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U.S. Route 301 south
At exit 147 along the tolled Delaware Route 1 in Biddles Corner, New Castle County, U.S. Route 301 begins its 1,100-mile journey to Sarasota, Florida. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Annapolis, the capital of neighboring Maryland, is 72 miles from this point. US 301 itself has been a toll road in Delaware since 2019, when it was shifted to this bypass of Middletown from a previous routing through Middletown, over the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, and out to U.S. Route 40 in Glasgow, which it partially shared with Route 896. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Exit 9 with Jamison Corner Road is a mile away. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
US 301 curves widely to the right at its beginning. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Hyetts Corner Road passes overhead near the end of this curve. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
This is designated as a First Responders Memorial Highway. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
The highway then crosses Scott Run. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Exit 9 is ahead on the right. Each offramp along US 301 in both directions has their own electronic toll scanners. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
US 301 receives traffic from Jamison Corner ahead on the right. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
The next 9 miles of US 301 (to the Maryland line) are a deer crossing area. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Between exits, there is US 301 reassurance. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
The highway settles into a due south orientation for now. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
At mile marker 8, the highway crosses over Boyds Corner Road (Delaware Route 896). Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Another wide curve to the right follows. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Drawyer Creek, an Appoquinimink River tributary, is then crossed. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
One mile away, exit 5 intersects (indirectly) Delaware Route 71 and serves North Middletown. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Wawa has a store off this exit at DE 71 and Armstrong Corner. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
About ¼ mile prior to exit 5, US 301 crosses over DE 71 itself. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Exit 5 lies at the beginning of a lefthand curve. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
The highway then goes over the DE 71 connector. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
US 301 receives traffic from DE 71 at right before crossing Marl Pit Road. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
A pair of curves, one right and one left, follows exit 5. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Soon, services available at exit 2, beginning with lodging, begin to be posted. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Located one mile away, exit 2 intersects Delaware Route 299, which runs between South Middletown and Townsend. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
At the Bunker Hill Road overpass, US 301 momentarily leaves Middletown city limits. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Located off exit 2 is a Royal Farms station. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Across the state line, no trucks over 13 tons are permitted along Maryland Route 282, which passes through the small town of Warwick. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Exit 2 sits just ahead. Access to Townsend from DE 299 is actually by way of southbound DE 71; DE 299 itself goes east beyond Middletown to Odessa, where it meets US 13 and DE 1. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
After crossing Marsh Run, US 301 passes under DE 299. DE 299 is numbered as a continuation of MD 299, but the route it actually becomes past the state line is MD 282. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Exit 2 is followed by US 301 reassurance. As a result of the construction of the toll road, DE 299, which used to overlap with US 301 here, now runs parallel to it for about a mile. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
As US 301 leaves Middletown for good, a $4 toll awaits drivers before they leave Delaware for Maryland. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Cash is not taken here; the payment options are E-ZPass or video tolling, where drivers get a bill in the mail. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
The toll scanners are located here, set up so that drivers do not have to stop or ever reduce their speed when they go through them. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
The final US 301 reassurance shield in Delaware is on the right. By now, DE 299 has curved away from US 301 to the west. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
Strawberry Lane (left) and Wilson Street (right) then pass overhead; the different street names are a vestige of when this was an at-grade intersection. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
The speed limit drops to 55 miles per hour up ahead. Photo taken 06-04-2025.
This marks US 301's entry into Maryland, where it will cut the southeast corner of Cecil County before making its way over the Sassafras River into Kent County. Photo taken 06-04-2025.