History
What is now DE 3 existed as a county road by 1920. By 1924, the road was upgraded to a state highway between Philadelphia Pike and Harvey Road. The state highway was extended north to Naamans Road by 1931. When Delaware first numbered its state highways around 1936, what is now DE 3 remained unnumbered. By 1968, DE 3 was designated to run from US 13 (now US 13 Business) north to DE 92 along Marsh Road. DE 4 was extended onto the Washington Street Extension portion of present-day DE 3 three years later. DE 4 was removed from Washington Street Extension by 1981. Three years later, DE 3 was extended to I-495 in Edgemoor. At this time, DE 3 was realigned to follow Washington Street Extension from Marsh Road to a concurrency with US 13 Business, heading southwest along that route before heading southeast along Edgemoor Road.
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