U.S. Route 113

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=113

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length_mi=73
length_km=119
length_ref=Droz, Robert V. [http://www.us-highways.com/usbt.htm U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830)] . URL accessed 09:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC).]
length_round=0
yrcom=1926
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
from=Jct|state=MD|US|13 in Pocomoke City, MD
junction=Jct|state=MD|MD|12 near Snow Hill, MD
Jct|state=MD|US|50 in Berlin, MD
Jct|state=MD|MD|90 near Ocean Pines, MD
Jct|state=DE|DE|24 in Millsboro, DE
Jct|state=DE|US|9 in Georgetown, DE
Jct|state=DE|DE|16 in Ellendale, DE
to=Jct|state=DE|DE|1|DE-Bus|1|dab2=Milford in Milford, DE
spur_of=13
commons=category

U.S. Route 113 is a spur of U.S. Route 13. It currently runs for 73 miles (117 km) from U.S. 13 in Pocomoke City, Maryland to Delaware Route 1 in Milford, Delaware. It passes through the states of Delaware and Maryland. Prior to 2004, U.S. 113 ran for another 15 miles, most of it in concurrency with Delaware Route 1, into Dover and rejoined U.S. 13 near the Delaware State Capitol complex. Although redesignation was approved in 2004, U.S. 113 reassurance signs were finally removed in 2006, leaving the Delaware Route 1 signs in its place. (The part in Dover which is not also part of Delaware Route 1 became known as Bay Road.)

An old section of U.S. 113, known as U.S. 113A or Alternate Route 113, split off of U.S. 113 in Little Heaven, near Frederica, Delaware, traveled through the small towns of Magnolia and Rising Sun, before merging onto U.S. 13 in Dover.

US 113 was recently dualized in northern Worcester County, MD between Berlin and the Delaware border.

Route description

Maryland

U.S. Route 113 heads in a northeasterly direction from US 13 in Pocomoke City in Worcester County on the four-lane, divided Worcester Highway, the name which US 113 retains through the state of Maryland. Just outside of Pocomoke City, it intersects the eastern terminus of Maryland Route 756, a short route that connects back to US 13 in Pocomoke City. US 113 then passes through a portion of the Pocomoke River State Forest before reaching the town of Snow Hill.

US 113 bypasses Snow Hill to the east with U.S. Route 113 Business passing through the center of town. US 113 Business was known as Maryland Route 394 until 1997. The US 113 bypass of Snow Hill intersects Maryland Route 12 first and then Maryland Route 365, where it narrows to a two-lane, undivided road.

The highway continues to the northeast, widening back to four lanes, before reaching Berlin. On the south end of Berlin, Maryland Route 818 branches from US 113 and passes through the town on Main Street with US 113 running through the eastern part of town. US 113 intersects Maryland Route 376, which heads east to provide access to Assateague Island. It then intersects Maryland Route 346, which preserves a former alignment of U.S. Route 50 and then the present alignment of US 50 at a cloverleaf interchange.

Between Berlin and the Delaware border, US 113 was recently moved to a new four-lane, divided alignment with the former two-lane alignment becoming Maryland Route 575. The realigned US 113 intersects the Maryland Route 90 Ocean City Expressway at a partial cloverleaf interchange. The interchange with the former alignment (MD 575) is no longer in use. The route then heads north, intersecting the northern terminus of Maryland Route 589 near Ocean Pines, the western terminus of Maryland Route 367 in Bishop and the eastern terminus of Maryland Route 610 before crossing into Delaware.

Delaware

U.S. Route 113 enters Sussex County, Delaware from Maryland in the town of Selbyville, where it becomes known as DuPont Boulevard. The road is named this because this highway, stretching from the southern to northern boundaries of the State of Delaware, was entirely funded by Thomas Coleman DuPont. It was begun in 1911 and completed in 1923 at a cost of $4,856,098.20 and stretched 98.1306 miles. In 1925 the DuPont Highway was added to the United States Highway System as U.S. 113 and U.S. 13. In Selbyville, US 113 intersects Delaware Route 54, a route that straddles between Delaware and Maryland throughout its course. It then heads north past Frankford and continues to Dagsboro, where it intersects Delaware Route 26.

Between Dagsboro and Millsboro, US 113 intersects Delaware Route 20, which follows the route until just north of Millsboro. In Millsboro the two routes intersect Delaware Route 24 and Delaware Route 30, which share an alignment through Millsboro.

US 113 continues north solo towards the county seat of Georgetown. Just south of Georgetown, it meets U.S. Route 9 Truck, which provides a truck bypass to the south of Georgetown for U.S. Route 9. US 9 Truck follows US 113 from this point up to the intersection with US 9 in Georgetown. US 113 then continues north, intersecting Delaware Route 18 and Delaware Route 404, before leaving Georgetown.

It then heads north through the Ellendale State Forest between the Georgetown and Ellendale, where US 113 intersects Delaware Route 16. US 113 then heads due north towards the city of Milford, which straddles the border of Kent and Sussex Counties.

US 113 bypasses the central business district of Milford to the west. It intersects Delaware Route 36 in the southern part of Milford. It then crosses the Mispillion River into Kent County, where it immediately intersects Delaware Route 14. US 113 then runs north through the outskirts of Milford and intersects Delaware Route 1 Business at the north end of town. The two routes continue together for a short distance before merging into northbound Delaware Route 1 at an interchange.

Junction list

ee also

*List of U.S. Routes

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