History
What is now DE 273 originally existed as a county road by 1920. By 1924, the portion of road through Newark was upgraded to a state highway while the road was paved between Hares Corner and New Castle. A year later, the section between Ogletown and Christiana was planned as a state highway while the section east of Basin Road was upgraded to a state highway. By 1931, US 40 was designated to run on the portion of road between Hares Corner and New Castle, where it connected to a ferry across the Delaware River to Pennsville, New Jersey. Also by this time, all of present-day DE 273 was upgraded to a state highway except the portion of US 40 between Hares Corner and Basin Road. When Delaware first designated state highways by 1936, DE 273 was designated to run from the Maryland border west of Newark east to US 13 and US 40 in Hares Corner, roughly following its current alignment. By 1952, US 40 was realigned to use the Delaware Memorial Bridge to cross the Delaware River, and DE 273 was extended east along the former alignment of US 40 to end at present-day DE 9 in New Castle. By 1984, DE 9 was realigned to follow DE 273 east of the DE 141 intersection. DE 273 was realigned to bypass Christiana by 1985. By 1997, DE 273 was moved to its current alignment in the Ogletown area, eliminating a short concurrency with DE 4 and involving the construction of an interchange with that route.
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