Interstate 95 (original) (raw)
Interstate 95 is an interstate highway that runs 1907 miles north and south along the eastern United States coast. The southernmost point is in the city of Miami, Florida; the northern terminus is at the Canadian border at Houlton, Maine.
Number of Miles
1907
- Florida: 381 miles
- Georgia: 112 miles
- South Carolina: 201 miles
- North Carolina: 183 miles
- Virginia: 178 miles
- Maryland: 110 miles
- Delaware: 26 miles
- Pennsylvania: 58 miles
- New Jersey: 44 miles (see note)
- New York: 29 miles
- Connecticut: 118 miles
- Rhode Island: 47 miles
- Massachusetts: 97 miles
- New Hampshire: 17 miles
- Maine: 306 miles
- TOTAL: 1907
Major Cities Along the Route
- Miami, Florida
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Savannah, Georgia
- Richmond, Virginia
- Washington, D.C
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Trenton, New Jersey
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Newark, New Jersey
- New York City, New York
- New Haven, Connecticut
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Portland, Maine
Intersections with other Interstates
- Interstate 4 in Daytona Beach, Florida
- Interstate 10 in Jacksonville, Florida
- Interstate 16 in Savannah, Georgia
- Interstate 26 near Harleyville, South Carolina
- Interstate 20 in Florence, South Carolina
- Interstate 40 in Benson, North Carolina
- Interstate 85 in Petersburg, Virginia
- Interstate 64 for 4 miles in Richmond, Virginia
- Interstate 76 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Interstate 78 in Newark, New Jersey
- Interstate 80 in Ridgefield, New Jersey
- Interstate 87 in New York City, New York
- Interstate 91 in New Haven, Connecticut
- Interstate 93 in Dedham, Massachusetts
- Interstate 90 in Newton, Massachusetts
- Interstate 93 in Woburn, Massachusetts
Spur Routes
- Miami, Florida - I-195, I-395, I-595
- Jacksonville, Florida - I-295
- Richmond, Virginia - I-195, I-295
- Washington, D.C - I-395, I-495
- Baltimore, Maryland - I-195, I-395, I-595, I-695, I-795, I-895
- Wilmington, Delaware to Trenton, New Jersey - I-295
- Wilmington, Delaware - I-495
- Spur to New Jersey shore points- I-195
- Western spur of New Jersey Turnpike (I-95 is technically the eastern spur) - I-95W (signed as I-95)
- New York City, New York - I-295, I-495, I-695, I-895
- Spur to Worcester, Massachusetts - I-395
- Providence, Rhode Island - I-295
- Spur to eastern Massachusetts from Providence, Rhode Island - I-195
- Wareham, Massachusetts to Amesbury, Massachusetts - I-495
- Portland, Maine - I-295
- Spur through Lewiston, Maine - I-495
- Bangor, Maine - I-395
Notes
Interstate 95 is one of the most well-known and travelled highways in the Interstate system, connecting the cities along the Northeast corridor with the sunny environs of Florida.
There is a gap in New Jersey where local opposition groups managed to stop construction of the interstate through the area. This situation is scheduled to be fixed within sometime in the 2010s when a new interchange is to be built, updated signage posted, and I-95 re-routed north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike. Some highway mavens think that this will be an inadequate solution, and want the Somerset Freeway built; others want the entire main trunk of the New Jersey Turnpike designated as I-95, as that is where most of the traffic goes anyway; however, this would bypass Philadelphia.
Originally, I-95 was supposed to go through Washington, D.C instead of around it. The section through the city was re-designated as I-395; it does not connect with I-95 at the northern end, but does at the southern end. The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is not an interstate, but if it were, it would have been I-295; it is currently designated DC 295 and MD 295. The Capital Beltway article has more about this stretch of highway.
I-95 was also supposed to go through Boston, Massachusetts instead of around it but locals nixed the idea of having the highway go through the city. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation did build a part of the highway north of Boston, then abandoned that section of road. One can still find sections of that highway.