21 Facts About I-95

I-95 serves as the principal road link between the major cities of the Eastern Seaboard.

I-95 is one of the oldest routes of the Interstate Highway System.

Many sections of I-95 incorporated pre-existing sections of toll roads where they served the same right of way.

Until 2018, there was a gap in I-95's original routing in Central New Jersey caused by the cancellation of the Somerset Freeway.

An interchange between the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I-95 was completed in September 2018; this allowed I-95 to be re-routed along New Jersey's Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension into Pennsylvania, creating a continuous Interstate route from Maine to Florida for the first time.

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I-95 passes through 15 states, more than any other Interstate.

I-95 begins at U S Route 1 just south of downtown Miami and travels along the state's east coast, passing through Ft.

At the North Carolina border, I-95 passes the South of the Border roadside attraction.

In North Carolina, I-95 informally serves as the separation between the state's western piedmont and eastern coastal plain regions, avoiding major cities like Raleigh and Durham.

I-95 enters the Mid-Atlantic region in Virginia and travels through the center of the densest and most populous urban region in the US.

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 at Elkton.

Northeast of Philadelphia, I-95 joins the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bristol before entering New Jersey on the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge.

In New Jersey, I-95 follows the Pearl Harbor Memorial Turnpike Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike, crossing the Delaware River on the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge, joining the mainline Turnpike at exit 6.

I-95 has interchanges with I-78 in Newark and I-80 in southern Teaneck.

I-95 enters New England in the state of Connecticut, where it closely follows state's southern coast.

I-95 next passes New London and Groton, before the route curves northeast and leaving its close connection to the coast.

I-95 enters Rhode Island in the town of Hopkinton, and connecting 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.

I-95 enters New Hampshire in the town of Seabrook, following the pre-Interstate New Hampshire Turnpike and traversing the 18 miles -long Seacoast Region and the historic city of Portsmouth where it leaves the state.

Many parts of I-95 were made up of toll roads that had already been constructed or planned, particularly in the northeast.

Toll roads utilized as part of I-95 formerly included Florida's Turnpike, the Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike, and the Connecticut Turnpike .