Special routes of U.S. Route 9

U.S. Route 9 marker

U.S. Route 9
Highway system

A total of at least three special routes of U.S. Route 9 exist and at least three have been deleted.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Existing

Georgetown, DE truck route


U.S. Route 9 Truck
Location Georgetown, Delaware
Length 6.1 mi[1] (9.8 km)
Existed 1983[2][3]–present
US 9 Truck/DE 404 Truck eastbound approaching split from southbound US 113 south of Georgetown

U.S. Route 9 Truck (US 9 Truck) is a 6.1-mile (9.8 km) truck bypass of US 9 in the town of Georgetown in Sussex County, Delaware. US 9 Truck begins at an intersection between US 9 and US 113/DE 404 Truck to the west of Georgetown. At this point, US 9 Truck heads southeast concurrent with US 113 and DE 404 Truck on four-lane divided Dupont Boulevard. The road heads through woodland with some farm fields and businesses. US 9 Truck/DE 404 Truck split from US 113 by heading north-northeast on two-lane undivided South Bedford Street Extended. The road passes commercial development before heading through farmland with some homes. The routes curve to the north-northwest prior to heading north. US 9 Truck/DE 404 Truck turn east onto Park Avenue and pass through residential areas before crossing the Delmarva Central Railroad's Indian River Subdivision railroad line. The road runs through agricultural areas and passes to the south of Delaware Coastal Airport, where it makes a curve to the north. US 9 Truck/DE 404 Truck head through a mix of farmland and woodland with some homes to the east of the airport, crossing a Delaware Coast Line Railroad line before ending at US 9/DE 404 east of Georgetown.[1][4] US 9 Truck has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 30,235 vehicles at the Arrow Safety Road intersection along the US 113 concurrency to a low of 5,033 vehicles at the Zoar Road intersection.[5] The portion of US 9 Truck concurrent with US 113 is part of the National Highway System.[6] US 9 Truck was designated in 1983.[2][3]

Major intersections
The entire route is in Georgetown, Sussex County.

mi[5]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 US 113 north (DE 404 Truck west / Dupont Boulevard)
US 9 (County Seat Highway/West Market Street) – Laurel, Seaford, Georgetown, Lewes		Western terminus; west end of US 113/DE 404 Truck overlap
1.552.49 US 113 south (Dupont Boulevard)East end of US 113 overlap
6.19.8 US 9 / DE 404 (Lewes Georgetown Highway)Eastern terminus; eastern terminus of DE 404 Truck
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Lewes, DE business route


U.S. Route 9 Business
Location Lewes, Delaware
Length 3.36 mi[5] (5.41 km)
Existed 1976[7]–present
Tourist
routes		 Historic Lewes Byway, Gateway to the Bayshore
US 9 Bus. westbound past Front Street in Lewes

U.S. Route 9 Business (US 9 Bus.) is a 3.36-mile (5.41 km)[5] business route off US 9 in the city of Lewes in Sussex County, Delaware. US 9 begins at the Five Points intersection where it intersects US 9, DE 1, and the eastern terminus of DE 404. This intersection has no access to eastbound US 9/southbound DE 1 from US 9 Bus. as left turns are prohibited. From here, the route heads northeast on four-lane divided Savannah Road, soon narrowing to a two-lane undivided road. The business route runs through commercial areas to the southeast of a residential development, gaining a center left-turn lane. The road comes to an intersection with Wescoats Corner Road in the community of Wescoats Corner, which heads southeast to provide access to southbound DE 1. US 9 Bus. loses the turn lane as it continues through the residential community of Quakertown. The road continues past homes and some businesses as it enters Lewes, where it crosses an inactive Delaware Coast Line Railroad line at the west end of the Lewes-to-Georgetown Trail that follows the tracks. The route passes to the southeast of Beebe Medical Center before it crosses into the historic downtown area of Lewes, where it passes by the Zwaanendael Museum. US 9 Bus. crosses the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on a drawbridge and runs past businesses to the northwest and marshland to the southeast. The business route passes a mix of homes and businesses before it turns east onto Cape Henlopen Drive near Lewes Beach along the Delaware Bay. US 9 Bus. runs between the bay to the north and homes to the south before it comes to its terminus at an intersection with US 9. Past here, Cape Henlopen Drive continues east as part of US 9 toward the Cape May–Lewes Ferry terminal.[4][8] The entire length of US 9 Bus. is designated as part of the Historic Lewes Byway, Gateway to the Bayshore, a Delaware Byway.[9] US 9 Bus. has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 18,511 vehicles at the Donovans Road intersection to a low of 4,782 vehicles at the eastern terminus at US 9.[5] None of US 9 Bus. is part of the National Highway System.[6] The route was designated on a former part of DE 18 by 1976, with US 9 routed to bypass Lewes on DE 1, Kings Highway, and the Theodore C. Freeman Highway to the south.[7]

Major intersections
The entire route is in Sussex County.

Locationmi[5]kmDestinationsNotes
Five Points0.000.00 US 9 east / DE 1 (Coastal Highway)
US 9 west / DE 404 west (Lewes Georgetown Highway)		No access from westbound US 9 Bus. to eastbound US 9/southbound DE 1; western terminus; northern terminus of DE 23; eastern terminus of DE 404
Wescoats Corner To DE 1 south / Wescoats Corner Road – Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach
Lewes3.365.41 US 9 (Theodore C. Freeman Highway/Cape Henlopen Drive) – Cape May–Lewes FerryEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Jersey City, NJ truck route


U.S. Route 1-9 Truck
Location Jersey City, New Jersey
Length 4.11 mi[10] (6.61 km)
Existed 1953–present

U.S. Route 1/9 Truck is a 4.11-mile (6.61 km) truck route of US 1/9 in northern New Jersey between Newark and Jersey City that bypasses the Pulaski Skyway, which trucks are banned from.[10][11] The route heads east across the Passaic River into Kearny before crossing the Hackensack River into Jersey City, where the truck route turns north at the Route 440 intersection. It intersects Route 7 before turning east and ending at the Tonnele Circle with US 1/9 and Route 139.[10] Prior to 1953, US 1/9 Truck was designated as Route 25T, designating a truck bypass of Route 25, which formerly followed US 1/9 on the Pulaski Skyway.[12][13]

Former

Beesley's Point, NJ temporary route


U.S. Route 9 Temporary
Location Upper Township-Somers Point, New Jersey
Length 3.89 mi[14][15] (6.26 km)

U.S. Route 9 Temporary was the designation for the detour around the closed Beesley's Point Bridge carrying US 9 over the Great Egg Harbor Bay between Upper Township, Cape May County and Somers Point, Atlantic County. The route headed east from US 9 in Upper Township on CR 623 before heading north on the Garden State Parkway and crossing the Great Egg Harbor Bay on the Great Egg Harbor Bridge, ending at an interchange with US 9 in Somers Point. The route was 3.89 mi (6.26 km) long. The designation was replaced by US 9 following the demolition of the bridge in 2013.[14][15][16]

Toms River, NJ alternate route


U.S. Route 9 Alternate
Location Toms River, New Jersey
Length 3.73 mi[17] (6.00 km)
Existed 1954–1975

U.S. Route 9 Alternate was a 3.73-mile (6.00 km)[17] long alternate route of US 9 that ran through Toms River, New Jersey. It was created in 1954 after US 9 was rerouted to use the Garden State Parkway through the Toms River area but was later renumbered to Route 166.[18]

Jersey City, NJ business route


U.S. Route 1-9 Business
Location Jersey City, New Jersey
Length 2.77 mi[19][20] (4.46 km)
Existed 1953–by the 1990s

U.S. Route 1/9 Business was a 2.77-mile (4.46 km)[19][20] long former business route of US 1/9 in Jersey City that ran between US 1/9 at the Tonnele Circle and the Holland Tunnel across the Hudson River to New York City. The route was created in 1953, replacing what had been a part of Route 25.[12][13] The business route was renumbered to Route 139 by the 1990s.[21][22]

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. 1 2 Google (August 6, 2013). "overview of U.S. Route 9 Truck" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 1, 1983). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 538. Retrieved October 15, 2014 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  3. 1 2 Delaware Department of Transportation (1984). Official State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Delaware Department of Transportation (2017). Official Travel & Transportation Map (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Transportation.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Staff (2016). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  6. 1 2 National Highway System: Delaware (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Delaware Department of Highways and Transportation (1976). Delaware Highways Official Map (PDF) (Map). Dover: Delaware Department of Highways and Transportation. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ Google (October 26, 2014). "overview of U.S. Route 9 Business" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Historic Lewes Byway, Gateway to the Bayshore". Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 "U.S. Route 1-9 Truck straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
  11. ↑ "Traffic Regulations: Route 1 and 9, The Pulaski Skyway". New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  12. 1 2 1953 renumbering
  13. 1 2 "New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey". The New York Times. December 16, 1952. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  14. 1 2 "Cape May County 623 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  15. 1 2 "Garden State Parkway straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  16. ↑ Degener, Richard (February 29, 2012). "Anti-terrorism fence near parkway bridge between Atlantic, Cape May counties coming down in 2013". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  17. 1 2 New Jersey Department of Transportation. "Route 166 straight line diagram" (PDF). Retrieved October 12, 2009.
  18. ↑ Map of US 9 Alternate (Map). General Drafting Incorporated. 1960s. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  19. 1 2 "Route 139 lower roadway straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  20. 1 2 "Interstate 78 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  21. ↑ State Farm Road Atlas (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally. State Farm Insurance. 1983.
  22. ↑ United States-Canada-Mexico Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 1996.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.