INTERSTATE 95 IN VIRGINIA

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'Interstate 95' runs 179 miles through Virginia. It runs concurrently for 3 miles with Interstate 64 in Richmond, and meets the northern terminus of Interstate 85 in Petersburg. Though Interstate 95 was originally planned to go straight through Washington, DC, it was instead routed around it, along the eastern portion of the Capital Beltway. From Petersburg to Richmond, I-95 was the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike.
The point where it enters the Capital Beltway, the Springfield Interchange, is one of the busiest interchanges in the east coast. I-95 continues into Maryland along the Beltway over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.

Contents

Major cities

Auxiliary routes

HOV facilities

Maps

Exit list

References

Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
'' (listed from south to north)''

★ 'Rocky Mount, North Carolina'

★ Emporia, Virginia

★ 'Petersburg, Virginia'

★ 'Richmond, Virginia'

★ Fredericksburg, Virginia

★ 'Washington, D.C.' (via I-395)

★ 'Baltimore, Maryland'

Auxiliary routes

★ 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 Interstate 64 east of Richmond and I-95 north of Richmond to I-64 west of Richmond.

★ Interstate 395 is a branch from Springfield north into downtown Washington, D.C. It was part of I-95 until 1977.

★ Interstate 495 is the Capital Beltway, a full loop around Washington, D.C. Since 1977, I-95 has run along its east half.

★ Interstate 595 was a planned branch from I-395 south to Washington National Airport along U.S. Route 1.

★ Interstate 795 was a planned number for present I-95 from I-295 south of Petersburg to Interstate 85 in downtown Petersburg; I-95 would have bypassed Petersburg and Richmond to the east on I-295. The renumbering was never done because tolls were removed from the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike section of I-95.

★ State Route 895 is the Pocahontas Parkway, a connection from I-95 south of Richmond east to I-295. It was not numbered as an Interstate because the project used federal funds, and opened as a toll road, disqualifying any Interstate status.

HOV facilities

Interstate 95 extends the twin-lane barrier-separated high-occupancy vehicle lanes that begin on I-395 at the 14th Street Bridge in Washington. These lanes have been extended several times, most recently to just south of Woodbridge.
As part of the Quantico Creek bridge rebuilding project, a currently unused three-lane 300-foot long bridge was constructed in the median just south of the southern HOV terminus for use if and when the HOV facilities are extended. It was previously used as a detour bridge and retains its lane striping from such use. ^[2][3]

Maps

Exit list

As was common in other states, the present Interstate 95 routing in Virginia utilized pre-existing expressways and turnpikes. As sections opened, the existing sequential exit numbering was not modified; as a result, travelling from an old turnpike onto a new section of pavement (or vice versa) could result in a jump in exit numbers up or down. For instance, when entering from the south the section of I-95 previously signed only as the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike, the exit number jumped from 13 to 2. Similarly, when travelling from the Turnpike onto a new section of I-95 north of it, the exit number jumped from 17 to 35. Comically, one result of this was that a driver travelling from border to border in the state on the same Interstate routing would encounter ''three'' Exit 2s before leaving.
In the late 1980s, VDOT undertook a major redesignating of exit numbers throughout the state from the haphazard sequential system to the mileage-based scheme used today.

County	Location	#		Destinations	Notes
		Old
Interstate 95 continues into North Carolina
Greensville		1	4	VA 629 - Skippers
		2	8	U.S. Route 301 - Emporia
		20 px crosses the Meherrin River
		3B-A	11B-A	U.S. Route 58 - Emporia, Norfolk, South Hill
		4	12	20 px U.S. 301 north	Northbound exit only.
		5	13	VA 614 - Emporia
Sussex		6	17	U.S. 301
		7	20	VA 631 - Jarratt
		8	24	VA 645
		20 px crosses the Nottoway River
		9	31	VA 40 - Stony Creek, Waverly
		10	33	VA 602
Prince George		11	37	U.S. 301/VA 623 - Carson
		12	41	U.S. 301/VA 35/VA 156 - Courtland
		13	45	U.S. 301
			46	I-295 north - Washington
	City of Petersburg		47	VA 629 (Rives Road)
			48B-A	Wagner Road
			50A	U.S. Route 460 east (County Drive)	Southbound is numbered exit 50. No southbound entrance. US 460 joins northbound and leaves southbound.
			50B-C	U.S. 301 (Crater Road)	Part of exit 50 southbound.
		2	51	20 px 20 px I-85 south/U.S. Route 460 west - South Hill, Blackstone, Durham, Atlanta	U.S. 460 joins southbound and leaves northbound.
		3	50D	U.S. 301 (Crater Road) - Wythe Street, Washington Street, Downtown	Exit 52 southbound.
			52	Bank Street	Northbound exit only.
	Petersburg-Colonial Heights city limits	20 px crosses the Appomattox River
	City of Colonial Heights		53	Southpark Boulevard
		4	54	VA 144 (Temple Avenue)
Chesterfield		5	58	VA 746/VA 620 (Ruffin Mill Road) - Woods Edge Road
		6E-W	61A-B	VA 10 - Hopewell, Chester	Exits 61A (Hopewell) and 61B (Chester).
		6	62	20 px VA 288 north - Chesterfield, Powhite Parkway
		6A	64	VA 613 (Willis Road)
			67A	20 px VA 895 east	Toll road.
		7	67B	20 px VA 150 north (Chippenham Parkway) - to U.S. Route 60/U.S. Route 360 west	Formerly exit 67
	City of Richmond	8	69	VA 161 (Bells Road)
		9	73	Maury Street	Southbound is signed "Maury Street, Commerce Road".
		20 px crosses the James River
		9A	74A	25 px 20 px 25 px VA 195/ I-195 north (Downtown Expressway)	Toll road.
		10A	74B	Franklin Street	Southbound exit only
		10	74C	U.S. Route 33/U.S. Route 250 (Broad Street)
		11	75	20 px I-64 east - Williamsburg, Norfolk, 7th Street	I-64 joins northbound and leaves southbound. Exit to reach Richmond International Airport.
		12	76A	Chamberlayne Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		13	76B	U.S. Route 1/U.S. 301 (Belvidere Street)	No northbound exit.
		14	78	VA 161 (Boulevard)
		15A	79	20 px 20 px I-64 west/I-195 south - to Powhite Parkway, Charlottesville	I-64 exits northbound and joins southbound.
Henrico		15	80	VA 161 (Hermitage Road), Lakeside Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		16	81	U.S. 1	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		17	82	U.S. 301/VA 2 (Chamberlayne Avenue)
		35A-B	83A-B	20 px VA 73 west (Parham Road)	Use Exit 83B to reach VA 73 west.
		36A-B	84A-B	I-264/ I-64 - Norfolk, Rocky Mount, NC, Charlottesville	Exits 84A (Norfolk, Rocky Mount) and 84B (Charlottesville). Use exit 84A to reach Richmond Int'l Airport.
Hanover		37A-B	86A-B	VA 656 - Atlee, Elmont	Exits 86A (Atlee) and 86B (Elmont).
		38	89	VA 802 (Lewistown Road)
		39A-B	92A-B	VA 54 - Hanover, Ashland	Exits 92A (Hanover) and 92B (Ashland). Southbound signed as Exit 92.
		40	98	VA 30 - Doswell
Hanover-Caroline county line	20 px crosses the Pamunkey River
Caroline		41	104	25 px 20 px VA 207/to U.S. 301 - Carmel Church, Bowling Green
		42	110	VA 639 - Ladysmith
Spotsylvania		43	118	VA 606 - Thornburg
		44A	126A	20 px 20 px U.S. 1 north - Fredericksburg
		44B	126B	20 px 20 px U.S. 1 south/U.S. Route 17 south - Spotsylvania	US 17 joins northbound and leaves southbound. Formerly signed as Massaponax.
		45A-B	130A-B	VA 3 - Fredericksburg, Culpeper	Exits 130A (Fredericksburg) and 130B (Culpeper).
	City of Fredericksburg				No exits in the city.
Fredericksburg city limits- Stafford County line		20 px crosses the Rappahannock River
Stafford		46	133	20 px U.S. 17 north - Warrenton	Split into 133A (Fallmouth) and 133B (Warrenton) southbound. US 17 exits northbound and joins southbound. Exit to reach unsigned 20 px U.S. 17 BUS.
			136	VA 8900 (Centreport Parkway) - to U.S. 1	Exit opened December 22, 2005
		47	140	VA 630 - Stafford
Stafford-Prince William county line	20 px crosses Chopawamsic Creek
Prince William		48A-B	143A-B	U.S. 1/VA 610- Aquia, Garrisonville	Exits 143A (Aquia/U.S. 1) and 143B(Garrisonville/VA 610).
		49	148	Marine Corps Base Quantico
		50	150	VA 619 - Triangle, Quantico	Exits 150A (Triangle) and 150B (Quantico) southbound.
		51A-B	152A-B	VA 234 - Dumfries, Manassas	Exits 152A (Dumfries) and 152B (Manassas).
		52	156	VA 784 - Dale City, Rippon Landing
		52A	158A-B	VA 3000 (Prince William Parkway) - Woodbridge, Manassas	Exits 158A (Woodbridge) and 158B (Manassas).
Prince William-Fairfax county line	20 px crosses the Occoquan River
Fairfax		53	160		Signed as exits 160A (south) and 160B (north) northbound; no access from I-95 south to SR 123 south
		54	161		Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		54	161		Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		55	163
		56	166		Signed as exits 166A (south) and 166B (north)
			167		Southbound exit only
					Full interchange with reversible HOV lane access only (ramps to/from the north only provide access to I-395)
		57	169		Signed as exits 169A (east) and 169B (west)
		58	170A		South end of I-495 overlap
		4	170B	- Washington, DC
City of Alexandria		3	173
		3A	174	Eisenhower Avenue Connector - Alexandria
		2	176		Signed as exits 176A (south) and 176B (north)
		1	177		Signed as exits 177A (south) and 177B (north)
Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River Interstate 95 continues through Washington, D.C. into Maryland

References

1. Federal Highway Administration Route Log and Finder List, Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002
2. Satellite view of orphaned bridge over Quantico Creek for future HOV use
3. I-95 Quantico Creek bridge reconstruction project from VDOT