Delaware Route 896

Delaware Route 896 marker

Delaware Route 896
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT and USACE
Length: 21.05 mi[1] (33.88 km)
Existed: 1938 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 13 in Boyds Corner
  US 301 / DE 71 in Mount Pleasant
DE 15 in Summit Bridge
DE 71 north of Summit Bridge
US 40 in Glasgow

I‑95 south of Newark
DE 4 in Newark
DE 279 in Newark
DE 273 in Newark
North end: MD 896 northwest of Newark
Location
Counties: New Castle
Highway system
← I‑895DE 1 →

Delaware Route 896 (DE 896) is a state highway located in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from U.S. Route 13 (US 13) in Boyds Corner, Delaware north to the Maryland border northwest of Newark, where it becomes the unsigned Maryland Route 896 (MD 896) briefly before heading into Pennsylvania as Pennsylvania Route 896 (PA 896). The route heads west from US 13 before turning north along with US 301/DE 71 in Mount Pleasant, crossing the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the Summit Bridge. After the bridge, DE 71 splits off to the east and the road continues to Glasgow, where US 301 ends at an intersection with US 40. DE 896 continues north and interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) before reaching Newark, where it bypasses the University of Delaware to the west by following DE 4, Elkton Road, and South Main Street. DE 896 comes to downtown Newark and continues northwest to the Maryland border. DE 896 has a business route, DE 896 Business (DE 896 Bus.), that passes through Glasgow, and had an alternate alignment south of Glasgow called DE 896 Alternate (DE 896 Alt.).

DE 896 was originally built as a state highway during the 1920s and 1930s. By 1938, the route was designated between DE 71 in Summit Bridge and the Maryland border northwest of Newark. In the 1950s, the route was extended to US 13 south of Townsend, following DE 71 to Middletown and replacing a part of that route south of there. Between the 1950s and 1990s, various alignments of US 301, US 301N, and US 301S followed DE 896. In the 1980s, DE 896 was realigned to head from Mt. Pleasant to US 13 in Boyds Corner, with DE 71 later being extended down the former route past Middletown. Also around this time, DE 896 was rerouted to bypass the University of Delaware to the west. A bypass of Glasgow was completed in the 1990s.

Route description

DE 896 northbound past US 40/US 301 in Glasgow

DE 896 begins at an intersection with US 13 in Boyds Corner, heading west on two-lane undivided Boyds Corner Road. East of US 13, the road becomes unnumbered Pole Bridge Road and reaches an interchange with the DE 1 toll road. From the southern terminus, DE 896 passes through agricultural areas with some residential subdivisions and woods. The road crosses over Norfolk Southern's Delmarva Secondary railroad line and comes to an intersection with US 301/DE 71 in Mount Pleasant.[2][3]

Here, DE 896 turns north to form a concurrency with US 301/DE 71 on Summit Bridge Road, a four-lane divided highway. The road heads between the Summit Airport to the west and housing developments to the east. US 301/DE 71/DE 896 heads to the northwest through farm fields before turning to the west and passing a residential subdivision to the south. In the unincorporated community of Summit Bridge, the road intersects the northern terminus of DE 15. Past this intersection, US 301/DE 71/DE 896 turns north and crosses over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the Summit Bridge.[2][3]

Past the Summit Bridge, the road runs through woods and crosses under Chesapeake City Road near the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery. DE 71 splits from US 301/DE 896 by turning to the southeast on Red Lion Road. US 301/DE 896 continues north through residential neighborhoods and fields and passes to the west of Lums Pond State Park. The road reaches Glasgow, where it curves northeast to bypass the community to the east with DE 896 Bus. heading north into Glasgow. US 301/DE 896 curves northwest and intersects US 40, where US 301 comes to its northern terminus.[2][3]

Following this intersection, DE 896 continues northwest as South College Avenue, coming to a southbound ramp that provides access to DE 896 Bus. at the north end of Glasgow. The road passes through industrial and business areas with a few homes before intersecting Old Baltimore Pike. The route heads through wooded areas to the east of Iron Hill Park before reaching a modified cloverleaf interchange with I-95 (Delaware Turnpike). Past this interchange, DE 896 enters Newark and runs northwest past businesses, curving north and coming to an intersection with DE 4.[2][3]

DE 896 northbound at the point it turns from Christiana Parkway onto Elkton Road in Newark. This location marks the western terminus of DE 4, which is concurrent with DE 896 on the Christiana Parkway.

At this point, DE 896 turns west to join DE 4 on the four-lane divided Christiana Parkway, passing to the south of the University of Delaware's Science, Technology, and Advanced Research campus. The road narrows into a three-lane undivided road with two eastbound lanes and one westbound lane, curving to the northwest and coming to a bridge over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line. Christiana Parkway comes to an intersection with the eastern terminus of DE 279, where DE 4 ends and DE 896 continues northeast on Elkton Road. DE 896 becomes a four-lane divided highway that heads into residential areas. The road changes names to South Main Street and becomes undivided as it passes businesses before reaching downtown Newark.[2][3]

Here, DE 896 intersects DE 273, with the road splitting into a one-way pair. Northbound DE 896 becomes concurrent with eastbound DE 273 on West Delaware Avenue, heading to the east, while southbound DE 896 remains along South Main Street, also concurrent with eastbound DE 273. The one-way pair carries two lanes in each direction. Northbound DE 896 soon turns north onto two-way South College Avenue, which carries two northbound lanes and one southbound lane as it passes through the University of Delaware campus. The northbound direction of the route turns west (along westbound DE 273 on West Main Street), reaching the end of South Main Street, which it left earlier due to one-way streets. Here, northbound DE 896 continues northwest onto one-way New London Road, carrying one lane, while southbound DE 896 follows DE 273 on two-way, two-lane West Main Street.[2][3]

Soon after, both directions of the route crosses CSX's Philadelphia Subdivision railroad line as it leaves the downtown area and enters residential neighborhoods. New London Road becomes two-way carrying both directions of DE 896, with southbound DE 896 running southwest on two-way North Hillside Road to get to DE 273 and continue east. The two-lane undivided DE 896 heads northwest between the Newark Country Club to the west and the University of Delaware to the east before running through wooded areas of residential development. The route becomes undivided again as it leaves Newark and passes to the west of White Clay Creek State Park. DE 896 continues to its northern terminus at the Maryland border, where the road briefly traverses the northeast corner of that state as MD 896 before heading north into Pennsylvania as PA 896.[2][3]

DE 896 has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 48,750 vehicles at the I-95 interchange to a low of 4,605 vehicles at the intersection between New London Road and North Hillside Road.[1] The portion of DE 896 south of DE 273 is part of the National Highway System.[4]

History

What is now DE 896 originally existed as a county road by 1920, with the portion between Boyds Corner and Mt. Pleasant proposed as a state highway at that time.[5] Four years later, the state highway between Boyds Corner and Mt. Pleasant was completed while the rest of the route was paved.[6] A year later, the road was upgraded to a state highway between Mt. Pleasant and Summit Bridge.[7] In 1936, the road became a state highway between Summit Bridge and Glasgow; at this time none of present-day DE 896 was assigned a route number.[8][9] On December 21, 1936, the grade crossing with the Pennsylvania Railroad along College Avenue in Newark was replaced with a bridge over the tracks.[8] In 1938, the state highway between Glasgow and Newark was built on a new alignment, bypassing a narrow winding alignment that ran further to the east along what is now Old Cooch's Bridge Road. This road was built to give Newark a better road connection to places further south.[10][11]

DE 896 was designated by 1938 to run from DE 71 in Summit Bridge north to the Maryland border northwest of Newark, passing through Newark on College Avenue and New London Road.[11] At the state line, the road briefly became MD 278 before becoming PA 896 in Pennsylvania.[11][12] MD 278 became MD 896 in 1942 to match DE 896 and PA 896.[13]

DE 896 was extended south to US 13 south of Townsend by 1957, following DE 71 between Summit Bridge and Middletown and replacing DE 71 between Middletown and US 13.[14] Two years later, US 301S was designated along DE 71/DE 896 between Summit Bridge and Middletown.[15] The route was realigned to a new Summit Bridge a short distance to the west in 1960, with a part of the former DE 896 north of the bridge becoming a part of a realigned US 301S/DE 71.[15][16] The US 301S designation along DE 71/DE 896 between Middletown and Summit Bridge became US 301 in 1971, with US 301N being designated along DE 896 between Summit Bridge and US 40 in Glasgow.[17][18]

By 1984, DE 896 was realigned to run from Mt. Pleasant to US 13 in Boyds Corner along its current alignment.[19] The former alignment south of Middletown became unnumbered at the time but would become part of DE 71 again by 1990.[19][20] The Christiana Parkway around the southern edge of Newark was completed in September 1983.[19][21] A year later, US 301 was rerouted to follow DE 896 between Mt. Pleasant and Boyds Corner, with US 301N being removed from the route between Summit Bridge and Glasgow and US 301 removed from the route between route between Mt. Pleasant and Summit Bridge.[22][23] In 1988, DE 896 was routed to bypass the University of Delaware campus by heading west along the Christiana Parkway with DE 4 and then northeast on DE 2 before continuing along New London Road.[24] By 1990, DE 2 was routed to follow DE 4 and DE 896 on the Christiana Parkway and DE 2 Bus. was designated along with DE 896 on Elkton Road.[20]

In 1992, US 301 was realigned to follow DE 896 between Mt. Pleasant and Glasgow.[25][26] By 1996, DE 896 was rerouted to bypass Glasgow to the east, with the former alignment becoming DE 896 Bus.[27] In 2012, the Newark city council voted in favor of renaming the portion of Elkton Road carrying DE 2 Bus./DE 896 between West Park Place and West Main Street to South Main Street in order to promote businesses along this stretch of road. The change went into effect January 1, 2013.[28] In 2013, the DE 2 and DE 2 Bus. concurrencies were removed from DE 896 in order to simplify the route designations through Newark.[29]

Major intersections

The entire route is in New Castle County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Boyds Corner0.000.00 US 13 (Dupont Parkway) – St. Georges

To DE 1 / Pole Bridge Road – Dover, Wilmington		Southern terminus
Mount Pleasant3.525.66 US 301 south / DE 71 south (Summit Bridge Road) – Middletown, AnnapolisSouth end of US 301/DE 71 concurrency
Summit Bridge DE 15 south (Bethel Church Road) – Chesapeake City
Chesapeake and Delaware CanalSummit Bridge
Summit Bridge7.6212.26 DE 71 north (Red Lion Road)North end of DE 71 concurrency
Glasgow
DE 896 Bus. north (Glasgow Avenue) – Glasgow
11.0317.75 US 40 (Pulaski Highway) to US 13 north – Glasgow, Elkton, Wilmington
US 301 ends		Northern terminus of US 301

DE 896 Bus. south (Glasgow Avenue) – Glasgow		Southbound exit
Newark13.9522.45
I‑95 (Delaware Turnpike) – Delaware Memorial Bridge, Wilmington, Baltimore		I-95 exit 1
14.8223.85 DE 4 east (Christiana Parkway)South end of DE 4 concurrency
15.9725.70 DE 279 west (Elkton Road)
DE 4 ends		North end of DE 4 concurrency
17.4928.15 DE 273 (West Delaware Avenue)South end of DE 273 eastbound concurrency
17.6828.45 DE 273 east (East Delaware Avenue)South end of DE 273 eastbound concurrency
17.7628.58 DE 273 (Main Street)South end of DE 273 westbound concurrency
17.9528.89 DE 273 west (West Main Street)North end of DE 273 westbound concurrency
21.0533.88 MD 896 north (New London Road)Maryland state line, northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered routes

DE 896 Business


Delaware Route 896 Business
Location: Glasgow
Length: 1.78 mi[30] (2.86 km)
Existed: 1996–present

Delaware Route 896 Business (DE 896 Bus.) is a 1.78-mile (2.86 km)[30] long business route of DE 896 that passes through Glasgow. The route begins at an intersection with US 301/DE 896 south of Glasgow, heading north on two-lane undivided Glasgow Avenue into residential areas. The road runs immediately to the west of US 301/DE 896 before that road curves to the northeast. The business route heads into commercial areas and intersects US 40. Past this, DE 896 Bus. heads into rural areas of homes and comes to a dead end at which point there is a ramp from southbound DE 896 to DE 896 Bus.[2][31] It uses the old alignment of DE 896, and was created by 1996 following the completion of the current DE 896 bypass to the east of town.[27]

Major intersections
The entire route is in Glasgow, New Castle County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 US 301 / DE 896 (Summit Bridge Road) – MiddletownSouthern terminus
1.282.06 US 40 (Pulaski Highway) to DE 896
1.782.86 DE 896 (South College Avenue)Northern terminus, dead end northbound, ramp from DE 896 southbound to DE 896 Bus. southbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Former DE 896 Alternate


Delaware Route 896 Alternate
Location: Boyds Corner-Glasgow
Length: 11.0 mi[32] (17.7 km)

Delaware Route 896 Alternate (DE 896 Alt.) was an alternate route of DE 896 from near its southern terminus in Boyds Corner north to Glasgow. The route headed north from Boyds Corner concurrent with US 13 on the four-lane divided Dupont Parkway, passing through rural areas with some development. In Biddles Corner, the alternate route split from US 13 and headed north along DE 1, a four-lane freeway that crosses the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Bridge. DE 896 Alt. followed DE 1 to the interchange with DE 72, where it continued west along with DE 72 on two-lane undivided Wrangle Hill Road. The road headed through suburban areas and intersected DE 71, curving northwest and north before reaching an intersection with US 40. At this point, the alternate route headed west concurrent with US 40 on the four-lane divided Pulaski Highway, passing through developed areas to the south of Glasgow Park. DE 896 Alt. ended at an intersection with US 301/DE 896 on the eastern edge of Glasgow.[32] While this route was primarily signed during the reconstruction of Summit Bridge, many signs along its path remain as of April 2016.

Major intersections
The entire route was in New Castle County.

Locationmi[32]kmDestinationsNotes
Boyds Corner0.00.0 US 13 south (Dupont Parkway)
DE 896 north (Boyds Corner Road) – Mt. Pleasant, Glasgow, Baltimore, Annapolis		Southern terminus, south end of US 13 overlap
St. GeorgesSouth end of freeway
2.74.3 US 13 north (Dupont Parkway) – South St. Georges
DE 1 south (Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway)		North end of US 13 overlap, south end of DE 1 overlap, DE 1 exit 148
Chesapeake and Delaware CanalChesapeake and Delaware Canal Bridge
Wrangle Hill5.89.3 US 13 / DE 1 north (Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway) – Wilmington, Delaware Memorial Bridge
US 13 south / DE 72 east (Wrangle Hill Road) to DE 7 – Delaware City, North St. Georges		North end of DE 1 overlap, south end of DE 72 overlap, DE 1 exit 152
North end of freeway
Williamsburg7.111.4 DE 71 (Red Lion Road)
Glasgow9.515.3 US 40 east (Pulaski Highway) – Wilmington
DE 72 north (Sunset Lake Road) – Newark		North end of DE 72 overlap, south end of US 40 overlap
11.017.7 US 40 west (Pulaski Highway) – Elkton
US 301 south / DE 896 to I‑95 – Middletown, Annapolis, Newark		Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Staff (2011). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Google (February 6, 2011). "overview of Delaware Route 896" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  4. ↑ National Highway System: Delaware (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department (1920). Official Road Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department (1924). Official Road Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department (1925). Official Road Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Annual Report of the State Highway Department" (PDF) (1936 ed.). Dover, Delaware: Delaware State Highway Department. January 20, 1937: 20, 23. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  9. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department; The National Survey Co. (1936). Official Road Map of the State of Delaware (PDF) (Map) (1936–37 ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Annual Report of the State Highway Department" (PDF) (1938 ed.). Dover, Delaware: Delaware State Highway Department. January 1, 1939: 15. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 Delaware State Highway Department; The National Survey Co. (1938). Official Road Map of the State of Delaware (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  12. ↑ Maryland State Roads Commission (1939). General Highway Map: State of Maryland (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  13. ↑ Elkton, MD quadrangle (Map) (1942 ed.). 1:48,000. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  14. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department (1957). Official Highway Map of Delaware (PDF) (Map) (1957–58 ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  15. 1 2 Delaware State Highway Department (1959). Official Highway Map of Delaware (PDF) (Map) (1959–60 ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  16. ↑ "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to intermittently close the Chesapeake City Bridge during testing" (PDF). United States Army Corps of Engineers. September 22, 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  17. ↑ Delaware Department of Highways and Transportation (1971). Delaware Highways Official Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Highways and Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  18. ↑ U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee (December 3, 1971). "U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Miami Beach, FL: American Association of State Highway Officials. p. 415. Retrieved October 11, 2014 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  19. 1 2 3 Delaware Department of Transportation (1984). Official State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  20. 1 2 Delaware Department of Transportation (1990). Official State Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Newark council says truckers evade tolls". The News Journal (Wilmington, DE). November 15, 1983.
  22. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (1985). Official State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  23. ↑ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (June 20, 1983). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Fairfield Bay, AR: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 535. Retrieved October 11, 2014 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  24. ↑ Delaware Department of Transportation (1988). Official State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 3, 1992). "Report of the Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering to the Executive Committee" (PDF) (Report). Rapid City, SD: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  27. 1 2 Delaware Department of Transportation; Division of Planning Cartographic Information Section (1996). Delaware Official State Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  28. ↑ Andrew, Theresa (June 29, 2012). "Portion of Elkton Road will be renamed ‘South Main Street’ Jan. 1". Newark Post. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  29. ↑ Shannon, Josh (July 1, 2013). "A route to less clutter: DelDOT to consolidate Newark route numbers". Newark Post. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
  30. 1 2 Staff (2011). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: New Castle County" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
  31. ↑ Google (February 6, 2011). "overview of Delaware Route 896 Business" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  32. 1 2 3 Google (February 6, 2011). "overview of Delaware Route 896 Alternate" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 6, 2011.

External links

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