Interstate 95 in Virginia

Interstate 95 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	178.73 mi[1] (287.64 km)
Formed:	1957
South end:	I-95 near Weldon, NC
Major junctions:	I-85 in Petersburg I-64 in Richmond I-395 in Springfield
North end:	I-95/I-495 in Washington, DC
Virginia Routes < SR 94 SR 96 > Primary – Secondary – History – Turnpikes

I-95 south coming off the Woodrow Wilson Bridge from Maryland

I-95 entering Virginia from North Carolina

In the Commonwealth of Virginia, Interstate 95 runs 179 miles (288 km) through the state. It runs concurrently for 3 miles (4.8 km) 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 U.S. I-95 continues into Maryland along the Beltway over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.

Major cities

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

• Miami, Florida
• 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.^[2]
• 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 (91 m) 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. ^[3][4]

Maps

Fairfax County

Along the Capital Beltway

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	New
Interstate 95 continues into North Carolina
Greensville	Skippers	1	4	VA 629 - Skippers
	Emporia	2	8	US 301 – Emporia
		crosses the Meherrin River
		3B-A	11B-A	US 58 – Emporia, Norfolk, South Hill
	Belfield	4	12	US 301 north	Northbound exit only.
		5	13	VA 614 - Emporia
Sussex	Henry	6	17	US 301
	Jarratt	7	20	VA 631 - Jarratt
	Owens	8	24	VA 645
	crosses the Nottoway River
	Stony Creek	9	31	SR 40 – Stony Creek, Waverly
		10	33	VA 602
Prince George	Carson	11	37	U.S. Route 301/VA 623 - Carson
	Courtland	12	41	US 301 / SR 35 / SR 156
	Rives	13	45	US 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	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.
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	VA 288 north - Chesterfield, To Powhite Parkway
		6A	64	VA 613 (Willis Road)
			67A	VA 895 east	Toll road.
		7	67B	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".
		crosses the James River
		9A	74A	VA 195/To 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	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	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	VA 73 west (Parham Road)	Use Exit 83B to reach VA 73 west.
		36A-B	84A-B	I-295/To 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)
	Ashland	39A-B	92A-B	VA 54 - Hanover, Ashland	Exits 92A (Hanover) and 92B (Ashland). Southbound signed as Exit 92.
	Doswell	40	98	VA 30 - Doswell
crosses the North Anna River
Caroline	Bowling Green	41	104	VA 207/to U.S. 301 - Carmel Church, Bowling Green
		42	110	VA 639 - Ladysmith
Spotsylvania	Thornburg	43	118	VA 606 - Thornburg
		44A	126A	U.S. 1 north - Fredericksburg
		44B	126B	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).
crosses the Rappahannock River
Stafford	Warrenton	46	133	U.S. 17 north — Warrenton	Split into 133A (Falmouth) and 133B (Warrenton) southbound. US 17 exits northbound and joins southbound. Exit to reach unsigned U.S. 17 BUS.
			136	VA 8900 (Centreport Parkway) - to U.S. 1	Exit opened December 22, 2005
		47	140	VA 630 - Stafford
	Garrisonville	48A-B	143A-B	U.S. 1/VA 610- Aquia, Garrisonville	Exits 143A (Aquia/U.S. 1) and 143B(Garrisonville/VA 610).
crosses Chopawamsic Creek
Prince William		49	148	Marine Corps Base Quantico
	Quantico	50	150	VA 619 - Triangle, Quantico	Exit 150 (Triangle/Quantico) northbound. Exits 150A (Triangle/Quantico) and 150B (Prince William Forest) southbound.
	Dumfries	51A-B	152A-B	VA 234 - Dumfries, Manassas	Exits 152A (Dumfries) and 152B (Manassas).
	Dale City	52	156	VA 784 - Dale City, Rippon Landing
	Woodbridge	52A	158A-B	VA 3000 (Prince William Parkway) - Woodbridge, Manassas	Exits 158A (Woodbridge) and 158B (Manassas).
		53	160	SR 123 – Woodbridge, Occoquan, Lake Ridge	Signed as exits 160A (south) and 160B (north) northbound; no access from I-95 south to SR 123 south
crosses the Occoquan River
Fairfax		54	161	US 1 north – Fort Belvoir, Mount Vernon	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		54	161	US 1 south – Woodbridge	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
		55	163	SR 642 – Lorton
		56	166	SR 7100 (Fairfax County Parkway) / SR 790 (Alban Road) / Backlick Road, Fullerton Road – Newington, Fort Belvoir	Signed as exits 166A (south) and 166B (north)
			167	SR 617 south (Backlick Road) / Fullerton Road	Southbound exit only
				SR 7900 (Franconia-Springfield Parkway)	Full interchange with reversible HOV lane access only (ramps to/from the north only provide access to I-395)
		57	169	SR 644 – Franconia, Springfield	Signed as exits 169A (east) and 169B (west)
		58	170A	I-495 north – Tysons Corner	South end of I-495 overlap
		4	170B	I-395 north - Washington, DC
City of Alexandria		3	173	SR 613 (Van Dorn Street) – Franconia
		3A	174	Eisenhower Avenue Connector - Alexandria
		2	176	SR 241 (Telegraph Road) – Alexandria	Signed as exits 176A (south) and 176B (north)
		1	177	US 1 – Alexandria, Fort Belvoir	Signed as exits 177A (south) and 177B (north)
Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River Interstate 95 continues through Washington, D.C. into Maryland

|178A Highway 501 |178B Kings Hwy

References

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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. ^ Interstate 95 (AARoads.com; Interstate Guide)
3. ^ Thr orphaned bridge over Quantico Creek is located at 38°34′05″N 77°20′07″W / 38.568175°N 77.335274°W / 38.568175; -77.335274
4. ^ I-95 Quantico Creek bridge reconstruction project from VDOT

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