 Delaware Route 92 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byDelDOT | ||||
| Length | 8.83 mi[1] (14.21 km) | |||
| Existed | 1968[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  DE 100 nearMontchanin | |||
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| East end |  US 13 in Claymont | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Delaware | |||
| Counties | New Castle | |||
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Delaware Route 92 (DE 92) is a 8.83-mile-long (14.21 km) road in northernNew Castle County,Delaware, that runs a short distance to the south of thePennsylvania/Delaware state line for most of its length. The route runs fromDE 100 nearMontchanin east toU.S. Route 13 (US 13) inClaymont. The road is a two-lane rural road between the western terminus andUS 202, passing throughBrandywine Creek State Park and the Brandywine Valley section ofFirst State National Historical Park. East of US 202, DE 92 is a four-lanedivided highway called Naamans Road that passes through suburban areas to the north ofWilmington, with an interchange atInterstate 95 (I-95) in Claymont. DE 92 was first built as a state highway east of US 202 during the 1920s and 1930s. By 1968, the route was designated onto its current alignment. In the 1990s, DE 92 east of US 202 was widened into a divided highway.
DE 92 begins at the intersection withDE 100 and Adams Dam Road nearMontchanin. The route runs northeast on two-lane undivided Thompson Bridge Road, crossingWilson Run and passing through farmland to the north ofBrandywine Creek State Park. The road continues into forested areas of the state park, crossing theBrandywine Creek. After the state park, DE 92 heads into areas of fields and woods within the Brandywine Valley section ofFirst State National Historical Park. The state route leaves the park and continues northeast along Ramsey Road before curving to the north, passing near farmland. The route turns east onto Beaver Valley Road, widening into a four-lanedivided highway as it passes south of business parks and north of the Brandywine Campus ofWilmington University before it intersectsUS 202 inBrandywine.[3][4]
Past the US 202 intersection, DE 92 becomes Naamans Road and passes to the south of the Brandywine Town Center shopping center, where apark and ride lot is located, as it continues into residential and commercial areas and intersects Shipley Road. Past the Brandywine Town Center, the route heads through neighborhoods inBrandywine Hundred and has a junction with Grubb Road before it runs to the south ofConcord High School and intersects Ebright Road, which goes north toEbright Azimuth (the highest point in Delaware) and intoPennsylvania. After this, the road comes to an intersection withDE 261 in Ways Corner.[3][4]
Farther east, DE 92 reaches a junction with the northern terminus ofDE 3 inHanbys Corner. Past the Darley Road intersection, the route passes north of a church that is home to a park and ride lot. From here, the road intersects Carpenter Station Road inCarpenter, where there is a park and ride lot on the southeast corner, before it crosses overCSX'sPhiladelphia Subdivision railroad line on a bridge and turns to the east-southeast. The route heads into business areas inClaymont and comes to adiamond interchange withI-95 at the northern terminus ofI-495; the southbound exit at this interchange is from I-495 while the other ramps connect directly with I-95. After the I-95 interchange, DE 92 passes to the south of the formerTri-State Mall and crossesNaamans Creek before it has a westboundright-in/right-out intersection with the southern terminus ofDE 491. Past this intersection, the route turns southeast and has a junction with Ridge Road before ending atUS 13 south of theRobinson House.[3][4]
DE 92 has anannual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 30,848 vehicles at the Harvey Road intersection to a low of 6,643 vehicles at the Creek Road intersection.[1] The portion of DE 92 east of US 202 is part of theNational Highway System.[5]
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By 1920, what is now DE 92 originally existed as a county road, with the portion east of Foulk Road proposed to become a state highway.[6] The state highway between Foulk Road and Philadelphia Pike was completed four years later.[7] By 1931, the portion of road between Grubb Road and Foulk Road was upgraded to a state highway.[8] The state highway portion was extended west to Concord Pike by 1936.[9]
By 1968, DE 92 was designated onto its current alignment between DE 100 and US 13, with the easternmost portion replacing what had been designated a part ofUS 13 Bypass.[2] DE 92 was widened into a divided highway by 1997 between US 202 and DE 261 and between DE 3 and DE 491.[10] Two years later, the road was upgraded to a divided highway between DE 261 and DE 3.[11]
The entire route is inNew Castle County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Montchanin | 0.00 | 0.00 | DE 100 (Montchanin Road) | Western terminus | |
| Brandywine | 3.18 | 5.12 |  US 202 (Concord Pike) | ||
| Ways Corner | 5.51 | 8.87 |  DE 261 (Foulk Road) | ||
| Hanbys Corner | 6.25 | 10.06 |   DE 3 south (Marsh Road) | Northern terminus of DE 3 | |
| Claymont | 8.12 | 13.07 |  I-95 –Chester,Philadelphia,Wilmington,Baltimore | Exit 11 on I-95 | |
  DE 491 north (Hickman Road) | Westboundright-in/right-out; southern terminus of DE 491 | ||||
| 8.83 | 14.21 | US 13 (Philadelphia Pike) –Claymont | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
