The DuPont Highway

by William Francis and Michael C. Hahn

Book Overview

The original DuPont Highway, found on maps as Route 13 between Dover and Wilmington and as Route 113 between Dover and the southern border with Maryland, was the nation's first divided highway when its expansion between Dover and Wilmington was completed in 1934. It had been officially dedicated 10 years earlier as the Coleman DuPont Road. Thomas Coleman du Pont, a descendant of E. I. du Pont and a two-time U.S. senator, had championed the road and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738568481
• ISBN13: 9780738568485
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"