Delaware Route 896

Route information

Maintained by DelDOT and USACE

Length:

21.05 mi (33.88 km)

Existed:

1938 – present

Major junctions

South end:

DE 71 north of Summit Bridge

DE 4 in Newark

DE 279 in Newark

DE 273 in Newark

North end:

MD 896 northwest of Newark

Location

Counties:

Highway system

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Delaware Route 896 Alternate
Location:	Boyds Corner-Glasgow
Length:	11.0 mi (17.7 km)

Delaware Route 896 (DE 896) is a state highway located in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from U.S. Route 13 (US 13) in Boyds Corner, Delaware north to the Maryland border northwest of Newark, where it becomes the unsigned Maryland Route 896 (MD 896) briefly before heading into Pennsylvania as Pennsylvania Route 896 (PA 896). The route heads west from US 13 before turning north along with US 301/DE 71 in Mount Pleasant, crossing the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the Summit Bridge. After the bridge, DE 71 splits off to the east and the road continues to Glasgow, where US 301 ends at an intersection with US 40. DE 896 continues north and interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) before reaching Newark, where it bypasses the University of Delaware to the west by following DE 4, Elkton Road, and South Main Street. DE 896 comes to downtown Newark and continues northwest to the Maryland border. DE 896 has a business route, DE 896 Business (DE 896 Bus.), that passes through Glasgow, and had an alternate alignment south of Glasgow called DE 896 Alternate (DE 896 Alt.).