US 13 now spends a lot of time either multiplexed with DE 1 or as its business route. Only south of Dover does 13 carry the Delmarva Peninsula traffic that is now shunted onto the new freeway to the north. Top photo courtesy Lou Corsaro.


SB at DE 54, which is the MD-Del Line Road and is considered MD 54 when it's in Maryland. The middle point is in fact 8 miles to the left (east), not right, as the border ends less than 8 miles west of here.


The beginning of US 9, as seen from US 13 NB; there is only a shield SB, no BGS, but at least that shield is properly proportioned. US 9 is E-W in Delaware because there's no room for another major N-S highway (I made that up).


DE 300 ends here, while DE 6 gets to continue on US 13 back to its original alignment. By the way, this is eastbound on 6 - so much for directional banners, which may be a help when determining which 13 you want.... Except for the font, shield size, lack of banners, the wrong US shield shapes, and undersized arrows, there's nothing wrong here. Oh, and lack of maintenance. I think that covers it.


Denneys Road EB near Dover. Denneys is Road 330 for DelDOT maintenance purposes; these white signs are supposed to appear at every junction, like Pennsylvania's little white signs for secondary routes. Often, you discover that the state route you are following is really a differently numbered state road, but not US 13, which was constructed after the state road system was in place.


More one-piece wonders, but looking much better.


Older northbound shields, with the 9's showing some tendency toward laziness (it happens whenever they pair up on these shields, it seems).


Now southbound courtesy Lou Corsaro, with alternate boxy (older) and rounded (newer) ovals - New Jersey's 3-digit shields curiously are older when round and newer when boxy.

Unique error in DE.


Probably the oldest 13 shield left in the state, in Wilmington (and with DE 9, not that you'd know).


Two older shields, one in the Pennsylvania style and one in the Delaware style, but both just across the PA-DE border.


US 13 joins DE 9 for a short duplex. Yep, distinct from US 9, which was added to Delaware well after the state route system was formed (9 originally ended near Atlantic City, NJ).

Old US 13 near DE 7
Business US 13 (all of them)

Into MD on US 13
Into PA on US 13
Onto DE/MD 54
Onto US 9
Onto DE 299
Onto DE 1
Onto DE 9
Across the US 9 ferry to NJ
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