Highway 13:
U.S. Route 13 in the State of Delaware is a part of a north-south
Federal highway established in 1926 that runs approximately 518 miles
from the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the city
of Morrisville to just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina, where it
meets I-95 at its terminus. US 13 enters the State of Delaware from the
industrial city of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania as ?The Philadelphia Pike?
just north of the I-95/I-495 split, and leaves Delaware 103 miles later
in the twin cities of Delmar, Delaware and Delmar, Maryland just 10
miles from Salisbury, Maryland.
US 13 forms the commercial district around the State Capital, the City of Dover.
Between Dover and Wilmington in New Castle County, US 13 is paralleled by the
Delaware Route 1 Turnpike. US 13 crosses the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on
the St. Georges Bridge. US 13 continues toward Wilmington, sharing a concurrency
with U.S. Route 40 in the New Castle area. US 13 bypasses the heart of
Wilmington to the east, while U.S. Route 13 Business passes through the downtown
area. Near its northern beginning, US Highway 13 Delaware parallels Interstate
495 between Wilmington and the Pennsylvania border.
In Delaware, U.S. Route 13 is known as the Dupont Highway from Wilmington to the
Maryland state line. It composes the longest signed highway within the state of
Delaware. This federal highway varies from four to six lanes as it careens
through the Delaware cities/towns of Seaford, Laurel, Greenwood, Harrington,
Camden, Dover, Smyrna, Odessa, Wilmington, and Claymont.
The origins of the Dupont Highway U.S. Route 13 predate the U.S. Highway system.
T. Coleman du Pont, an engineer of the famous du Pont family, envisioned a paved
north-south statewide roadway. Coleman proposed the project to the citizens of
Delaware in 1908. His concept entailed the creation of separate north and
southbound lanes, trolley track lines, and a pathway for horse-drawn vehicles.
In 1924 a two-lane version of his visionary highway project opened to traffic
between the southern agricultural areas and the urbanized center of Wilmington.
The road was a huge success and in 1933 the Delaware State Highway Department
expanded the highway.
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