Delaware Route 37 is a state highway in New Castle County

New Castle County, Delaware

New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 its population was 538,479, an increase of 7.6% over the previous decade. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of...

, Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

. The route runs from Delaware Route 273 near Christiana

Christiana, Delaware

Christiana is a community near Wilmington, Delaware, USA. It is an unincorperated community in New Castle County, Delaware. It is home to the Christiana Mall and is the northern terminus to Delaware Route 1.-History:...

 northeast to U.S. Route 202

U.S. Route 202

U.S. Route 202 is a highway stretching from Delaware to Maine, also passing through the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire....

 and Delaware Route 141

Delaware Route 141

Delaware Route 141 is a bypass around the western suburbs of Wilmington, Delaware. Its northern terminus is an interchange with U.S. Route 202 and Delaware Route 261 in Fairfax, and its southern terminus is at Delaware Route 9 and Delaware Route 273 in New Castle...

 near the New Castle Airport

New Castle Airport

New Castle Airport , also known as the New Castle County Airport, is a public airport located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States and four miles south of the central business district of the city of Wilmington....

. The road runs through suburban neighborhoods before passing along the edge of New Castle Airport, where it provides access to business parks. 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 the two-lane, undivided Airport Road. It passes through suburban neighborhoods and then intersects DE 58

Delaware Route 58

Delaware Route 58 , also known as Churchmans Road, is a state highway in New Castle County, Delaware. The route runs from Delaware Route 4 adjacent to the Christiana Hospital in Christiana to Delaware Route 273 near Hares Corner. Churchmans Road was originally a county road that was paved in the...

 (Churchmans Road) in a commercial area. Past the DE 58 intersection, the route widens into a four-lane divided highway

Divided Highway

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 and forms the northwestern boundary of the New Castle Airport

New Castle Airport

New Castle Airport , also known as the New Castle County Airport, is a public airport located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States and four miles south of the central business district of the city of Wilmington....

, 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

Business park

A business park or office park is an area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. All of the work that goes on is commercial, not industrial or residential....

 located adjacent to the New Castle Airport. It continues northeast to its terminus at US 202

U.S. Route 202 in Delaware

U.S. Route 202 runs through northern New Castle County in the U.S. state of Delaware. It heads from a cloverleaf interchange with U.S. Route 13 and U.S...

 and DE 141

Delaware Route 141

Delaware Route 141 is a bypass around the western suburbs of Wilmington, Delaware. Its northern terminus is an interchange with U.S. Route 202 and Delaware Route 261 in Fairfax, and its southern terminus is at Delaware Route 9 and Delaware Route 273 in New Castle...

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History

By 1920, the Airport Road portion of DE 37 existed as a county road. This road was originally a dirt road that was paved by 1942. In 1985, the Commons Boulevard portion of the route was built and DE 37 was designated to run along its current alignment.

Major intersections

The entire route is in New Castle County

New Castle County, Delaware

New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 its population was 538,479, an increase of 7.6% over the previous decade. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of...

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Christiana, Delaware

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New Castle Airport

New Castle Airport , also known as the New Castle County Airport, is a public airport located in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States and four miles south of the central business district of the city of Wilmington....

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