Interstate 95
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Interstate 95 or (I-95) is an
interstate highway that runs 1907 miles (3070 kilometers) 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.
Length
\n{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border:3px solid #87CEEB;"\n|-\n|Miles||km\n|-\n!bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="4"|\n|-\n|381 ||613||Florida\n|-\n|112||180||Georgia\n|-\n|201||324||South Carolina\n|-\n|183||295||North Carolina\n|-\n|178||286||Virginia\n|-\n|110||177||Maryland\n|-\n|26||42||Delaware\n|-\n|58||95||Pennsylvania\n|-\n|44||71||New Jersey (see note)\n|-\n|29||47||New York\n|-\n|118||190||Connecticut\n|-\n|47||75||Rhode Island\n|-\n|97||158||Massachusetts\n|-\n|17||27||New Hampshire\n|-\n|306||491||Maine\n|-\n!bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|\n|-\n|1907 ||3070||Total\n|}
Major Cities Along the Route
\n*Miami, Florida \n*Jacksonville, Florida \n*Savannah, Georgia \n*Richmond, Virginia \n*Washington, D.C \n*Baltimore, Maryland \n*Wilmington, Delaware \n*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \n*Trenton, New Jersey\n*New Brunswick, New Jersey\n*Newark, New Jersey \n*New York City, New York \n*New Haven, Connecticut \n*Providence, Rhode Island \n*Boston, Massachusetts \n*Portland, Maine
Intersections with other Interstates
\n*Interstate 4 in Daytona Beach, Florida \n*Interstate 10 in Jacksonville, Florida \n*Interstate 16 in Savannah, Georgia \n*Interstate 26 near Harleyville, South Carolina \n*Interstate 20 in Florence, South Carolina \n*Interstate 40 in Benson, North Carolina \n*Interstate 85 in Petersburg, Virginia \n*Interstate 64 for 4 miles in Richmond, Virginia \n*Interstate 76 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \n*Interstate 78 in Newark, New Jersey \n*Interstate 80 in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey \n*Interstate 87 in New York City, New York \n*Interstate 91 in New Haven, Connecticut \n*Interstate 93 in Dedham, Massachusetts \n*Interstate 90 in Weston, Massachusetts \n*Interstate 93 in Woburn, Massachusetts
Spur Routes
\n*Miami, Florida - I-195, I-395, I-595 \n*Jacksonville, Florida - I-295\n*Richmond, Virginia - I-195, I-295 \n*Washington, D.C - I-295, I-395, I-495 \n*Baltimore, Maryland - I-195, I-395, I-595, I-695, I-795, I-895 \n*Wilmington, Delaware to Trenton, New Jersey - I-295 \n*Wilmington, Delaware - I-495\n*Spur to New Jersey shore points- I-195\n*Western spur of New Jersey Turnpike (I-95 is technically the eastern spur) - I-95W (signed as I-95)\n*New York City, New York - I-295, I-495, I-695, I-895 \n*Spur to Worcester, Massachusetts - I-395 \n*Warwick, Rhode Island to North Attleborough, Massachusetts - I-295 \n*Spur to eastern Massachusetts from Providence, Rhode Island - I-195 \n*Wareham, Massachusetts to Amesbury, Massachusetts - I-495 \n*Portland, Maine - I-295 \n*Spur through Lewiston, Maine - I-495\n*Bangor, Maine - I-395
Notes
\nInterstate 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.
The highway's spurs have set two records. There are seven separate I-295ss, making this designation used for the most number of highways. Also, six I-695s were planned, but postponed or never built, setting another record.
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 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; the section not controlled by the National Park Service is designated MD 295, while the portion of the Anacostia Freeway in Washington not designated I-295 is DC 295 – the District's only "state highway". 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.
The Miami hip-hop group 95 South is named after this highway.
Disasters
On the morning of June 28, 1983, a 100 ft (30 meter) section of the Mianus River Bridge in the Cos Cob section of Greenwich, Connecticut collapsed, plunging northbound I-95 traffic into the river below, killing three. The collapse was blamed on the failure of the steel pins to hold the horizontal beams together and inadequate inspection prior to the collapse. Northbound traffic was diverted on this section of I-95 for 25 days. Southbound traffic was unaffected.
On March 26, 2004 a bridge on I-95 near Bridgeport, Connecticut was partly melted by the explosion of a tanker truck carrying over 45,000 liters of fuel oil. Repairs were estimated to take at least two weeks, but the highway was opened to northbound traffic in only a few days. Southbound traffic resumed about a week later.
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