High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In Delaware, U.S. Route 9 runs an east–west path through the heart of Sussex County. Even though U.S. Route 9 is signed north–south for the rest of its route, the segment in Delaware is considered east–west. The highway runs from its southern terminus at U.S. Route 13 in Laurel to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry in Lewes, which connects the Delaware segment of U.S. Route 9 to its counterpart in New Jersey. What is now US 9 in Delaware was originally designated by 1936 as Delaware Route 28 between Laurel and Georgetown and a part of DE 18 between Georgetown and Lewes. US 9 was extended to Delaware from New Jersey by way of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry by 1976, replacing all of DE 28 and the portion of DE 18 between Georgetown and Five Points, with the route aligned to bypass Lewes. DE 404 was designated along the portion of US 9 between Georgetown and Five Points by 1987.