Delaware Route 273
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{{Infobox road
|state=DE
|type=DE
|route=273
|length_mi=12.56
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref>http://www.deldot.gov/information/pubs_forms/manuals/traffic_counts/2006/pdf/rpt_pgs1_38_rev.pdf [[Delaware Department of Transportation|DelDOT]] [[2006]] Traffic Count and Mileage Report</ref>
|established=N/A
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|starting_terminus=[[Image:MD Route 273.svg|25px]] [[Maryland Route 273|MD 273]] near [[Fair Hill, Maryland|Fair Hill, MD]]
|junction=[[Image:Elongated circle 2.svg|20px]] [[Delaware Route 2|DE 2]] in [[Newark, Delaware|Newark]] (''several locations'')<br>[[Image:Elongated circle 4.svg|20px]] [[Delaware Route 4|DE 4]] near [[Ogletown, Delaware|Ogletown]]<br>[[Image:I-95.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 95 in Delaware|I-95]]/[[Delaware Turnpike|DE Tpk]] near [[Christiana, Delaware|Christiana]]<br>[[Image:Elongated circle 7.svg|20px]] [[Delaware Route 7|DE 7]] near [[Christiana, Delaware|Christiana]]<br>[[Image:Elongated circle 1.svg|20px]] [[Delaware Route 1|DE 1]] near [[Christiana, Delaware|Christiana]]<br>[[Image:US 13.svg|20px]][[Image:US 40.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 13|US 13]]/[[U.S. Route 40|US 40]] at [[New Castle County Airport]]<br>[[Image:Elongated circle 141.svg|25px]] [[Delaware Route 141|DE 141]] in [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|ending_terminus=[[Image:Elongated circle 9.svg|20px]] [[Delaware Route 9|DE 9]] in [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]
|previous_type=DE
|previous_route=261
|next_type=DE
|next_route=286}}
'''Delaware Route 273''' is a [[Delaware]] [[state highway]] that is a continuation of the road with the same number in [[Maryland]] ([[Maryland Route 273]]). MD 273 has its western terminus at [[U.S. Route 1]] near [[Rising Sun, Maryland]], and runs east-west near the state's northern border. DE 273 heads east of here through northern [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]], passing through [[Newark, Delaware|Newark]], ending at [[Delaware Route 9]] and [[Delaware Route 141]] in [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]]. The route is approximately thirteen miles long and is an essential east-west road in New Castle County, typically experiencing great congestion during afternoon rush hours.
==Route description==
[[Image:Newark Delaware.jpg|150px|thumb|left|DE 273 eastbound on Main Street in [[Newark, Delaware|Newark]].]]Delaware Route 273 heads east from the Maryland border on Nottingham Road, passing through suburban neighborhoods to the west of downtown Newark. Approximately two miles east of the Delaware-Maryland line, Route 273 meets [[Delaware Route 896]] and [[Delaware Route 2 Business]] and splits into Main Street (westbound) and Delaware Avenue (eastbound) in downtown [[Newark, Delaware|Newark]] as it passes through the campus of the [[University of Delaware]] along with DE 2 Bus. On the eastern edge of Newark, the route meets [[Delaware Route 2]] and [[Delaware Route 72]]. At this intersection, DE 2 Bus ends and DE 273 becomes the four-lane, divided Ogletown Road. DE 273 is a divided highway with a speed limit of 50 mph from just east of the Newark city limits all the way to Hares Corner.
During this stretch, Route 273 passes through many suburban areas. It first heads through industrial areas to the east of Newark and then crosses over the [[Amtrak]] [[Northeast Corridor]] and features an interchange with [[Delaware Route 4]] in [[Ogletown, Delaware|Ogletown]] and it becomes Christiana Road. It then heads southeast and is served by an interchange with [[Interstate 95 in Delaware|Interstate 95]], the [[Delaware Turnpike]]. DE 273 then bypasses the center of the community of [[Christiana, Delaware|Christiana]] to the southwest and then intersects [[Delaware Route 7]]. Immediately after that intersection, it features a [[diamond interchange]] with [[Delaware Route 1]], a tolled highway that goes south to [[Dover, Delaware|Dover]] (explaining why I-95 exit 3A, Route 273 East, is labeled as a route to Dover).
DE 273 continues east and intersects the southern terminus of [[Delaware Route 37]] in [[Pleasantville, Delaware|Pleasantville]]. It then intersects the eastern terminus of [[Delaware Route 58]] near the [[New Castle Airport]]. Shortly after, the route crosses the Dupont Parkway (U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 13|13]] and [[U.S. Route 40|40]]) in [[Hares Corner, Delaware|Hares Corner]]. Route 273 turns into two-lane Frenchtown Road and heads east through business parks. It then meets [[Delaware Route 9]] and the southern terminus of [[Delaware Route 141]] just to the west of New Castle. At this intersection, DE 9 merges onto DE 273 and both routes head east toward the town of [[New Castle, Delaware]]'s colonial capital on Delaware Street. Before reaching the [[New Castle Historic District]], the two routes make a left turn onto Ferry Cut Off Street. Route 273's eastern terminus is at Sixth Street, roughly a quarter mile away from the banks of the [[Delaware River]]. DE 9 makes a left turn to head north on Sixth Street, heading toward [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]].
==References==
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