Highway definitions — Delaware Permit Test

Delaware defines an express highway as a State or Interstate highway designed especially for through traffic.

A driver who treats an express highway like a town street may stop or turn where fast traffic does not expect it.

“Express Highway” means a State or Interstate highway especially designed for through traffic.

In Delaware, a highway is the full width of any road open to public traffic, but roads owned by private people or institutions are not highways.

Without the line, the rules of the road would reach into a private driveway or a campus lane.

“Highway” means the entire width between boundary lines of every road open to public vehicular traffic, but does not include roads owned by private individuals or by institutions.

In Delaware, the roadway is the part of the highway used for vehicle traffic, and it does not include the shoulder.

A driver who thinks the shoulder is part of the roadway may drive on it as if it were a lane.

“Roadway” means that portion of the highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, excluding the shoulder.

Delaware defines a divided highway as one split into two or more roadways by a space, a barrier or a clearly marked section that keeps vehicles from crossing.

A driver who does not see a median as a divider may try to cut across it to turn.

“Divided Highway” means any highway divided into two or more roadways by an intervening space, physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic.

In Delaware, an intersection is the area shared by two or more highways that meet, whether or not one crosses the other.

A driver who thinks a T where one road ends is not an intersection may skip the rules that apply there.

“Intersection” means the area common to two or more highways that meet, whether or not one highway crosses another.

What is an express highway, as Delaware defines it?

A highway built for through traffic. A driver who treats an express highway like a town street may stop or turn where fast traffic does not expect it. Delaware Driver Manual, p.12: ““Express Highway” means a State or Interstate highway especially designed for through traffic.”