U.S. Route 301 Truck (Delaware)

Infobox U.S. Route
type=Truck
article_route=301
alternate_name=


length_mi=15.02
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]
yrcom=1980s [http://www.aaroads.com/delaware/us-301.htm U.S. Highway 301 Delaware @ AARoads] URL accessed 21 August 2007]
yrdcom=2001 [http://www.aaroads.com/delaware/us-301.htm U.S. Highway 301 Delaware @ AARoads] URL accessed 21 August 2007]
direction_a=South
from=
junction=
direction_b=North
to=
spur_of=301

U.S. Route 301 Truck was a truck bypass of a segment of U.S. Route 301 in New Castle County, Delaware. It was created in the 1980s to provide a truck bypass of the St. Georges Bridge for US 301 when structural issues with the bridge forced a weight restriction. U.S. Route 301 Truck followed Delaware Route 71 and Delaware Route 896 north from US 301 in Mount Pleasant. It then crossed over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the Summit Bridge. The truck route continued north on DE 896 to Glasgow, where it turned east on U.S. Route 40 and followed it to State Road, where it ended at U.S. Route 13 and U.S. Route 301. In 1992, US 301 was realigned to head north over the Summit Bridge to end at US 40 in Glasgow. This rerouting made Truck US 301 obsolete, however signs remained until 2001 along US 40.

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