Delaware Route 23

Delaware Route 23
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT
Length	15.63 mi[1] (25.15 km)
Existed	1994[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	Dead end in Long Neck
Major intersections	DE 5 / DE 24 in Long Neck DE 5 in Fairmount DE 1D in Nassau
North end	US 9 / DE 404 in Nassau
Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
Counties	Sussex
Highway system
Delaware State Route System List Byways
← DE 22 → DE 24

Delaware Route 23 (DE 23) is a 15.63-mile-long (25.15 km) state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. Its southern terminus is at Massey's Landing in Long Neck, near the confluence of Rehoboth Bay and Indian River Bay and its northern terminus is at the Five Points intersection in Nassau, where it ends at U.S. Route 9 (US 9)/DE 404. From the southern terminus, the route runs west through residential areas of Long Neck before heading north through rural areas with some development. DE 23 is concurrent with DE 5 between the DE 24 intersection in Long Neck and Fairmount. It is also concurrent with DE 24 Alternate (DE 24 Alt.) between Hollymount and the DE 1D intersection in Five Points. The road was designated as part of DE 22 south of Fairmount for a short time in the 1930s, with DE 5 designated along the stretch between DE 24 and Fairmount by 1938; the remainder of the road was unnumbered. The road was fully paved by 1970. The DE 23 designation was assigned by 1994.