WHAT NEW US 301 WILL ACCOMPLISH

New US 301 will improve safety, manage truck traffic, and reduce congestion; support approved and proposed economic development in southern New Castle County (a key Delaware growth area); enhance the region’s ability to compete for economic development; create needed jobs; improve local access to the Northeast Corridor Rail (Amtrak), commuter rail (SEPTA) and bus (DART) services; improve livability in the region and reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

New US 301 will remove the “neck in the bottle” of the regional highway network, i.e. existing US 301 from the Maryland/Delaware state line to I-95 and its 2-lane sections (1 lane in each direction), 29 at-grade intersections (18 signalized) and numerous driveways with direct access to existing US 301. New US 301 will convert existing US 301 to a local roadway that is key to the local roadway network and approved and proposed development in this designated Delaware growth area.

The project is divided into seven (7) contracts that will be built concurrently. It is anticipated to take three years to complete all the contracts and open the road to traffic.

The limits of each contract, the contractor, and the total cost of each contract, can be found on the Contract Limits Map. A display of each of the seven contracts is listed below.

CONSTRUCTION PLANS