U.S. Route 13

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

U.S. Route 13
Length:	526 mi[1] (847 km)
Formed:	1926[1]
South end:	I-95 near Fayetteville, NC
Major junctions:	I-64 in Norfolk, VA US 50 near Salisbury, MD I-295 near Wilmington, DE I-76/US 30 in Philadelphia I-276/PA Tpk in Bristol, PA
North end:	US 1 near Morrisville, PA
United States Numbered Highways U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 13 is a north-south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for 526 miles from the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina. One notable segment of the highway is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia.

Contents 1 Termini 2 States traversed 3 Features 4 Notable cities on the route 5 Related U.S. routes 6 References

[edit] Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Its southern terminus is I-95 just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina, where I-295 is under construction to continue the road; I-295 has been planned as US 13 among other numbers.

[edit] States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

• Pennsylvania (main article: U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania)
• Delaware (main article: U.S. Route 13 in Delaware)
• Maryland (main article: U.S. Route 13 in Maryland)
• Virginia (main article: U.S. Route 13 in Virginia)
• North Carolina (main article: U.S. Route 13 in North Carolina)

[edit] Features

US 13 crosses the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, a 17-mile long combination facility that connects Tidewater Virginia and the cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, Virginia, with Virginia's Eastern Shore, which is part of the Delmarva Peninsula. The facility opened in 1964 and was originally two lanes. Recent construction has added separated carriageways for the overwater spans to create two lanes in each direction, with the spans merging and diverging at the tunnels.

Another notable feature of US 13 in the Delmarva Peninsula is the Salisbury Bypass, first built in the 1970s to allow US 13 to bypass the downtown area of Salisbury, Maryland for a second time as the original bypass was built in the 1930s and eventually engulfed by commercial development. The bypass was expanded into a 3/4 beltway that additionally allowed US 50 to bypass Salisbury as well. The new portion opened in 2003. The original alignments of both routes are now signed as Business US 13 and Business US 50, respectively.

[edit] Notable cities on the route

• Bensalem, Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Chester, Pennsylvania
• Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania
• Wilmington, Delaware
• Dover, Delaware
• Seaford, Delaware
• Salisbury, Maryland
• Pocomoke City, Maryland
• Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Norfolk, Virginia
• Suffolk, Virginia
• Greenville, North Carolina

[edit] Related U.S. routes

• U.S. Route 113
• U.S. Route 213

[edit] References

		edit Main U.S. Routes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
40	41	42	43	44	45	46		48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59
60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79
80	81	82	83	84	85		87		89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99
101		163						400				412				425
Lists		U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

Browse numbered routes
< NC 12	NC		NC 14 >
< PA 12	PA		PA 14 >