Delaware Route 5

Delaware Route 5
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT
Length:	19.48 mi[1] (31.35 km)
Major junctions
South end:	River Road in Oak Orchard
	DE 24 in Oak Orchard DE 23 in Long Neck US 9 / DE 404 in Harbeson DE 5 Alt. south of Milton DE 5 Alt. / DE 16 in Milton
North end:	DE 1 north of Milton
Highway system
Routes in Delaware ← DE 4 DE 6 →

Delaware Route 5 (DE 5) is a state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. The route runs north from the Indian River Bay in Oak Orchard north to Delaware Route 1 north of Milton. Along the way, DE 5 passes through Long Neck, Harbeson, and Milton. The route has concurrencies with Delaware Route 23 and Delaware Route 24 in the Long Neck area. Delaware Route 5 features one alternate route, Delaware Route 5 Alternate, which provides a bypass of Milton. DE 5 was built as a state highway in the 1920s and 1930s, receiving its designation by 1938. DE 5 Alternate was designated by 2001.

Route description

DE 5 in downtown Milton on Union Street

Delaware Route 5 heads northwest on Oak Orchard Road from the intersection with River Road on the shore of the Indian River Bay, passing through the residential areas of Oak Orchard. It intersects Delaware Route 24 and makes a right turn, forming a concurrency. The route heads north into the Long Neck area, where it intersects Delaware Route 23.^[1][2]

Delaware Route 5 then turns left onto DE 23, which is called Indian Mission Road. In Fairmount, DE 23 branches off to the northeast, and DE 5 continues to the northwest on Indian Mission Road. At the intersection with Hollyville Road in Hollyville, the name changes to Harbeson Road. The route continues northwest to Harbeson, where it intersects U.S. Route 9 and Delaware Route 404.^[1][2]

It then heads toward the historic shipbuilding town of Milton. Just south of Milton, DE 5 meets the southern terminus of the Delaware Route 5 Alternate bypass to the west of Milton, which heads west on Sand Hill Road. Also at this intersection, the name changes from Harbeson Road to Federal Street. Federal Street continues north into the town to the intersection with Front Street, where DE 5 turns left onto Union Street. It then crosses the Broadkill River and heads north through the northern part of Milton. At the north end of town it intersects Delaware Route 16 and also the northern terminus of DE 5 Alt., which heads west on DE 16. DE 5 continues north on Union Street Extended to its northern terminus at Delaware Route 1.^[1][2]

History

By 1920, what is now DE 5 existed as an unimproved county road.^[3] The road was upgraded to a state highway between Harbeson and Milton by 1924.^[4] By 1925, the road was proposed as a state highway north of Milton and from Oak Orchard to the present-day north end of the DE 24 concurrency.^[5] The entire length of present DE 5 was completed as a state highway by 1931.^[6] DE 5 was assigned to its current alignment by 1938, running between Oak Orchard and DE 14 (now DE 1) north of Milton.^[7] The alignment of the route has not changed since its inception.^[8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Sussex County.

Location	Mile[1]	Road	Notes
Oak Orchard	0.00	River Road	Southern terminus
	1.99	DE 24 west (John J. Williams Highway)	South end of DE 24 overlap
Long Neck	3.56	DE 23 south (Long Neck Road) / DE 24 east (John J. Williams Highway)	North end of DE 24 overlap, south end of DE 23 overlap
		DE 23 north (Beaver Dam Road)	North end of DE 23 overlap
Hollyville	6.98	DE 24 Alt. (Hollyville Road)
Harbeson	11.80	US 9 / DE 404 (Lewes Georgetown Highway)
Milton		DE 5 Alt. north (Sand Hill Road)
	17.01	DE 16 / DE 5 Alt. south (Beach Highway)
	19.48	DE 1 (Coastal Highway)	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered routes

Delaware Route 5 Alternate
Location:	Milton

Delaware Route 5 Alternate is an alternate alignment to Delaware Route 5 that bypasses the town of Milton. The route runs west from Delaware Route 5 south of Milton to Delaware Route 30. The route then turns north on Delaware Route 30, then east on Delaware Route 16 before reconnecting to Delaware Route 5 north of Milton. It is intended for truck traffic, and in one location is signed as TRUCK ALT 5.^[8][9] The route was designated by 2001.^[10]

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Delaware portal

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} 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. ^ ^{a b c} Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Delaware Route 5 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=oak+orchard+road+and+river+road&daddr=delaware+1+and+delaware+5&hl=en&geocode=FSnvTAIdZ_GE-ymfmyZelMW4iTEyArIpZXXeHg%3BFWJeUAIdZOmC-yk56pIGuL24iTFhJd1QlMyRnQ&mra=ls&sll=38.6856,-75.16227&sspn=0.230475,0.676346&ie=UTF8&ll=38.709089,-75.245361&spn=0.230399,0.676346&t=h&z=11. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 
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) (1938 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-29. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (2008 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_083.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
9. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – overview of Delaware Route 5 Alternate (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=delaware+5+and+sand+hill+road&daddr=38.779313,-75.34132+to:delaware+16+and+delaware+5&geocode=FVOQTwIdy8KC-ymzPO3KSb64iTGITLXJ3Kzq1A%3B%3BFZTbTwIdMsaC-ynDS7vybL64iTHTXN3plILJbg&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1&sll=38.778355,-75.31337&sspn=0.028772,0.084543&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=14. Retrieved 2010-08-24. 
10. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (PDF). Delaware Official Highway Map (Map) (2001 ed.). http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/historic_pres/historic_highway_maps/pdf/cd_077.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-18.