Delaware Route202 (DE202), also known as Concord Avenue, is a short state highway mostly within Wilmington, Delaware. It runs from U.S. Route13 Business (US13 Bus., North Market Street) north to a modified cloverleaf interchange with Interstate95 (I-95) and US202 just beyond the northern city limits. North of the interchange, the route becomes US202 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. DE202 was a part of US202 until that highway was truncated to the I-95 interchange in 1970. DE202 was designated by 1981.
Route description
DE202 northbound past US13 Bus. in Wilmington
DE202 begins at an intersection with US13 Bus. (North Market Street) in the city of Wilmington, heading north on two-lane undivided Concord Avenue. The road passes 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 railroad line, DE202 exits the Wilmington city limits and reaches a modified cloverleaf interchange with I-95 and US202 (Wilmington Expressway), where DE202 ends and the road continues north as part of US202 (Concord Pike).[3][4]
DE202 has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 25,465vehicles at the north end of Wilmington to a low of 6,869vehicles at the Baynard Boulevard intersection.[1] The entire length of DE202 is part of the National Highway System.[5]
History
DE202 northbound approaching I-95/US202 in Blue Ball, just north of the Wilmington city limits
When the U.S. Highway System was created in 1926, what is now DE202 was designated as the southernmost part of US122, a U.S. highway that ran from US13 in Wilmington north to New Jersey.[6][7] By the mid-1930s, the US122 designation was replaced with US202, and the route was shifted to head southwest from Concord Avenue and continue into downtown Wilmington on Baynard Boulevard.[8] By 1959, US202 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 (US13).[9] In 1970, the southern terminus of US202 was cut back to the I-95 interchange, leaving Concord Avenue unnumbered.[10][11] DE202 was designated along Concord Avenue between US13 Bus. and I-95/US202 by 1981.[2]
12Delaware Department of Transportation (1981). Delaware Official State Highway Map(PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
↑Delaware Department of Transportation (2017). Official Travel & Transportation Map(PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
↑Delaware State Highway Department; The National Survey Co. (1936). Official Road Map of the State of Delaware(PDF) (Map) (1936–1937ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
↑Delaware State Highway Department (1959). Official Highway Map of Delaware(PDF) (Map) (1959–1960ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
↑Delaware Department of Highways and Transportation (1971). Delaware Highways Official Map(PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Highways and Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
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