Delaware Route 9A

Infobox road
state=DE
type=DE
route=9A
length_mi=0.78
length_round=2
length_ref= [http://www.deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/manuals/traffic_counts/2006/pdf/rpt_pgs1_38_rev.pdf DelDOT 2006 Traffic Count and Mileage Report]
established=1978
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
starting_terminus=
junction= near Port of Wilmington
ending_terminus=
previous_type=DE
previous_route=9
next_type=DE
next_route=10

Delaware Route 9A is a 4/5 mi. (1.25 km.) two to four lane road that serves as the primary access route to the Port of Wilmington, Delaware as well as provide access to I-495, the main Interstate highway in Delaware to Philadelphia and Baltimore.

The road begins as a four-lane highway at Delaware Route 9 just past the I-495 underpass north of the I-295/US 40 interchange at the Delaware Memorial Bridge, crossing underneath of I-495 less than ¼ mi. east of the road's terminus. Past I-495, the road, still four lanes, then crosses over Norfolk Southern's (former Penn Central and Conrail) Delmarva Branch at a grade crossing before making a sharp left turn at the entrance to the Port of Wilmington.

The road then proceeds due north, crossing under I-495 again (this time underneath of the I-495 bridge over the Christina River, as well as crossing over both of NS Delmarva and Shellpot Branches (both grade crossings) before terminating at both US 13 and DE 9 near the Christina River drawbridge leading into Wilmington's Central Business District.

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ee also

List of state highways in the United States shorter than one mile