Milford chronicle., 1956-10-12
State Highway
Department News

That Delaware, particularly the
upper end of the state, is a ''corri
DOR state is revealed in a report
of a survey made by the Traffic
and Planning Division of the State
Highway Department covering traf-
fic on the State Highways.
This report, prepared by the
Division following some close
checking on the highways, covers
the tratnc on the highways of the
state for the year of 1855.
On state wide basis this report
indicates that traffic from other
states is equal to 66 per cent of
the traffic from within the state.
But for New Castle County this
percentage is much higher with
the traffic from out of the state
being equivalent to 80 per cent of
the traffic from within the state. a
situation resulting from the con
Meeting interstate highways To-
Gated in New Castle County, in
Guiding traffic using the Delaware
Memorial Bridge.
In Kent County the volume of out
of state traffic equals about one
half of the traffic originating in the
state while in Sussex County the
percentage is about So per cent.
On traffic volume basis 1899
per cent of all traffic in the state is
located in New Castle County, while
Kent County has 1926 per cent
and Sussex County has 27.75 per
cent.
The survey covered a total of
1.446, 1906 traffic travelled in
his state during the year with
7SC.762,798e being in New Castle
County, 26,117 1929 in Kent County
and 40i,30S,939 in Sussex County.
On the local and out of state
basis the report showed New Cas-
tie County with 345,104, 1892 miles
of travel and 275,174,694 miles of
foreign travel within the state. For
Kent the figures are 132,O92, ,O67
local and 65,760,O08 foreign while
the records for Sussex County were
197,334.680 local and 102,969, ,157
foreign.
The total mileage of local traffic
was 674,531 ,729 while the total mila-
age of foreign traffic was 443,9O3,-
S59.
Of the traffic using the state high
ways during the year 1886 per
cent Were commercial vehicles and
1884 per cent were pleasure cars.
The total mileage for CONNER
cial vehicles was. 327,753. .473, with
160,483,112 being in New Castle
County; 66,265,25 in Kent County
and 101, ,005,1Q7 in. Sussex County.
The total mileage of pleasure
cars, or passenger vehicles was
Ills, ,435,598. of which 620.279, ,686
was in New Castle County, 1882
075 in Kent County and 300 O,303,-
S37 in Sussex County.
OF the mileage for commercial
vehicles 1902 per cent, or IL, ,604,372
miles was used by buses with
6,553,414 miles being in New Castle
County, 2,1S6,S76 in Kent County
and 2,S64,GS2 in. Sussex County.
Panel and pickup trucks ac-
counted Tor 6.69 per cent, or
96,804s834 miles of the commercial
travel, with 37,506,759 miles being
III New Castle County. 1891 ,O05
miles in Kent County and 39,317.
070 in Sussex County.
Single unit trucks provided S.65
per cent, or 125,023 .917 miles of
the travel of commercial vehicles.
with 51,51,470 miles being in New
Castle County, 27,790137 being
10 Kent County, and 45,7S2,31O in
Sussex County.
Tractor-trailers. of all types. are
credited with So per cent of the
commercial vehicle travel in the
state. accounting for 94.320.350. of
which 64 921 .469 were in New Cas-
lie County. 1e.207. 22e in Kent Conn
ty and 1901 .645 in Sussex County
Some of the little known oper-