Delaware Route 5

Delaware Route 5
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT
Length	19.49 mi[1] (31.37 km)
Existed	1938[2]–present
Tourist routes	Delaware Bayshore Byway
Major junctions
South end	River Road / Oak Orchard Avenue in Oak Orchard
Major intersections	DE 24 in Oak Orchard DE 23 in Long Neck US 9 / DE 404 in Harbeson DE 5 Alt. south of Milton DE 16 / DE 5 Alt. in Milton
North end	DE 1 north of Milton
Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
Counties	Sussex
Highway system
Delaware State Route System List Byways
← DE 4 → DE 6
← DE 20 DE 22 → DE 23

Delaware Route 5 (DE 5) is a 19.49-mile-long (31.37 km) state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. The route runs from River Road and Oak Orchard Avenue on the Indian River Bay in Oak Orchard north to an intersection with DE 1 north of Milton. Along the way, DE 5 passes through rural areas along with the communities of Long Neck, Harbeson, and Milton. The route has concurrencies with DE 23 and DE 24 in the Long Neck area and crosses U.S. Route 9 (US 9)/DE 404 in Harbeson and DE 16 in Milton. DE 5 features one alternate route, DE 5 Alternate (DE 5 Alt.), which provides a bypass of Milton. DE 5 was built as a state highway in the 1920s and 1930s. The road between Long Neck and north of Milton, including present-day DE 5 north of DE 24, was designated as part of a short-lived DE 22 in the 1930s. DE 5 was designated to its current alignment by 1938. DE 5 Alt. was designated by 2001.