State Road, Delaware

State Road is an unincorporated area in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. State Road is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 13 and U.S. Route 40, southwest of New Castle.^[2]

For many years, State Road was the location of a major rest stop on the intercity bus network known as Clemente's Rest, which served buses traveling between the Northeastern United States, the Southern United States, and points on the Delmarva Peninsula.^[3][4] The rest stop billed itself as "the Place Where The Nation Meets and Eats".^[5] It had opened in 1951 and closed in 1992, as Greyhound began moving its operations to its Wilmington agency.^[6] The area earlier had a stop on the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad.^[7]

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3. ^ Russel's Official National Motor Coach Guide. Cedar Rapids, IA: Russell's Guides, Inc. 1991.
4. ^ Schwieterman, Joseph P.; Mader, Abby; Woodward, Allison (February 24, 2022). "Routes to Recovery - 2022 Outlook for the Intercity Bus Industry in the United States". Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
5. ^ Axthelm, Pete (3 March 1969). "Tracking the Action to Bowie". New York Magazine. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
6. ^ Dallabrida, Dale (November 8, 1992). "End of the Road. Clemente's bus line rolls to a stop". News-Journal (Wilmington, Delaware). Retrieved July 7, 2021.
7. ^ "Map of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Systems". Alan, Lans & Scott. Retrieved 4 Mar 2018.