Delaware Route 5
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Delaware Route 5 is a state highway in Sussex County
, Delaware
. The route runs north from the Indian River Bay
in Oak Orchard
north to Delaware Route 1 north of Milton
. Along the way, DE 5 passes through Long Neck
, Harbeson
, and Milton. The route has concurrencies
with Delaware Route 23
and Delaware Route 24
in the Long Neck area. Delaware Route 5 features one alternate route, Delaware Route 5 Alternate, which provides a bypass of Milton. DE 5 was built as a state highway in the 1920s and 1930s, receiving its designation by 1938. DE 5 Alternate was designated by 2001.
Delaware Route 5 heads northwest on Oak Orchard Road from the intersection with River Road on the shore of the Indian River Bay, passing through the residential areas of Oak Orchard. It intersects Delaware Route 24
and makes a right turn, forming a concurrency. The route heads north into the Long Neck
area, where it intersects Delaware Route 23
.
Delaware Route 5 then turns left onto DE 23, which is called Indian Mission Road. In Fairmount
, DE 23 branches off to the northeast, and DE 5 continues to the northwest on Indian Mission Road. At the intersection with Hollyville Road in Hollyville
, the name changes to Harbeson Road. The route continues northwest to Harbeson
, where it intersects U.S. Route 9
and Delaware Route 404.
It then heads toward the historic shipbuilding town of Milton
. Just south of Milton, DE 5 meets the southern terminus of the Delaware Route 5 Alternate bypass to the west of Milton, which heads west on Sand Hill Road. Also at this intersection, the name changes from Harbeson Road to Federal Street. Federal Street continues north into the town to the intersection with Front Street, where DE 5 turns left onto Union Street. It then crosses the Broadkill River
and heads north through the northern part of Milton. At the north end of town it intersects Delaware Route 16 and also the northern terminus of DE 5 Alt., which heads west on DE 16. DE 5 continues north on Union Street Extended to its northern terminus at Delaware Route 1.
(now DE 1) north of Milton. The alignment of the route has not changed since its inception.
.
{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Road
!Notes
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|rowspan=2|Oak Orchard
|0.00
|River Road
|Southern terminus
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|1.99
|
|South end of DE 24 overlap
|-
|rowspan=2|Long Neck
|3.56
|
|North end of DE 24 overlap, south end of DE 23 overlap
|-
|
|
|North end of DE 23 overlap
|-
|Hollyville
|6.98
|
|
|-
|Harbeson
|11.80
|
|
|-
|rowspan=3|Milton
|
|
|
|-
|17.01
|
|
|-
|19.48
|
|Northern terminus
|-
. The route runs west from Delaware Route 5 south of Milton to Delaware Route 30
. The route then turns north on Delaware Route 30, then east on Delaware Route 16 before reconnecting to Delaware Route 5 north of Milton. It is intended for truck traffic, and in one location is signed as TRUCK ALT 5. The route was designated by 2001.
Sussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 the population was 197,145, an increase of 25.9% over the previous decade. The county seat is Georgetown. The Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Sussex County.Sussex County is...
, 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 runs north from the Indian River Bay
Indian River Bay
Indian River Bay is a body of water in Sussex County, Delaware. It is part of Delaware's inland bay system, along with Little Assawoman Bay and Rehoboth Bay...
in Oak Orchard
Oak Orchard, Delaware
Oak Orchard, Delaware is an unincorporated community east of the town of Millsboro in Sussex County. Oak Orchard is bounded to the east by Emily Gut and "the Peninsula," and to the north by Delaware Route 24...
north to Delaware Route 1 north of Milton
Milton, Delaware
Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. The population was 2,576 at the 2010 census, an increase of 55.5% over the previous decade. It is part of the Seaford, Delaware Micropolitan Statistical Area. Delaware Route 5 passes through Milton.- History :Located at the head of...
. Along the way, DE 5 passes through Long Neck
Long Neck, Delaware
Long Neck is a census-designated place in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,629 at the 2000 census. Long Neck is the only census-designated place in Sussex County...
, Harbeson
Harbeson, Delaware
Harbeson is an unincorporated community in east central Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 9 and Delaware Route 5, east of the town of Georgetown, the county seat of Sussex County. Its elevation is 36 feet...
, and Milton. The route has concurrencies
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 23
Delaware Route 23
Delaware Route 23 is a state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. Its southern terminus is at Massey's Landing in Long Neck, near the confluence of Rehoboth Bay and Indian River Bay and its northern terminus is at the Five Points intersection, where it ends at Delaware Route 1, U.S. Route 9 and...
and Delaware Route 24
Delaware Route 24
Delaware Route 24 is a state highway located in Sussex County, Delaware. The route runs east from Maryland Route 348 at the Maryland border east of Sharptown, Maryland to an intersection with Delaware Route 1 in Midway, between Lewes and Rehoboth Beach. Along the way, DE 24 passes through Laurel,...
in the Long Neck area. Delaware Route 5 features one alternate route, Delaware Route 5 Alternate, which provides a bypass of Milton. DE 5 was built as a state highway in the 1920s and 1930s, receiving its designation by 1938. DE 5 Alternate was designated by 2001.
Route description
Delaware Route 24
Delaware Route 24 is a state highway located in Sussex County, Delaware. The route runs east from Maryland Route 348 at the Maryland border east of Sharptown, Maryland to an intersection with Delaware Route 1 in Midway, between Lewes and Rehoboth Beach. Along the way, DE 24 passes through Laurel,...
and makes a right turn, forming a concurrency. The route heads north into the Long Neck
Long Neck, Delaware
Long Neck is a census-designated place in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,629 at the 2000 census. Long Neck is the only census-designated place in Sussex County...
area, where it intersects Delaware Route 23
Delaware Route 23
Delaware Route 23 is a state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. Its southern terminus is at Massey's Landing in Long Neck, near the confluence of Rehoboth Bay and Indian River Bay and its northern terminus is at the Five Points intersection, where it ends at Delaware Route 1, U.S. Route 9 and...
.
Delaware Route 5 then turns left onto DE 23, which is called Indian Mission Road. In Fairmount
Fairmount, Delaware
Fairmount is a community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is one of the Three Sisters communities consisting of Fairmount, Hollyville, and Hollymount. Fairmount is the area located around the intersections of Delaware Route 5 and Delaware Route 23.The community is part of the Seaford,...
, DE 23 branches off to the northeast, and DE 5 continues to the northwest on Indian Mission Road. At the intersection with Hollyville Road in Hollyville
Hollyville, Delaware
Hollyville is a community in Sussex County, Delaware . It is one of the Three Sisters communities consisting of Fairmount, Hollyville, and Hollymount. Hollyville is the area located around the intersections of Delaware Route 24 Alternate and Sussex County Route 290.The community is part of the...
, the name changes to Harbeson Road. The route continues northwest to Harbeson
Harbeson, Delaware
Harbeson is an unincorporated community in east central Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 9 and Delaware Route 5, east of the town of Georgetown, the county seat of Sussex County. Its elevation is 36 feet...
, where it intersects U.S. Route 9
U.S. Route 9
U.S. Route 9 is a north–south United States highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the United States. It is one of only two U.S. highways with a ferry connection ; the other being US 10. US 9 is signed east–west in Delaware and north–south on the rest of...
and Delaware Route 404.
It then heads toward the historic shipbuilding town of Milton
Milton, Delaware
Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. The population was 2,576 at the 2010 census, an increase of 55.5% over the previous decade. It is part of the Seaford, Delaware Micropolitan Statistical Area. Delaware Route 5 passes through Milton.- History :Located at the head of...
. Just south of Milton, DE 5 meets the southern terminus of the Delaware Route 5 Alternate bypass to the west of Milton, which heads west on Sand Hill Road. Also at this intersection, the name changes from Harbeson Road to Federal Street. Federal Street continues north into the town to the intersection with Front Street, where DE 5 turns left onto Union Street. It then crosses the Broadkill River
Broadkill River
The Broadkill River is a river flowing to Delaware Bay in southern Delaware in the United States. It is 13.3 miles long and drains an area of 110 square miles on the Atlantic Coastal Plain....
and heads north through the northern part of Milton. At the north end of town it intersects Delaware Route 16 and also the northern terminus of DE 5 Alt., which heads west on DE 16. DE 5 continues north on Union Street Extended to its northern terminus at Delaware Route 1.
History
By 1920, what is now DE 5 existed as an unimproved county road. The road was upgraded to a state highway between Harbeson and Milton by 1924. By 1925, the road was proposed as a state highway north of Milton and from Oak Orchard to the present-day north end of the DE 24 concurrency. The entire length of present DE 5 was completed as a state highway by 1931. DE 5 was assigned to its current alignment by 1938, running between Oak Orchard and DE 14Delaware Route 14
Delaware Route 14 is a state highway in the southern part of Kent County, Delaware. The route runs from the Maryland border in Burrsville, where it continues as Maryland Route 317, east to DE 1 in Milford...
(now DE 1) north of Milton. The alignment of the route has not changed since its inception.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Sussex CountySussex County, Delaware
Sussex County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 the population was 197,145, an increase of 25.9% over the previous decade. The county seat is Georgetown. The Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Sussex County.Sussex County is...
.
{| class=wikitable
!Location
!Mile
!Road
!Notes
|-
|rowspan=2|Oak Orchard
Oak Orchard, Delaware
Oak Orchard, Delaware is an unincorporated community east of the town of Millsboro in Sussex County. Oak Orchard is bounded to the east by Emily Gut and "the Peninsula," and to the north by Delaware Route 24...
|0.00
|River Road
|Southern terminus
|-
|1.99
|
|South end of DE 24 overlap
|-
|rowspan=2|Long Neck
Long Neck, Delaware
Long Neck is a census-designated place in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. The population was 1,629 at the 2000 census. Long Neck is the only census-designated place in Sussex County...
|3.56
|
|North end of DE 24 overlap, south end of DE 23 overlap
|-
|
|
|North end of DE 23 overlap
|-
|Hollyville
Hollyville, Delaware
Hollyville is a community in Sussex County, Delaware . It is one of the Three Sisters communities consisting of Fairmount, Hollyville, and Hollymount. Hollyville is the area located around the intersections of Delaware Route 24 Alternate and Sussex County Route 290.The community is part of the...
|6.98
|
|
|-
|Harbeson
Harbeson, Delaware
Harbeson is an unincorporated community in east central Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 9 and Delaware Route 5, east of the town of Georgetown, the county seat of Sussex County. Its elevation is 36 feet...
|11.80
|
|
|-
|rowspan=3|Milton
Milton, Delaware
Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. The population was 2,576 at the 2010 census, an increase of 55.5% over the previous decade. It is part of the Seaford, Delaware Micropolitan Statistical Area. Delaware Route 5 passes through Milton.- History :Located at the head of...
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|
|
|-
|17.01
|
|
|-
|19.48
|
|Northern terminus
|-
Bannered routes
Delaware Route 5 Alternate is an alternate alignment to Delaware Route 5 that bypasses the town of MiltonMilton, Delaware
Milton is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. The population was 2,576 at the 2010 census, an increase of 55.5% over the previous decade. It is part of the Seaford, Delaware Micropolitan Statistical Area. Delaware Route 5 passes through Milton.- History :Located at the head of...
. The route runs west from Delaware Route 5 south of Milton to Delaware Route 30
Delaware Route 30
Delaware Route 30 is a state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. The route runs from an intersection with Bi-State Boulevard a short distance west of U.S. Route 13 between Laurel and Delmar to Delaware Route 1 Business southeast of Milford in the area of Lincoln City and Cedar Creek. The road runs...
. The route then turns north on Delaware Route 30, then east on Delaware Route 16 before reconnecting to Delaware Route 5 north of Milton. It is intended for truck traffic, and in one location is signed as TRUCK ALT 5. The route was designated by 2001.