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Wikipedia / Route 491 (Pennsylvania–Delaware)

Pennsylvania Route491 (PA491) and Delaware Route491 (DE491) is a state highway starting in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and ending in New Castle County, Delaware. Also known as Naamans Creek Road, the route runs from U.S. Route 202 (US202) in Concord Township east to the Delaware border in Lower Chichester Township. In the state of Delaware, the highway runs for as a connector between the Pennsylvania border and DE 92 near Claymont, Delaware. PA491 runs closely parallel to the Delaware border throughout its route. It intersects PA 261 in the Booths Corner section of Bethel Township. The western portion of PA491 was first designated as part of Legislative Route135 in 1911. In the 1920s, the Delaware portion of road was built as a state highway while PA491 was created in 1928.

Route description

Pennsylvania

PA491 begins at an intersection with US 202 in Concord Township, Delaware County, heading east-southeast on two-lane undivided Naamans Creek Road. The route passes through residential areas, crossing into Bethel Township at the Pyle Road intersection. Upon reaching the community of Booths Corner, PA491 passes businesses and comes to an intersection with PA 261. Following this intersection, the route runs past more neighborhoods as it enters Upper Chichester Township. Upon reaching the community of Ogden, PA491 turns to the southeast as it crosses CSX's Philadelphia Subdivision railroad line at-grade. After crossing into Lower Chichester Township, the route passes under I-95 as it heads south into woodland to the Delaware border.

Delaware

Upon crossing into Delaware, the road becomes DE491, which carries the name Hickman Road. A short distance past the state line, the road passes an entrance to the former Tri-State Mall and the intersection with residential Woodfield Drive. The road continues south to the east of Naamans Creek between a business to the west and homes to the east prior to ending at DE 92 in Claymont at a right-in/right-out intersection with the westbound lanes of DE92.

History

What is now PA491 west of Zebley Road was designated as part of Legislative Route135 in 1911, a legislative route defined in the Sproul Road Bill that ran from West Chester to the Delaware border in Bethel Township. By 1920, the entire alignment of PA491 and DE491 existed as an unimproved county road. By 1925, the Delaware portion of road was completed as a state highway. PA491 was designated onto its current alignment running from US 122/PA 29 (now US202) east to the Delaware border in 1928. When first designated, the Pennsylvania portion of the road was paved. The route has remained on the same alignment since.

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