Delaware Route 20
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| DE Route 20 |
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| Length: | 42.96 mi[1] (69.14 km) | ||||||||
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| West end: |  MD 392 in Reliance |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 13 in Seaford US 9 in Hardscrabble US 113 in Millsboro  DE 24/DE 30 in Millsboro DE 26 in Dagsboro DE 17 in Roxana DE 54 west of Fenwick Island |
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| East end: |  DE 1 in Fenwick Island |
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Delaware Route 20 is an east-west highway in Sussex County, Delaware. Its western terminus is the Maryland state line just west of Seaford where it continues as Maryland Route 392. Its eastern terminus is Delaware Route 1 in Fenwick Island. The route passes through the towns of Seaford, Millsboro, and Dagsboro. The easternmost part of Delaware Route 20 near Fenwick Island overlaps Delaware Route 54.
[edit] Route description
Delaware Route 20 heads east from the Maryland border on the Stein Highway. It heads east through countryside toward the city of Seaford, where it widens from a two-lane road to a five-lane highway. At the intersection with Front Street, the road becomes the Norman A. Eskridge Highway and it continues east toward U.S. Route 13.
Delaware Route 20 then turns south for a concurrency with US 13, passing over the Nanticoke River. Near Blades, DE 20 turns east on Concord Road. It heads southeast on Concord Road to Hardscrabble, where it intersects U.S. Route 9 and the name changes to Hardscrabble Road. It heads east on Hardscrabble Road, passing through countryside, to an intersection with U.S. Route 113 north of Millsboro.
DE 20 then makes a right turn onto US 113 and heads southeast toward Millsboro. It passes through the town on the four-lane, divided Dupont Boulevard along with US 113, intersecting Delaware Route 24 and Delaware Route 30. South of Millsboro, DE 20 splits from US 113 by heading to the southeast on Dagsboro Road. DE 20 follows Dagsboro Road into the town of Dagsboro, where it becomes Main Street. It intersects Delaware Route 26 (Clayton Street), and it joins with DE 20, continuing south on Main Street. The two routes then turn east onto Vines Creek Road and DE 20 splits from DE 26 by heading to the southeast on Armory Road.
DE 20 heads southeast to Omar, where the name changes to Pyle Center Road. It then heads to Roxana, where it intersects Delaware Route 17 and it becomes Zion Church Road. It continues southeast and eventually meets Delaware Route 54. It then heads east, along with DE 54, onto Lighthouse Road, which heads east past housing developments and marshland toward Fenwick Island. DE 20 and DE 54 both end at an intersection with Delaware Route 1 in Fenwick Island just north of the border with Ocean City, Maryland.
[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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