diverges from U.S. 13 to New Castle.

12/24/25

Garasches Lane links U.S. 13 (S Heald Street) with Walnut Street at Delaware Blue Coats Stadium.

12/30/18

Rogers Road angles northwest from SR 9 (New Castle Avenue) to meet U.S. 13 just ahead of the merge with U.S. 13 Business (S Market Street) northbound.

12/30/18

U.S. 13 (Heald Street) and U.S. 13 Business (Market Street) converge a half mile south of the Wilmington city line by the exchange with Interstate 495. Their apex represents the start of Dupont Highway south.

01/01/19