Safe route from Wilmington to Cape Henlopen, DE?

[allanmac00]

Is anyone aware of a safe bike route from Wilmington De to Cape Henlopen?

[HDK]

Once you get to New Castle, you can pretty much stay on Rt. 9. I haven't ridden this rout, but you should be able to avoid most of the heavy beach traffic.

HDK

[tomg]

amazing how much "growth" has been going on there. between strip malls, and housing farms, that landscape has changed!
sorry i don't have answer, just feedback to your quandry. this is not an isolated issue...de has poor bicycle advocacy/inclusion in secondary roads.
good luck!

[allanmac00]

It looks like rt. 9 joins up with rt. 1 midway through. From what I remember, rt. 1 is a freeway.

[zoste]

It looks like rt. 9 joins up with rt. 1 midway through. From what I remember, rt. 1 is a freeway.

Rt 9 joins Rt 1 at/near Dover AFB. From there down Rt 1 is four lanes, but not a limited access highway; it's probably the most dangerous type of road there is...high speed with cross traffic.

[VeloFleet]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Bicycle_Route_1

^^check it out...and good luck on mapping this one out cause it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. :)

[Porter20]

From someone who grew up in Southern Delaware (although never biked there); I would suggest getting to the Western side of the state & going south and then coming directly east from there. Trying to hug the Delaware Bay coastline is not the smart way to go. There aren't enough roads to do a straight shot & the traffic you could encounter is awful. Whereas if you go west, you have a lot more farm roads, less traffic and an overall safer and more enjoyable ride.

[balto charlie]

Here are 2 great maps for the area
http://www.deldot.gov/information/community_programs_and_services/bike/

http://www.mdcoastalbays.org/currentnews4b.php?subaction=showfull&id=1103237859&archive=&start_from=&ucat=18&