Delaware Route 100
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| DE Route 100 |
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| Length: | 8.97 mi[1] (14.44 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |  DE 4 near Elsmere |
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| Major junctions: |
 DE 2 in Elsmere DE 34 north of Elsmere DE 48 west of Wilmington DE 141 west of Wilmington DE 52 in Greenville DE 92 in Montchanin |
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| North end: | Creek Road at Pennsylvania border near Montchanin | ||||||||
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Delaware Route 100 is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from Delaware Route 4 near Elsmere to the Pennsylvania border near Montchanin, where it continues into Pennsylvania as Creek Road. At the Pennsylvania border, Delaware Route 100 used to connect to Pennsylvania Route 100, however Pennsylvania Route 100 was truncated from the Delaware border to U.S. Route 202 north of West Chester, Pennsylvania in 2003.
[edit] Route description
Delaware Route 100 heads north from DE 4 on the one-way pair of Race Street northbound and Dupont Road southbound. It follows these one-way streets briefly until it merges onto the four-lane, divided Dupont Road. It heads north into Elsmere, crosses over a CSX rail line and then intersects Delaware Route 2. It then heads north as a two-lane, undivided road and intersects the eastern terminus of Delaware Route 34 just to the north of Elsmere. It then heads north and meets Delaware Route 48 along the western city limit of Wilmington.
DE 100 heads west with DE 48 on the Lancaster Pike, passing through suburban areas. It then makes a right turn to head north along with Delaware Route 141 on the four-lane, divided Centre Road. The road eventually becomes Barley Mill Road and turns into an expressway, passing under a railroad line and intersecting Delaware Route 52 at a partial cloverleaf interchange in Greenville. Just past the interchange, DE 100 departs from DE 141 by making a left turn onto Montchanin Road.
The route heads north on Montchanin Road, passing through wealthy suburban areas. It passes through the community of Montchanin and continues north, passing by the back entrance to the Winterthur Museum. It then makes a left turn, retaining the name Montchanin Road, near the entrance to Brandywine Creek State Park, where Delaware Route 92 continues straight on Thompson Bridge Road. DE 100 heads north to the Pennsylvania border, where it becomes Creek Road and continues north into Pennsylvania, paralleling the Brandywine Creek.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.deldot.gov/static/pubs_forms/traffic_counts/2006/rpt_pgs1_38_rev.pdf DelDOT 2006 Traffic Count and Mileage Report
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