Delaware Route 14

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DE Route 14

Length:

19.12 mi^[1] (30.77 km)

Formed:

1978 (present configuration)

West end:

MD 317 near Burrsville

Major
junctions:

US 13 in Harrington

DE 15 in Milford

US 113 in Milford

DE 1 Bus. in Milford

East end:

DE 1 near Milford, Delaware

Routes in Delaware
< US 13		DE 14A >

Delaware Route 14 is a state highway that originally connected the Maryland State Line west of Harrington, Delaware with the Delaware Seashore, ending in Fenwick Island, Delaware at the DE/MD State Line until it was truncated to Milford in 1978 and the remaining highway was redesignated as Delaware Route 1. Both the present-day and pre-1978 configuration were two-lanes the entire length.

[edit] Route description

Delaware Route 14 begins at the Delaware/Maryland State Line and travels in a roughly east-west direction on Vernon Road. A major route from its inception, the road continues to the small town of Harrington, where the annual Delaware State Fair is held in July. DE 14 heads through Harrington by heading to the northeast on Commerce Street and then east on Clark Street. It intersects U.S. Route 13 in the eastern part of Harrington, where it becomes the Milford Harrington Highway. It heads east, passing to the north of the small town of Houston, and finally reaches Milford, a former 18th and 19th Century shipbuilding town that straddles the Kent County/Sussex County line. Upon reaching Milford, the route intersects the southern terminus of Delaware Route 15 and then continues east to an intersection with U.S. Route 113.

After crossing over US 113, the road becomes Front Street and enters the historical district of the town, passing by houses built in the mid-to-late Victorian Era. After crossing Delaware Route 1 Business, the road heads to the northeast and ends at the junction with Delaware Route 1 on the "Milford Bypass."