Delaware Route 10 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by DelDOT | ||||
Length: | 16.12 mi (25.94 km) | |||
Existed: | 1936 – present | |||
Tourist routes: |
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | MD 287 in Sandtown | |||
DE 10 Alt. near Willow Grove DE 15 near Camden US 13 Alt. in Camden US 13 in Camden DE 10 Alt. near Lebanon |
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East end: |
DE 1 at Dover Air Force Base |
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Location | ||||
Counties: | Kent | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Delaware Route 10 Alternate |
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Location: | Willow Grove-Lebanon |
Length: | 9.23 mi (14.85 km) |
Existed: | 1988–present |
Tourist routes: |
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway |
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 DE 1 at the north gate of Dover Air Force Base. 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 provides an alternate alignment between Willow Grove and Lebanon, passing through Woodside and Rising Sun.
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.