Delaware Route 14
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West end | MD 317 near Burrsville, MD | |
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East end | DE 1 in Milford | |
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Country | United States | |
State | Delaware | |
Counties | Kent | |
Highway system | ||
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Delaware Route 14 (DE 14) is a state highway in the southern part of
DE 14 was first designated by 1936 to run from the Maryland state line near Burrsville east to
Route description
DE 14 begins at the
Past this intersection, the route leaves Harrington and becomes Milford Harrington Highway, heading through a mix of farms and woods with some residential development and crossing
The section of DE 14 west of US 113 serves as part of a secondary
History
What would become DE 14 originally existed as a county road between the Maryland border in Burrsville and Rehoboth Beach by 1920.[8] By 1924, the road was built as a state highway between Burrsville and Milford and was proposed as one between Nassau and Rehoboth Beach.[9] A year later, the state road was completed between Milford and Cedar Creek and from Nassau to just west of Rehoboth Beach, with the sections between Cedar Creek and Nassau and into Rehoboth Beach under proposal.[10] A bascule bridge was constructed over the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal in Rehoboth Beach in 1926.[11] In 1927, the state highway between Milford and Rehoboth Beach was finished with the construction of a bascule bridge over the Broadkill River.[12][13]
In 1931, a state gravel road was extended from
DE 14 was designated to run from the Maryland state line in Burrsville east to DE 26 in Bethany Beach by 1936.[2] In 1939, a southern extension of DE 14 was built between Bethany Beach and the Maryland state line in Fenwick Island as a gravel road.[18][19] In 1940, a swing bridge opened across the Indian River Inlet.[18][20] The same year, work began for a bypass of the route between Dewey Beach and west of Rehoboth Beach, which included a bascule bridge over the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.[20] In 1942, the Rehoboth Beach bypass for DE 14 was completed.[21][22] In addition, the roadway was paved between Fenwick Island and Bethany Beach by that year.[22] In 1952, a new swing bridge opened across the Indian River Inlet after the previous bridge was destroyed by ice and tides in 1948.[23]
The route was widened into a
In 1974, DE 1 was signed concurrent with DE 14 east of Milford and on the Milford Bypass.[37] In 1977, DE 14 was truncated to the southern terminus of the Milford Bypass southeast of Milford, with DE 1 replacing the route between Fenwick Island and the south end of the Milford Bypass and DE 1 Bus. becoming concurrent with route between the Milford Bypass and Northeast Front Street.[38][39] As a result of this, DE 14A was renumbered to DE 1A.[39] DE 14 was realigned to follow Northeast Front Street to end at DE 1 on the Milford Bypass by 1984.[40] On March 26, 2018, a groundbreaking ceremony was held to construct an interchange at the eastern terminus at DE 1 in Milford, with Governor John Carney, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, and DelDOT secretary Jennifer Cohan in attendance.[41] Construction of the interchange at DE 1 in Milford eliminated the at-grade intersection and also built a connector road from DE 14 to Northeast 10th Street.[42] A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the interchange at DE 1 took place on May 18, 2019, with DelDOT secretary Cohan, Senator Carper, and State Representative Bryan Shupe in attendance.[43]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Kent County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | MD 317 west (Burrsville Road) – Denton | Maryland state line; western terminus | |
DE 14 Truck east (Farmington Road) – Farmington | Western terminus of DE 14 Truck | ||||
9.66 | 15.55 | Eastern terminus of DE 14 Truck | |||
Milford | 15.80 | 25.43 | DE 15 north (Canterbury Road) – Canterbury, Dover | Southern terminus of DE 15 | |
17.08 | 27.49 | US 113 (Dupont Boulevard) – Dover, Georgetown | |||
18.53 | 29.82 | ||||
19.47 | 31.33 | DE 1 (Milford Bypass) | Interchange; eastern terminus; access to and from southbound DE 1 via South Silicato Parkway | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Special routes
DE 14 Truck
Location | Harrington |
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Length | 3.9 mi[46] (6.3 km) |
Existed | 2008[44][45]–present |
Delaware Route 14 Truck (DE 14 Truck) is a
- Major intersections
The entire route is in Harrington, Kent County.
mi[46] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.0 | 0.0 | DE 14 (Walt Messick Road) to US 13 | Western terminus | ||
1.9 | 3.1 | US 13 south (South Dupont Highway) – Greenwood, Bridgeville | West end of US 13 overlap | ||
3.9 | 6.3 | US 13 north (South Dupont Highway) – Dover DE 14 (Clark Street/Milford Harrington Highway) – Denton, Harrington, Houston, Milford | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Former DE 14A
Location | Dewey Beach–Rehoboth Beach |
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Length | 2.01 mi[1] (3.23 km) |
Existed | 1966[30]–1977[38] |
Delaware Route 14A (DE 14A) was the designation of the former alignment of DE 14 through Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach. The route began at DE 14 in Dewey Beach and headed north into Rehoboth Beach, where it turned to the west and intersected DE 14 again west of Rehoboth Beach.[47] The route was a former segment of DE 14 that was bypassed by 1942 and received the DE 14A designation by 1966.[22][30] By 1974, the route became cosigned with DE 1A, with DE 1A replacing DE 14A in 1977.[37][38][47]
See also
- U.S. Roads portal
References
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- ^ Annual Report of the State Highway Department of the State of Delaware (PDF) (Report) (1933 ed.). Dover, DE: Delaware State Highway Department. January 1, 1934. pp. 27, 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
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- ^ "Governor Carney and Officials Break Ground on New Milford Interchange" (Press release). State of Delaware. March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
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