U.S. Route 40 in Delaware
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by DelDOT and DRBA | ||||
Length | 17.18 mi[1] (27.65 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 40 at Maryland border near Glasgow | |||
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East end | ||||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Delaware | |||
Counties | New Castle | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 40 (US 40) is a
US 40 was originally built as a state highway during the 1920s, comprising Elkton Road and a part of the Dupont Highway. When first designated, the route followed these two roads from the Maryland state line to Wilmington, where it crossed the Delaware River on a ferry to
Route description
US 40 enters Delaware from
Past this intersection, US 40 comes to a partial cloverleaf interchange with the DE 1 freeway. After this interchange, the route narrows to four lanes and passes more development and some farm fields, reaching a westbound right-in/right-out with Appleby Road. Farther east, US 40 heads through business areas immediately to the north of Norfolk Southern's New Castle Secondary railroad line as it reaches a directional intersection with US 13 in State Road; this intersection has no access from northbound US 13 to westbound US 40.[3][4]
At this point, US 40 heads northeast for a
Here, US 40 splits from US 13 by heading east concurrent with I-295 on an eight-lane
US 40 in Delaware has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 107,176 vehicles at the DE 9 interchange along the I-295 concurrency to a low of 25,863 vehicles at the Appleby Road intersection between Bear and New Castle.[1] The entire length of US 40 in Delaware is part of the National Highway System.[5]
History
By 1920, what would become the Delaware portion of US 40 was a county road, with the portion along US 13 under contract to become a state highway.
In 1931, work began on widening US 40 along the US 13 concurrency to a divided highway.[14] The completion of the divided highway between State Road and Wilmington was slated for summer 1933.[15] US 202 was designated concurrent with US 13/US 40 north of State Road in 1934.[16] Recommendations were made in 1932 to widen US 40 into a divided highway between the Maryland state line and State Road.[15] A year later, the divided highway portion of US 40 had been graded between the Maryland state line and Glasgow while paving of the divided highway was in progress between Bear and State Road.[17] Grading of the divided highway between the Maryland state line and State Road had been completed in 1934 with construction of the remainder of the road underway.[18] Work on widening US 40 to a divided highway between the Maryland state line and US 13 was finished in 1936.[19] In 1934, recommendations were made to upgrade US 40 to a state highway between Hares Corner and New Castle.[18] The portion of US 40 between Hares Corner and New Castle was taken over by the state on July 1, 1935.[20][21] Construction on upgrading this section began in 1936, with the project completed later that year.[19][21] The same year, a bridge was constructed over a Pennsylvania Railroad line (now the Jack A. Markell Trail) in New Castle.[19]
Construction on the Delaware Memorial Bridge began in 1949.
In 1954, plans were made to replace the intersection with
The US 202 designation was removed from US 13/US 40 between State Road and Farnhurst in 1964, with
There are plans to widen the portion of US 40 from Salem Church Road/Porter Road east to Walther Road/Glendale Boulevard in Bear from four lanes to six lanes. The widening project is planned to begin in 2024 and be finished in 2027.[45]
Major intersections
The entire route is in New Castle County.
Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Glasgow | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 40 west (Pulaski Highway) – Elkton | Maryland state line | |
2.12 | 3.41 | DE 896 Bus. (Glasgow Avenue) – Glasgow | |||
2.33 | 3.75 | ||||
3.70 | 5.95 | DE 72 (Sunset Lake Road/Wrangle Hill Road) – Newark, Delaware City | |||
Bear | 7.15 | 11.51 | DE 7 (Bear Christiana Road/Bear Corbitt Road) | ||
7.71 | 12.41 | DE 1 – Christiana, Wilmington, Dover | DE 1 exit 160 | ||
Beaches | No access from northbound US 13 to westbound US 40; west end of US 13/DE 9 Truck overlap | ||||
East end of DE 9 Truck overlap | |||||
Wilmington Manor | 12.11 | 19.49 | US 202 north / DE 141 – New Castle, Newport | US 202/DE 141 exit 1; southern terminus of US 202 | |
13.40 | 21.57 | Western end of freeway section | |||
Port of Wilmington, Philadelphia, Baltimore US 13 north (North Dupont Highway) to I-495 – Wilmington, Philadelphia | Interchange; east end of US 13 overlap; west end of I-295 overlap | ||||
14.35 | 23.09 | Landers Lane | Eastbound exit only; no trucks over 5000 lbs | ||
Historic New Castle | |||||
Delaware River and Bay Authority Headquarters | Westbound exit and entrance; eastbound access provided by DE 9 | ||||
Delaware River | 17.18 | 27.65 | Delaware Memorial Bridge (westbound toll; cash or E-ZPass) | ||
New Jersey state line | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- U.S. Roads portal
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ John Milner Associates, Inc. (July 2005). Historic Context for the DuPont Highway U.S. Route 113: Kent and Sussex County, Delaware (PDF). in association with Whitman, Requardt, Inc. and Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, LLP. Dover, DE: Delaware Department of Transportation. p. 16. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
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(help) - ^ a b Delaware State Highway Department; The National Survey Co. (1936). Official Road Map of the State of Delaware (PDF) (Map) (1936–1937 ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
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