Interstate 95 in Virginia

This article is about the section of Interstate 95 in Virginia. For the entire route, see Interstate 95.

Interstate 95 marker

Interstate 95
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length: 178.73 mi[1] (287.64 km)
Existed: 1957 – present
Major junctions
South end: I95 near Skippers, Virginia
 
North end: I-95 / I-495 in Alexandria
Location
Counties: Greensville, City of Emporia, Sussex, Prince George, City of Petersburg, City of Colonial Heights, Chesterfield, City of Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, Caroline, Spotsylania, City of Fredericksburg, Stafford, Prince William, Fairfax, City of Alexandria
Highway system
SR 94SR 96

Within the Commonwealth of Virginia, Interstate 95 runs 179 miles (288 km) between its borders with Maryland and North Carolina. I-95 is concurrent with I-64 for 3 miles (4.8 km) in Richmond, and meets the northern terminus of I-85 in Petersburg. Although I-95 was originally planned as a highway through Washington, D.C., it was rerouted along the eastern portion of the Capital Beltway. From Petersburg to Richmond, I-95 was most of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (the south end of the toll road was on I-85.)

The point where it enters the Capital Beltway, the Springfield Interchange, is one of the busiest interchanges in the United States. I-95 continues into D.C., then Maryland, along the Beltway over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.

Route description

I-95 entering Virginia from North Carolina in 2007.

From North Carolina to Petersburg

Interstate 95 continues the pattern of being a four-lane highway from North Carolina. The welcome center forbids trucks, but truck stops at the first two interchanges provides a substitute place for truckers to stay before reaching Emporia.[2][3] North of here, I-95 and US 301 are often intertwined with each other as they encounter interchanges with Virginia Secondary State Routes. In the Owens-Stony Creek area in Sussex County, the road not only runs parallel to US 301 but shares bridges with I-95, many of which have access to Route 301 from connecting roads. This pattern ends at Exit 33 at the corner of a fairly popular truck stop and travel center. Crossing the Sussex-Prince George County Line, the first site along I-95 is another rest area that also serves as the Petersburg Area Tourist Information Center. The road makes a slight northeast turn between Carson and Templeton, then turns straight north again before approaching the south end of Interstate 295 just before crossing the southern border of the City of Petersburg at Exit 47. A series of frontage roads connect the interchanges with US 460, US 301 and the northern terminus of Interstate 85. Immediately after the interchange with Interstate 85, remnants of the former toll booths for the Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike can be found.

Petersburg through Richmond

Main Street Station in Richmond can be seen from I-95 before the road even crosses the James River.

North of Petersburg, I-95 crosses the Appomattox River and enters the City of Colonial Heights and then Chesterfield County. Pocahontas Parkway and an extraordinarily high Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge over I-95 and the James River just south of the Richmond City Limits. A CSX railroad line runs parallel to the northbound lane in the vicinity of the Port of Richmond, and the Commerce Road Industrial Area, a region that includes a Philip Morris office and an old bridge manufacturing plant. As I-95 itself crosses the James River, Main Street Station can be seen on the north bank, and the road winds around the station itself. The first interchange after it crosses the James River is the tolled State Route 195 and from there the road winds towards the multiplex with Interstate 64. I-64/95 curves to the northwest to cross under US 1/301, only to turn back north briefly, and curve northwest again, as it approaches VA 161. This pattern ends when I-64 turns west at the same interchange as the northern terminus of I-195. From here I-95 curves back to the northeast and has two interchanges with US 1, and later US 301 separately, the latter of which has separate carriageways on both side of I-95. Another interchange with Interstate 295 exists in Glen Allen. However, I-295 does not terminate there, and the south-to-eastbound and west-to-northbound off-ramps between the two can be accessed in the medians of both roads.

Central Virginia toward Washington, D.C.

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

Throughout much of central Virginia, I-95 climbs a series of hills, and contains wide tree-lined medians. Near mile marker 100 in Doswell, signs for the Kings Dominion amusement park are blended in with standard destination signs. US 17 overlaps I-95 from Massaponax at exit 126 to Falmouth at exit 133. The wide tree-line divider resumes north of here. At Exit 143 in Aquia, the northbound off and on ramps connect directly to US 1, even though the interchange is specifically for VSR 610. Crossing over the Chopawamsic Creek takes I-95 through the Quantico Marine Base, which includes restrictive interchanges. Northbound, the bi-directional HOV lane begins, and runs through the center of I-95 through most of the rest of its journey toward D.C.

Further north in Prince William County, there are four rest areas; two for trucks in Dumfries, and two for cars in Dale City. The truck rest areas, with weigh stations, are near exit 152. The car rest areas have uniquely positioned entrance and exit ramps. The southbound car rest area, near exit 156, is accessible only from the southbound collective-distributor road. In Lorton, a scissor interchange exists with US 1, and shortly after this Lorton Auto Train Station is conveniently located near exit 163. Due to public opposition of efforts to build I-95 through Washington D.C. and College Park, Maryland, I-95 is diverted onto a multiplex with Interstate 495 at the Springfield Interchange. I-95/495 trudge east through Franconia, over the WMATA Blue Line and Rose Hill. At Huntington, I-95/495 run under the WMATA Yellow Line, and through Alexandria before crossing the Woodrow Wilson Bridge briefly into D.C., and then into Maryland.

Auxiliary routes

Current

Former

HOV facilities

Main article: Virginia HOT lanes
I-95/395 two-lane barrier-separated reversible HOV facility.

Interstate 95 extends the twin-lane barrier-separated HOV Lanes that begin on I-395 at the 14th Street Bridge in Washington. These lanes have been extended several times, most recently to just north of Stafford just before the Garrisonville Road Exit 143. (Stafford, Virginia].

As part of the Quantico Creek bridge rebuilding project, a three-lane 300-foot (91 m) long bridge was constructed in the median just south of the old southern HOV terminus for use when the HOV facilities were extended. It was previously used as a detour bridge and retained its lane striping from such use.

In 2015 this bridge became part of the Southern HOV/HOT lane extension project that now runs to just north of the Garrisonville Road Exit 143 in Stafford, VA. [5][6]

The new I-95 HOV/HOT lanes project will create approximately 29 miles (47 km) of HOV/HOT lanes on I-95 from Garrisonville Road in Stafford County to the vicinity of Edsall Road on I-395 in Fairfax County.[7]

Maps

Welcome Centers, rest areas and weigh stations

Exit list

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
Greensville 0.000.00 I95 south Rocky MountSouthern terminus of I-95 in Virginia; North Carolina state line
Skippers4.136.654 SR 629 Skippers
 8.2513.288 US 301 Emporia
City of Emporia11.0017.7011 US 58 South Hill, Emporia, NorfolkSigned as exits 11A (west) and 11B (east)
Greensville 12.9920.9112 US 301 northNorthbound exit only
 13.5121.7413 SR 614 Emporia
Sussex 17.3027.8417 US 301
 20.2532.5920 SR 631 Jarrattformer SR 137; to SR 139
Owens24.2939.0924 SR 645
Stony Creek30.9249.7631 SR 40 Stony Creek, Waverly
 33.3753.7033 SR 602
Prince GeorgeCarson37.1559.7937 SR 623 Carsonformer SR 141 west
Templeton40.8865.7941 US 301 / SR 35 / SR 156 Courtland
 45.4273.1045 US 301
 46.5374.8846 I295 north to I64 Washington, Richmond International AirportI-295 to 95 north exit 1
City of Petersburg47.7476.8347 SR 629 (Rives Road)
48.8978.6848 US 460 east (Wagner Road)signed as exits 48A (east) and 48B (west); south end of US 460 overlap
508050A
US 460 Bus. east (County Drive) to SR 109 Fort Lee, Norfolk
no southbound entrance; southbound exit is part of exit 50
50.180.650B-C US 301 (Crater Road / US 460 Bus. west)signed as exits 50B (north) and 50C (south) northbound; southbound exit is part of exit 50
51.7183.2251 I85 south / US 460 west South Hill, Blackstone, Durham, AtlantaNorthern end of US 460 concurrency
52.1583.9352Wythe Street / Washington Street (US 460 Bus.) - Historic Old Towne Petersburgsigned as exit 50D northbound
528452Bank Street (US 301 south)Northbound exit only
Appomattox River52.7984.96Appomattox River Bridge
City of Colonial Heights53.0085.3053Southpark Boulevard
53.9886.8754 SR 144 (Temple Avenue) to SR 36
ChesterfieldColonial Heights57.9193.2058 SR 620 (Woods Edge Road) / SR 746 (Ruffin Mill Road)signed as exits 58A (west) and 58B (east) southbound
Chester60.8197.8661 SR 10 to I295 Chester, HopewellSigned as exits 61A (east) and 61B (west)
Chester62.62100.7862 SR 288 north to I64 / SR 76 / to Powhite Parkway (SR 76) Chesterfield
 64.66104.0664 SR 613 (Willis Road)
Bensley67.43108.5267 SR 150 north (Chippenham Parkway) to SR 895 east to US 60 west / US 360 west / I295 Richmond International Airportsigned as exits 67A (east) and 67B (north) northbound; no access from I-95 south to SR 895 east
City of Richmond69.35111.6169 SR 161 (Bells Road)
73.16117.7473Maury Street / Commerce Road
James River73.61118.46James River Bridge
City of Richmond74.01119.1174A
SR 195 Toll (Downtown Expressway) to I195 north / to Powhite Parkway (SR 76 south)
74.3119.674BFranklin StreetSouthbound exit only
74.63120.1174C US 250 (Broad Street) to US 33no access from I-95 south to US 250 east
75.55121.5975 I64 east / 7th Street Williamsburg, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Richmond International AirportSouthern end of I-64 concurrency; I-64 exit 190
75.85122.0776A US 1 / US 301Northbound exit and southbound entrance
76.09122.4576B US 1 / US 301 (Belvidere Street)No northbound exit
78.06125.6378Boulevard (SR 161)
78.84126.8879 I64 west / I195 south / to Powhite Parkway (SR 76 south) CharlottesvilleNorthern end of I-64 concurrency; I-64 exit 187
79.91128.6080 SR 161 (Hermitage Road / Lakeside Avenue)Northbound exit and southbound entrance
HenricoBrook Hill80.82130.0781 US 1 (Brook Road)Northbound exit and southbound entrance
 81.12130.5582 US 301 / SR 2 (Chamberlayne Avenue)
Yellow Tavern82.94133.4883 SR 73 west (Parham Road)Signed as exits 83A (east) and 83B (west)
 84.41135.8484 I295 to I64 Charlottesville, Norfolk, Rocky Mount, NC, Richmond International AirportSigned as exits 84A (south) and 84B (north); I-295 exit 43
HanoverAshland87.30140.5086 SR 656 Atlee, ElmontSigned as exits 86A (east) and 86B (west)
Lewistown89.09143.3889 SR 802 (Lewistown Road)
Ashland91.74147.6492 SR 54 Ashland, HanoverSigned as exits 92A (east) and 92B (west) northbound
 97.75157.3198 SR 30 Doswell, West Point, Kings Dominion
CarolineCarmel Church104.18167.66104 SR 207 to US 301 – Carmel Church, Bowling Green
Ladysmith110.30177.51110 SR 639 Ladysmithto former SR 229 west
SpotsylvaniaThornburg118.26190.32118 SR 606 Thornburg
 125.84202.52126 US 1 / US 17 south Spotsylvania, FredericksburgSouthern end of US 17 concurrency; signed as exits 126A (north) and 126B (south) northbound
City of Fredericksburg129.54208.47130 SR 3 Culpeper, FredericksburgSigned as exits 130A (east) and 130B (west)
Rappahannock River131.83212.16Rappahannock Falls Bridge
Stafford 133.08214.17133
US 17 north / US 17 Bus. south Warrenton, Falmouth, Fredericksburg
Northern end of US 17 concurrency; signed as exits 133A (south) and 133B (north) southbound
 135.61218.24136 SR 8900 (Centreport Parkway) to US 1 Stafford AirportExit opened December 22, 2005
Stafford139.83225.03140 SR 630 Staffordto former SR 212 east
Aquia142.73229.70143 US 1 / SR 610 Garrisonville, AquiaSigned as exits 143A (US 1 / SR 610 east) and 143B (SR 610 west); former SR 213
  I95 Express northnorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Prince William 147.65237.62148Marine Corps Base Quantico
Triangle149.97241.35150 SR 619 Triangle, Quantico, Prince William Forest ParkSigned as exits 150A (east) and 150B (west) southbound
  I95 Express northnorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Dumfries152.36245.20152 SR 234 to I66 west Manassas, DumfriesSigned as exits 152A (south) and 152B (north)
Dale City155.91250.91156 SR 784 Dale City, Rippon Landing
  I95 Expressnorthbound exit and southbound entrance
 158.13254.49158 SR 294 (Prince William Parkway) Woodbridge, ManassasSigned as exits 158A (east) and 158B (west)
Woodbridge160.05257.58160 SR 123 Occoquan, Lake Ridge, WoodbridgeSigned as exits 160A (south) and 160B (north) northbound; no access from I-95 south to SR 123 south
Occoquan River160.79258.77Purple Heart Bridge
Fairfax 161.17259.38161 US 1 north Fort Belvoir, Mount VernonNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
 161.17259.38161 US 1 south WoodbridgeSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
Lorton163.66263.39163 SR 642 Lorton
 165.56266.44 I95 Expressnorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Newington166.35267.71166 SR 286 (Fairfax County Parkway) / Backlick Road (SR 617) / Fullerton Road (SR 4502 / SR 4600) / Heller Road Newington, Fort BelvoirSigned as exits 166A (south) and 166B (north)
I95 Expresssouthbound exit and northbound entrance
167 SR 617 south (Backlick Road) / Fullerton Road (SR 4502 / SR 4600)Southbound exit only
Springfield169.05272.06169 SR 644 (Old Keene Mill Road / Franconia Road) Franconia, SpringfieldSigned as exits 169A (east) and 169B (west)
I95 Expressnorthbound exit and southbound entrance
169.05272.06170A I395 north WashingtonPart of Springfield Interchange; signed northbound as exit 170A and southbound as exit 170B; I-395 exits 0A-B
171.01275.21170B I495 north Tysons CornerSouthern end of I-495 concurrency; part of Springfield Interchange; signed northbound as exit 170B and southbound as exit 170A
 171.97276.76173 SR 613 (Van Dorn Street) Franconia
 173.51279.24174Eisenhower Avenue Connector Alexandria
 175.06281.73176 SR 241 / SR 611 south (Telegraph Road / North Kings Highway) / to Eisenhower Avenue Alexandriasigned as exits 176A (south) and 176B (north)
 176.57284.16Eisenhower Avenuesouthbound exit and northbound entrance (thru lanes)
City of Alexandria176.57284.16177 US 1 Alexandria, Fort BelvoirSigned as exits 177A (south) and 177B (north)
177CGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway to SR 400 Mount Vernonsouthbound exit only
177.64285.88 I-95 north / I-495 north - BaltimoreWoodrow Wilson Bridge over Potomac River (crosses District of Columbia boundary, then Maryland state line)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Usage

In 2010, volume at Newington, northbound, from 6-9 am, is about 8,800 vehicles in the two HOV lanes, 18,300 vehicles in the three lanes with no restriction.[8]

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Interstate 95
Previous state:
North Carolina
Virginia Next state:
Maryland
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