US 40 is known as the Pulaski Highway as it cuts across the northern part of the state between Elkton, MD and the Delaware Memorial Bridge. It once was a rural 4 lane highway running through agricultural areas, but now resembles a suburban main street.
Some people actually describe it as a parking lot during peak hours of traffic.
The US 40 corridor is overrun with uncontrolled development. It's drag strip days are long over with, as many stoplights are now in place. The rampid development of farmland has left US 40 with a hodgepodge of residential and commericial development lacking an inter-connectedness. DelDot recently addressed this problem with a study and plans are on the drawling board to change this with the addition of service roads. Changes may occur after 2005 or so.