State Road, Delaware

State Road, Delaware
Unincorporated area
Split between US 13 and US 40 in State Road
Split between US 13 and US 40 in State Road
State Road is located in Delaware
State Road
State Road
State Road is located in the United States
State Road
State Road
Coordinates: 39°39′2″N 75°37′22″W / 39.65056°N 75.62278°W / 39.65056; -75.62278
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountyNew Castle
Elevation
36 ft (11 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code302
GNIS feature ID214690[1]

State Road is an unincorporated area in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. State Road is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and U.S. Route 40, southwest of New Castle.[2]

For many years, State Road was the location of a major rest stop on the intercity bus network known as Clemente's Rest, which served buses traveling between the Northeastern United States, the Southern United States, and points on the Delmarva Peninsula.[3][4] The rest stop billed itself as "the Place Where The Nation Meets and Eats".[5] It had opened in 1951 and closed in 1992, as Greyhound began moving its operations to its Wilmington agency.[6] The area earlier had a stop on the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad.[7]

  1. ^ "State Road". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  3. ^ Russel's Official National Motor Coach Guide. Cedar Rapids, IA: Russell's Guides, Inc. 1991.
  4. ^ Schwieterman, Joseph P.; Mader, Abby; Woodward, Allison (February 24, 2022). "Routes to Recovery - 2022 Outlook for the Intercity Bus Industry in the United States" (PDF). Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  5. ^ Axthelm, Pete (March 3, 1969). "Tracking the Action to Bowie". New York Magazine. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  6. ^ Dallabrida, Dale (November 8, 1992). "End of the Road. Clemente's bus line rolls to a stop". Business. News-Journal (Wilmington, Delaware). Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "Map of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Systems". Alan, Lans & Scott. Retrieved March 4, 2018.