Route Description
DE 3 begins at an intersection with Hay Road at an interchange with I-495 in an industrial section of Edgemoor, heading northwest on four-lane divided Edgemoor Road. After the I-495 interchange, the road passes over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and intersects US 13 in areas of businesses. Past this intersection, DE 3 enters a more residential area as a three-lane undivided road with two southbound lanes and one northbound lane. The route narrows to two lanes and turns west and north through woods with some development, coming to an intersection with US 13 Bus. At this point, DE 3 turns northeast to form a concurrency with that route on four-lane undivided Philadelphia Pike, passing through residential and commercial areas. DE 3 splits from US 13 Bus. in Bellefonte by turning northwest onto Washington Street Extension, a four-lane divided highway that passes homes. The route turns north onto Marsh Road, a four-lane undivided road that forms the western boundary of Bellevue State Park. The road becomes a divided highway as it comes to an interchange with I-95.
Immediately after this interchange, DE 3 passes under CSX's Philadelphia Subdivision and narrows into a two-lane undivided road that heads into residential neighborhoods of Brandywine Hundred. The route enters commercial areas, gaining a second southbound lane between Wilson Road/Veale Road and Silverside Road. The road turns northeast and continues into wooded areas of homes, forming the western border of Arden. DE 3 turns north again and runs between neighborhoods to the west and woodland to the east, ending at an intersection with DE 92. Marsh Road continues north past this intersection as an unnumbered road toward the Pennsylvania border.
DE 3 has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 13,893 vehicles at the Carr Road intersection to a low of 5,021 vehicles on Washington Street Extension. None of DE 3 is part of the National Highway System.
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