page_title: Route 491 (Pennsylvania–Delaware)
section_title: Delaware
hierarchical_section_title: Route 491 (Pennsylvania–Delaware) / Route description / Delaware
caption_attribution_description: English: A sign for Delaware Route 491.
context_page_description: Pennsylvania Route 491 and Delaware Route 491 is a state highway starting from Delaware County, Pennsylvania and ending in New Castle County, Delaware. Also known as Naamans Creek Road, the route runs from U.S. Route 202 in Concord Township east to the Delaware border in Lower Chichester Township. In the state of Delaware, the highway runs for 0.36 mi as a connector between the Pennsylvania border and DE 92 near Claymont, Delaware. PA 491 runs closely parallel to the Delaware border throughout its route. It intersects PA 261 in the Booths Corner section of Bethel Township. The western portion of PA 491 was first designated as part of Legislative Route 135 in 1911. In the 1920s, the Delaware portion of road was built as a state highway while PA 491 was created in 1928.
context_section_description: Upon crossing into Delaware, the road becomes DE 491, which carries the name Hickman Road. A short distance past the state line, the road passes an entrance to the Tri-State Mall and the intersection with residential Woodfield Drive. The road continues south to the east of Naamans Creek between a storage facility to the west and homes to the east prior to ending at DE 92 in Claymont at a right-in/right-out intersection with the westbound lanes of DE 92.
caption: A sign denoting DE 491 along DE 92 in Claymont
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