Interstate 95
Route information | |
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Length | 1,923.80 mi[2] (3,096.06 km) |
Existed | 1956–present |
History | Completed September 22, 2018[1] |
NHS | Entire route |
Major junctions | |
South end | US 1 in Miami, FL |
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North end | Route 95 at the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing |
Location | |
Country | United States |
States | Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine |
Highway system | |
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south
I-95 serves as the principal road link between the major cities of the Eastern Seaboard. Major metropolitan areas along its route include Miami, Jacksonville, Savannah, and Richmond in the Southeast; Washington, Baltimore, Wilmington–Philadelphia, Newark, and New York City in the Mid-Atlantic; and New Haven, Providence, Boston, and Portland in New England. The Charleston, Wilmington, and Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan areas, the three major coastal metros bypassed by the highway's inland portion, are connected to I-95 by I-26, I-40, and I-64, respectively.
I-95 is one of the oldest routes of the Interstate Highway System.
With a length of 1,924 miles (3,096 km), I-95 is the longest north–south Interstate and the sixth-longest Interstate Highway
Route description
mi[2] | km
| |
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FL | 382.15 | 615.01 |
GA | 112.00 | 180.25 |
SC | 198.76 | 319.87 |
NC | 181.36 | 291.87 |
VA | 178.73 | 287.64 |
DC
|
0.11 | 0.18 |
MD | 110.01 | 177.04 |
DE | 23.43 | 37.71 |
PA | 51.00 | 82.08 |
NJ | 97.76 | 157.33 |
NY | 23.50 | 37.82 |
CT | 111.57 | 179.55 |
RI | 42.36 | 68.17 |
MA | 91.95 | 147.98 |
NH | 16.11 | 25.93 |
ME | 303.00 | 487.63 |
Total | 1,923.80 | 3,096.06 |
South
Florida
I-95 begins at US 1 just south of downtown Miami and travels along the state's east coast, passing through Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, the Gold Coast, the Treasure Coast, the Space Coast, Daytona Beach, Port Orange, St. Augustine, and Jacksonville before entering the US state of Georgia near the city of Kingsland. In Miami and Fort Lauderdale, SunPass express lanes pass over the highway.
Prior to 1987, a notable gap in the highway existed between West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce; I-95 traffic between those cities was diverted to Florida's Turnpike. Today, I-95 runs along a routing parallel to the turnpike.[8][9]
In 2010, more fatalities occurred along the Florida section of I-95 than on any other Interstate Highway in the country.[10]
Georgia
In Georgia, I-95 closely parallels the coastline, traveling primarily through marshlands a few miles from the shore. The route bypasses the cores of major coastal cities
South Carolina
Entering
North Carolina
In North Carolina, I-95 informally serves as the separation between the state's central Piedmont and eastern Atlantic Plain regions. Much like its route in South Carolina, I-95 runs through mostly rural areas, avoiding major cities like Raleigh and Durham. The route intersects I-74 near Lumberton, I-40 near Benson, and Future I-87/US 64 near Rocky Mount. Several medium-sized cities lie along I-95 in North Carolina, including (from south to north) Fayetteville, Wilson, and Rocky Mount. At Gaston, I-95 crosses into Virginia.
Mid-Atlantic region
Much of I-95 in the Mid-Atlantic region is tolled, following the course of several turnpikes that predate the Interstate Highway System, as well as several other toll roads and toll bridges.
Virginia
I-95 enters the
Maryland
In Maryland, I-95 goes northeast toward Baltimore, paralleling the older Baltimore–Washington Parkway. I-95 uses the Fort McHenry Tunnel to travel under Baltimore's Inner Harbor and travels through northeast Maryland along the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, crossing into Delaware near Elkton.
Delaware
Entering Delaware at
Pennsylvania
Entering southeastern Pennsylvania near Marcus Hook, I-95 crosses Delaware County and the city of Chester, closely following the Delaware River. Entering Philadelphia near Philadelphia International Airport, the freeway has an interchange with I-76 before it follows a large viaduct along the extreme eastern edge of Center City Philadelphia. Northeast of Philadelphia in Bucks County, I-95 joins the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bristol before entering New Jersey on the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge.
New Jersey
In New Jersey, I-95 follows the
New York
I-95 in New York City comprises all or part of several named expressways, including the
New England
Connecticut
I-95 enters New England in the state of Connecticut, where it closely follows state's southern coast. The highway's direction through Connecticut is primarily east–west, and it passes through the most densely populated part of the state, including the cities of Stamford, Bridgeport (the state's most populous city), and New Haven. In New Haven, it intersects with I-91 as it passes into the more rural areas of the Lower Connecticut River Valley. I-95 leaves the Connecticut Turnpike at I-395 at the East Lyme–Waterford town line. I-95 next passes New London and Groton, before the route curves northeast and leaving its close connection to the coast. It leaves Connecticut in the town of North Stonington.
Rhode Island
I-95 enters Rhode Island in the town of Hopkinton and connects the rural areas of the southwestern corner of the state with the more metropolitan region around the state capital, Providence, in the state's northeastern corner. It leaves Rhode Island in the city of Pawtucket.
Massachusetts
Entering Massachusetts in Attleboro, I-95 heads northeast toward Boston. In Canton, roughly a mile (1.6 km) south of Boston's city limits, it turns to the west and begins a 37-mile-long (60 km) concurrency with Route 128, a beltway that traverses Boston's inner suburbs. At this point, I-93 has its southern terminus and provides access to the city of Boston itself. I-95 intersects the Massachusetts Turnpike/I-90 at the Weston–Newton line and I-93 a second time at the tripoint of Woburn, Reading, and Stoneham. North of Boston, I-95 leaves the beltway and heads northward in Peabody, while Route 128 continues east to Cape Ann. I-95 leaves Massachusetts in Salisbury.
New Hampshire
I-95 enters
Maine
In
History
Many parts of I-95 were made up of toll roads that had already been constructed or planned, particularly in the northeast.[16] Many of these routes still exist today, but some have removed their tolls. All current I-95 toll facilities are compatible with the E-ZPass electronic payment system; in Florida, while I-95 can be driven toll-free, use of the "95 Express Managed Toll Lanes" requires a SunPass transponder (E-ZPass is now compatible with SunPass).
The toll roads utilized as part of I-95 formerly included
By 1968, three states had completed their sections of I-95: Connecticut, using its existing turnpikes; New York; and Delaware.[17]
21st century
Until 2018, a
In the 21st century, several large projects between
In 2006, the Virginia General Assembly passed SJ184, a resolution calling for an interstate compact to build a toll highway between Dover, Delaware, and Charleston, South Carolina, as an alternative to I-95 that would allow long-distance traffic to avoid the Washington metropolitan area.[20]
Federal legislation has identified I-95 through Connecticut as
There are plans to expand the 1,054-mile (1,696 km) I-95 corridor from Petersburg, Virginia, to Florida through a US multistate agreement to study how to improve the corridor through widening and reconstruction, with the goal of reducing congestion and improving overall safety for years to come.[21]
I-95 from the South Carolina–Georgia line to the freeway's southern terminus in South Florida has been widened to a minimum of six lanes. The section from Jacksonville to the I-4 junction in Daytona Beach was expanded to six lanes in 2005. Projects begun in 2009, widening the roadbed in Brevard County from the State Route 528 junction in Cocoa to Palm Bay, as well as in northern Palm Beach County. The last segments of I-95 in Florida to remain at only four lanes have now been upgraded, providing motorists with about 500 miles (800 km) of continuous six-lane roadbed.
In 2009, state legislators representing Maine's Aroostook County proposed using federal economic stimulus funds to extend I-95 north to Maine's northernmost border community of Fort Kent via Caribou and Presque Isle.[22] The proposed route would parallel New Brunswick's four-lane, limited-access Trans-Canada Highway on the US side of the Canadian border. Legislators argued that extension of the Interstate would promote economic growth in the region.
On June 11, 2023, a portion of the northbound section of I-95
Major intersections
- Florida
- US 1 in Miami. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
- US 41 in Miami
- Florida's Turnpike in Golden Glades
- US 441 in Golden Glades
- I-595 in Fort Lauderdale
- US 98 in West Palm Beach
- US 192 in Melbourne
- I-4 in Daytona Beach
- US 92 in Daytona Beach
- I-295 in Jacksonville
- US 90 in Jacksonville
- I-10 / US 17 in Jacksonville. I-95/US 17 travel concurrently through the city.
- US 23 in Jacksonville
- Georgia
- US 17 / US 82 in Brunswick
- US 84 near Midway
- I-16 in Pooler
- US 80 in Pooler
- South Carolina
- US 278 in Hardeeville
- US 17 in Ridgeland. The highways travel concurrently to Point South.
- US 21 in Yemassee
- US 78 in St. George
- US 178 near Bowman
- I-26 near Harleyville
- US 176 near Holly Hill
- US 15 / US 301 near Santee. The highways travel concurrently to Santee.
- US 521 near Manning
- US 378 near Turbeville
- US 76 in Florence
- I-20 in Florence
- US 52 near Florence
- North Carolina
- US 301 / US 501 near Rowland
- US 301 near Rowland. The highways travel concurrently to Lumberton.
- I-74 / US 74 near Lumberton
- I-295 / US 13 in Eastover
- US 421 in Dunn
- I-40 in Benson
- US 70 in Selma
- I-587 / I-795 / US 264 in Wilson
- US 64 in Rocky Mount
- US 158 in Roanoke Rapids
- Virginia
- US 58 in Emporia
- I-295 near Petersburg
- I-85 / US 460 in Petersburg. I-95/US 460 travel concurrently through the city.
- I-64 in Richmond. The highways travel concurrently through Richmond.
- US 250 in Richmond
- I-195 in Richmond
- US 1 / US 301 in Richmond
- US 17 in Fredericksburg. The highways travel concurrently through Fredericksburg.
- I-495 in Springfield. I-95/I-495 travel concurrently to College Park, Maryland.
- District of Columbia
- none
- Maryland
- I-295 near Forest Heights
- US 50 near Glenarden
- I-495 near Adelphi
- I-895 near Baltimore
- I-195 near Baltimore
- I-695 near Baltimore
- I-395 in Baltimore
- US 40 in Baltimore
- Delaware
- .
- Pennsylvania
- US 322 in Chester. The highways travel concurrently through Chester.
- I-476 in Ridley Township
- I-76 in Philadelphia
- I-676 / US 30in Philadelphia
- Bristol
- US 13 near Bristol
- New Jersey
- US 130 in Florence Township
- N.J. Turnpike in Mansfield Township
- US 206 in Bordentown Township
- I-195 in Robbinsville Township
- I-287 in Edison Township
- G.S. Parkway / US 9 in Woodbridge Township
- I-278 in Elizabeth
- I-78 / US 1 / US 9 in Newark
- I-280 in Kearny
- Route 495 in Secaucus / North Bergen
- US 46 in Ridgefield Park
- I-80 in Teaneck Township
- US 1 / US 9 / US 46 / US 9W in Fort Lee. I-95/US 1/US 9/US 46 travel concurrently to New York City.
- New York
- US 9 in Manhattan
- I-87 in The Bronx
- I-678 in Throggs Neck
- I-287 in Rye
- Connecticut
- US 7 in Norwalk
- I-91 in New Haven
- I-395 in East Lyme
- Rhode Island
- I-295 in Warwick
- I-195 / US 6 in Providence. I-95/US 6 travel concurrently through the city.
- US 6 in Providence
- US 44in Providence
- Massachusetts
- I-295 in Attleboro
- I-495 in Mansfield
- .
- I-90/Mass Pike in Weston
- US 20 in Waltham
- US 3 in Burlington. The highways travel concurrently through the town.
- I-93 in Reading
- I-495 in Amesbury
- New Hampshire
- US 4 / Spaulding Turnpike in Portsmouth
- Maine
- I-195 in Saco
- I-295 near Portland
- I-495 in Portland
- US 202 in Augusta
- US 201 in Fairfield
- I-395 in Bangor
- US 2 in Bangor
- US 1 in Houlton
- US 2 in Houlton
- Route 95 in Houlton
Auxiliary routes
I-95 has many auxiliary routes. They can be found in most states the route runs through, with exceptions being Georgia, South Carolina, and New Hampshire. Business routes also exist in both Georgia and North Carolina.
- Florida
- Interstate 195 is a spur into Miami, the northern of the two spurs into Miami (the other being I-395).
- Interstate 295 is a beltway around Jacksonville.
- Interstate 395is a spur into Miami, the southern of the two spurs into Miami (the other being I-195).
- Interstate 595 is a spur west of I-95 to I-75 and east of I-95 to Fort Lauderdale.
- Interstate 795 is a future designation along State Route 9B.
- North Carolina
- Interstate 95 Business is a business loop in Fayetteville.
- Interstate 295 is a partially completed beltway around Fayetteville.
- Interstate 795 is a spur running to Goldsboro.
- Virginia
- Interstate 195 is a short spur from north of downtown Richmond south into downtown.
- Interstate 295 is a bypass to the east of Richmond, from I-95 south of Petersburg, across I-64 east of Richmond and I-95 north of Richmond to I-64 west of Richmond.
- Washington DC. It was part of I-95 until 1977.
- Interstate 495 is the Capital Beltway, a full loop around Washington DC. Since 1977, I-95 has run along its east half.
- District of Columbia
- Interstate 295 is a branch from I-95 near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge through Anacostia and north to an interchange with I-695 and District of Columbia Route 295 (DC 295).
- Interstate 395 is a branch from Springfield north into downtown Washington DC, terminating at New York Avenue. It was part of I-95 until 1977.
- Interstate 695 is the Southeast Freeway, connecting I-395 and DC 295.
- Maryland
- Interstate 195 is a spur into Baltimore/Washington International Airport.
- Interstate 295 is a southern route into Washington DC.
- Interstate 395 is a spur into downtown Baltimore.
- Interstate 495 is the Capital Beltway.
- Annapolis.
- Interstate 695 is the Baltimore Beltway.
- Interstate 795 is a bypass of MD 140 in Reisterstown and Owings Mills. It never connects to I-95.
- Interstate 895is the Harbor Tunnel Thruway.
- Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
- Interstate 195 is a freeway through Central Jersey.
- Interstate 295 is an eastern bypass of Philadelphia.
- Interstate 495 is a bypass of Wilmington, Delaware.
- New York
- Hillside Avenue, just south of the Grand Central Parkway.[26] It was once signed as part of I-78[27][28] and was planned to terminate at John F. Kennedy International Airport.[29][30][27]
- Long Island Expressway to Riverhead, crossing I-295 in Queens.[26] It was once planned to continue west to I-95 in New Jersey; that part is now Lincoln Tunnel and Route 495. It was also to go east and meet I-95 again in either Connecticut or in Rhode Island. This would have made I-495 a bypass road for I-95.[31]
- Woodhaven Boulevard and an upgrade of the West Side Highway and Henry Hudson Parkway.
- Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts
- Interstate 195 is a spur route east of Providence.
- Interstate 295 is a partial outer beltway around Providence.
- Interstate 395 runs from the junction with I-95 in Waterford north to the Massachusetts state line where it meets I-90/Massachusetts Turnpike and I-290 south of Worcester.
- Interstate 495 is a partial outer beltway around Boston.
- Maine
- Interstate 195 is the Saco industrial spur.
- Interstate 295 connects with I-95 in Portland and Gardiner.
- Interstate 395 is a spur to the east of Bangor.
- Interstate 495 is the Falmouth spur.
See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- 2023 Interstate 95 highway collapse
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Further reading
- Evans, Mark T. (2015). Main Street, America: Histories of I-95 (Ph.D. dissertation). University of South Carolina.
External links
- Geographic data related to Interstate 95 at OpenStreetMap
- I-95: The Road Most Traveled (special series). National Public Radio. 2010.