Delaware Route 41
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Delaware Route 41 is a highway in northwestern New Castle County
. Its northern terminus is the Pennsylvania
state line just north of Hockessin
, and it continues on as Pennsylvania Route 41
to Gap
. Its southern terminus is the on-ramp to Delaware Route 141
southbound. Just before its terminus, the highway is briefly concurrent
with Delaware Route 2 in Prices Corner.
DE 41 was originally chartered as the Gap and Newport Turnpike in the 19th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, this road was upgraded into a state highway. DE 41 was designated by 1936 to run from US 40
(now DE 9
/DE 273) in New Castle
north to the Pennsylvania border in Hockessin. In the 1950s, the road from New Castle to north of Newport became concurrent with DE 141. DE 41 was removed from the DE 141 concurrency in the 1970s and was realigned to its current terminus in the 1980s, with a part of the old alignment becoming DE 62.
Delaware Route 41 begins at an interchange with DE 141
in Prices Corner, continuing west concurrent
with DE 2 along the six-lane divided
Kirkwood Highway. The route passes over Centerville Road before passing through commercial areas. DE 41 makes a turn northwest onto the Newport Gap Pike, which heads southeast from the Kirkwood Highway as DE 62
. DE 41 is a two-lane divided highway before it crosses the Wilmington and Western Railroad and the Red Clay Creek
in a wooded area. The route becomes an undivided road as it passes through residential neighborhoods with a few businesses. The road passes through woodland as it comes to an intersection with DE 34
(Faulkland Road). Past this junction, DE 41 passes through more suburban areas of homes, with stretches alternating between divided and undivided highway. It continues through developed areas and heads towards Hockessin
. In Hockessin, DE 41 meets the western terminus of DE 48
(Lancaster Pike), and it merges onto the Lancaster Pike, which is briefly a divided highway before narrowing into an undivided road. The road continues to the northwest through more residential areas, again alternating between a divided and undivided road with two lanes. DE 41 turns more to the west-northwest as it enters business areas and becomes a three-lane divided highway with one northbound lane and two southbound lanes. The median turns into a center left-turn lane as the road passes more development, with the southbound direction narrowing to one lane at the Yorklyn Road intersection. The road briefly becomes a divided highway at the Valley Road junction. After leaving the center of Hockessin, the route becomes a three-lane undivided road, with two northbound lanes and one southbound lane. The road passes homes, eventually narrowing back to two lanes. DE 41 reaches the Pennsylvania
border, where the route becomes PA 41
, continuing northwest on Gap Newport Road.
southeast to Newport, Delaware
. By 1920, this road was maintained by the county. By 1924, the road north of Lancaster Pike was proposed as a state highway. A year later, what would become DE 41 between New Castle
and Prices Corner was upgraded to a state highway. By 1932, the portion of road between Brandywine Springs and Lancaster Pike became a state highway. When Delaware assigned state route numbers by 1936, DE 41 was designated to run from US 40
(now DE 9
/DE 273) in New Castle north to PA 41 at the Pennsylvania border in Hockessin, following Basin Road north to Newport, James Street through Newport, and the Newport Gap Pike north of there. By 1952, DE 141 was designated to run concurrent with DE 41 from New Castle to north of Newport. The southern terminus of DE 41 was truncated to DE 141 north of Newport by 1971, eliminating the concurrency with that route. By 1981, DE 41 was realigned to follow DE 2 to end at an interchange with DE 141, with DE 62 being designated along the former DE 41 between DE 141 and DE 2.
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{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Intersections
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=3|Prices Corner
|0.00
|
|Interchange, southern terminus of DE 41
|-
|0.26
|
|South end of DE 2 concurrency
|-
|0.84
|
|North end of DE 2 concurrency, Western terminus of DE 62
|-
|Brandywine Springs
|1.85
|
|
|-
|Hockessin
|4.28
|
|Western terminus of DE 48
|-
|Pennsylvania state line
|7.05
|
|Northern terminus of DE 41, continues as PA 41
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 its population was 538,479, an increase of 7.6% over the previous decade. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of...
. Its northern terminus is the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
state line just north of Hockessin
Hockessin, Delaware
Hockessin is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 12,902 at the 2000 census. The place name may be derived from the Lenape word "hòkèsa" meaning "pieces of bark" or from a misspelling of "occasion," as pronounced by the Quakers who settled...
, and it continues on as Pennsylvania Route 41
Pennsylvania Route 41
Pennsylvania Route 41 is a major long state highway located in southeastern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at the Delaware state line in New Garden Township, where it continues as Delaware Route 41. The northern terminus is at U.S...
to Gap
Gap, Pennsylvania
Gap is a census-designated place and town in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with a zip code of 17527. The population was 1,611 at the 2000 census...
. Its southern terminus is the on-ramp to Delaware Route 141
Delaware Route 141
Delaware Route 141 is a bypass around the western suburbs of Wilmington, Delaware. Its northern terminus is an interchange with U.S. Route 202 and Delaware Route 261 in Fairfax, and its southern terminus is at Delaware Route 9 and Delaware Route 273 in New Castle...
southbound. Just before its terminus, the highway is briefly concurrent
Concurrency (road)
A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...
with Delaware Route 2 in Prices Corner.
DE 41 was originally chartered as the Gap and Newport Turnpike in the 19th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, this road was upgraded into a state highway. DE 41 was designated by 1936 to run from US 40
U.S. Route 40 in Delaware
U.S. Route 40 serves as a major east–west highway in northern New Castle County, Delaware, just south of Wilmington. It runs from the Maryland border east of Elkton, Maryland east through the rapidly growing towns of Glasgow and Bear before following U.S...
(now DE 9
Delaware Route 9
Delaware Route 9 is a state highway that connects with Delaware Route 1 at the Dover Air Force Base to Interstate 95 in the City of Wilmington. Much like their U.S...
/DE 273) in New Castle
New Castle, Delaware
New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, six miles south of Wilmington, situated on the Delaware River. In 1900, 3,380 people lived here; in 1910, 3,351...
north to the Pennsylvania border in Hockessin. In the 1950s, the road from New Castle to north of Newport became concurrent with DE 141. DE 41 was removed from the DE 141 concurrency in the 1970s and was realigned to its current terminus in the 1980s, with a part of the old alignment becoming DE 62.
Route description
Delaware Route 141
Delaware Route 141 is a bypass around the western suburbs of Wilmington, Delaware. Its northern terminus is an interchange with U.S. Route 202 and Delaware Route 261 in Fairfax, and its southern terminus is at Delaware Route 9 and Delaware Route 273 in New Castle...
in Prices Corner, continuing west concurrent
Concurrency (road)
A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...
with DE 2 along the six-lane divided
Divided Highway
Divided Highway is a compilation album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 2003. . All tracks are taken from the albums Cycles and Brotherhood .-Track listing:...
Kirkwood Highway. The route passes over Centerville Road before passing through commercial areas. DE 41 makes a turn northwest onto the Newport Gap Pike, which heads southeast from the Kirkwood Highway as DE 62
Delaware Route 62
Delaware Route 62 is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware. The route officially runs from Delaware Route 2 and Delaware Route 41 in Prices Corner east to a dead end near Newport; however, DE 62 signage ends at the Delaware Route 4 intersection. The road runs through suburban areas along...
. DE 41 is a two-lane divided highway before it crosses the Wilmington and Western Railroad and the Red Clay Creek
Red Clay Creek
Red Clay Creek is a tributary of White Clay Creek in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States.The East and West branches both rise in West Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania, near the hamlet of Upland, and flow south through Kennett Square before uniting just north of...
in a wooded area. The route becomes an undivided road as it passes through residential neighborhoods with a few businesses. The road passes through woodland as it comes to an intersection with DE 34
Delaware Route 34
Delaware Route 34 , also known as Faulkland Road, is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from an intersection with unnumbered Duncan Road, just west of Delaware Route 41, north of Prices Corner to Delaware Route 100 near Elsmere...
(Faulkland Road). Past this junction, DE 41 passes through more suburban areas of homes, with stretches alternating between divided and undivided highway. It continues through developed areas and heads towards Hockessin
Hockessin, Delaware
Hockessin is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 12,902 at the 2000 census. The place name may be derived from the Lenape word "hòkèsa" meaning "pieces of bark" or from a misspelling of "occasion," as pronounced by the Quakers who settled...
. In Hockessin, DE 41 meets the western terminus of DE 48
Delaware Route 48
Delaware Route 48 connects the City of Wilmington, Delaware to an intersection with Delaware Route 41 about from the Pennsylvania state line in Hockessin, Delaware....
(Lancaster Pike), and it merges onto the Lancaster Pike, which is briefly a divided highway before narrowing into an undivided road. The road continues to the northwest through more residential areas, again alternating between a divided and undivided road with two lanes. DE 41 turns more to the west-northwest as it enters business areas and becomes a three-lane divided highway with one northbound lane and two southbound lanes. The median turns into a center left-turn lane as the road passes more development, with the southbound direction narrowing to one lane at the Yorklyn Road intersection. The road briefly becomes a divided highway at the Valley Road junction. After leaving the center of Hockessin, the route becomes a three-lane undivided road, with two northbound lanes and one southbound lane. The road passes homes, eventually narrowing back to two lanes. DE 41 reaches the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
border, where the route becomes PA 41
Pennsylvania Route 41
Pennsylvania Route 41 is a major long state highway located in southeastern Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at the Delaware state line in New Garden Township, where it continues as Delaware Route 41. The northern terminus is at U.S...
, continuing northwest on Gap Newport Road.
History
What is now DE 41 was originally chartered as the Gap and Newport Turnpike in 1808, an extension of the 1807-chartered turnpike in Pennsylvania that was to run from Gap, PennsylvaniaGap, Pennsylvania
Gap is a census-designated place and town in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with a zip code of 17527. The population was 1,611 at the 2000 census...
southeast to Newport, Delaware
Newport, Delaware
Newport is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It is located on the Christina River. It is best known for being the home of colonial inventor Oliver Evans. The population was 1,055 at the 2010 census...
. By 1920, this road was maintained by the county. By 1924, the road north of Lancaster Pike was proposed as a state highway. A year later, what would become DE 41 between New Castle
New Castle, Delaware
New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, six miles south of Wilmington, situated on the Delaware River. In 1900, 3,380 people lived here; in 1910, 3,351...
and Prices Corner was upgraded to a state highway. By 1932, the portion of road between Brandywine Springs and Lancaster Pike became a state highway. When Delaware assigned state route numbers by 1936, DE 41 was designated to run from US 40
U.S. Route 40 in Delaware
U.S. Route 40 serves as a major east–west highway in northern New Castle County, Delaware, just south of Wilmington. It runs from the Maryland border east of Elkton, Maryland east through the rapidly growing towns of Glasgow and Bear before following U.S...
(now DE 9
Delaware Route 9
Delaware Route 9 is a state highway that connects with Delaware Route 1 at the Dover Air Force Base to Interstate 95 in the City of Wilmington. Much like their U.S...
/DE 273) in New Castle north to PA 41 at the Pennsylvania border in Hockessin, following Basin Road north to Newport, James Street through Newport, and the Newport Gap Pike north of there. By 1952, DE 141 was designated to run concurrent with DE 41 from New Castle to north of Newport. The southern terminus of DE 41 was truncated to DE 141 north of Newport by 1971, eliminating the concurrency with that route. By 1981, DE 41 was realigned to follow DE 2 to end at an interchange with DE 141, with DE 62 being designated along the former DE 41 between DE 141 and DE 2.
Junction list
The entire route is in New Castle CountyNew Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 its population was 538,479, an increase of 7.6% over the previous decade. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of...
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{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Intersections
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=3|Prices Corner
|0.00
|
|Interchange, southern terminus of DE 41
|-
|0.26
|
|South end of DE 2 concurrency
|-
|0.84
|
|North end of DE 2 concurrency, Western terminus of DE 62
|-
|Brandywine Springs
|1.85
|
|
|-
|Hockessin
Hockessin, Delaware
Hockessin is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 12,902 at the 2000 census. The place name may be derived from the Lenape word "hòkèsa" meaning "pieces of bark" or from a misspelling of "occasion," as pronounced by the Quakers who settled...
|4.28
|
|Western terminus of DE 48
|-
|Pennsylvania state line
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
|7.05
|
|Northern terminus of DE 41, continues as PA 41