Delaware Route 896 (
DE 896) is a state highway located in
New Castle County,
Delaware. The route runs from
U.S. Route 13 (US 13) in
Boyds Corner, Delaware north to the
Maryland border northwest of
Newark, where it becomes the unsigned
Maryland Route 896 (MD 896) briefly before heading into
Pennsylvania as
Pennsylvania Route 896 (PA 896). The route heads west from US 13 before turning north along with
US 301/
DE 71 in
Mount Pleasant, crossing the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the
Summit Bridge. After the bridge, DE 71 splits off to the east and the road continues to
Glasgow, where US 301 ends at an intersection with
US 40. DE 896 continues north and interchange with
Interstate 95 (I-95) before reaching Newark, where it bypasses the
University of Delaware to the west by following
DE 4, Elkton Road, and South Main Street. DE 896 comes to downtown Newark and continues northwest to the Maryland border. DE 896 has an alternate alignment south of Glasgow called
DE 896 Alternate (DE 896 Alt.) and a business route,
DE 896 Business (DE 896 Bus.), that passes through Glasgow.