Delaware Route 11

Delaware Route 11 marker

Delaware Route 11
Arthursville Road
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT
Length: 6.95 mi[1] (11.18 km)
Major junctions
South end: MD 302 near Templeville, MD
  DE 44 in Hartly
North end: DE 300 near Kenton
Location
Counties: Kent
Highway system

Routes in Delaware

← DE 10DE 12 →

Delaware Route 11 (DE 11) is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 302 (MD 302) at the Maryland border near Templeville, Maryland northeast to DE 300 near Kenton. The road, known as Arthursville Road for its entire length, passes through the farmland of western Kent County and then through the town of Hartly, where it intersects DE 44. The route was built as a state highway in the 1920s and 1930s and received the DE 11 designation by 1936.

Route description

DE 11 southbound past the northern terminus at DE 300

DE 11 begins at the Maryland border in western Kent County, where the road continues west into Maryland as MD 302 towards Templeville. From the state line, DE 11 heads northeast on two-lane, undivided Arthursville Road through a mix of woods and farms, with occasional residences. The road enters the town of Hartly, where it passes Hartly Elementary School and several homes. In the center of Hartly, the route crosses DE 44, then heads north before it curves northeast and leaves Hartly. DE 11 continues into rural areas, making another turn north and passes a few homes. The road runs northeast through more woodland and farm fields and comes to an end at DE 300 to the southwest of Kenton.[2][3]

DE 11 has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 2,413 vehicles at the eastern terminus at DE 300 to a low of 1,443 vehicles at the south end of Hartly.[1] None of DE 11 is part of the National Highway System.[4]

History

By 1920 what is now DE 11 existed as an unimproved county road.[5][6] The portion of the route north of Hartly was built as a paved state highway in 1927.[7] The road south of Hartly was taken over by the state and paved by 1931.[8] When Delaware created its state highway system by 1936, DE 11 was assigned to its current alignment.[9] The route has not changed since its inception.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Kent County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
 0.000.00 MD 302 west (Barclay Road) – TemplevilleMaryland state line, southern terminus
Hartly2.584.15 DE 44 (Main Street) – Sudlersville, Dover
 6.9511.18 DE 300 (Sudlersville Road) – Kenton, Smyrna, WilmingtonNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Staff (2011). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Delaware Department of Transportation (2008). Delaware Official Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (2008 ed.). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ Google (March 17, 2010). "overview of Delaware Route 11" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  4. ↑ National Highway System: Delaware (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department (1920). Official Road Map (PDF) (Map) (1920 ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  6. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department (1924). Official Road Map (PDF) (Map) (1924 ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Annual Report of the State Highway Department" (PDF) (1927 ed.). Dover, Delaware: Delaware State Highway Department. December 31, 1927. p. 17. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department (1931). Official Road Map of the State of Delaware (PDF) (Map) (1931 ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  9. ↑ Delaware State Highway Department; The National Survey Co. (1936). Official Road Map of the State of Delaware (PDF) (Map) (1936–37 ed.). Dover: Delaware State Highway Department. Retrieved March 22, 2012.

External links

Route map: Bing