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Delaware Route 42 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...

. It runs from 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...

in Blackiston to Delaware Route 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...

in Leipsic

Leipsic, Delaware

Leipsic is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 183 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Leipsic is located at ....

. Delaware Route 42 passes through the towns 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 ....

and Cheswold

Cheswold, Delaware

Cheswold is a town in Kent County in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,380 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Cheswold is located at ....

along the way. The road was built as a state highway during the 1920s and 1930s. DE 42 was designated by 1936 between Kenton and Leipsic and extended to Blackiston by 1966.

Route description

Delaware Route 42 heads to the southeast from DE 6 on Blackiston Road. At the intersection with DE 6, the road contiunes to the northwest as unnumbered Longridge Road, which runs to 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 where it becomes Maryland Route 330

Maryland Route 330

Maryland Route 330 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known as Massey Delaware Line Road, the state highway runs from MD 313 and MD 299 in Massey east to the Delaware state line in eastern Kent County, where the highway continues east as Clayton Delaney Road...

. Maryland Route 330 runs through Kent County, Maryland

Kent County, Maryland

Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, on its Eastern Shore. It was named for the county of Kent in England. Its county seat is Chestertown. In 2010, the county population was 20,197...

and, by way of Maryland Route 313

Maryland Route 313

Maryland Route 313 is a state highway located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the United States. The route runs from U.S. Route 50 in Mardela Springs, Wicomico County north to Maryland Route 213 and Maryland Route 290 in Galena, Kent County...

, gives access to U.S. Route 301

U.S. Route 301

U.S. Route 301 is a spur of U.S. Route 1 running through the South Atlantic States. It currently runs 1,099 miles from Glasgow, Delaware at U.S. Route 40 to Sarasota, Florida. It passes through the states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida...

. DE 42 itself follows Blackiston Road to Kenton

Kenton, Delaware

, where it becomes Commerce Street. In Kenton, it intersects with Delaware Route 300

Delaware Route 300

Delaware Route 300 is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. The route is a continuation of Maryland Route 300 from the Maryland border near Everetts Corner. It runs in a northeast direction from there to Smyrna, where it ends at U.S. Route 13...

(Main Street).

Past Kenton, DE 42 continues to the east on Seven Hickories Road, passing through countryside. In Seven Hickories, it meets 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...

and the two routes head east for a concurrency. They split near Moores Corner, where DE 15 heads to the south on Kenton Road. DE 42 heads east toward the town of Cheswold

Cheswold, Delaware

, where it becomes Main Street. It passes through the town and intersects 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,...

on the eastern edge of town.

The route then continues east on Fast Landing Road. It passes over the Delaware Route 1 toll road, where it features a ramp for emergency vehicles but no non-emergency access. It heads to the northeast through farmland before making a sharp turn to the southeast through marshland adjacent to the Leipsic River

Leipsic River

The Leipsic River is a river in central Delaware in the United States.It rises in northern Kent County, approximately northwest of Dover. It flows generally east, past Leipsic and entering Delaware Bay approximately northeast of Dover...

. It then enters the town of Leipsic

Leipsic, Delaware

where it heads east on Second Street and ends at Delaware Route 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...

History

By 1920, what is now DE 42 existed as an unimproved county road. The road was completed as a state highway between Kenton and Lepisic by 1924. By 1932, the route was under construction as a state highway between Blackiston and Kenton. When Delaware created its state highway system by 1936, DE 42 was assigned to its current alignment between DE 300 in Kenton and DE 9 in Leipsic and the state highway between Blackiston and Kenton was completed. By 1966, the route was extended to Blackiston.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Kent County

Kent County, Delaware

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!Location
!Mile
!Road
!Notes
|-
|Blackiston
|0.00
|
|Western terminus
|-
|Kenton

Kenton, Delaware

|3.73
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|Seven Hickories
|
|
|West end of DE 15 overlap
|-
|7.15
|
|East end of DE 15 overlap
|-
|Cheswold

Cheswold, Delaware

|8.81
|
|
|-
|Leipsic

Leipsic, Delaware

|12.69
|
|Eastern terminus
|-

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