Interstate 95

Interstate 95 (usually called 95) is a major Interstate highway that runs north to south in the eastern part of the United States. It is about 1,919.74 miles (3,089.52 km) long. Its southern end is at U.S. Route 1 in Miami, Florida and its northern end is at the Canadian border in Maine. It connects many major cities in the eastern half of the USA. It was finally completed in 2018.

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I-95 highlighted in red
Route information
Length1,908.48 mi> (3,071.40 km)
Existed1956–present
HistoryCompleted 2018
Major junctions
South endLua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Miami, FL
Major intersections
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Jacksonville, FL
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Florence, SC
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). near Florence, SC
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Benson, NC
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Petersburg, VA
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). through Richmond, VA
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Philadelphia, PA
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Teaneck, NJ
  • Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in New York, NY

Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in New Haven, CT

North endLua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). at the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing
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Highway system

History

Portions of the highway have or used to have tolls. Many parts of I-95 were made up of various toll roads that had already been constructed or planned, particularly in the northeast. Many of these routes still exist today, but some have removed their tolls.

Many notable bridges and tunnels along I-95 were also tolled. The Fuller Warren Bridge, spanning the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, was tolled until the 1980s and was replaced in 2002. The Fort McHenry Tunnel is underneath the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland and was opened in 1985. The George Washington Bridge, opened in 1931, carries I-95, US 1, US 9, and US 46 (latter is officially considered to end at the NY state line) across the Hudson River between New Jersey and Upper Manhattan.

A study that could lead to the imposition of tolls on I-95 in North Carolina is under way as of March 2010.[1]

Improvements

Federal legislation has identified I-95 through Connecticut as High Priority Corridor 65. A long-term multibillion-dollar program to upgrade the entire length of I-95 through Connecticut has been underway since the mid-1990s and is expected to continue through at least 2020. Several miles of I-95 through Bridgeport were recently widened and brought up to Interstate standards. Work has shifted to reconstructing and widening 12 miles (19 km) of I-95 through New Haven, which includes replacing the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge. Environmental studies for reconstructing and widening 60 miles (97 km) of I-95 from New Haven to the Rhode Island state line are also progressing.

There are plans to expand the 1,054-mile (1,696 km) I-95 corridor from Petersburg, Virginia, to Florida through a U.S. multi-state 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.[2]

Florida continues to complete widening projects. As of December 2010, I-95 from the South Carolina–Georgia line south to Jacksonville, Florida has been upgraded to six lanes. The section from Jacksonville to the I-4 junction in Daytona Beach was expanded to six lanes in 2005. As of 2009, widening projects continue in Brevard County from the SR 528 junction in Cocoa to Palm Bay, as well as in northern Palm Beach County.

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.[3] The proposed route would parallel New Brunswick's four-lane, limited access Trans-Canada Highway on the U.S. side of the Canada–United States border. Legislators argued that extension of the Interstate would promote economic growth in the region.

Major intersections

Florida
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Miami
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Golden Glades
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Daytona Beach
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Jacksonville
Georgia
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Pooler
South Carolina
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). near Harleyville
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Florence
North Carolina
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). near Lumberton
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Benson
Virginia
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Petersburg
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). for four miles (6.4 km) in Richmond
Pennsylvania
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Philadelphia
New Jersey
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Mansfield Township
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Woodbridge Township
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Newark
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Teaneck
New York
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Bronx
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Rye
Connecticut
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Bridgeport
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in New Haven
Massachusetts
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Canton
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Weston
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Woburn
New Hampshire
Lua error in Module:Jct at line 204: attempt to concatenate local 'link' (a boolean value). in Portsmouth

Cities along the highway

 
Interstate 95 at the border of North Carolina and Virginia

References



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