U.S. Route 13

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U.S. Route 13
Length: 517.81 mi[1] (833.33 km)
Formed: 1926
South end: I-95/I-295 near Fayetteville, NC
Major
junctions:		 I-40 near Newton Grove, NC
I-64 in Norfolk, VA
US 50 near Salisbury, MD
I-295 near Wilmington, DE
I-76/US 30 in Philadelphia, PA
I-276/PA Tpk in Bristol, PA
North end:
US 1/BUS US 1 near Morrisville, PA
United States Numbered Highways
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced
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U.S. Route 13 is a north-south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for 517 miles (832 km) from the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina. One notable segment of the highway is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia.

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Its southern terminus is I-95 just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina, where I-295 is under construction to extend the road west of I-95. I-295 has been planned as U.S. 13 among other numbers.

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Lengths
mi[1] km
NC 185.52 298.57
VA 137.45 221.20
MD 42.01 67.60
DE 103.33[2] 166.29
PA 49.50 79.66
Total 517.81 833.33
Major cities

[edit] North Carolina

US 13 runs southwest to northeast through the eastern part of North Carolina. It begins at Interstate 95 near Fayetteville as a continuation of the Fayetteville Outer Loop and heads northeast, intersecting U.S. Route 421 in Spivey's Corner and Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 701 in Newton Grove. It then passes through the city of Goldsboro, where it intersects U.S. Route 70 and U.S. Route 117. US 13 continues northeast and shares a brief concurrency with U.S. Route 264 before passing through the city of Greenville. US 13 then heads north from Greenville, following the limited-access U.S. Route 64 east between Bethel and Williamston and U.S. Route 17 north between Williamston and Windsor. US 13 then heads north from Windsor towards the Virginia border.

[edit] Virginia

Main article: U.S. Route 13 in Virginia

US 13 crosses the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, a 17-mile (27 km) long combination facility that connects Tidewater Virginia and the cities of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, Virginia, with Virginia's Eastern Shore, which is part of the Delmarva Peninsula. The facility opened in 1964 and was originally two lanes. Recent construction has added separated carriageways for the overwater spans to create two lanes in each direction, with the spans merging and diverging at the tunnels.

[edit] Maryland

Main article: U.S. Route 13 in Maryland

US 13 passes through the lower Eastern Shore region of Maryland. It runs through Pocomoke City in Worcester County, where it meets the southern terminus of U.S. Route 113. It continues north into Somerset County, where it passes through the town of Princess Anne. It then enters Wicomico County, where it bypasses the city of Salisbury and the town of Fruitland to the east on the limited-access Salisbury Bypass with the former alignment signed as U.S. Route 13 Business. On the northern part of the bypass, US 13 is concurrent with U.S. Route 50, which bypasses Salisbury to the north. North of Salisbury, US 13 continues to the state line town of Delmar.

[edit] Delaware

Main article: U.S. Route 13 in Delaware

US 13 runs through the entire north-south length of Delaware. It enters the state in Delmar and runs through western Sussex County, intersecting U.S. Route 9 in Laurel and passing through the city of Seaford. It continues into Kent County and heads north towards the state capital of Dover. US 13 forms the commercial district of the city of Dover. Between Dover and Wilmington in New Castle County, US 13 is paralleled by the Delaware Route 1 turnpike. It crosses the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the St. Georges Bridge. US 13 continues towards Wilmington, sharing a concurrency with U.S. Route 40 in the New Castle area. It bypasses the heart of Wilmington to the east, with U.S. Route 13 Business passing through the downtown area. US 13 parallels Interstate 495 between Wilmington and the Pennsylvania border.

[edit] Pennsylvania

Main article: U.S. Route 13 in Pennsylvania

Upon entering the state of Pennsylvania from Delaware, US 13 runs along the banks of the Delaware River parallel to Interstate 95 through Delaware County. It then runs a southwest to northeast path through the city of Philadelphia. It traverses West Philadelphia on many one-way pairs and then passes by the Philadelphia Zoo. US 13 then runs through North Philadelphia and Northeast Philadelphia by following Hunting Park Avenue, the Roosevelt Boulevard (which is also U.S. Route 1), and Frankford Avenue. US 13 then enters Bucks County, again closely following I-95 and the Delaware River. It ends at an interchange with US 1 in Falls Township, just west of Morrisville.

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The intersection of U.S. 13 (Frankford Avenue) and PA 73 (Cottman Avenue) in Northeast Philadelphia.
The intersection of U.S. 13 (Frankford Avenue) and PA 73 (Cottman Avenue) in Northeast Philadelphia.

Another notable feature of US 13 in the Delmarva Peninsula is the Salisbury Bypass, first built in the 1970s to allow US 13 to bypass the downtown area of Salisbury, Maryland for a second time as the original bypass was built in the 1930s and eventually engulfed by commercial development. The bypass was expanded into a 3/4 beltway that additionally allowed US 50 to bypass Salisbury as well. The new portion opened in 2003. The original alignments of both routes are now signed as Business US 13 and Business US 50, respectively.

[edit] See also

[edit] Related U.S. Routes

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2007, Driving Directions tool
  2. ^ Delaware Department of Transportation, Traffic Summary (2006), AADT Tables, p.3


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