Delaware Route 300 is a state highway in Kent County

Kent County, Delaware

Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is coextensive with the Dover, Delaware, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population was 162,310, a 28.1% increase over the previous decade. The county seat is Dover, the state capital...

, Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

. The route is a continuation of Maryland Route 300

Maryland Route 300

Maryland Route 300 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Sudlersville Road, the state highway runs from MD 213 in Church Hill east to the Delaware state line, where the highway continues as Delaware Route 300...

 from the Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

 border near Everetts Corner. It runs in a northeast direction from there to Smyrna

Smyrna, Delaware

Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, where it ends at U.S. Route 13

U.S. Route 13

U.S. Route 13 is a north–south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for from Interstate 95 just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina to the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Morrisville. In all, it traverses five states in the Atlantic coastal plain region,...

. The road was first built as a state highway in the 1920s and 1930s between the Maryland border and Clayton, with the DE 300 designation given to the road by 1936. The route was extended to its current terminus in the 1950s.

Route description

Delaware Route 300 heads east from the Maryland border on Sudlersville Road. Just across the state line, the route intersects the western terminus of Delaware Route 44

Delaware Route 44

Delaware Route 44 is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Delaware Route 300 in Everetts Corner to Delaware Route 8 in Pearsons Corner, passing through the town of Hartly...

 in Everetts Corner. It then heads east through farmland and intersects the northern terminus of Delaware Route 11

Delaware Route 11

Delaware Route 11 is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 302 at the Maryland border near Templeville, Maryland to Delaware Route 300 near Kenton, Delaware. The road, which is known as Arthursville Road its entire length, passes through the farmland of western Kent...

. It then heads into the town of Kenton

Kenton, Delaware

Kenton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 261 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Kenton is located at ....

, where it is known as Main Street. It intersects Delaware Route 42

Delaware Route 42

Delaware Route 42 is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Delaware Route 6 in Blackiston to Delaware Route 9 in Leipsic. Delaware Route 42 passes through the towns of Kenton and Cheswold along the way. The road was built as a state highway during the 1920s and 1930s...

 within Kenton. Past Kenton, DE 300 heads to the northeast on Wheatleys Pond Road. Midway between Kenton and Clayton

Clayton, Delaware

Clayton is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. Located almost entirely in Kent County, it is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2.918 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

, it features a brief concurrency with Delaware Route 15

Delaware Route 15

Delaware Route 15 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Delaware. The route runs from Delaware Route 14 west of Milford in Kent County to U.S. Route 301 and Delaware Routes 71 and 896 in Summit, New Castle County, just south of Summit Bridge. Delaware Route 15 winds a path through many rural...

. DE 300 then heads north toward Clayton, passing to the south of the center of the town. Between Clayton and Smyrna, Delaware Route 6

Delaware Route 6

Delaware Route 6 is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 291 at the Maryland border west of Blackiston to the Delaware Bay in Woodland Beach. The route passes through rural areas of northern Kent County as well as the towns of Smyrna and Clayton. DE 6 intersects...

 merges onto DE 300, and the two routes head northeast through the northern part of Smyrna on Glenwood Avenue. The road ends at U.S. Route 13

U.S. Route 13

U.S. Route 13 is a north–south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for from Interstate 95 just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina to the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Morrisville. In all, it traverses five states in the Atlantic coastal plain region,...

, where DE 300 finds its eastern terminus and DE 6 makes a right turn to overlap with US 13.

History

By 1920, what is now DE 300 existed as an unimproved county road. The road was completed as a state highway between Kenton and Clayton and was proposed as one west of Kenton by 1924. By 1931, the entire route between Clayton and the Maryland border was completed as a state highway. When Delaware created its state highway system by 1936, DE 300 was routed on its current alignment between the Maryland border and an intersection with DE 6 between Clayton and Smyrna. By 1954, DE 300 was extended east to its present terminus at US 13 in Smyrna.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Kent County

Kent County, Delaware

Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is coextensive with the Dover, Delaware, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population was 162,310, a 28.1% increase over the previous decade. The county seat is Dover, the state capital...

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|Kenton

Kenton, Delaware

Kenton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 261 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Kenton is located at ....

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|rowspan=2|Smyrna

Smyrna, Delaware

Smyrna is a town in Kent and New Castle counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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|West end of DE 6 overlap
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|11.83
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|Eastern terminus
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