- Delaware Route 16
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Delaware Route 16 Route information Maintained by DelDOT Length: 30.47 mi[1] (49.04 km) Major junctions West end: MD 16 near Hickman DE 36 in Greenwood
US 13 in Greenwood
US 113 in Ellendale
DE 30 near Milton
DE 5 in Milton
DE 1 near Broadkill BeachEast end: road end in Broadkill Beach Highway system ← DE 15 DE 17 → Delaware Route 16 is an east/west state highway in Delaware, mainly across northern Sussex County, with a small portion near the Maryland border in extreme southwestern Kent County. It runs from Maryland Route 16 at the Maryland border near Hickman to the Delaware Bay at Broadkill Beach. The state of Delaware has encouraged its use as an alternative route for Delaware Route 404 to avoid potentially costly upgrades to Route 404. Route 16 serves mostly to connect the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area with the Delaware beaches via U.S. Route 50 in Maryland and Maryland Route 404. DE 16 was built as a state highway during the 1920s and 1930s. By 1936, the route was designated onto its current alignment.
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Route description
Upon the road's start at the Maryland line in Kent County, the road is named Hickman Rd after the small community of Hickman that straddles the Maryland and Delaware lines. After connecting with Delaware Route 36 west of Greenwood, it adopts that roads name of Scotts Store Rd. for approximately one mile until it enters the corporate limits of Greenwood. At this time it adopts the town street name of Market Street which it continues until leaving the corporate limits. The route intersects U.S. Route 13 in the eastern part of Greenwood. At the eastern corporate limits, Delaware Route 36 breaks off heading northeast towards Milford while Route 16 continues east towards Ellendale and the resort areas. Known originally as the Ellendale - Greenwood Highway, DelDOT has since changed the name of Route 16 between Greenwood and Ellendale to Beach Highway to reflect the desire of DelDOT for travelers to use this as an alternate route to the beaches and relieve congestion on Delaware 404. Upon its intersection with U.S. Route 113 in Ellendale the resort area of Delaware begins. This intersection is considered the northwest corner and Gateway to Delaware's Resort Beaches. In the corporate limits of Ellendale, Route 16 becomes Main Street and upon leaving becomes Milton - Ellendale Highway. Upon crossing Delaware Route 5 (Union Street) in Milton, the name changes for the final time to Broadkill Road. The route intersects Delaware Route 1 and continues east until it terminates at the Delaware Bay.[1][2]
History
What is now DE 16 originally existed as a county road by 1920.[3] By 1924, the section of road in Greenwood was constructed as a state highway.[4] A year later, the route between the Dupont Highway and Ellendale became a state highway.[5] The entire road west of Milton was finished as a state highway by 1931.[6] When Delaware established its state highway system by 1936, DE 16 was designated to run from the Maryland border to Broadkill Beach along its current alignment.[7] The portion of route east of DE 14 (present-day DE 1) was paved by 1942.[8]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[1] Road Notes Kent Hickman 0.00 MD 16 west (Greenwood Road) Maryland state line, western terminus Sussex Greenwood 7.08 DE 36 west (Scotts Store Road) West end of DE 36 overlap 8.56 US 13 (Sussex Highway) 9.06 DE 36 east (Shawnee Road) East end of DE 36 overlap Ellendale 16.62 US 113 (Dupont Boulevard) Milton
DE 30 / DE 5 Alt. south (Issacs Road/Gravel Hill Road)West end of DE 5 Alt. overlap 23.69 DE 5 (Union Street) East end of DE 5 Alt. overlap 26.41 DE 1 (Coastal Highway) Broadkill Beach 30.47 Bayshore Drive Eastern terminus 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- Delaware portal
References
- ^ a b c http://www.deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/manuals/traffic_counts/2006/pdf/rpt_pgs1_38_rev.pdf DelDOT 2006 Traffic Count and Mileage Report
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Delaware Route 16 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=DE+16+and+MD+16&daddr=DE+16+and+bay+dr&geocode=FayLUAIdAY98-ynfLtaG52G4iTE_WdVV-BvZyg%3BFdV3UAIdBFmE-ykhw9J2qLu4iTG1jCheA1YTpQ&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=38.91184,-75.570525&sspn=0.121818,0.338173&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=11. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ^ 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 April 15, 2010.
- ^ 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 August 1, 2010.
- ^ 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 August 19, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 April 15, 2010.
- ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (1942 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_014.pdf. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
Categories:- State highways in Delaware
- Transportation in Kent County, Delaware
- Transportation in Sussex County, Delaware
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