Interstate 95 in Massachusetts

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I-95.svg
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 in Massachusetts
I-95 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MassDOT
Length91.95 mi [1]  (147.98 km)
Existed1957–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
South endI-95.svg I-95 at the Rhode Island state line
Major intersections
North endI-95.svg I-95 at the New Hampshire state line
Location
Country United States
State Massachusetts
Counties Bristol, Norfolk, Middlesex, Essex
Highway system
I-93.svg I-93 MA Route 96.svg Route 96

Interstate 95 (I-95) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that parallels the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, in the south to Houlton, Maine, in the north. [2] In the US state of Massachusetts, it spans 92 miles (148 km) along a north–south axis. It is the third-longest Interstate Highway in Massachusetts, behind I-90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) and I-495, while I-95 in full is the longest north–south Interstate and sixth-longest Interstate Highway in the US.

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Its southern terminus within the state is located in Attleboro, where I-95 enters from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It intersects with US Route 1 (US 1) and the northern terminus of I-295 within Attleboro, I-495 in Mansfield, and US 1 in Sharon before arriving at an interchange with I-93, US 1, and Route 128 in Canton. At this interchange, I-95 begins running concurrently with US 1 and Route 128 along a beltway roughly 15 miles (24 km) outside of Boston. While earlier plans called for I-95 to run northeastward through Boston along the Southwest Corridor and a more northerly portion of Route 1 known as the Northeast Expressway, these plans were squashed due to fierce community opposition. As such, Boston is one of only two major east coast cities that I-95 bypasses (the other, Washington DC, for the same reason).

While its concurrency with US 1 ends in Dedham, its concurrency with Route 128 continues as it meets with expressways including the Massachusetts Turnpike in Weston, US 20 in Waltham, Route 2 in Lexington, US 3 in Burlington (with which it runs concurrently within the town), and I-93 and US 1 in Reading and Lynnfield, respectively. I-95 and Route 128 split in Peabody, as Route 128 travels northeast toward its northern terminus in Gloucester, I-95 continues north and crosses US 1 in Peabody and Danvers. Within Salisbury, it intersects the northern terminus of I-495 and arrives at its own northern terminus, where I-95 continues into Seabrook, New Hampshire, as the Blue Star Turnpike.

Route description

Attleboro to Canton

To continue on I-95 northbound, motorists must make a sharp clockwise curve at exit 26 (old exit 12) in Canton. Massachusetts I-93 branches off from I-95.jpg
To continue on I-95 northbound, motorists must make a sharp clockwise curve at exit 26 (old exit 12) in Canton.

I-95 crosses the state border from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, into Attleboro as a six-lane highway, with the first northbound exits, 2A and 2B, providing access to Route 1A and nearby US 1 near the border. (There is an exit 1, but it is a southbound-only exit connecting to US 1 south into Rhode Island). Exits 4–7 (old exits 3–5) also serve the Attleboro area, with exit 6 (old exit 4) at the northern terminus of I-295.

Exits 12A and 12B (old exits 6A and 6B) in Mansfield provide access to I-495, the "outer circumferential" beltway around Greater Boston. I-495 provides northbound connections to Worcester, the Massachusetts Turnpike, and the western part of the state, and southbound connections to Cape Cod. Mansfield is home to the Xfinity Center, a Live Nation Entertainment-owned amphitheater that hosts numerous concert events, and TPC Boston, a PGA Tour player's club that hosted the Dell Technologies Championship yearly. The two venues are located near I-95's interchanges with Route 140.

I-95 continues northward into Foxborough, home of Gillette Stadium, located on US 1 and accessible from exit 19 (old exit 9). As the Interstate continues through Sharon, it then enters Greater Boston and the towns of Walpole, and Norwood, before entering Canton, where it meets I-93 at its southern terminus, and I-93 continues as exit 26 (old exit 12) to the right of I-95, while I-95 traffic is routed in a single lane to a sharp clockwise curve where it meets US 1 in a wrong-way concurrency.

Canton to Peabody (Route 128)

Upon interchanging with I-93, I-95 loops around to the west, taking over the roadbed from I-93 (now four lanes) and joining US 1 southbound in a wrong-way concurrency. Route 128 begins here as well. The highway enters Westwood next, with US 1 leaving the freeway near the Dedham town line to parallel I-95 back to the south. I-95 and Route 128 makes its way around Greater Boston, passing through Dedham, Needham, and Wellesley, where the freeway has an interchange with Route 9, and the freeway widens to eight lanes. Then, the highway passes through Newton, then enters Weston and has a large interchange with the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) that provides connections to nearby Route 30. With the exception of between the I-90 on- and offramps, this portion of I-95 is four lanes in each direction.

I-95 and Route 128 are due west of Boston at this point and begin to turn to the northeast, serving the city of Waltham and the town of Lexington along the way. The freeway has an interchange with Route 2 (Concord Turnpike) at exit 45 (old exit 29). Upon entering the town of Burlington, I-95 and Route 128 have an interchange with US 3, the Northwestern Expressway, at exit 50A (old exit 32A). US 3 provides a direct freeway connection with the LowellNashua, New Hampshire, metro area. Access to the Middlesex Turnpike and Burlington retail district is facilitated at this interchange as well. US 3 south briefly joins the freeway in another wrong-way multiplex in order to connect with its old alignment, leaving at exit 51A (old exit 33A). I-95 and Route 128 continue northeast through the city of Woburn and into Reading.

In Reading, I-95 and Route 128 once again have an interchange with I-93. After crossing I-93, the now six-lane highway continues to the northeast, serving the towns of Wakefield, Lynnfield, and Lynn before crossing into Peabody, where Route 128 leaves I-95 at exit 64 (old exit 45) via the three left-most lanes as its own freeway toward Gloucester, while I-95 continues as the two right-most lanes in a somewhat sharp counterclockwise (albeit the fact that it contains two lanes) loop.

Peabody to Salisbury

After leaving Route 128, I-95 expands back to six lanes and then to eight lanes at the partial interchange with US 1 (exit 66, old exit 46) about one mile (1.6 km) north of Route 128 and heads north through the less densely populated northeastern portion of the state. The freeway serves the communities of Danvers, Boxford, Topsfield, Georgetown, Rowley, Newbury, West Newbury, Newburyport, Amesbury, and Salisbury. Traffic density is generally low on this 25-mile (40 km) stretch of freeway.

I-495 has its northern terminus at I-95 exit 89 (old exit 59) just south of the New Hampshire state line, a Y interchange that merges I-495 onto I-95. Northbound access to I-495 south is possible via exit 58 for Route 110 westbound, which leads to I-495's exit 119 (old exit 55) (I-495's last northbound exit before I-95). The northernmost exit in Massachusetts is exit 90 (old exit 60), providing access to Main Street toward Amesbury and Route 286 toward Salisbury Beach and Hampton Beach (the southbound ramp starts in New Hampshire). After crossing underneath the connecting roads, I-95 crosses the state line into Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Facilities and speed limits

Rest areas and service plazas

This is a list of rest areas on I-95 in Massachusetts: [3]

Weigh stations

Weigh stations are located on the northbound and southbound sides of the highway at the following locations: [4] [ better source needed ] [5]

Speed limits

Between the Rhode Island state line and I-93 in Canton, and again between the northern end of the beltway and the New Hampshire state line, the speed limit is 65 mph (105 km/h).[ citation needed ] After leaving Route 128, I-95 expands to eight lanes and heads north through the less densely populated northeastern portion of the state hence why the speed limit increases to 65 mph from Peabody to the New Hampshire border crossing through more rural areas in northeastern Massachusetts, including Georgetown, Massachusetts, Rowley, Massachusetts, Newbury, Massachusetts and others in Salisbury.[ citation needed ] The sharp transition curve from I-95 north onto the Route 128 beltway in Canton is posted for 25 mph (40 km/h). Along the beltway, the speed limit is 55 mph (89 km/h), and the speed limit on the transition ramps at exit 64 (old exit 45) at the I-95/Route 128 split in Peabody is 45 mph (72 km/h) northbound and 50 mph (80 km/h) southbound before increasing to 65 mph from that point on until it reaches the New Hampshire border in Salisbury, Massachusetts.[ citation needed ]

History

The original plans called for I-95 to run through downtown Boston. The highway would have progressed from Route 128 and Readville, followed the Southwest Corridor, ran along Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury, heading east, and joining the Southeast Expressway at South Bay, then north to the Central Artery at the South Station interchange with the Massachusetts Turnpike/I-90, and connecting with the Northeast Expressway at the Charlestown banks of the Charles River.

However, due to pressure from local residents, all proposed Interstate Highways within Route 128 were canceled in 1972 by Governor Francis Sargent with the exception of I-93 to Boston. The only section of I-95 completed within the Route 128 beltway by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) was the segment from Saugus to the Massachusetts Avenue Connector in Roxbury. The Southwest Expressway and the Inner Belt highways were among the Sargent-canceled highways.

Original 1955 Yellow Book plan showing the southwestern routing of I-95 to the Inner Belt. The modern I-95 follows the outer belt shown on this map (now considered the "inner" Route 128 compared to the "outer" I-495 which is not shown, and which started construction two years after the study). Boston, Massachusetts 1955 Yellow Book.jpg
Original 1955 Yellow Book plan showing the southwestern routing of I-95 to the Inner Belt. The modern I-95 follows the outer belt shown on this map (now considered the "inner" Route 128 compared to the "outer" I-495 which is not shown, and which started construction two years after the study).

Between 1972 and 1974, plans were to extend I-95 along a northerly extension of the Northeast Expressway to Route 128 in northwestern Danvers. During this time, I-95 was officially routed along Route 128 from Canton to Braintree and north along the Southeast Expressway (also designated Route 3), from Braintree to Boston, then following the Central Artery, and continuing along the Northeast Expressway in Boston, Chelsea, and Revere.

When the Northeast Expressway extension (between Saugus and Danvers) was canceled in 1974, I-95's route shifted to its current routing along the perimeter highway (Route 128), and I-93 was extended to meet I-95 in Canton. For several decades, plans for the abandoned roadways could still be seen going from the end of the Northeast Expressway to the Saugus River in Saugus in the form of a graded but unpaved roadbed. Much of this was removed during the early 2000s. At the US 1/Route 60 interchange, one can still see unused bridges and ghost ramps that were originally intended to carry I-95. [6]

MassDOT's Add-A-Lane project added a fourth lane in each direction along Route 128/I-95 from the I-93 interchange in Canton to the Route 9 interchange in Wellesley, where the rush-hour traffic has been for some time permitted to use the breakdown lanes on the highway shoulder. The section south of Route 9 was completed by late 2015, and the last section, from Needham to Wellesley, where construction started in 2015, was completed in 2019. [7] Outside of Route 128, the state began a $285-million (equivalent to $341 million in 2023 [8] ) project in 2012 to replace the John Greenleaf Whittier Bridge over the Merrimack River which included widening the highway to eight lanes (four in each direction) from the bridge to I-495. This project was substantially completed, and the full eight lanes opened in mid-2018. [9]

Add-A-Lane project

The $315-million (equivalent to $421 million in 2023 [8] ) MassDOT Highway Division project widened the 14.3-mile (23.0 km), six-lane section of highway to eight lanes from north of Route 9 in Wellesley to Route 24 in Randolph. The project consisted of adding a lane on the inside of each carriageway, complete with a 10-foot (3.0 m) inside shoulder. The existing 1950s bridges, 22 in total, were replaced. The project included construction of a new two-lane ramp from Route 128 to I-95 in Canton and installation of a new interchange at Kendrick Street in Needham, designated as exit 35A (old exit 19A) with the ramps to Highland Avenue as exits 35B–C (old exits 19B–C).

During the initial construction of I-95, a provision had already been made for a fourth lane within the widely spaced median along the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) length of I-95 running from just north of the US 1 interchange in Dedham northwestward to the Route 109 interchange, and this would finally be used for the Add-A-Lane project.

Construction on phase 1 was officially completed in October 2009. Construction of phase 2 of the project began in mid-2006. This phase of the project consisted of the replacement of the US 1 and Route 1A bridges over I-95 in Dedham along with the road widening between exits 27, 29A, and 29B (old exits 13, 15A, and 15B). Construction of four sound barriers between the US 1 and I-93 interchanges were also included. This phase was completed in early 2011.

Exit list

Massachusetts converted from sequential to distance-based exit numbering on I-95 in 2021. [10] Exits 1, 2A, and 2B retained their numbers (Massachusetts opted not to use the number 0 for numbering exits).

CountyLocation [11] mi [11] kmOld exit
 
New exit
[12] [13] [14]
Destinations [12] [13] [14] Notes
Bristol Attleboro 0.0000.000South plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
I-95 south Providence
Continuation into Rhode Island
0.4990.80311South plate.svg
US 1.svg
US 1 south (Broadway) Pawtucket, RI
Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1.199–
1.213
1.930–
1.952
22MA Route 1A.svgTo plate.svg
US 1.svg
Route 1A (Newport Avenue) to US 1  Pawtucket RI, South Attleboro
Signed as exits 2A (south) and 2B (north)
4.1976.75434MA Route 123.svg Route 123  Attleboro, South Attleboro Signed as exits 4A (east) and 4B (west) southbound
5.8609.43146South plate blue.svg
I-295.svg
I-295 south Woonsocket, RI, Warwick, RI
Northern terminus and exits 4A-B on I-295
North Attleboro 6.91811.13357To plate.svg
MA Route 152.svg
To Route 152  Attleboro, North Attleboro
Partially in Attleboro
Mansfield 11.562–
11.604
18.607–
18.675
612I-495.svg I-495  Cape Cod, Marlboro Signed as exits 12A (south) and 12B (north); exits 33A-B on I-495; partially in Foxborough
Norfolk Foxboro 12.94420.831713MA Route 140.svg Route 140  Mansfield, Foxboro Signed as exits 13A (south) and 13B (north)
Sharon 16.62626.757817South Main Street / Mechanic Street Sharon, Foxboro
19.21530.924919US 1.svgTo plate.svg
MA Route 27.svg
US 1 to Route 27  Walpole, Foxboro, Wrentham
Route 27 not signed southbound; access to Gillette Stadium and Patriot Place
Walpole 21.09633.9511021Coney Street / Norwood Steeet Walpole, Sharon Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Norwood 23.26937.4481123Neponset Street Canton, Norwood Signed as exits 23A (east) and 23B (west)
Canton 24.839.925Dedham Street Westwood, Canton Northbound exit and southbound entrance
26.74043.0341226North plate blue.svg
I-93.svg
North plate.svg
US 1.svg
I-93 north / US 1 north Boston
Begin plate.svg
MA Route 128.svg
Route 128 begins
Southern end of US 1 concurrency; southern terminus and exits 1B-A on I-93; southern terminus of Route 128
Dedham 27.35244.0191327Rail Sign.svg University Avenue MBTA / Amtrak Station
Westwood 28.62746.0711428East Street / Canton Street
Dedham 29.30847.1671529South plate.svg
US 1.svg
To plate.svg
MA Route 1A.svg
US 1 south to Route 1A  Dedham, Norwood
Signed as exits 29A (Route 1A) and 29B (US 1); northern end of US 1 concurrency
30.82349.6051631MA Route 109.svg Route 109  Dedham, Westwood Signed as exits 31A (east) and 31B (west)
32.38852.1231732West plate.svg
MA Route 135.svg
Route 135 west Needham, Natick
Eastern terminus of Route 135
Needham 32.87352.9041833Great Plain Avenue West Roxbury
19A35AKendrick Street Needham
35.73057.5021935Highland Avenue Newton Highlands, Needham Signed as exits 35B (east) and 35C (west)
Wellesley 36.79859.2212036MA Route 9.svg Route 9  Brookline, Framingham Signed as exits 36A (east) and 36B (west)
Middlesex Newton 38.17561.4372137MA Route 16.svg Route 16  Newton, Wellesley Signed as exits 37A (east) and 37B (west) southbound
38.51961.9902238Grove Street MBTA Station
Weston 38.97762.72723Recreation RoadNorthbound exit and entrance; planned to be closed within the next two years as part of a proposed development project
39.240–
39.406
63.151–
63.418
2539BToll plate yellow.svg
I-90.svg
I-90 Toll  / Mass Pike  Boston, Albany, NY
Exit 123A on I-90 / Mass Pike
2439AMA Route 30.svg Route 30  Newton, Weston
Waltham 41.40666.6362641US 20.svg US 20  Waltham, Weston
43.27969.6512743Third Avenue / Totten Pond Road / Winter StreetSigned as exits 43A (Totten Pond/Third) and 43B (Winter) southbound; no northbound access to Totten Pond/Winter
To Totten Pond Road / Winter StreetNorthbound exit only; access via Wyman Street
44.54371.6852844Trapelo Road Belmont, Lincoln Signed as exits 44A (east) and 44B (west) northbound
Lexington 45.42973.1112945MA Route 2.svg Route 2  Cambridge, Boston, Acton, Fitchburg Signed as exits 45A (east) and 45B (west); exits 127A-B on Route 2
46.49274.8223046MA Route 2A.svg Route 2A  East Lexington, Hanscom Field, Concord Signed as exits 46A (east) and 46B (west)
48.71678.4013149MA Route 4.svgMA Route 225.svg Route 4  / Route 225  Lexington, Bedford Signed as exits 49A (south/east) and 49B (north/west)
Burlington 50.07980.59432A50ANorth plate.svg
US 3.svg
US 3 north Lowell, Nashua, NH
Southern end of US 3 concurrency; exit 72B on US 3
50.34181.01632B50B Middlesex Turnpike  Burlington
51.77383.3213351South plate.svg
US 3.svg
North plate.svg
MA Route 3A.svg
US 3 south / Route 3A north Winchester, Burlington
Signed as exits 51A (south) and 51B (north); northern end of US 3 concurrency; southern terminus of Route 3A
52.63984.7143452Winn Street Woburn, Burlington
Woburn 53.73586.4783553MA Route 38.svg Route 38  Woburn, Wilmington
55.12888.7203654Washington Street Woburn, Reading
Reading 55.71789.6683755I-93.svg I-93  Boston, Concord, NH Signed as exits 55A (south) and 55B (north); exits 28A-B on I-93
56.56191.0263856MA Route 28.svg Route 28  Stoneham, Reading Signed as exits 56A (south) and 56B (north)
Wakefield 57.77992.9863957North Avenue Reading
Walkers Brook Drive Wakefield
58.53294.1984058MA Route 129.svg Route 129  Reading, Wakefield Center
Essex Lynnfield 59.29695.4284159Main Street Lynnfield Center
Vernon Street Wakefield
Middlesex Wakefield 60.85997.9434260Salem Street Wakefield
Essex Lynnfield 61.51098.9914361Walnut Street Saugus, Lynnfield
4463US 1.svgMA Route 129.svg US 1  / Route 129  Boston Northbound exit only
Peabody 62.899101.22644B63BTo plate.svg
US 1.svg
To plate.svg
MA Route 129.svg
To US 1  / Route 129  Danvers, Boston, Lynn
Signed as exit 63 southbound; no southbound access to Route 129; signed for Boston southbound, Lynn northbound
64.625104.0044564North plate.svg
MA Route 128.svg
Route 128 north Gloucester
Northern end of Route 128 concurrency; left exit northbound; exit 37 on Route 128
66.098106.3744666South plate.svg
US 1.svg
US 1 south Boston
Southbound exit and northbound entrance
Danvers 67.329108.3564767US 1.svgMA Route 114.svg US 1  / Route 114  Peabody, Middleton Signed as exits 67A (Route 114 east) and 67B (Route 114 west); US 1 not signed; no southbound exit
68.226109.7994868Centre Street Danvers Southbound exit and entrance
68.979111.0114969MA Route 62.svg Route 62  Danvers, Middleton Northbound exit and southbound entrance
69.851–
69.867
112.414–
112.440
5070US 1.svgTo plate.svg
MA Route 62.svg
To plate.svg
MA Route 114.svg
US 1 to Route 62  / Route 114  Topsfield, Danvers
Route 62/Route 114/Danvers not signed northbound
Boxford 72.277116.3195172Endicott Road Topsfield, Middleton
73.979119.0585274Topsfield Road Topsfield, Boxford
76.201122.6345376MA Route 97.svg Route 97  Topsfield, Georgetown Signed as exits 76A (south) and 76B (north)
Georgetown 78.051125.6115478MA Route 133.svg Route 133  Georgetown, Rowley Signed as exits 78A (east) and 78B (west) northbound
Newbury 81.542131.2295581Central Street Byfield, Newbury
West Newbury 83.362134.1585683Scotland Road Newbury, West Newbury
Newburyport 86.044138.4745786MA Route 113.svg Route 113  West Newbury, Newburyport
Merrimack River 87.189–
87.377
140.317–
140.620
John Greenleaf Whittier Bridge
Amesbury 88.124141.8225888MA Route 110.svgTo plate blue.svg
South plate blue.svg
I-495.svg
Route 110 to I-495 south Salisbury, Amesbury [15]
Signed as exits 88A (east) and 88B (west) northbound; I-495 not signed southbound
Salisbury 89.367143.8225989South plate blue.svg
I-495.svg
I-495 south Worcester
Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northern terminus of I-495
MassachusettsNew Hampshire line90.239–
90.82
145.226–
146.16
6090East plate.svg
MA Route 286.svg
Route 286 east – Beaches, Salisbury
Southbound exit originates in New Hampshire; western terminus of Route 286
North plate blue.svg
I-95.svg
I-95 north Portsmouth
Continuation into New Hampshire
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 295 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)</span> Interstate Highway in the US states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

Interstate 295 (I-295) in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania is an auxiliary Interstate Highway, designated as a bypass around Philadelphia, and a partial beltway of Trenton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)</span> Interstate Highway in the DC area

Interstate 395 (I-395) in Virginia and Washington, D.C., is a 13.79-mile-long (22.19 km) spur route of I-95 that begins at an interchange with I-95 in Springfield and ends at an interchange with US Route 50 (US 50) in Northwest Washington, D.C. It passes underneath the National Mall near the US Capitol and ends at a junction with US 50 at New York Avenue, roughly one mile (1.6 km) north of the 3rd Street Tunnel. Despite its proximity to I-395 in Maryland, the route is unrelated and unconnected.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 695 (Massachusetts)</span> Proposed highway in Massachusetts

Interstate 695 was a planned six-lane auxiliary Interstate Highway in Boston, Massachusetts, that would have run through parts of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville.

The Central Artery is a section of freeway in downtown Boston, Massachusetts; it is designated as Interstate 93, US 1 and Route 3.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Massachusetts Route 3</span> Highway in Massachusetts

Route 3 is a state-numbered route in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning approximately 56 miles (90 km) along a north–south axis, it is inventoried with U.S. Route 3 as a single route by the state. The state-numbered Route 3 travels from Bourne in the south to Cambridge in the north, while US 3 continues from Cambridge and crosses the New Hampshire state line in Tyngsborough. Mileposts on US 3 continue from those on the state-numbered Route 3.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 95 in Maryland</span> Interstate Highway in Maryland

Interstate 95 (I-95) is an Interstate Highway running along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canadian border at Houlton, Maine. In Maryland, the route is a major highway that runs 110.01 miles (177.04 km) diagonally from southwest to northeast, entering from the District of Columbia and Virginia at the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River, northeast to the Delaware state line near Elkton. It is the longest Interstate Highway within Maryland and is one of the most traveled Interstate Highways in the state, especially between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., despite alternate routes along the corridor, such as the Baltimore–Washington Parkway, U.S. Route 1 (US 1), and US 29. I-95 also has eight auxiliary routes in the state, the most of any state along the I-95 corridor. Portions of the highway, including the Fort McHenry Tunnel and the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge, are tolled.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 95 in Delaware</span> Section of Interstate Highway in New Castle County, Delaware, United States

Interstate 95 (I-95) is an Interstate Highway running along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canadian border in Houlton, Maine. In the state of Delaware, the route runs for 23.43 miles (37.71 km) across the Wilmington area in northern New Castle County from the Maryland state line near Newark northeast to the Pennsylvania state line in Claymont. I-95 is the only primary Interstate Highway that enters Delaware, although it also has two auxiliary routes within the state. Between the Maryland state line and Newport, I-95 follows the Delaware Turnpike, a toll road with a mainline toll plaza near the state line. Near Newport, the Interstate has a large interchange with Delaware Route 141 (DE 141) and the southern termini of I-295 and I-495. I-95 becomes the Wilmington Expressway from here to the Pennsylvania state line and heads north through Wilmington concurrently with U.S. Route 202 (US 202). Past Wilmington, I-95 continues northeast to Claymont, where I-495 rejoins the route right before the Pennsylvania state line.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Braintree Split</span> Highway interchange on the city lines of Braintree and Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

The Braintree Split is the major interchange of Interstate 93 (I-93), U.S. Route 1, and Route 3 in Braintree, Massachusetts, one of the South Shore suburbs of Boston. Traveling northbound, the routes merge into a three-way concurrency towards Boston. Traveling southbound, they divide into the concurrent I-93 and US 1 towards southeastern Massachusetts, and Route 3 towards Cape Cod.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania</span> Section of Interstate Highway in United States

Interstate 95 (I-95) is a major north–south Interstate Highway that runs along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canada–United States border at Houlton, Maine. In the state of Pennsylvania, it runs 51.00 miles (82.08 km) from the Delaware state line near Marcus Hook in Delaware County in the southeastern part of the state northeast to the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge at the New Jersey state line near Bristol in Bucks County, closely paralleling the New Jersey state line for its entire length through Pennsylvania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 1 in Massachusetts</span> Section of U.S. Route in Massachusetts, United States

U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a major north–south U.S. Route in the state of Massachusetts, traveling through Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Bristol counties. The portion of US 1 south of Boston is also known as the Boston–Providence Turnpike, Washington Street, or the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike, and portions north of Boston are known as the Northeast Expressway and the Newburyport Turnpike.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 895 (Rhode Island–Massachusetts)</span> Former proposed Interstate Highway in Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Interstate 895 was a proposed Interstate Highway in Rhode Island and Massachusetts that would have supplemented Interstate 295 to create a full beltway around Providence.

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