Delaware Route 23

Delaware Route 23
Route information
Maintained by DelDOT
Length:	14.76 mi (23.75 km)
Existed:	1994 – present
Major junctions
South end:	Dead end in Long Neck
	DE 5 / DE 24 in Long Neck DE 5 in Fairmount DE 1D in Five Points US 9 / DE 404 in Five Points
North end:	US 9 / DE 1 / US 9 Bus. in Five Points
Location
Counties:	Sussex
Highway system
Delaware State Route System List Byways ← DE 20 DE 24 →

Delaware Route 23 (DE 23) is a 14.76-mile-long (23.75 km) state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. Its southern terminus is at Massey's Landing in Long Neck, near the confluence of Rehoboth Bay and Indian River Bay and its northern terminus is at the Five Points intersection, where it ends at U.S. Route 9 (US 9), DE 1, and DE 404. From the southern terminus, the route runs west through residential areas of Long Neck before heading north through rural areas with some development. DE 23 is concurrent with DE 5 between the DE 24 intersection in Long Neck and Fairmount. It is also concurrent with DE 24 Alternate (DE 24 Alt.) between Hollymount and the DE 1D intersection in Five Points. The road originally existed as an unnumbered road except along the DE 5 concurrency, becoming fully paved by 1970. The DE 23 designation was assigned by 1994.

DE 23 begins at a boat ramp parking lot at Massey's Landing in Long Neck, near the confluence of the Rehoboth Bay and the Indian River Bay. From here, the route heads west on two-lane undivided Long Neck Road, passing through a mix of residential areas and marshland between Rehoboth Bay to the north and Indian River Bay to the south. The road winds west through homes, commercial development, and a few farms, passing south of the Baywood Greens golf course. Farther west, DE 23 comes to an intersection with DE 5/DE 24. At this intersection, the name changes to Indian Mission Road, and DE 23 begins a concurrency with DE 5. The two routes head northwest through a mix of farmland and woodland with some housing subdivisions.

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