Delaware Route 202

This article describes a Delaware state highway numbered 202. For the U.S. highway with the same number, see U.S. Route 202 in Delaware.

Delaware Route 202
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT
Length:	1.01 mi[1] (1.63 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 13 Bus. in Wilmington
North end:	I-95 / US 202 in Wilmington
Highway system
Routes in Delaware ← US 202 DE 261 →

Delaware Route 202, also known as Concord Avenue, is a short state highway in Wilmington, Delaware. It runs from Business U.S. Route 13 (Market Street) to a modified cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 202 at the northern city limits. North of the interchange, the route becomes US 202 northbound, also known as the Concord Pike. The road is two lanes and undivided for most of its length except for the part just south of the I-95 interchange, which is four lanes and divided. Delaware Route 202 was the southernmost part of U.S. Route 202 until that highway was truncated to the I-95 interchange and later rerouted to follow I-95 through Wilmington and Delaware Route 141 down to U.S. Routes 13 and 40 near the New Castle Airport.

Route description

DE 202 begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 13 Business (Market Street) in the city of Wilmington, heading north on two-lane undivided Concord Avenue. The road passes urban areas of homes and businesses in the northern part of the city. Concord Avenue crosses several streets including Washington Street and Baynard Boulevard. At the intersection with the latter, the road becomes four lanes and becomes a divided highway at the Franklin Street intersection. After passing under CSX’s Philadelphia Subdivision, DE 202 reaches an interchange with Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 202, where DE 202 ends and the road continues north as part of US 202 (Concord Pike).^[2]

History

When the U.S. Highway System was created in 1926, what is now DE 202 was designated as the southernmost part of US 122, a U.S. highway that ran from US 13 in Wilmington north to New Jersey.^[3][4] By the mid-1930s, the US 122 designation was replaced with US 202, and the route was shifted to head southwest from Concord Avenue and continue into downtown Wilmington on Washington Boulevard.^[5] By 1959, US 202 was moved onto a one-way pair through downtown Wilmington, with the southbound direction splitting from Concord Avenue to follow Baynard Boulevard to Washington Street and the northbound direction turning onto Concord Avenue at Market Street (US 13).^[6] In 1971, US 202 was aligned to head south on Concord Avenue to end at US 13 Business.^[7] The portion of US 202 south of the I-95 interchange was designated DE 202 by 1981.^[8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Wilmington, New Castle County.

Mile[1]	Road	Notes
0.00	US 13 Bus. (Market Street)	Southern terminus
1.01	I-95 / US 202 (Concord Pike)	Interchange, northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Delaware portal

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/manuals/traffic_counts/2006/pdf/rpt_pgs1_38_rev.pdf DelDOT 2006 Traffic Count and Mileage Report
2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Delaware Route 202 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=market+street+and+concord+avenue+wilmington,+de&daddr=39.765626,+-75.5427&hl=en&geocode=FT-SXgIdllZ_-ymDcj5AOv3GiTENMRDSUxEWIA%3B&mra=ls&sll=39.757748,-75.547142&sspn=0.026195,0.0842&ie=UTF8&ll=39.758936,-75.541821&spn=0.026195,0.0842&t=h&z=14. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 
3. ^ Bureau of Public Roads (1926). United States System of Highways (Map). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1926us.jpg. Retrieved 2009-04-27. 
4. ^ 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 2010-07-31. 
5. ^ 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. 
6. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1959/60 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_032.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 
7. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1971 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_050.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-15. 
8. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1981 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_058.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-31.