Delaware Route 20

Delaware Route 20

Delaware Route 20 marker

Delaware Route 20
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT
Length: 39.00 mi[1] (62.76 km)
Major junctions
West end: MD 392 in Reliance
  US 13 in Seaford
US 9 in Hardscrabble
US 113 in Millsboro
DE 24 / DE 30 in Millsboro
DE 26 in Dagsboro
DE 17 in Roxana
East end: DE 54 west of Fenwick Island
Highway system

Routes in Delaware

DE 18 DE 23

Delaware Route 20 is an east–west highway in Sussex County, Delaware. Its western terminus is the Maryland state line just west of Seaford where it continues as Maryland Route 392. Its eastern terminus is Delaware Route 54 west of Fenwick Island. The route passes through the towns of Seaford, Millsboro, and Dagsboro. DE 20 was originally created by 1936 to run from the Maryland border east to US 113 in Millsboro. By 1970, it was realigned to bypass Seaford. The route was extended east to DE 1 in Fenwick Island by 1994; however, the eastern terminus was cut back to DE 54 in 2005 to avoid the concurrency with that route.

Contents

Route description

Delaware Route 20 heads east from the Maryland border on the Stein Highway. It heads east through countryside toward the city of Seaford, where it widens from a two-lane road to a five-lane highway. At the intersection with Front Street, the road becomes the Norman A. Eskridge Highway and it continues east toward U.S. Route 13.[1][2]

Delaware Route 20 then turns south for a concurrency with US 13, passing over the Nanticoke River. Near Blades, DE 20 turns east on Concord Road. It heads southeast on Concord Road to Hardscrabble, where it intersects U.S. Route 9 and the name changes to Hardscrabble Road. It heads east on Hardscrabble Road, passing through countryside, to an intersection with U.S. Route 113 north of Millsboro.[1][2]

DE 20 then makes a right turn onto US 113 and heads southeast toward Millsboro. It passes through the town on the four-lane, divided Dupont Boulevard along with US 113, intersecting Delaware Route 24 and Delaware Route 30. South of Millsboro, DE 20 splits from US 113 by heading to the southeast on Dagsboro Road. DE 20 follows Dagsboro Road into the town of Dagsboro, where it becomes Main Street. It intersects Delaware Route 26 (Clayton Street), and it joins with DE 20, continuing south on Main Street. The two routes then turn east onto Vines Creek Road and DE 20 splits from DE 26 by heading to the southeast on Armory Road.[1][2]

DE 20 heads southeast to Omar, where the name changes to Pyle Center Road. It then heads to Roxana, where it intersects Delaware Route 17 and it becomes Zion Church Road. It continues southeast and eventually meets Delaware Route 54, where it ends.[1][2]

History

What would become DE 20 was originally an unimproved county road in 1920, with the portion between Seaford and Concord under contract as a state highway.[3] By 1924, the road was completed as a state highway from the Maryland border east to Concord.[4] The portion of road between Concord and Hardscrabble was proposed as a state highway by 1925.[5] By 1931, the state highway was extended from Concord to Hardscrabble.[6] A portion of what would become DE 20 west of Millsboro was completed as a state highway by 1932.[7] When Delaware assigned numbers to its state highways by 1936, DE 20 was designated to run from the Maryland border in Reliance east to US 113 in Millsboro, following its current alignment to Seaford before heading south along what was then US 13 (Front Street) to Blades, where it turned east and picked up its current alignment to Millsboro.[8] By 1970, the Norman Eskridge Highway was built between Front Street and US 13 in Seaford, and DE 20 was moved to its current alignment bypassing Seaford and Blades to the north and northeast along the Norman Eskridge Highway and US 13.[9] The route was extended to DE 1 in Fenwick Island by 1994, following its current alignment between Millsboro and DE 54 before overlapping with DE 54 (Lighthouse Road) for the easternmost portion of the route.[10] In 2005, DE 20 was removed from the DE 54 concurrency after it determined unnecessary for there to be two route numbers for that stretch of road.[11][12]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Sussex County.

Location Mile[1] Road Notes
Reliance 0.00 MD 392 west (Finchville Reliance Road) Maryland state line, western terminus
Seaford 6.34 US 13 north (Sussex Highway) West end of US 13 overlap
Blades 7.18 US 13 south (Sussex Highway) East end of US 13 overlap
Hardscrabble 13.69 US 9 (County Seat Highway)
Millsboro 23.46 US 113 north (Dupont Boulevard) West end of US 113 overlap
25.52 DE 24 / DE 30 (Laurel Road/South Washington Street)
27.11 US 113 south (Dupont Boulevard) East end of US 113 overlap
Dagsboro 29.37 DE 26 west (Clayton Street) West end of DE 26 overlap
30.11 DE 26 east (Vines Creek Road) East end of DE 26 overlap
Roxana DE 17 (Roxana Road)

DE 54 Alt. (Bayard Road)
Fenwick Island 39.00 DE 54 (Lighthouse Road) Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. 2008. http://deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/manuals/traffic_counts/2008/pdf/TRAFFICBOOK_RTES.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 
  2. ^ a b c d Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Delaware Route 20 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=delaware+20+and+maryland+392&daddr=38.65154,-75.59446+to:38.6023105,-75.3794642+to:delaware+20+and+delaware+54&hl=en&sll=38.575548,-75.410843&sspn=0.260352,0.676346&geocode=FWSHTQId3st8-ykVVkgF2ve4iTE9RFNmfsgsqg%3BFZTGTQIdJIV--ymZEbXVFPG4iTGyhZMsCbko2g%3BFUYGTQId-MyB-ykZDzOXU-i4iTFGiERdwYR3TQ%3BFRAFSwIdw9mF-yk1xizU5tC4iTHHHKi9s1o_lw&vpsrc=0&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=11&via=1,2&t=h&z=11. Retrieved November 17, 2011. 
  3. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1920 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_002.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 
  4. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1924 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_003.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-01. 
  5. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1925 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_004.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 
  6. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1931 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_005.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 
  7. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1932 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_006.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-20. 
  8. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1936/37 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_008.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 
  9. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1970 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_048.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 
  10. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1994 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_068.pdf. Retrieved April 29, 2010. 
  11. ^ "Public Workshop - SR 54/SR 20 Route Numbering Study". Delaware Department of Transportation. http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicNotice&id=466. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
  12. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (2006 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_081.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

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