Delaware Route 10
State highway in Kent County, Delaware, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Delaware Route 10 (DE 10) is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 287 (MD 287) at the Maryland border in Sandtown east to an interchange with the DE 1 freeway at the North Gate of Dover Air Force Base in the southeastern part of the city of Dover. The route passes through the towns of Camden and Wyoming along the way. From the Maryland border to Camden, it is a two-lane undivided road that passes through rural areas. DE 10 is a four-lane divided highway called Lebanon Road between U.S. Route 13 (US 13) in Camden and DE 1. DE 10 has one alternate route, DE 10 Alternate (DE 10 Alt.), which runs between Willow Grove and Highland Acres along an alignment further to the south, passing through Woodside and Rising Sun.
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Maintained by DelDOT | ||||
Length | 16.12 mi[1] (25.94 km) | |||
Existed | 1936[2]–present | |||
Tourist routes | Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway | |||
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West end | MD 287 in Sandtown | |||
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East end | DE 1 at Dover AFB | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Delaware | |||
Counties | Kent | |||
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What is now DE 10 between the Maryland border and Camden was constructed as a state highway in stages in the 1920s and early 1930s. The route was first designated by 1936 to follow its current alignment between the Maryland border and Camden and current Rising Sun Road to US 113 Alt. in Rising Sun. By 1969, DE 10 was rerouted to follow Lebanon Road, a road completed by 1966, to US 113 (now DE 1) at Dover Air Force Base. Lebanon Road was improved into a divided highway by 1981.