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The Delaware Turnpike is an 11 mile-long tolled freeway which carries Interstate 95 between Maryland's John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway and Wilmington, Delaware.
The north end of the Delaware Turnpike is at the US 13/US 40 interchange (Farnhurst Interchange) on I-295, north of which traffic continues along the Delaware Memorial Bridge approach towards the New Jersey Turnpike. * Just south of the north end, a three-way split (Christiana Interchange) provides connections to the continuation of I-95 through Wilmington to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and to I-495, a bypass of Wilmington.
The Delaware Turnpike also interchanges with the Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway (Delaware Route 1), a 51-mile toll facility to Dover and Rehoboth Beach, near Christiana.
The Turnpike was built as a bypass to US 40, which carried traffic between Baltimore and Wilmington.
The Turnpike, along with the adjacent highway in Maryland, are named in memory of President John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy opened the highways on November 15, 1963, a week before his assassination, and the highways were renamed in his memory afterwards. Until the mid-1980's, both the Maryland and Delaware toll highways shared the same exit numbering system, with Exit-1 being in White Marsh, Maryland and the northermost exit (at State Rt. 141) being Exit-15. Maryland has since converted to a mileage-based exit system based on the entry point of I-95 in Maryland (at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River), while Delaware went to a sequential exit system similar to that employed by Pennsylvania (until it converted over to the milepost system in 2001).
Effective October 1, 2005, the toll for automobiles is $3, with discounted tolls applying to 3- or more axle vehicles using the E-ZPass electronic toll collection system during the overnight hours. *
Interchanges
The following interchanges allow access to and from the Delaware Turnpike
| Exit numbers | Exit name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Former | ||
| DELAWARE-MARYLAND STATE LINE, BEGIN DELAWARE TURNPIKE | |||
| NEWARK TOLL PLAZA | |||
| 1 | 11 | Newark-Middletown (State Rt. 986) | Access to U.S. Rt. 40, U.S. Rt. 301, and Chesapeake Bay Bridge |
| 2 | US Route 301 North | Planned interchange for proposed U.S. Rt. 301 Bypass around Newark – Abandoned circa 1995 | |
| 3 | 12 | Newark-Dover (State Rt. 273) | Connects with New Castle County Airport and Delaware Rt. 1 |
| 4A | 13A | Christiana-Mall Road (Delaware Rt. 1 South, Delaware Rt. 7 South) | Junction with Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway toll facility |
| 4B | 13B | Churchmans Crossing-Stanton (Delaware Rt. 7 North) | To Delaware Park Racetrack |
| DOVER TOLL PLAZA | |||
| 5 | 14 | New Castle-Newport (U.S. Rt. 202 South, State Rt. 141) | To New Castle County Airport |
| JCT. I-95-Wilmington-Philadelphia (I-95 North, U.S. 202 North) | |||
| JCT. U.S. 13/U.S. 40-New Castle County Airport-Wilmington-Baltimore (U.S. Rt. 13, U.S. Rt. 40 West) | |||
| Landers Lane | NORTHBOUND LOCAL ACCESS ONLY | ||
| Wilmington-New Castle (State Rt. 9) | LAST EXIT IN DELAWARE | ||
| DELAWARE MEMORIAL BRIDGE TOLL PLAZA (I-295 SOUTHBOUND ONLY) | |||
| Delaware Memorial Bridge to New Jersey and New York City (via New Jersey Turnpike) | |||
| END OF DELAWARE TURNPIKE | |||
See also
External links
- Delaware Dept Of Transportation (DelDOT) official website
- Philly Roads - Delaware Turnpike webpage
- AA Roads I-95 in Delaware
- OK Roads I-95 in Delaware
Toll roads in Delaware | Tolled sections of Interstate Highways | Interstate 95
"Delaware Turnpike"