Special routes of U.S. Route 9#Georgetown truck route

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|list_type=Special routes

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A total of at least three special routes of U.S. Route 9 (US 9) exist and at least seven have been decommissioned.

Georgetown truck route

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|state=DE

|type=US-Truck

|route=9

|location=Georgetown, Delaware

|length_mi=6.1

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|formed=1983

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File:2022-07-08 16 58 55 View east along U.S. Route 9 Truck and Delaware State Route 404 Truck (Park Avenue) between Cedar Lane and Wood Branch Road in Cabbage Corner, Sussex County, Delaware.jpg

U.S. Route 9 Truck (US 9 Truck) is a {{convert|6.1|mi|km|adj=on}} truck route 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/Delaware Route 404 Truck (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 farmfields and businesses. US 9 Truck/DE 404 Truck split from US 113 by heading east-northeast on two-lane undivided Arrow Safety Road. The road passes through a mix of farmland and woodland with some development, coming to a roundabout with South Bedford Street, where the name changes to Park Avenue. The routes continue east before curving to the northeast, crossing the Delmarva Central Railroad's Indian River Subdivision line at-grade. The road turns east 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 the Delmarva Central Railroad's Lewes Industrial Track line at-grade before ending at US 9/DE 404 east of Georgetown.{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Dupont+Blvd&daddr=38.6739173,-75.3883585+to:DE-404+E%2FU.S.+9+E%2FLewes+Georgetown+Hwy&hl=en&sll=38.680426,-75.396724&sspn=0.004498,0.010568&geocode=FZ48TgIdXoyB-w%3BFf0dTgIdOqqB-ykb8tkbs-u4iTEP_xWvcFoLIg%3BFQadTgIdEVyC-w&t=h&mra=ls&via=1&z=13|title=overview of U.S. Route 9 Truck|access-date=August 6, 2013}}{{Delaware road map|year=2017|access-date=August 18, 2019}} The portion of US 9 Truck concurrent with US 113 is part of the National Highway System.{{cite map|publisher=Federal Highway Administration|title=National Highway System: Delaware|format=PDF|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/delaware/de_delaware.pdf|year=2010|access-date=February 10, 2012}}

US 9 Truck was designated in 1983, heading south along US 113 before it turned north on South Bedford Street and east on Park Avenue, where it picked up its current alignment.{{AASHTO minutes |year=1983A |page=538 |access-date=October 15, 2014 |link= |quote=}}{{Delaware road map|year=1984|access-date=November 24, 2015}} The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) moved US 9 Truck to a new alignment of Park Avenue located further to the south. The realigned Park Avenue leads to a roundabout with South Bedford Street and Arrow Safety Road, from which US 9 Truck follows Arrow Safety Road west to US 113. Road construction on the new alignment of Park Avenue and improvements to Arrow Safety Road began in 2022.{{cite web|title=Project: Park Avenue Relocation, Phase 1|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|url=https://deldot.gov/projects/index.shtml?dc=details&projectNumber=T202004601|access-date=February 13, 2022}}{{cite map|title=Park Avenue Relocation Phase 1 - Phase 1 Overview|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|date=May 28, 2019|url=https://deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicProjectPortalDocument&iDID=6863268&iProjectObjectID=54769|access-date=February 13, 2022}} The new alignment of US 9 Truck opened on May 28, 2024.{{cite press release|title=Sussex County - Park Avenue Phase 1 in Georgetown now open to traffic|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|date=May 28, 2024|url=https://deldot.gov/About/news/index.shtml?dc=release&id=10170|access-date=May 28, 2024}} A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on June 7, 2024, with DelDOT secretary Nicole Majeski and state and local officials in attendance.{{cite news|last=Sokaitis|first=Charlie|title=Phase 1 of the Park Avenue relocation project in Georgetown has been finished|publisher=WRDE-LD|location=Salisbury, MD|date=June 7, 2024|url=https://www.wrde.com/news/phase-1-of-the-park-avenue-relocation-project-in-georgetown-has-been-finished/article_f2fe9048-251f-11ef-bcc9-ff57ca678a32.html|access-date=June 9, 2024}}

Major intersections

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{{DEint

|mile=0.00

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|road={{jct|state=DE|US|113|dir1=north|name1=DE 404 Truck west / Dupont Boulevard}}
{{jct|state=DE|US|9|name1=County Seat Highway/West Market Street|city1=Laurel|city2=Seaford|city3=Georgetown|city4=Lewes}}

|notes=Western terminus; west end of US 113/DE 404 Truck overlap

}}

{{DEint

|mile=1.55

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=DE|US|113|dir1=south|name1=Dupont Boulevard}}

|notes=East end of US 113 overlap

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{{DEint

|mile=6.1

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=DE|US|9|DE|404|name2=Lewes Georgetown Highway}}

|notes=Eastern terminus; eastern terminus of DE 404 Truck

}}

Lewes business route

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|state=DE

|type=US-Bus

|route=9

|location=Five Points–Lewes, Delaware

|length_mi=3.36

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|formed=1976

|tourist=File:Delaware Byways.png Historic Lewes Byway, Gateway to the Bayshore

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File:2022-07-15 11 26 10 View west along U.S. Route 9 Business (East Savannah Road) at Anglers Road in Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware.jpgU.S. Route 9 Business (US 9 Bus.) is a {{convert|3.36|mi|km|adj=on}}{{cite web |author=Staff |title=Traffic Count and Mileage Report: Interstate, Delaware, and US Routes |publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation |year= 2018 |url=https://deldot.gov/Publications/manuals/traffic_counts/pdfs/2018/2018Interstate_USRoutes_DelawareRoutes.pdf?cache=1585496964656 |format=PDF |access-date=March 29, 2020}} business route off US 9 in the city of Lewes in Sussex County, Delaware. US 9 Bus. begins at the Five Points intersection in the community of Nassau, 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 the Georgetown–Lewes Trail. 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.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps?saddr=US-9+BUS+N&daddr=38.7690113,-75.1447904+to:Rd+23/Rte+9&hl=en&ll=38.764591,-75.150003&spn=0.036808,0.084543&sll=38.764407,-75.15003&sspn=0.036808,0.084543&geocode=FbZBTwIdSvGE-w;FXORTwIdqmGF-yl_W4yRWre4iTFAZZ9gu7pqag;FTe9TwIdGamF-w&t=h&mra=ls&via=1&z=14|title=overview of U.S. Route 9 Business|access-date=October 26, 2014}} The entire length of US 9 Bus. is designated as part of the Historic Lewes Byway, Gateway to the Bayshore, a Delaware Byway.{{cite web|url=https://www.deldot.gov/Programs/byways/index.shtml?dc=lewes|title=Historic Lewes Byway, Gateway to the Bayshore|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|access-date=December 30, 2017}} 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. 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.{{Delaware road map|year=1976|access-date=November 24, 2015}}

Major intersections

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{{jct|state=DE|US|9|dir1=west|DE|404|dir2=west|name2=Lewes Georgetown Highway}}

|notes=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

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{{DEint

|location=Wescoats Corner

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|notes=

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{{DEint

|location=Lewes

|mile=3.36

|road={{jct|state=DE|US|9|name1=Theodore C. Freeman Highway/Cape Henlopen Drive|location1=Cape May–Lewes Ferry}}

|notes=Eastern terminus

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Beesley's Point temporary route

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|state=NJ

|type=US-Temp

|route=9

|location=Upper Township–Somers Point, New Jersey

|length_mi=3.89

|length_ref={{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/05000623__-.pdf|title=Cape May County 623 straight line diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|access-date=February 29, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000444__-.pdf|title=Garden State Parkway straight line diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|access-date=February 29, 2012}}

|deleted=2013

}}

U.S. Route 9 Temporary (US 9 Temp.) 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 County Route 623 (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 {{convert|3.89|mi|km}} long. The designation was replaced by US 9{{failed verification|date=January 2015}} following the demolition of the bridge in 2013, making it so that US 9 cloud be driven from its entirety once again.{{cite news |last=Degener |first=Richard|title=Anti-terrorism fence near parkway bridge between Atlantic, Cape May counties coming down in 2013 |work=Press of Atlantic City |date=February 29, 2012|access-date=February 29, 2012|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/northfield_linwood_somers-point/anti-terrorism-fence-near-parkway-bridge-between-atlantic-cape-may/article_6601a52a-6229-11e1-bc81-0019bb2963f4.html}}

Toms River alternate route

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|state=NJ

|type=US 1961-Alt

|route=9

|location=South Toms River–Pleasant Plains, New Jersey

|formed=1954

|deleted=1975

|length_mi=3.73

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U.S. Route 9 Alternate (US 9 Alt.) was a {{convert|3.73|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}}{{cite web|author=New Jersey Department of Transportation|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000166__-.pdf|title=Route 166 straight line diagram|access-date=October 12, 2009|author-link=New Jersey Department of Transportation}} 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.{{cite map|title=Map of US 9 Alternate|publisher=General Drafting Incorporated|year=1960s}}

Newark–Jersey City temporary route

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|state=NJ

|type=US-Temp

|route=9

|location=Newark–Jersey City, New Jersey

|header_type=former

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Jersey City truck route

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|state=NJ

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|route=1/9

|location=Newark–Jersey City, New Jersey

|length_mi=4.11

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|formed=1953

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U.S. Route 1/9 Truck (US 1/9 Truck) is a {{convert|4.11|mi|km|adj=on}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000001T_-.pdf|title=U.S. Route 1-9 Truck straight line diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|access-date=April 12, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/traffic_orders/access/rt1_9.shtm|title=Traffic Regulations: Route 1 and 9, The Pulaski Skyway|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|access-date=August 6, 2009}} 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. 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.1953 renumbering{{cite news|access-date=July 20, 2009 |title=New Road Signs Ready in New Jersey |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 16, 1952 |url=http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721112422/http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6933/19521216newroadsignsreaiu6.jpg |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}

Jersey City business route

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|state=NJ

|type=US-Bus

|route=1/9

|location=Jersey City, New Jersey–New York City, New York

|formed=1953

|deleted=by the 1990s

|length_mi=2.77

|length_ref=

}}

U.S. Route 1/9 Business (US 1/9 Bus.) was a {{convert|2.77|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}}{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000139__-.pdf|title=Route 139 lower roadway straight line diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|access-date=September 1, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000078__-.pdf|title=Interstate 78 straight line diagram|publisher=New Jersey Department of Transportation|access-date=September 1, 2009}} 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. The business route was renumbered to Route 139 by the 1990s.{{cite map|publisher=State Farm Insurance|title= State Farm Road Atlas |year=1983|cartography=Rand McNally}}{{cite map|publisher=Rand McNally|title=United States-Canada-Mexico Road Atlas|year=1996}}