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. The route features Delaware's most complex interchange with I-95, I-295, and US 202 along the route between New Castle and Newport. Delaware Route 141 is a limited-access highway between that interchange and Delaware Route 2 in Prices Corner. The rest of Delaware Route 141 is a mostly a surface road with a few grade-separated intersections located at U.S. Route 13 and U.S. Route 40 near the New Castle Airport, Delaware Route 52 near Greenville, and Rockland Road near Fairfax.

Contents
Route Description
DE 9 to DE 37
DE 37 to DE 2
DE 2 to US 202
History
Exit List
References

Route Description


DE 9 to DE 37

Delaware Route 141 begins at an intersection with Delaware Routes 9 and 273 outside the historic town of New Castle. It heads north from there on Basin Road, a four-lane, divided highway. Basin Road runs north through suburban neighborhoods. Delaware Route 141 features a cloverleaf interchange with U.S. Routes 13 and 40 near the New Castle Airport. This interchange also marks the southern terminus of U.S. Route 202 which heads north concurrent with Delaware Route 141. The route continues north along the eastern edge of New Castle Airport and intersects with Delaware Route 37 (Commons Boulevard) at the end of the airport property.
DE 37 to DE 2

Past the intersection with Delaware Route 37, Delaware Route 141 turns into a freeway. The carriageways split as Delaware Route 141 enters the complex Newport Interchange. The route first features connections with northbound Interstate 295, which runs to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Delaware Route 141 then intersects with Interstate 95. At this interchange, U.S. Route 202 leaves Delaware Route 141 and heads north on I-95 towards Wilmington. Delaware Route 141 continues north and crosses the Christina River and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor. It then passes over the town of Newport, where it interchanges with Delaware Route 4. The freeway then moves into a below surface level alignment between Newport and the interchange with Delaware Route 62. Delaware Route 141 continues north above ground level to Prices Corner, where it intersects Delaware Route 2 and Delaware Route 41.
DE 2 to US 202

In Prices Corner, Delaware Route 141 changes from a freeway to a surface road named Centre Road. The route continues north through residential neighborhoods before it intersects Delaware Route 34. It then continues north and intersects Delaware Route 48 and Delaware Route 100. Here, Delaware Route 100 turns north on Delaware Route 141 for a brief concurrency. At the intersection with Barley Mill Road, the route becomes a small freeway. The freeway passes under a railroad bridge and features an interchange with Delaware Route 52 near Greenville. The freeway ends at the intersection with Montchanin Road and Delaware Route 100 splits from Delaware Route 141 at this point, heading north on Montchanin Road.
Delaware Route 141 continues in an eastward direction, crossing high above the Brandywine Creek valley on a two-lane bridge. Past the bridge, the route turns north on Powder Mill Road. Powder Mill Road passes by a DuPont facility, one of many in the area for this Wilmington-based company. The route then crosses Rockland Road on an overpass. Shortly after the overpass, Delaware Route 141 intersects Children's Drive, which provides access th Rockland Road and the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Past Children's Drive, Delaware Route 141 continues toward its northern terminus at an interchange with U.S. Route 202 and Delaware Route 261 in Fairfax.

History


Delaware Route 141 was first designated in 1952. Between New Castle and Prices Corner, the route was concurrent with Delaware Route 41. In the 1970's, the freeway segment through Newport was built to relieve traffic on the surface road alignment. Delaware Route 41 was truncated to its current terminus in Prices Corner following the completion of the DE 141 freeway. In the early 1990's, plans existed for the stretch of Delaware Route 141 between Delaware Route 2 and U.S. Route 202 to be upgraded to a freeway, however they were canceled due to opposition from local residents.
Recent improvements have been made in order to make Delaware Route 141 an effective bypass to the north and west of Wilmington. In 1998, an overpass over Rockland Road was completed, and a new connector road between the two roads, called Children's Drive, was built. Other improvements have been made too, such as the reconstruction of the Basin Road section that was completed in 2005.
The northernmost part of Delaware Route 141 was recently realigned. Previously, the route had ended at US 202 at the Murphy Road intersection near an AstraZeneca plant. However, the Blue Ball Construction Project realigned the route to a new interchange with U.S. Route 202 that also serves as the southern terminus of Delaware Route 261.
The road is currently being reconstructed from a four-lane, undivided road to a four-lane, divided road between Delaware Route 2 and Delaware Route 34 [2].

Exit List


CountyLocationMile#DestinationsNotes
Southern terminus of
DE 141
New CastleNew Castle0
DE 9/DE 273 - Delaware Street, Frenchtown Road
at-grade intersection
New Castle Airport1.291

US 13 /US 40 - Wilmington, Del Mem Br

US 13 /US 40 - Dover, Elkton		No direct access from

to
Southern terminus of
DE 141/
US 202 concurrency.
2.31

DE 37 - Commons Boulevard
at-grade intersection
2.65Southern end of expressway section
Newport2.702

I-295 - Del Mem Br, New Jersey		Southbound exit
2.753A
2.5px

I-95 /I-495 /US 202 -
Wilmington, Philadelphia
Northern terminus of
DE 141/
US 202 concurrency.
2.803B

I-95 - Newark, Baltimore
2.974BS. James Street, Old Airport RoadSouthbound exit
3.594 (4A)
DE 4 - Newport, Stanton		Exit 4 northbound,
Exit 4A southbound
Prices Corner4.335
DE 62 - Boxwood Road, Newport Gap Pike
5.386A

DE 2 - Elsmere		Northbound exit
5.646B

DE 2 /DE 41 - Newark, Lancaster, PA		Northbound exit
5.91

DE 2 - Kirkwood Hwy, Centerville Road		Southbound exit
5.95Northern end of expressway section
6.53
DE 34 - Faulkland Road
at-grade intersection
7.38
26.5px

DE 48/DE 100 - Lancaster Pike
at-grade intersection
Southern terminus of
DE 141/
DE 100 concurrency.
Greenville7.93Old Barley Mill Road
at-grade intersection
8.05Southern end of expressway section
8.52
DE 52 - Greenville, Wilmington		Northbound exit
8.62

DE 52 - Greenville		Southbound exit
8.70Northern end of expressway section
8.85

DE 100 / DE 52 - Montchanin Road
at-grade intersection
Northern terminus of
DE 141/
DE 100 concurrency.
Brandywine Creek bridge
Wilmington10.08New Bridge Road
at-grade intersection
Fairfax10.92Children's Drive, Rockland Road
at-grade intersection
11.34
27.5px

US 202/DE 261 - Concord Pike, Foulk Road		interchange
Northern terminus of
DE 141

References


1. http://www.deldot.gov/static/pubs_forms/traffic_counts/2006/rpt_pgs1_38_rev.pdf DelDOT 2006 Traffic Count and Mileage Report
2. SR 141, Centre Road, Kirkwood Highway to Faulkland Road


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