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U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a U.S. highway in the northeast United States, running from Laurel, Delaware north to Champlain, New York. In Delaware, the route runs an east–west path through Sussex County. Even though US 9 is signed north–south for the remainder of its route, the segment in Delaware is signed east–west. The highway runs from its western terminus at US 13 in Laurel to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry across the Delaware Bay in Lewes, which carries the route to Cape May, New Jersey. US 9 passes through rural areas and serves the communities of Laurel, Georgetown and Lewes. US 9 intersects Delaware Route 20 (DE 20) in Hardscrabble, US 113 and DE 18/DE 404 in Georgetown, DE 30 in Gravel Hill, DE 5 in Harbeson, and DE 1 in Five Points. Between Georgetown and Five Points, US 9 runs concurrent with DE 404. What is now US 9 in Delaware was originally built as a state highway during the 1920s and designated by 1936 as DE 28 between Laurel and Georgetown and a part of DE 18 between Georgetown and Lewes. US 9 was extended to Delaware from New Jersey by way of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry in 1974, replacing all of DE 28 and the portion of DE 18 between Georgetown and Five Points, with the route aligned to bypass Lewes. DE 404 was designated along the portion of US 9 between Georgetown and Five Points by 1987. ==Route description== US 9 starts out at an intersection with US 13 in the commercial northern part of Laurel, heading to the northeast on two-lane undivided County Seat Highway. The road leaves Laurel and runs through a mix of farmland and woodland with some homes. The route intersects DE 20 in Hardscrabble, at which point it briefly becomes a divided highway. Past this intersection, US 9 becomes undivided again. Farther northeast, the road reaches Georgetown and intersects US 113/DE 404 Truck in a commercial area. At this point, US 9 Truck heads south along US 113/DE 404 Truck to bypass Georgetown to the south. Following US 113, the route continues northeast on West Market Street through residential areas. US 9 enters downtown Georgetown and intersects DE 18/DE 404 at The Circle, where the Sussex County Courthouse is located. At this point, US 9 continues northeast concurrent with DE 404 on East Market Street through the downtown area. The road crosses Norfolk Southern's Indian River Secondary railroad line and runs through residential areas with a few businesses. US 9/DE 404 heads east-northeast out of Georgetown and becomes Lewes Georgetown Highway, passing through farmland and woodland with some development. The two routes intersect the eastern terminus of US 9 Truck/DE 404 Truck a short distance east of Georgetown. In Gravel Hill, the road intersects DE 30. Following this intersection, US 9/DE 404 passes through more rural land, reaching a junction with DE 5 in Harbeson. Past here, the two routes cross a Delaware Coast Line Railroad line. Farther east, residential development near the road begins to increase. Upon reaching the area of the Five Points intersection in Nassau, US 9/DE 404 runs past homes and businesses, widening into a divided highway and coming to an intersection with DE 1D/DE 23. DE 23 joins US 9/DE 404 for a concurrency on a four-lane divided highway before the road comes to a junction with DE 1. Here, DE 23/DE 404 ends, US 9 Bus. continues northeast, and US 9 heads east for a concurrency with DE 1.〔〔 Past the Five Points intersection, US 9 follows DE 1 on the six-lane divided Coastal Highway, running through commercial areas. The road curves southeast into wooded areas. In Carpenters Corner, US 9 splits from DE 1 by turning northeast onto Dartmouth Drive, a three-lane undivided road with two westbound lanes and one eastbound lane. A short distance later, the route turns north-northeast onto two-lane undivided Kings Highway, passing through farmland with some residential subdivisions. US 9 splits from Kings Highway and continues northeast on Theodore C. Freeman Memorial Highway, bypassing Lewes to the southeast. The route runs through rural areas, crossing the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on a high-level bridge. The road bends north and crosses the Delaware Coast Line Railroad. After the railroad tracks, US 9 intersects US 9 Bus. again and turns east onto Cape Henlopen Drive, passing between residential development along the Delaware Bay to the north and the railroad tracks to the south. US 9 comes to the terminal of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, which carries the route across the Delaware Bay to Cape May, New Jersey. Cape Henlopen Drive continues east toward Cape Henlopen State Park.〔〔 The portion of the route between Gills Neck Road and the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal in Lewes is designated as part of the Lewes, Gateway to the Nation Byway, a Delaware Byway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lewes, Gateway to the Nation Byway )〕 US 9 in Delaware has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 53,789 vehicles along the DE 1 concurrency to a low of 895 vehicles at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal.〔 The portion of US 9 in Delaware east of DE 18/DE 404 in Georgetown is part of the National Highway System. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「U.S. Route 9 in Delaware」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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