U.S. Route 113 (US 113) extends 75 miles (121 km) from US 13 in Pocomoke City, Maryland, north to Delaware Route 1 in Milford. The highway, which until 2003 reconnected with US 13 in Dover, Delaware, serves the Maryland towns of Snow Hill and Berlin and the Delaware towns of Selbyville, Millsboro, and Georgetown. It follows the corridor of a post road established in the late 18th century. The route was improved as an all-weather road in the 1910s. The Delaware portion of the route, including the former designation from Milford to Dover, was built by Thomas Coleman DuPont's company as the DuPont Highway, the first sections of which were completed on May 24, 1917. DuPont foresaw that traffic on highways would approach the speed and volume of railroads, so he designed the highway with a wide right of way and curves and grades adequate for high speed traffic. The DuPont Highway was one of the earliest roads built with bypasses, roads that passed close to towns but not directly through them. US 113 was widened and reconstructed in the 1930s and 1940s, including a bypass of Dover. The route was expanded to a divided highway starting in the 1950s.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1883:

New York City's Brooklyn Bridge opened – the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge

1930:

English aviatrix Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to successfully fly from England to Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Johnson

1962:

Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Carpenter

1970:

On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, eventually reaching 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest hole ever drilled and the deepest artificial point on the earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole

1982:

The port city of Khorramshahr was liberated by Iranian forces during the Iran–Iraq War after 575 days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Khorramshahr

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

Mancunian: A person raised or living in the city of Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mancunian

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. One of the widest gaps in human experience is the gap between what we say we want to be and our willingness to discipline ourselves to get there.   --Harry Emerson Fosdick https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_Emerson_Fosdick