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U.S. Route 13 south - Dover to Bridgeville
Just south of Dover, the state capital of Delaware, U.S. Route 13 (DuPont Highway) pulls away from its interchange with the Puncheon Run Connector, which links it with the Delaware Route 1 freeway to the east. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The highway comes up on the south end of the Dover iteration of U.S. Route 13 Alternate. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13 Alt. (Governors Avenue) is at right. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13 then nears a signal at POW/MIA Parkway, which goes northwest along the west side of Dover to Delaware Route 15. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The highway then enters Camden, and another instance of US 13 Alternate splits off ahead. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Rising Sun and the Dover Air Force Base are ahead at left. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The next signal is at Old North Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Intersected afterward are Camden Wyoming Avenue and Lebanon Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Past that signal, Felton and Harrington are a respective 8 and 14 miles to the south. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The speed limit has increased to 55 miles per hour. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The route is coming up on a signal at Lochmeath Way. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The Lochmeath intersection up-close. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Afterward, US 13 leaves Camden. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The speed limit remains 55 MPH. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
There is a fancier farewell sign from Camden just further along, in the median. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Up ahead, US 13 intersects Walnut Shade Road at a signal warranting advance flashers. Westbound, though unsigned on US 13, Walnut Shade is Delaware Route 10 Alternate. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
From this intersection, DE 10 Alt. west goes to Woodside and Petersburg. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
West from here, DE 10 Alt. becomes known as Main Street and then Henry Cowgill Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Felton and Harrington are now 5 and 11 miles away. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The highway intersects Barney Jenkins Road, then proceeds through mostly open land with a few trees. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13 is now preparing to meet the south end of Camden's US 13 Alt., as well as Delaware Route 15. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Overlapping with US 13 Alt. north of here (and mainline US 13 for a few feet), DE 15 also goes southeast to Delaware Route 14 west of Milford. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
That exchange is followed by another US 13 reassurance shield. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Turning right at the next signal (East Evens Road), leads to Viola and US 13's parallel former alignment. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Felton, Harrington and Salisbury, Maryland now sit 3, 9 and 49 miles away. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The route's Delaware mile marker 41 is here. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The highway goes on to intersects Plymouth Road beside the Oaknoll subdivision. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Next, there is an intersection at Peach Basket Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
After that, the highway passes the subdivision of Felton Heights, at right. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
This sign in the median shortly afterward lists distances to sections of the Killens Pond Water Park. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Passing Ludlow Lane, the highway's speed limit is still 55. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The speed limit then goes down to 45 as US 13 nears Felton. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13 is nearing its junction with Delaware Route 12 (Burnite Mill Road/Midstate Road). Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The center of Felton as well as Greensboro, Maryland are westbound on DE 12. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
From this intersection, DE 12 goes east to DE 1 at Frederica, and west into Maryland where it becomes Maryland Route 314. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Beyond DE 12, US 13 leaves Felton. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The highway now approaches the main park and water park entrances of Killens Pond, at Killens Pond Road at left. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The speed limit is back to 55 miles per hour. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The Killens Pond campground entrance is then a left turn away at Paradise Alley Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
On that note, it is time for US 13 reassurance again. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Soon afterward, with a swath of trees to the right, there is a median crossover opposite the entrance to the Indian Point Farm at left. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Just down the road, US 13 finds itself at essentially its most rural in Delaware as a large barn sits beside the highway. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At mile marker 35, the route intersects Winkler Road at left, and Hopkins Cemetery Road right. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At the next median crossover, the blue sign at right announces an AM radio frequency, 1380, for drivers to tune to for state travel information. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Now nearing Harrington, US 13 meets Carpenter Bridge Road at a traffic signal. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The route's speed limit drops back to 45 as it makes its way into Harrington. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The center of Harrington is at right at the next signal, Delaware Avenue. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13's carriageways now split apart to form a wide median, with several commercial establishment located within it for convenience. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At a tributary of Browns Branch, the speed limit drops further, to 35 miles per hour. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
With houses on either side, southbound US 13 (but not northbound) intersects an extension of Center Street. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Just east of the town center, US 13 prepares to meet Delaware Route 14 (Clark Street/Milford Harrington Highway). Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Shields for each direction of DE 14 are placed here. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
DE 14 east goes toward and through Milford, ending at an interchange at DE 1, while going west, it leads toward Denton, Maryland, reaching that area as Maryland Route 317. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
From this light, a truck route for DE 14 runs south, but nominally west, along US 13. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13 and DE 14 Truck shields are seen together following the mainline DE 14 junction. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Preparing to leave Harrington, US 13 is 4 miles from Farmington and 8 from Greenwood. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At right, the highway passes the Harrington Raceway and Casino and, just ahead, Delaware's state fairgrounds. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13 leaves Harrington's corporate limits here. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
DE 14 Truck soon parts ways with US 13, turning right onto Tower Hill Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Once again, the speed limit increases to 55. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Up ahead, Williamsville is accessible via a left turn at Williamsville Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At the next median crossover sits a sign pointing the way to an emergency phone, although the status of the phone itself is uncertain. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Ahead at right, US 13 intersects another Main Street, this one serving Farmington. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Indeed, Farmington is marked on a sign pointing toward Main Street, which becomes Andrewville Road not far to the west. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
A fire signal then hangs above the highway beside Farmington's fire station. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Then, the highway intersects Woodyard Road (left) and School Road (right) at mile marker 29. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Nine Foot Road, ahead at right, leads to the area of Hickman and the small Chorman Airport. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13 reassurance then comes again. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
55 miles per hour is still the speed limit as the highway sits in the midst of a flat and straight stretch. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Marsh Branch Road, intersected ahead at left, leads east to Woodyard Road and has a crossing of the namesake White Marsh Branch. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Then, after crossing Booth Branch, US 13 enters Sussex County, the southernmost of Delaware's three counties. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The highway subsequently intersects Woodyard Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Intersected next is Greenwood Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
As US 13 approaches Greenwood, the speed limit drops to 45. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13's median widens again entering Greenwood. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
A junction is forthcoming with the duplex of Delaware routes 36 and 16 (Market Street). Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At mile marker 25, signs with flashers warn of the upcoming signal. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
DE 36 west leads into the center of Greenwood and is another route leading to Denton, via Maryland routes 16 and 404. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Leaving Greenwood proper and crossing Cart Branch, the highway then reaches Adams Road. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
US 13 now approaches Bridgeville and another traffic signal. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
Said signal is situated at Delaware Route 404 (Newton Road). Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At the light, DE 404 east joins US 13 south for a concurrency passing east of Bridgeville. DE 404 has a business route that does run directly through Bridgeville's center. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At DE 404, there is a notice for truckers looking for westbound Delaware Route 18 to follow US 13 south a couple of miles to it. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
At right, US 13's own Bridgeville business route parts from the mainline highway. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
DE 404/US 13 shield assemblies are then places on both sides of the southbound carriageway at mile marker 21. The presumed reason for DE 404 being on top, despite US 13 being the through route of this corridor, is that the combination of MD and DE 404 represents the main east-west drag between Maryland's mid-Eastern Shore (and, broadly, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge) and Delaware's main beaches: Lewes, Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
The highway now enters Bridgeville's city limits. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
It then reaches state mile marker 20. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
DE 404 is about to split off toward Delaware's beaches. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
DE 404 east goes toward Lewes and Rehoboth Beach (via Sussex County seat Georgetown), while Maryland's beaches (essentially, Ocean City and the Assateague National Seashore) are straight ahead on US 13 south to US 50 east outside of Salisbury. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
DE 404 is known as Seashore Highway from here, while Main Street (US 13 Business) goes to the right from the same intersection into downtown Bridgeville. Photo taken 09-05-2023.
A route marker at left points to DE 404 east. Photo taken 09-05-2023.