Delaware Route 2 - Bannered Routes

Bannered Routes

Delaware Route 2 Business is a 2.91-mile (4.68 km) long business route of Delaware Route 2 that runs through Newark. DE 2 Bus. continues northeast from an intersection with DE 2/DE 4/DE 896 southwest of downtown Newark along four-lane divided Elkton Road, concurrent with DE 896. From this point, DE 2 Bus./DE 896 heads into residential areas. The road becomes undivided as it passes businesses before reaching downtown Newark. Here, DE 2 Bus./DE 896 intersects DE 273, with the road splitting into a one-way pair. Eastbound DE 2 Bus./northbound DE 896 heads concurrent with eastbound DE 273 on West Delaware Avenue, heading to the east, while westbound DE 2 Bus./southbound DE 896 remain along Elkton Road, also concurrent with eastbound DE 273. The one-way pair carries two lanes in each direction. Westbound DE 2 Bus. enters Elkton Road from West Main Street, which also carries the westbound direction of DE 273 and the northbound direction of DE 896. At the intersection with South College Avenue, the concurrency in both directions with northbound DE 896 ends. DE 2 Bus./DE 273 passes through the University of Delaware campus and continues through the commercial downtown as East Delaware Avenue eastbound and East Main Street westbound. Farther east, East Delaware Avenue shifts farther to the south of East Main Street, with the one-way streets passing between a residential neighborhood and coming to an intersection with DE 2/ The route was created by 1990 when DE 2 was routed to bypass Newark.