Delaware Route 23
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Maintained by DelDOT | ||||
Length | 14.76 mi[1] (23.75 km) | |||
Existed | 1994[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | Dead end in Long Neck | |||
North end |
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Delaware | |||
Counties | Sussex | |||
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Delaware Route 23 (DE 23) is a 14.76-mile-long (23.75 km) state highway in
Route description
DE 23 begins at a boat ramp parking lot at Massey's Landing in Long Neck, near the confluence of the Rehoboth Bay and the Indian River Bay. From here, the route heads west on two-lane undivided Long Neck Road through a mix of residential areas and marshland between Rehoboth Bay to the north and Indian River Bay to the south. The road winds west through homes, commercial development, and a few farms, passing south of the Baywood Greens golf course. Farther west, DE 23 comes to an intersection with DE 5/DE 24. At this intersection, the name changes to Indian Mission Road, and DE 23 begins a concurrency with DE 5. The two routes head northwest and cross Guinea Creek, passing through a mix of farmland and woodland with some housing subdivisions, intersecting Harmons Hill Road/Phillips Branch Road.[3][4]
In
The section of DE 23 between the southern terminus and the north end of the DE 5 concurrency serves as part of a primary
History
By 1920, what is now DE 23 existed as an unimproved county road.
In 1991, the Five Points intersection was reconfigured to separate the DE 23 and Plantation Road intersection from US 9/DE 404, with a short connector road linking US 9/DE 404 to the two roads. In addition, a jughandle was constructed from eastbound US 9/DE 404 to northbound DE 1. In 2022, construction began to reconfigure the intersection between US 9/DE 404 and DE 1D/DE 23 that would realign DE 1D and DE 23 to meet at a roundabout and intersect a longer connector road linking to US 9/DE 404 and also build a direct ramp from southbound DE 1 to US 9/DE 404 at the DE 1D/DE 23 intersection. Construction on this project is planned to be finished in 2024.[14][15] The roundabout at the DE 1D and DE 23 junction opened on April 19, 2024, with the connection between the roundabout and US 9/DE 404 planned to open in May.[16]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Sussex County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Long Neck | 0.00 | 0.00 | Massey's Landing Boat Ramp | Southern terminus | |
5.47 | 8.80 | DE 5 south / DE 24 (John J. Williams Highway) – Oak Orchard, Rehoboth Beach | South end of DE 5 overlap | ||
Fairmount | 8.01 | 12.89 | DE 5 north (Indian Mission Road) | North end of DE 5 overlap | |
DE 24 Alt. west (Hollymount Road) | South end of DE 24 Alt. overlap | ||||
DE 24 Alt. east (Plantation Road) | Roundabout; north end of DE 24 Alt. overlap; northern terminus of DE 1D | ||||
14.62 | 23.53 | US 9 west / DE 404 west (Lewes Georgetown Highway) – Georgetown | South end of US 9/DE 404 overlap | ||
14.76 | 23.75 | ends | North end of US 9/DE 404 overlap; northern terminus; eastern terminus of DE 404; western terminus of US 9 Bus. | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ a b c Staff (2018). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Delaware Department of Transportation Division of Planning Cartographic Information Section (1994). Delaware Official State Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ a b Delaware Department of Transportation (2017). Official Travel & Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ a b Google (August 24, 2010). "overview of Delaware Route 23" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ Delmarva Peninsula Evacuation Route Map (PDF) (Map). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
- ^ National Highway System: Delaware (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
- ^ Delaware State Highway Department (1920). Official Road Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ Delaware State Highway Department (1931). Official Road Map of the State of Delaware (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ "1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Delaware - Sussex County - ED 3-1 - ED 3-57". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Delaware State Highway Department; The National Survey Co. (1938). Official Road Map of the State of Delaware (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department.
- ^ Delaware State Highway Department (1970). Official Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2006). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ Roth, Nick (October 8, 2021). "Roundabouts abound". Cape Gazette. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ^ "Plantation Road Workshop Display" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ "Project: Plantation Road Improvements, Robinsonville Road to US 9 (Phase 1)". Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ "New Five Points roundabout partially open, says DelDOT". Cape Gazette. April 19, 2024. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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