Delaware Code
Chapter 5. HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND BRIDGES GENERALLY
§ 502. Closing of roads during repair.

(a) Whenever, in the judgment of the Department, it is necessary to close a road or a portion thereof which is being constructed, improved or repaired by the Department, upon the adoption of a resolution by the Department to the effect that it is necessary to close such road, or portion thereof for either of the aforesaid reasons, the Department, or those having charge of the construction, improvement or repair, shall have the right to close such road, or portion thereof, to public travel by the erection of barriers or otherwise.
(b) Whoever, being other than an ordinary foot traveler, uses such road, or portion thereof while the same is closed pursuant to the resolution for any purpose whatever shall be fined not more than $100.
(c) Nothing herein contained shall in any way affect the right of persons using the road or portion thereof so closed for the purpose of necessary ingress, egress or regress to any property located thereon.

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Delaware Code

Title 17 - Highways

Chapter 5. HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND BRIDGES GENERALLY

§ 501. Use of public road or bridge by railway.

§ 502. Closing of roads during repair.

§ 503. Nuisance; penalty.

§ 504. Entry upon contiguous or adjacent lands or streams; assessment of damages; hindering or obstructing work; penalty.

§ 505. Selling of nonuniform traffic-control devices; penalty.

§ 506. Maintenance priority of roads used for school buses or mail routes.

§ 507. Coordinating new development with local transportation improvements.

§ 508. Dedication of new roads for state maintenance; approval required; security.

§ 509. Highways deemed public roads.

§ 510. Speed limit and weight limits on structure.

§ 511. Injury to roads and bridges; double damages; jurisdiction of courts; procedure and appeal.

§ 512. Injury to roads, bridges, etc.; penalty.

§ 513. Trimming of hedges and removal of trimmings; penalty.

§ 515. Maintenance of unfenced junkyards within certain distance of highways; penalty.

§ 516. Creation or maintenance of nuisance within certain limits.

§ 517. Boulevard corporations.

§ 518. Trash within a certain distance of the highway; penalty.

§ 519. William J. Winchester Bridge.

§ 520. Injury to trees, shrubs, and landscaping.

§ 521. Snow removal in nonmunicipal residential communities.

§ 524. Removal of nonofficial signs from utility poles within state rights-of-way.

§ 525. Maintenance of clear zones within rights-of-way.

§ 526. Restrictions against commercial use of State rights-of-way; site-based enforcement mechanisms.

§ 527. Coordination with other statutes.

§ 528. Restrictions against vehicle sales activities on State rights-of-way.

§ 529. Inspection requirements for bridge owners.

§ 530. Dedication of right-of-way adjacent to a state highway.

§ 531. Connections to roads within restricted age communities.

§ 532. Memorial signage.