Delaware Route 37 (DE 37) is a state highway in
New Castle County
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...
,
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
. The route runs from
DE 273 in
Pleasantville northeast to
U.S. Route 202 (US 202) and
DE 141 near the
Wilmington Airport. The road runs through suburban neighborhoods and passes along the edge of Wilmington Airport along Airport Road before it provides access to a
business park
A business park or office park is a designated area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. These types of developments are often located in suburban areas where land and building costs are more affordable, and are typicall ...
along Commons Boulevard. The Airport Road portion of DE 37 was originally a dirt road that was paved by 1942. DE 37 was assigned to its current alignment by 1985.
Route description
DE 37 heads to the northeast from
DE 273 on two-lane undivided Airport Road. It passes through suburban neighborhoods and then intersects
DE 58 in a commercial area. Past the DE 58 intersection, the route widens into a four-lane
divided highway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
and forms the northwestern boundary of the
Wilmington Airport, with residential areas on the opposite side of the road. After the boundary with the airport, Airport Road splits to the northwest and DE 37 becomes Commons Boulevard, and it passes through the New Castle Corporate Commons, a
business park
A business park or office park is a designated area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. These types of developments are often located in suburban areas where land and building costs are more affordable, and are typicall ...
located adjacent to the Wilmington Airport. The route continues northeast and intersects Spruance Drive, which is the entrance road to the
Delaware Air National Guard
The Delaware Air National Guard (DE ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Delaware, United States of America. It is, along with the Delaware Army National Guard, an element of the Delaware National Guard.
As state militia units, the units ...
's
New Castle Air National Guard Base
New Castle National Guard Base is a United States Air Force installation under the control of the Delaware Air National Guard, located at New Castle Airport in New Castle County, Delaware.
Overview
The base is the home of the 166th Airlift ...
to the east, before it comes to its terminus at
US 202/
DE 141.
DE 37 has an
annual average daily traffic
Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a ...
count ranging from a high of 21,344 vehicles at the US 202/DE 141 intersection to a low of 8,264 vehicles at the DE 58 intersection.
[ None of DE 37 is part of the National Highway System.]
History
By 1920, the Airport Road portion of DE 37 existed as a county road.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
{{commons category
DE 37 at AARoads.com
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Transportation in New Castle County, Delaware