 The Concord Pike was originally chartered as the Wilmington and Great Valley Turnpike in 1811 , a turnpike that was to connect Wilmington to Great Valley , Pennsylvania . The Concord Pike between US 13 in Wilmington and the Pennsylvania border became a part of US 122 in 1926 . By 1936 , US 122 was renumbered to US 202 and the road was realigned to head southwest and end at US 13 in downtown Wilmington . In the 1950s , the Concord Pike north of Wilmington was widened into a divided highway . By 1954 , US 202 was realigned to follow US 13 northbound and Washington Street southbound through downtown Wilmington and by 1959 was also extended south along US 13 to end at I @-@ 295 / US 40 in Farnhurst . In 1970 , US 202 was truncated to the I @-@ 95 interchange north of Wilmington . DE 202 was designated along Concord Avenue in 1981 . US 202 was extended to its current terminus in 1984 . 
