INTERSTATE 295 (DELAWARE-NEW JERSEY)

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'Interstate 295' (abbreviated 'I-295') in New Jersey and Delaware is a bypass route from a junction with Interstate 95 south of Wilmington, Delaware to another junction with I-95 north of Trenton, New Jersey. The route runs parallel with the New Jersey Turnpike for most of its course.
Interstate 295 is an auxiliary Interstate Highway, designated as a beltway around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Interstate 95 serves the city directly, connecting it with Wilmington and Trenton, whereas I-295 bypasses the city running east of the Delaware River. Interstate 95 was originally supposed to continue northeast from the routes' junction near Trenton on the proposed Somerset Freeway, but this plan was cancelled, limiting I-295's capability as a true bypass between Baltimore and New York City.
Today, traffic on Interstate 295 is directed to take Interstate 195 (or surface street connections further south) to the New Jersey Turnpike to reach New York City. The same route is prescribed for traffic on I-95 in Pennsylvania and near Trenton to bridge the gap with I-95 further north.

Contents
Route description
History
Future developments
Exit list
Delaware
New Jersey
Related routes
References
External links

Route description


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Major cities
'Bolded cities' are officially-designated control cities for signs

★ 'Newark, Delaware' and 'Baltimore, Maryland' (via Interstate 95)
★ 'Delaware Memorial Bridge'
★ 'Camden, New Jersey'
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
★ 'Trenton, New Jersey'
★ 'Princeton, New Jersey' (via U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Route 206)

I-295 crosses the Delaware River via the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which is actually two suspension bridges carrying traffic in opposite directions. One bridge carries traffic from Delaware to New Jersey, while the other span carries traffic from New Jersey to Delaware. At the New Jersey approaches of the toll bridge, a connection is provided with the south end of the New Jersey Turnpike. The Delaware Memorial Bridge is the only toll portion of the highway.
For its entire route (save the portion north of I-195 near Trenton), I-295 closely parallels both the New Jersey Turnpike and U.S. Route 130. In the region, I-295 serves as a local complement to the Turnpike, due to the slower design speed and the Turnpike's relatively few interchanges in the area. Interstate 195 is the only expressway connection between the two routes besides their junction near the Delaware Memorial Bridge, as I-295 has no interchange with the Turnpike's Pennsylvania Turnpike Connector (now called the "Pearl Harbor Memorial Extension"), and the Turnpike has no interchange with Route 42 (the North-South Freeway). This way, I-295 serves as a route to access the South Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia, while the Turnpike provides an "express" route from Wilmington to Trenton.
'I-295' runs north through Camden up to Trenton, becoming the beltway around Trenton & crossing I-195, which runs east towards Asbury Park.

South of the interchange with Interstate 76 and Route 42, many portions of Interstate 295 are concurrent with U.S. Route 130, and was in fact built as part of US 130 before the Interstate Highway System was created. The interchange with I-76 (exit 26) is a semi-directional T, and the nearby junction with Route 42 is a single Y, with through traffic on I-295 northbound forced to merge and re-exit from Route 42/I-76. Due to the complex interchange design and resulting weaving, the speed limit on I-295 through the area is 35 mph.
North of Camden, I-295 continues north, paralleling the New Jersey Turnpike. Upon reaching its interchange with Interstate 195 (one of the last portions of the freeway to be completed), it becomes a beltway around Trenton, looping to the north and west around the state capital. At exit 67 with U.S. Route 1, Interstate 295 formally ends and becomes Interstate 95 south to Pennsylvania. Interstate 295 originally continued approximately five miles beyond this point to a proposed interchange with the Somerset Freeway near Interstate 95's current exit with Route 31.[3][4] Had the Somerset Freeway been completed, Interstate 295 would have ended here at a completed Interstate 95 between Philadelphia and New York City. When the Somerset Freeway was cancelled, Interstate 95 was extended and Interstate 295 was truncated to their current termini at US 1. The portion running through New Jersey is sometimes called the 'Camden Freeway'.[5]

History


Northbound view of I-295 in Hamilton, New Jersey

Portions of what is now Interstate 295 were planned as early as the 1940s as a bypass replacement for U.S. Route 130 in southern New Jersey, as well as the Route 39 beltway around Trenton. The first section of the US 130 bypass in Gloucester County (between current exits 21 and 24) opened in 1948, with a second section (between exits 14 and 21) opening in 1954.[6] Both these sections were originally signed only as US 130, but became a part of I-295 when the Interstate Highway System was created in 1958.
Also among the earliest portions of I-295 to be built are the Delaware Memorial Bridge and the Delaware approach. When the bridge opened on August 16, 1951, so did the eastern two miles of I-295 in Delaware, between U.S. Route 13 and the bridge. The bridge was signed as a portion of U.S. Route 40, and also became a part of I-295 in 1958. The western section from US 13 to I-95 opened with the completion of the Delaware Turnpike in 1963, which – when combined with the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Harbor Tunnel Thruway, JFK Memorial Highway, and New Jersey Turnpike – completed a nonstop freeway between Washington, D.C., and New York City.[7]
The remainder of Interstate 295 through New Jersey was planned as 'Federal Aid Interstate Route 108', which was created by the New Jersey Department of Transportation in 1956[8] when the Interstate Highways System was being planned but not yet numbered. Interstate 295 was mostly complete (especially south of Trenton) by the 1980s; the last portion to be completed was around the Interstate 195/Route 29 interchange in 1994.
The 295 expressway originally had extended further north (along the current I-95M) and ended at the (now) "ghost" interchange (where the Somerset Freeway would've intersected) at 95M's Mile marker 5.0 in Hopewell Township. The 295 expressway continued for an extra 4 miles (thereby making its NJ length about 72 miles), which then changed the exit numbers for: ''Princeton Pike'' (95M Exit 8/295 Exit 68), US 206 (95M Exit 7/295 Exit 69), and ''Federal City Road'' (95M Exit 5/295 Exit 71). Even after the Somerset Freeway was terminated, 295 still continued north; it wasn't until 1993 that the NJDOT shortened the NJ length of 295 from 72 miles to 68 miles, and extended the 95M designation along 295's former 4-mile stretch (to the exit for US 1).
The expressway, like many others in New Jersey, once had solar powered emergency call boxes every 1.0 mile, however with the advent of cell phones the usage of these call boxes became extremely limited. To save on maintenance costs, the NJDOT removed these call boxes in 2005. Due to difficulty replacing parts, the call boxes are disappearing from many other highways as well, such as I-195, I-280, I-78, I-80, NJ 55, and NJ 208.[9][10]

Future developments


The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is currently planning to reconstruct the interchange with Interstate 76 and Route 42 south of Camden. The project is necessary to create a direct through connection for I-295 through the interchange, eliminate weaving between I-295 and I-76, and to fill in the missing movements between I-295 and Route 42 south of the interchange.[11] There were several alternatives proposed for the interchange design, which were then shortlisted to five. A final preferred alternative will be selected sometime early in 2007.[12] All of the shortlisted alternatives provide a direct connection for I-295 through the interchange without using the present substandard ramps, and also provide new connections from Route 42 northbound to I-295 southbound and from I-295 northbound to Route 42 southbound.
The northern portion of Interstate 295 will be affected by the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project in Bristol, Pennsylvania. With the completion of the project, Interstate 95 will be redesignated along the Pennsylvania Turnpike to connect with the New Jersey Turnpike (currently the northern section of I-95) at exit 6, and the I-95 designation will be removed from the section north of the interchange in Pennsylvania. Under the original plan, I-295 would have been extended past its current terminus at US 1 along current I-95, across the Scudder Falls Bridge, and into Pennsylvania to the new interchange.[13][14]
However, in September 2005, the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania came to an agreement that, instead, Interstate 195 would be extended along this section of I-95.[15] This means that the extended I-195 would replace the portion of I-95 between the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, and U.S. Route 1 in Lawrence Township, New Jersey. It would also replace Interstate 295 north of exit 60 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey (its exit with I-195), truncating I-295 at that junction. This option would reduce the confusion of having I-295 parallel itself in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.[16] This proposal is waiting for approval by AASHTO.

Exit list


Delaware

The entire route is in New Castle County.
LocationMileDestinationsNotes
0.00 - BaltimoreSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
, LancasterSouthbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as exit 5 (the exit number used on I-95)
1.43Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1.43, PhiladelphiaSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
1.93South end of US 40 overlap
Landers LaneNorthbound exit only
3.20
Delaware Memorial Bridge over the Delaware River

New Jersey

CountyLocationMile#DestinationsNotes
SalemPennsville Twp0.951ASigned as exit 1 southbound
- New York, Atlantic CityNorth end of US 40 overlap; northbound exit and southbound entrance
0.951BNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Carneys Point Twp1.391CSouth end of CR 551 overlap
1.602ANorthbound exit and southbound entrance, providing a U-turn to allow traffic from CR 551 north to access I-295 south/US 40 west
1.922B-CSigned as exits 2B (east) and 2C (west to US 130)
4.464
Oldmans Twp7.157Auburn, Pedricktown
GloucesterLogan Twp10.3010Center Square Road - Swedesboro
11.9211ASigned as exit 11 southbound
11.9211BNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
14.3113South end of US 130 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance
14.5714
Greenwich Twp15.4415
16.0616A
16.4216B
Greenwich Twp/East Greenwich Twp17.2517
Greenwich Twp/Paulsboro Boro18.34
18.49
18
West Deptford Twp19.4319
20.6220
21.8721
22.9422
23.68
23.98
23North end of US 130 overlap
West Deptford Twp/Deptford Twp24.5324ASouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Deptford Twp/Westville Boro24.6024BSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Westville Boro25.1825Southbound exit and northbound entrance; signed as exits 25A (south) and 25B (north)
CamdenBellmawr Boro26.4126, PhiladelphiaNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
26.93Southbound exit and northbound entrance
27.4426, PhiladelphiaExit number signed southbound only
28.1628
Haddon Heights Boro/Barrington Boro30.00
30.22
29, CollingswoodSigned as exits 29A (east) and 29B (west) northbound
Lawnside Boro30.6530Warwick Road – Lawnside, HaddonfieldSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Haddonfield31.7431Woodcrest Station
Cherry Hill Twp32.4032
34.8034Signed as exits 34A (east) and 34B (west)
BurlingtonMount Laurel Twp36.8636Signed as exits 36A (south) and 36B (north)
40.6040Signed as exits 40A (east) and 40B (west) northbound
43.1043Rancocas Woods, DelranSigned as exits 43A (Rancocas Woods) and 43B (Delran) southbound
Westampton Twp44.9445Mount Holly, WillingboroSigned as exits 45A (Mount Holly) and 45B (Willingboro)
Burlington Twp47.5347Signed as exits 47A (south) and 47B (north)
Mansfield Twp52.3352Columbus, FlorenceSigned as exits 52A (Columbus) and 52B (Florence)
Bordentown Twp56.1056Northbound exit and southbound entrance
56.8257ASigned as exit 57 northbound
56.8257BSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
MercerHamilton Twp60.2360
I-195 to NJTP/I-95, NJ 29 to NJ 129 - Trenton, Shore Points
Signed as exits 60A (I-195) and 60B (NJ 29) southbound
61.4061AArena Drive east, White Horse Avenue
61.4061BArena Drive west, Olden AvenueNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
61.8962Olden Avenue northSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
63.9363ANorthbound exit and southbound entrance
64.0163BSigned as exit 63 southbound
64.6164Southbound exit and northbound entrance
65.2765Sloan AvenueSigned as exits 65A (east) and 65B (west)
Lawrence Twp67.6367Signed as exits 67A (north) and 67B (south) northbound
67.79
I-95(M) south - Philadelphia
Northbound exit and southbound entrance

Related routes


References


1. Federal Highway Administration Route Log and Finder List, Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002
2. Interstate 295 Straight Line Diagram from the New Jersey Department of Transportation
3. Map 1: I-95 Corridor Shifts, 1954 - 1982
4. Map 7: Exit Number Changes, 1984 - 1996
5. The Trenton Complex: I-295 & 195 / Route 29
6. Interstate 295 (New Jersey) Eastern Roads
7. Interstate 295 (Delaware) Eastern Roads
8. New Jersey Roads - NJ State Highways - 91-147
9. Reducing highway safety completely uncalled for
10. Last call for N.J.'s roadside call boxes Thomas Barlas
11. I-295/I-76/Route 42 Direct Connection Project: Project Purpose and Need
12. I-295/I-76/Route 42 Direct Connection: Frequently Asked Questions
13. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission I-95/I-276 Interchange Project Final Environmental Impact Statement - Appendix A: Alternative Map
14. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission PA Turnpike/I-95 Interchange Project Design Management Meeting Summary
15. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission I-95/I-276 Interchange Project Meeting Design Management Summary - DRAFT: Design Advisory Committee Meeting #2
16. PA Turnpike / I-95 Interchange Project: FAQ Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

External links



I-295 on Kurumi.com

NJDOT Straight Line Diagrams

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission I-95/I-276 Interchange Project Home

I-295/I-76/Route 42 Direct Connection Overview

AASHTO Homepage

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