Special routes of U.S. Route 13

Bethel business loop U.S. Highway 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13, passing through Bethel in the state of North Carolina. It is entirely overlapped with North Carolina Highway 11 Bus. (NC 11 Bus.). The route branches from US 13 just south of the town and follows South Main Street through the town, intersecting US 64 Alternate (US 64 Alt.) within. It rejoins US 13 just south of its interchange with US 64. ;Major intersections {{NCint {{NCint {{NCint Windsor alternate route U.S. Highway 13A (US 13A) was an alternate route of US 13 serving Windsor, North Carolina. Established by 1957 when mainline US 13 was bypassed west of Windsor, the alternate route followed the original alignment through downtown Windsor. In 1960, it was redesignated as a business route. Windsor business loop U.S. Highway 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 serving Windsor, North Carolina. It begins by following US 17 off the concurrency with US 13 south of the town but leaves US 17 at the very next intersection, following South Granville Street. It then turns onto West Granville Street, where it follows NC 308, and then north on North King Street, leaving behind NC 308. US 13 Bus. continues north along King Street until it rejoins US 13 north of the town. ;Major intersections {{NCint {{NCint {{NCint {{NCint {{NCint ==Virginia==

Suffolk business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 serving the city of Suffolk in the state of Virginia. It consists of the original routing of the highway before mainline US 13 was rerouted onto a freeway bypass to the west and north of the city. It begins near Suffolk Executive Airport, where US 13 leaves the roadway at a trumpet interchange, traveling west, while US 13 Bus. continues north on Carolina Road concurrent with State Route 32 (SR 32). As it travels deeper into the city, it intersects Washington Street, which carries SR 337, and becomes concurrent with SR 10. The three routes follow Main Street north until it meets US 58 Bus. and US 460 Bus. Here, US 13 Bus. joins the two business routes and heads east on Constance Road. The name changes to Portsmouth Boulevard and US 13 Bus./US 58 Bus./US 460 Bus. cross SR 337. The three-route overlap of business routes rejoin their mainline route, US 13/US 58/US 460, at a directional interchange (with no access to the southbound/westbound carriageway from the northbound business route) and resumes toward Norfolk. ;Major intersections {{VAint {{VAint {{VAint {{VAint Norfolk spur route Cheriton business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 serving Cheriton in the state of Virginia. The route begins at an intersection with mainline US 13 and SR 184, where SR 184 goes westward and US 13 Bus. leaves to the east of US 13. The route follows Bayside Road for its entire length, providing access to Oyster via Sunnyside Road. ;Major intersections Cheriton bypass route Eastville business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 serving Eastville in the state of Virginia. It is a two-lane road which follows Courthouse Road for its entire length. It begins in Stumptown, where it leaves US 13 at an intersection to the west, passes through Eastville, and recombines with US 13 north of town in Kendall Grove. The route provides access to Old Town Neck Drive, which leads to the Chesapeake Bay. ;Major intersections Eastville bypass route Exmore business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 serving Exmore in the state of Virginia. It begins with an intersection south of town with US 13, parallel to a railroad alignment, and carries Exmore's Main Street. In town, it intersects SR 183 before leaving Main Street for Lincoln Avenue; Main Street continues as SR 178. Lincoln Avenue sends US 13 Bus. back to its parent just south of the Accomack County line. ;Major intersections Exmore bypass route Onley–Accomac business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 serving Onley, Tasley, and Accomac in the state of Virginia, weaving across the parent US 13 several times. It begins in Onley in the south with an intersection with US 13, leaving the mainline route to the east and following Coastal Avenue. It closely parallels a railroad alignment as both of them pass under the mainline US 13 with no interchange, now following the route to its west. SR 650 intersects that route just before it curves to the northeast, meeting SR 316 (Greenbush Avenue) and SR 126 (Fairgrounds Road) at a roundabout. US 13 Business heads east here and takes on the name Tasley Road as it passes through Tasley. Tasley Road carries US 13 Bus. back toward its parent, intersecting it and continuing across as it enters Accomac on Front Street. Front Street eventually expands into a four-lane boulevard just before it rejoins mainline US 13, the southbound lanes intersecting with the north bound merging into it as a ramp. ;Major intersections Tasley bypass route Accomac bypass route ==Maryland==

Pocomoke City business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 that passes through Pocomoke City in Worcester and Somerset counties in Maryland. The route begins south of Pocomoke City; US 13's four-lane divided mainline curves away to the right around the town, while US 13 Bus. continues straight ahead as a two-lane town street. After intersecting Maryland Route 366 (MD 366), the route connects with the original southern terminus of US 113, the latter having been rolled back to terminate at mainline US 13. For a time, the marooned segment was part of MD 250 but is now designated MD 250A. Continuing north, the route heads toward the city waterfront and business district, passing through a pair of intersections with traffic lights permanently set to "flash" mode due to lack of traffic. The route soon reaches the Pocomoke River, crossing it on a drawbridge that was first constructed in the 1920s, reconstructed in the 1990s, and continues in active service today. After crossing the river, the route heads out of town into rural surroundings before terminating on US 13 at the southern terminus of MD 364. The route was originally created as a segment of MD 675 by 1975, when the four-lane divided Ocean Highway opened around the eastern and northern edges of the town for US 13, allowing through traffic to avoid congested inner-city streets. The road was eventually designated US 13 Bus. ;Major intersections Salisbury business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 in the state of Maryland. The highway runs between US 13 south of Fruitland and US 13 and US 50 on the north side of Salisbury. US 13 Bus. is a four-lane highway with divided and undivided sections that provides access to downtown Salisbury, where the highway intersects US 50 Bus., Salisbury University, and Fruitland, where the highway meets MD 513. US 13 Bus. was constructed as a new alignment of US 13 in several steps in the 1930s and early 1940s. The section of the highway through Salisbury was originally constructed with four lanes, while the portion of the highway through Fruitland and at the northern end was expanded to a divided highway in the first half of the 1950s. US 13 Bus. was designated when US 13 was moved to the Salisbury Bypass upon its completion in 1982. ==Maryland-Delaware==

Delmar alternate route U.S. Route 13 Alternate (US 13 Alt.) was a alternate route extending from US 13 in Delmar, Maryland, to Hearne's Mill near Seaford, Delaware. US 13 Alt. began at US 13 south of Delmar in Wicomico County, Maryland, heading northwest into the town on two-lane undivided Bi State Boulevard. The road turned north and came to an intersection with MD 455, at which point it crossed the state line and entered Delmar in Sussex County, Delaware. The route continued north before it left Delmar and headed through rural areas, with a Pennsylvania Railroad line a short distance to the west and US 13 to the east. Farther north, US 13 Alt. entered Laurel, where it became Central Avenue. In Laurel, the route intersected DE 24 and crossed Broad Creek on a drawbridge. The road curved to the northwest and left the town and continued through rural land along Seaford Road, with the railroad tracks to the west and US 13 to the east. The route entered the town of Blades, where it headed north on and reached a junction with DE 20 at High Street. At this point, DE 20 turned north for a concurrency with US 13 Alt., and the two routes continued north, crossing the Nanticoke River on a drawbridge. Here, the road entered the city of Seaford and became Front Street, running north. On the northern edge of Seaford, DE 20 split from US 13 Alt. by turning west onto Stein Highway. From this point, US 13 Alt. left Seaford and became Bridgeville Highway, heading northeast through rural areas to its northern terminus at an intersection with US 13 at Hearne's Mill. The route was decommissioned in 1957. The former route in Delaware is state-maintained and is designated as Road 13. Despite the fact that the road has been decommissioned, locals in Wicomico and Sussex counties still refer to the route as "Alternate 13" or "U.S. Route 13A". ;Major intersections ==Delaware==

Bridgeville business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a US 13 Bus. has an annual average daily traffic count ranging from a high of 6,171 vehicles at the north end of the DE 404 Bus. concurrency to a low of 3,429 vehicles at the northern border of Bridgeville. and received the US 13 designation in 1926. In 1952, US 13 was rerouted to bypass Bridgeville to the east on a new divided highway. The former alignment through Bridgeville became US 13 Alt. by 1957. US 13 Bus. was established in 1970, replacing the previous US 13 Alt. designation. In June 2007, a $15-million (equivalent to $ in ) project began that realigned the intersection at the southern terminus with US 13 and DE 404 from a skewed intersection to a perpendicular intersection and built service roads on both sides of US 13. The project was intended to improve safety at the intersection, which saw a high accident rate due to its design. Work on the project was completed on May 21, 2009, with the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) secretary Carolann Wicks and President of Commissioners for the Town of Bridgeville William Jefferson in attendance at a ceremony. ;Major intersections Bridgeville alternate route U.S. Route 13 Alternate (US 13 Alt.) was a ;Major intersections Camden alternate route U.S. Route 13 Alternate (US 13 Alt.) is a The portion of the route between Voshells Mill Road and a point north of Old North Road in Camden is part of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, a Delaware Byway. The portion of the route between North State Street/Walker Road and the northern terminus at US 13 in Dover is part of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, a Delaware Byway. In 1937, the narrow crossing of Silver Lake was replaced with a new, wider bridge. ;Major intersections Wilmington business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is an US 13 Bus. is a four-lane road for much of its length. The portion of the route between A Street and DE 9 (4th Street) in Wilmington is part of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, a Delaware Byway. The Philadelphia Pike was built in the 1820s and improved to a state highway by 1920. US 13 was designated to run through downtown Wilmington and along Philadelphia Pike in 1926. Plans were made in 1918 for a bypass to the east of downtown Wilmington for through traffic, avoiding Market Street. The bypass would utilize Heald, Church, and Spruce streets and would construct Northeast Boulevard heading northeast from the Eleventh Street Bridge. The bypass was needed as Philadelphia Pike had steep grades that were difficult for trucks at the time. In 1934, the state highway department began work on this bypass. Among them was the improvement of Church and Spruce streets by widening and paving them. In addition, the Northeast Boulevard was built, running from the Eleventh Street Bridge over the Brandywine Creek northeast to Edgemoor Road in Edgemoor. Construction began this year on an extension of the road northeast to Holly Oak. The following year, the Northeast Boulevard was completed between Edgemoor and Holly Oak. The construction of the Northeast Boulevard led to increased residential and industrial development along the route. In the later part of 1936, construction began on the portion of the Wilmington bypass along Heald Street along with Northeast Boulevard (renamed Governor Printz Boulevard) between Holly Oak and Claymont. Both of these projects were finished in late 1937 and completed a bypass of the portion of US 13 through Wilmington. This bypass route was designated as US 13 Alt. in 1939. In 1939, construction was authorized to widen Governor Printz Boulevard into a divided highway. The widening of the road to a divided highway was completed in 1940. In 1942, a bridge was completed on Heald Street that eliminated the grade crossing with a Pennsylvania Railroad line. US 13 Alt. was widened to four lanes between 11th Street and 30th Street in Wilmington in 1956. In 1970, US 13 was rerouted to bypass downtown Wilmington on the US 13 Alt. alignment while US 13 Bus. was designated onto the former US 13 alignment from the southern border of Wilmington to Claymont. ;Major intersections {{DEint {{DEint {{DEint ==Delaware-Pennsylvania==

Marcus Hook bypass route U.S. Route 13 Bypass (US 13 Byp.) was a bypass of a portion of US 13 between Claymont, Delaware and Chester, Pennsylvania, bypassing Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. The bypass route split from US 13 in Claymont, heading northwest on Naamans Road (present-day DE 92) before turning northeast onto Ridge Road. The road crossed into Pennsylvania and continued along Ridge Road through Lower Chichester Township, passing through the community of Linwood, where it intersected PA 452. The bypass then continued through Trainer. US 13 Byp. continued into Chester and became 9th Street, ending at US 13 at the intersection of 9th Street and Highland Avenue at which point US 13 continued along 9th Street. Pennsylvania Route 891 (PA 891) was designated to run between the Delaware border and US 13 in Chester along Ridge Road and 9th Street by 1940. US 13 Byp. was designated by 1950, replacing the PA 891 designation in Pennsylvania. US 13 Byp. was decommissioned in the 1960s. Major intersections {{DEint {{PAint {{PAint ==Pennsylvania==

Chester business loop U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) is a business route of US 13 in Chester, Pennsylvania, that follows the former alignment of US 13 along Post Road, 4th Street, Highland Avenue, and 9th Street between US 13 and PA 291 in Trainer and US 13 at Morton Avenue in Chester. US 13 Bus. begins at an intersection with US 13 and the western terminus of PA 291 in the borough of Trainer, heading northeast along two-lane undivided Post Road. The road continues through urban residential and industrial areas as it enters the city of Chester, where the road name becomes West 4th Street. US 13 Bus. passes near urban homes and businesses, turning northwest onto Highland Avenue. The route passes under Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad line east of Highland Avenue station serving SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line before running past more homes and turning northeast onto West 9th Street. US 13 Bus. continues through urban neighborhoods and passes the former Community Hospital of Chester. The route comes to a partial interchange with the US 322 freeway providing access to and from the Commodore Barry Bridge over the Delaware River. Following this, the road continues past urban residences and businesses, passing south of Chester High School and crossing Chester Creek. Past this, the name of the road changes to East 9th Street. US 13 Bus. reaches a junction with the southern terminus of PA 352 and Avenue of the States and continues northeast to intersect PA 320, which is routed on the one-way pair of Madison Street northbound and Upland Street southbound. The route reaches its northern terminus at US 13 at Morton Avenue. In November 2020, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved the realignment of US 13 through Chester along PA 291 and Morton Avenue and the establishment of US 13 Bus. along the former alignment of US 13. Sign changes were completed on February 11, 2022. ;Major intersections Chester bypass route U.S. Route 13 Bypass (US 13 Byp.) was a bypass of US 13 between Chester and Collingdale in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The route began at US 13 in Chester, heading north on Kerlin Street. US 13 Byp. crossed the Chester Creek into Upland, where it turned east onto Upland Avenue, heading northeast back into Chester. Upon crossing PA 352, the bypass route headed east on 22nd Street, intersecting PA 320 before crossing the Ridley Creek out of Chester. Here, US 13 Byp. continued northeast along MacDade Boulevard through suburban areas. The route crossed PA 420 north of Prospect Park before it reached its northern terminus at an intersection with US 13 in Collingdale. US 13 Byp. was designated in the 1940s, replacing the PA 520 designation along 22nd Street and MacDade Boulevard. US 13 Byp. was first designated by 1940, where it followed Main Street and Lansdowne Avenue to Llanerch, where it picked up a concurrency with US 1 Byp. and continued northeast along Township Line Road, City Avenue, East River Drive, Hunting Park Avenue, and Roosevelt Boulevard to Levick Street, where US 13 Byp. ended and US 13 continued along Levick Street. By 1950, the northern terminus of US 13 Byp. was cut back to Broad Street along Roosevelt Boulevard, being replaced by mainline US 13 north of there. The northern terminus was further scaled back to Hunting Park Avenue and East River Drive by 1960, with more of mainline US 13 replacing the bypass designation. Also by this time, the US 1 Byp. concurrency was removed, with mainline US 1 running concurrent with US 13 Byp. on Township Line Road, City Avenue, and East River Drive. ;Major intersections {{PAint {{PAint {{PAint {{PAint {{PAint {{PAint {{PAint {{PAint {{PAint Bensalem Township alternate truck route U.S. Route 13 Alternate Truck (US 13 Alt. Truck) is a truck route around a weight-restricted bridge on US 13 over the St. Francis Creek in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, on which trucks over and combination loads over are prohibited. The route follows PA 132, PA 513, Gibson Road, and Bensalem Boulevard. US 13 Alt. Truck was signed in 2013. ==See also==