U.S. Route 202 in Delaware

U.S. Route 202
U.S. Route 202
	US 202 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by DelDOT
Length	12.65 mi (20.36 km)
Existed	1934–present
Major junctions
South end	US 13 / US 40 / DE 141 in Wilmington Manor
	DE 37 near Wilmington Manor; I-95 / I-295 / I-495 / DE 141 near Newport; DE 4 / DE 9 in Wilmington; DE 52 in Wilmington; I-95 / DE 202 in Wilmington; DE 141 / DE 261 near Fairfax; DE 92 in Brandywine;
North end	US 202 at Pennsylvania border near Brandywine
Location
Country	United States
State	Delaware
Counties	New Castle
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Delaware State Route System; List; Byways;

U.S. Route 202 (US 202) is a US Highway running from New Castle, Delaware, northeast to Bangor, Maine. The southernmost section of the route in the U.S. state of Delaware passes through northern New Castle County. It runs from its southern terminus at an interchange with US 13/US 40 near the Wilmington Airport north to the Pennsylvania state line in Brandywine Hundred. The route passes east of the airport concurrent with Delaware Route 141 (DE 141) before coming to an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95). At this point, US 202 heads northeast along with I-95 through Wilmington. Just north of Wilmington, US 202 splits from I-95 by running north on Concord Pike through the suburban Brandywine Hundred area to the Pennsylvania state line. US 202 is a multilane divided highway the entire length across Delaware, with the section concurrent with I-95 a freeway.

The Concord Pike was originally chartered as the Wilmington and Great Valley Turnpike in 1811, a turnpike that was to connect Wilmington to Great Valley, Pennsylvania. The Concord Pike between US 13 in Wilmington and the Pennsylvania state line became a part of US 122 in 1926. In 1934, US 122 was renumbered to US 202 and the road was realigned to head southwest and end at US 13 and US 40 in State Road. In the 1950s, the Concord Pike north of Wilmington was widened into a divided highway. By 1954, US 202 was realigned to follow US 13 northbound and Washington Street southbound through downtown Wilmington. The southern terminus was cut back to I-295 in Farnhurst in 1964. In 1970, the south end of US 202 was truncated to the I-95 interchange north of Wilmington. DE 202 was designated along Concord Avenue in 1981. US 202 was extended south to its current terminus in 1984.

^ Staff (2018). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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[DelDOT-1] Staff (2018). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

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