Former U.S. 301 North

Welcome to Delaware sign posted beyond the U.S. 301 intersection with Strawberry Lane. Construction realigned the US route onto a limited access toll road directly from the state line northward.

12/16/16

A short distance north of Strawberry Lane, U.S. 301 intersected SR 299 (Warwick Road) west. SR 299 connects with MD 282 and the community of Warwick, Maryland. Main Street through Warwick was originally numbered as MD 299, which is the reason why SR 299 is numbered as such.
This shield assembly was previously removed by 2014.

08/27/05

Traffic lights were added during construction of the new U.S. 301 toll road for SR 299 (Warwick Road) west. SR 299 combined with U.S. 301 north into Middletown from here. The state route was realigned in 2017 onto a frontage road along the west side of the U.S. 301 toll road to Levels Road.

12/16/16

U.S. 301/SR 299 (Middletown Warwick Road) curved northeast and approached the town of Middletown. Annexations from the municipality overtook undeveloped farmland for new subdivisions, town home complexes, shopping centers and schools.

12/16/16

A reassurance marker for U.S. 301 north appeared after the former intersection with Middle Neck Road. Middle Neck Road angles northwest from the realignment of SR 299 (Warwick Road) to Middle Neck between the Little and Great Bohemia Creeks in Maryland.

12/16/16

Middletown Warwick Road (old U.S. 301) expands to four lanes north ahead of SR 15 (Levels Road) and SR 299 (Warwick Road).

12/29/24

The realignment of U.S. 301 onto First Responders Memorial Highway included relocating SR 299 to a new diamond interchange just north of SR 15 (Levels Road).

12/29/24

SR 299 west connects Middletown with MD 282 into Warwick, Maryland.

12/29/24

U.S. 301 stays west of Middletown Warwick Road until north of Middletown and Armstrong.

12/29/24

SR 15 travels across rural areas southeast of Middletown en route to Blackbird State Forest and Clayton.

12/29/24

SR 15 overlaps with SR 299 along Warwick Middletown Road (old U.S. 301) from Levels Road by Middletown Levels Business Park.

12/26/16

The ensuing signal along Middletown Warwick Road north operates at Merrimac Avenue.

12/26/16

U.S. 301/SR 15-299 shield assembly previously posted along Middletown Warwick Road north of Merrimac Avenue.

12/16/16

U.S. 301/SR 15-299 north next intersected Diamond State Boulevard east and South Ridge Avenue west.

12/16/16

SR 15/299 partition from Middletown Warwick Road for Bunker Hill Road west and Main Street east respectively.

12/16/16

SR 299 follows Main Street through Downtown Middletown on the eastward continuation to Odessa.

12/16/16

Middletown Warwick Road continues northward from SR 299 (Main Street) with four lanes to Peterson Road, the alignment of U.S. 301 until 1994.

12/16/16

An Interstate 95 trailblazer stands along Middletown Warwick Road beyond the separation with SR 15 north and SR 299 east. Inventoried as reference road 443, this stretch of arterial become unnumbered upon completion of the First Responders Memorial Highway in January 2019.

12/29/24

Peterson Road parallels a Delmarva Central Railroad line from SR 299 (Main Street) north to Middletown Warwick Road. Doc Levinson Drive stems west from the signalized intersection with old U.S. 301 to the Middletown Village town home community.

12/29/24

A premature signing of SR 71 appeared along U.S. 301 north of Peterson Road. SR 71 remains along Broad Street to the east of the Delmarva Central Railroad line.

12/29/17

Broad Street takes SR 71 north across Middletown directly to U.S. 301. The junction shield for SR 71 was subsequently replaced by 2023 and removed altogether by 2024.

12/20/16

SR 71 (N Broad Street) south leads motorists back to SR 299 (Main Street) in Downtown Middletown. The state route south joins the town with Townsend and U.S. 13 (Dupont Parkway) near Blackbird.

12/29/24

U.S. 301/SR 71 combined along Summit Bridge Road northward from Broad Street. SR 896 joins Summit Bridge Road north from Mount Pleasant en route to Glasgow and I-95 at south Newark.

12/29/24

The Delmarva Central Railroad line crosses SR 71 (Broad Street) at the wye intersection witth Middletown Warwick Road (old U.S. 301). Long queues are common at this traffic light due to commuter traffic during the peak hours.

12/20/16

SR 71 (Red Lion Road) southbound at SR 896 / old U.S. 301 and Brennan Boulevard.

12/26/17