Delaware Route 5

Delaware Route 5 marker
Delaware Route 5
Map
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT
Length19.49 mi[1] (31.37 km)
Existed1938[2]–present
Tourist
routes
Delaware Bayshore Byway
Major junctions
South endRiver Road / Oak Orchard Avenue in Oak Orchard
Major intersections
North end DE 1 north of Milton
Location
CountryUnited States
StateDelaware
CountiesSussex
Highway system
DE 4 DE 6
DE 20DE 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.

  1. ^ Staff (2018). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference DE 1938 map was invoked but never defined (see the help page).