Delaware Route 1 is a 110 mile long, four-to-six lane highway going from the Maryland-Delaware State line on the eastern Atlantic shoreline to the Delaware Turnpike (Interstate 95) just outside of Wilmington. Image File history File links Circle_sign_1. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Official languages None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Senators Paul Sarbanes (D) Barbara Mikulski (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 21 Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165/km² (5th) Admission into... State nickname: The First State Official languages None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Governor Ruth Ann Minner (D) Senators Joe Biden (D) Thomas Carper (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 49th 6,452 km² 21. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... The Delaware Turnpike is an 11 mile-long tolled freeway which carries Interstate 95 between Marylands John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway and Wilmington, Delaware. ... Interstate 95 (abbreviated I-95) is an interstate highway that runs 1907 miles (3070 kilometers) north-south along the east coast of the United States. ... Motto: A Place To Be Somebody Nickname: Founded Incorporated 1638 1832  County New Castle County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor James M. Baker (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 44. ...

The highway, which first came into existence in the late 1970s, was originally a two-lane road signed as Delaware Route 14, but was truncated to Milford when the Delaware Department of Transportation adopted a U.S. Highway-style system for its state routes. From the early 1970s to 1995, the highway ended at is what is now U.S. Highway 113, but in the mid-1970s, the DOT studied a "Dover Extension" of the Delaware Turnpike, which evolved into today's Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. Milford is a city located in Kent County, Delaware. ... U.S. Highway 113 is a spur of U.S. Highway 13. ... Location in Delaware Founded  -Incorporated 1683 1717  County Kent County Mayor Stephen R. Speed Area  - Total  - Water 58. ...

Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway

The Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, simply known as the "Route 1 Turnpike" or "Relief Route", is a 51-mile (82 km) long, four-lane controlled-access toll highway that connects the Delaware Turnpike in Christiana to the Dover Air Force Base Complex in Southern Dover. The roadway was built in several stages, starting in 1989, and was completed in 2003 with the Odessa-Tybouts Corner section being opened to traffic. The highway was dedicated in 1995 shortly after the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.. Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... Dover Air Force Base (Dover AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force in the state of Delaware. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Memorial, showing the Pool of Remembrance. ... Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ...

The highway, built to Interstate Highway standards, has a total of four travel lanes, except for a portion between Biddles Corner and Tybouts Corner, where the highway has six lanes. Construction was funded with the normal 60% federal/40% state ratio, but allowing the state to recoup costs of building the highway through the use of tolls collected at two mainline barriers in Biddles Corner and Dover (near the Dover International Speedway used by NASCAR), and at several exits between the two ends. The Federal Highway Administration stipulated that the tolls must be removed by 2020, or the roadway is paid off, whichever comes first (although future expansion projects may keep the tolls on longer). Tybouts Corner is a populated place in New Castle County, Delaware. ... Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR race track located near Dover, Delaware. ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation that specializes in automobile transportation. ...

The main feature of the highway is the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge, a concrete cable-stayed structure located in St. Georges and crossing the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal with a 750-foot center span. The new six-lane bridge allows through traffic and heavy trucks to bypass the nearby St. Georges Bridge, which was built during World War II and was showing major signs of deterioration. The new bridge was also the first major project to use prefabricated concrete segments, produced in a factory setting and transported by barge to the project site. The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge is a concrete and steel cable-stayed bridge that allows the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, or Delaware Route 1 to cross over the federally-owned Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. ...

In addition, while the highway uses regular mileposts, the exit numbers use metric measurements--a byproduct of a failed experiment proposed by President Bill Clinton, in which the U.S. would convert all use of measurements from the standard "English" system to the universal metric system. William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

Although owned and operated by the Delaware Department of Transportation along with the Delaware Turnpike, Governor Ruth Ann Minner proposed that the road be privatized, with the DOT being contracted by the new company to provide routine maintenance to the roadway. The road costs $3.00, with E-Z Pass users paying less, especially those who commute between Dover and Wilmington on a regular basis. Ruth Ann Minner (born January 17, 1935) is an American politician from near Milford, Delaware, in Sussex County. ... E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on several toll bridges and toll roads in the northeastern United States. ...

Toll Route Interchanges

Unlike the Delaware Turnpike and New Jersey Turnpike, which uses a sequential exit system, or the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Atlantic City Expressway, and Garden State Parkway, which uses a mileage-based system, the Route 1 Turnpike utilizes a kilometer-based system, in anticipation of a mid-1990's conversion of all measurements in the U.S. from the standard "English" system to the metric system. All distance markers were in kilometers as well as all exit numbers. Since then, the distance markers were replaced with standard milemarkers, but the exit numbers are still in metric. In addition, the exits north of U.S. 13 in Tybouts Corner were in standard miles, reflecting Delaware Route 1 mileage from Ocean City, Maryland, but were converted in 1995 with the opening of the C & D Canal Bridge. A toll ticket for the New Jersey Turnpike. ... The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway system in the state of Pennsylvania, USA. The turnpike system encompasses 531 miles (855 km) in three distinct sections. ... The Atlantic City Expressway (officially numbered, but unsigned, as New Jersey State Highway 446) is a controlled-access toll road in New Jersey. ... The Garden State Parkway is a 172 mile (277 km) limited-access toll parkway that stretches the length of New Jersey from the New York Thruway at Montvale, NJ to Cape May at the southern tip of the state. ... Ocean City is an Atlantic Ocean barrier island town located in Worcester County, Maryland. ...

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The Coastal Highway

South of the toll road, Delaware Route 1 continues south to Frederica and then Milford, where it bypasses the city on a five-mile bypass. Prior to 2004, this stretch of highway between the toll road and the Milford Bypass was co-signed as U.S. Highway 113, but the road was truncated at the northern junction with the bypass. Past Milford, the road continues past the small towns of Milton, and Red Mill, before reaching Nassau, Delaware, where it intersects with U.S. Highway 9 to Lewes, and the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. Frederica is a town located in Kent County, Delaware. ... Milford is a city located in Kent County, Delaware. ... U.S. Highway 113 is a spur of U.S. Highway 13. ... Milton is a town located in Sussex County, Delaware. ... United States Highway 9 is a north-south United States highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the United States. ... Seal of the City of Lewes There are other places called Lewes Lewes (pronounced LOO-is) is an incorporated city located in Sussex County, Delaware. ... The Cape May-Lewes Ferry runs from Cape May, New Jersey across the Delaware Bay to Lewes, Delaware. ...

Past US 9, Route 1 passes through Midway, and the Rehoboth Outlets before a spur road (Delaware Route 1A) branches off to Rehoboth Beach. After crossing the Lewes & Rehoboth Canal, a small canal connecting the Roosevelt Inlet in Lewes with the Rehoboth Bay, the road continues through Dewey Beach, finally reaching the Delaware coast. The road then continues along the beach through several Delaware resort areas (Bethany Beach, South Benthany, and Fenwick Island), before reaching the Maryland state line, becoming Maryland State Highway 528 upon entering Ocean City, Maryland. Rehoboth Beach is a city located in Sussex County, Delaware. ... Dewey Beach is an incorporated town located in Sussex County, Delaware. ... Seal of the Town of Bethany Beach Bethany Beach is an incorporated town located in Sussex County, Delaware. ... South Bethany is an incorporated town located in Sussex County, Delaware. ... Fenwick Island is a town located in Sussex County, Delaware. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Official languages None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Senators Paul Sarbanes (D) Barbara Mikulski (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 21 Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165/km² (5th) Admission into... Maryland State Highway 528 is the main highway through Ocean City, Maryland, running along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. ... Ocean City is an Atlantic Ocean barrier island town located in Worcester County, Maryland. ...

Delaware Route 1 has two business loops: Business Route 1, serving Milford on a two-lane stretch of road that was once part of Delaware Route 1, and before, Delaware Route 14; Delaware Route 1A, serving Rehoboth Beach and nearby Dewey Beach. A spur route, the unsigned Delaware Route 1B, provides a direct, and alternate connection between Delaware Route 1 at the Rehoboth & Lewes Canal and Delaware Route 1A, as Delaware Route 1A crosses the canal on a drawbridge, and Delaware Route 1 itself uses a high-level crossing.

Although the highway south of Milford is a four-lane highway, it was at one time a two-lane road, but was gradually converted into four lanes in the 1970s, with the last section, the Rehoboth & Lewes Canal Bridge, was rebuilt into a four-lane road by 1985. Another two-to-four lane conversion, at the Indian River Inlet between Dewey Beach and Bethany Beach, was completed in the mid-1970s, but due to premature wear by the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean and Rehoboth Bay, it is currently being replaced with a new cable-stayed structure similar in nature to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge.

Delaware Route 7

Although a different route, Delaware Route 7 north of the Interstate 95 interchange can technically be considered part of both Delaware Route 1 and U.S. Highway 13. In fact, Delaware Route 7 was originally supposed to be the route number for the Biddles Corner-Interstate 95 section of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway, but was decided later to sign the highway as Route 1. When the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge opened in 1995, U.S. Highway 13 was rerouted onto the new roadway, while Delaware Route 7 was extended for an extra 1.5 miles between the old sections of U.S. Route 13 and Delaware Route 72, which accessed Delaware Route 1 with a full interchange.

Because Delaware Route 7 parallels Delaware Route 1 between Delaware Route 72 and the Route 1 highway exit at the Christiana Mall, the Delaware Department of Transportation is currently expanding the two-lane road between Delaware Route 72 and Delaware Route 273 (the Christiana Bypass) to a four-lane facility, alleviating some traffic conditions off of the Route 1 highway. Some possible changes include extending the Route 1/7 highway combination from Exit-164 to Exit-162 (DE Route 273), and redesignating the remaining two-lane section as "Business Route 7."

North of Exit-166, in which the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway is currently signed as Route 7, the highway continues north over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (along with Delaware Route 4) near Delaware Park race track, splits off with Route 4 near Stanton, and continues as a four-lane facility north to Pennsylvania State Route 41 near Avondale, Pennsylvania. Most of the NEC is owned by Amtrak (those sections shown in red). ... Avondale is a borough located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. ...

External Links

• Mile by Mile: Delaware Route 1 Travel Guide - Junction of I-95 to Maryland State Line