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In 1970, the southern terminus of US 202 was truncated to the interchange with I-95 north of Wilmington.<ref name=aasho1970>{{AASHTO minutes |year=1970A |page=397 |access-date=October 15, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="DE 1971 map">{{Delaware road map|year=1971|access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> By 1981, DE 202 was designated along Concord Avenue between US 13 Bus. and I-95, extending south from the southern terminus of US 202.<ref name="DE 1981 map">{{Delaware road map|year=1981|access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> US 202 was extended south to its current terminus at US 13/US 40 near the Wilmington Airport in 1984, following I-95 through Wilmington before heading south along DE 141.<ref>{{AASHTO minutes |year=1984A |page=546 |access-date=October 15, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="DE 1985 map">{{Delaware road map|year=1985|access-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref>
In 1992, plans were made to build an interchange with DE 141 and DE 261 north of I-95; however, plans for the proposed interchange were placed on hold two years later. In 2000, the portion of US 202 between I-95 and DE 141 (Powder Mill Road) was improved, with the alignment shifted to eliminate a few curves, the intersections at DE 261 and DE 141 improved, and a southbound transit lane added.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/blue_ball/pdf/section4f_eval/proj_hist.pdf|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|title=Blue Ball Properties Transportation Improvements Project - Project History|access-date=July 18, 2012|archive-date=July 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717072227/https://www.deldot.gov/archaeology/blue_ball/pdf/section4f_eval/proj_hist.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 2000s, the Blue Ball Construction Project built an interchange at DE 261 that also relocated the northern terminus of DE 141 from the Powder Mill Road intersection further north.<ref name=DelDOT2/> This interchange was constructed as part of the Blue Ball Properties project, a project undertaken to improve roads in this area as part of AstraZeneca locating their North American headquarters to the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deldot.gov/information/projects/blue_ball/pages/elements/elements.shtml |title=Blue Ball Properties - Project Elements |publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation |access-date=February 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218011338/https://www.deldot.gov/information/projects/blue_ball/pages/elements/elements.shtml |archive-date=February 18, 2011 }}</ref> The project took place between 2002 and 2007 and cost $123 million.<ref name=DelDOT2>{{cite web|url=http://www.deldot.gov/public.ejs?command=PublicNewsDisplay&id=3008&month=5&year=2008|title=Blue Ball Properties Project Honored At American Society of Civil Engineers - Delaware Section's Dinner|date=May 9, 2008|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|access-date=January 6, 2011}}</ref>
In December 2011, a project began to improve the interchange between I-95 and US 202/DE 202 in order to reduce congestion. The project widened the ramp between northbound I-95 and northbound US 202 to two lanes, the ramp between southbound US 202 and southbound I-95 was extended to modern standards, and the ramp between southbound I-95 and southbound DE 202 was relocated from a cloverleaf loop to a directional ramp that intersects DE 202 at a signalized intersection. In addition, the interchange ramps were repaved and bridges were rehabilitated. The project was finished in July 2015, months behind schedule due to the closure of I-495 in 2014. On August 7, 2015, a dedication ceremony to mark the completion of the project was held, with Governor [[Jack Markell]], Senator [[Tom Carper]], and DelDOT secretary Jennifer Cohan in attendance. The project, which cost over $33 million, was 80-percent funded by the federal government.<ref>{{cite press release|title=I-95 and U.S. Route 202 Interchange Project Completion Ceremony|publisher=Delaware Department of Transportation|date=August 7, 2015|url=http://www.deldot.gov/home/newsroom/release.shtml?id=5646|access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref>
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