Interstate 95 in Connecticut

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Interstate 95
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

111.57 mi (179.55 km)

South end:

I-95 in Port Chester, NY

Major
junctions:

Route 8 in Bridgeport

I-91 in New Haven

Route 9 in Old Saybrook

I-395 in East Lyme

North end:

I-95 in Hopkinton, RI

Route 94

Route 97

Interstate 95, the main north-south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, runs in a general east-west compass direction for 111.57 miles (179.55 km) in Connecticut. The majority of the road, west (south) of the New London area, is part of the Connecticut Turnpike, connecting to the New England Thruway in New York state. I-95 leaves the Turnpike in East Lyme west of New London, and continues east through that city towards Westerly, Rhode Island as the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway, while the Turnpike turns north designated Interstate 395.

1 Major cities
2 Spur routes
3 Disasters
4 History
5 Exit list
6 Scenic Overlooks
7 References

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

[edit] Spur routes

Interstate 395 is I-95's only spur in Connecticut. It runs from I-95 west (south) of New London north along the Connecticut Turnpike to a split south of Danielson, where it continues north on a newer freeway to Interstate 90 and Interstate 290 south of Worcester, Massachusetts. At the split in Danielson, the Turnpike again turns east, merging with U.S. Route 6 near the Rhode Island state line; that short spur is unsigned Route 695, but the inclusion of 95 in its number is coincidental.

[edit] Disasters

In January 1983, a truck with a brake failure slammed into a line of cars waiting to pay a toll on I-95 in Stratford. Seven people were killed and this accident prompted the state to remove tolls from its portion of I-95.

On the morning of June 28, 1983, a 100 foot (30 m) section of the Mianus River Bridge in Cos Cob collapsed, plunging northbound I-95 traffic into the Mianus 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 in Bridgeport, Connecticut was partly melted by the explosion of a tanker truck carrying over 11,900 gallons (45,000 L) 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.

[edit] History

While most of I-95 was built as the Connecticut Turnpike, the Connecticut Turnpike incorporated several pieces of already-built relocations, some to freeway standards, of U.S. Route 1 (the Turnpike split from the US 1 relocation in East Lyme, along the Old Lyme-New London section):

Darien bypass, opened ca. 1952
New Haven east of the Quinnipiac River, opened ca. 1951
Old Saybrook-Old Lyme Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge over the Connecticut River and approaches, opened 1948
Old Lyme-New London, opened by 1950 as a two-lane road
New London-Groton Gold Star Bridge over the Thames River and approaches, opened 1943

Other improvements in the corridor included the New York-Meriden Merritt Parkway/Wilbur Cross Parkway, New Haven-Old Saybrook Route 80, and Groton-Rhode Island Route 184, the latter connecting in Rhode Island to Route 3, a shortcut to Providence.

The majority of the Turnpike opened January 2, 1958, and was designated I-95 south/west of the split with the relocated US 1 by 1959. The rest of I-95 to Rhode Island opened December 12, 1964. The Gold Star Bridge was twinned ca. 1975, along with a reconstruction of its approaches, and in 1993 the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge was widened.

[edit] Exit list

Metro Area	Town	Number	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Bridgeport-Stamford	Greenwich	Interstate 95 continues onto the New England Thruway
		2	0.8	Delavan Avenue - Byram
				former Greenwich barrier toll
		3	2.5	Arch Street - Greenwich
		4	3.7	Indian Field Road - Cos Cob
		5	5.5	U.S. Route 1 - Riverside, Old Greenwich
	Stamford	6	6.5	Harvard Avenue (NB) West Avenue(SB)
		7	7.3	Route 137 North, Greenwich Avenue (NB)/Atlantic Street (SB)
		8	7.7	Atlantic Street (NB) Elm Street (SB)
		9	9.3	U.S. Route 1, Route 106 - Glenbrook
	Darien	10	10.8	Noroton
		11	11.6	U.S. Route 1 - Darien
		12	12.2	Route 136 (Tokeneke Road) - Rowayton	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		13	13.1	U.S. Route 1 (Post Road)
	Norwalk	14	14.8	U.S. Route 1 (Connecticut Avenue)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		14	15.0	South Norwalk	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		15	15.5	U.S. Route 7 - Norwalk, Danbury
		16	16.2	East Norwalk
				former Norwalk barrier toll
	Westport	17	18.1	Route 33/Route 136 (Saugatuck Avenue) - Westport
	Westport	18	20.4	Sherwood Island State Park
	Fairfield	19	22.9	U.S. Route 1, Center Street - Southport
		20	23.7	Bronson Road	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		21	24.4	Round Hill Road
		22	25.2	Route 135 (North Benson Road)	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		23	25.7	U.S. Route 1 (Kings Highway)
		24	26.6	Black Rock Turnpike
	Bridgeport	25	27.4	State Street, Commerce Drive (NB) Route 130 (Fairfield Avenue) (SB)
		26	28.3	Wordin Avenue
		27	28.9	Lafayette Boulevard - Downtown Bridgeport	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		27A	29.0	Route 25/Route 8 - Trumbull, Waterbury
		27	29.1	Lafayette Boulevard - Downtown Bridgeport	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		28	29.9	Route 127 (East Main Street)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		29	30.4	Route 130 (Stratford Avenue), Seaview Avenue
	Stratford	30	31.1	Route 113 (Lordship Boulevard), Surf Avenue
		31	32.1	Honeyspot Road (NB) South Avenue (SB)
		32	32.9	West Broad Street - Stratford
				former Stratford barrier toll
		33	34.1	U.S. Route 1, Route 110, Ferry Boulevard - Devon	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Milford	34	35.4	U.S. Route 1 - Milford
		35	35.8	School House Road/Bic Drive
		36	36.7	Plains Road
		37	37.4	High Street	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		38	37.6	Route 15 - Merritt Parkway/Wilbur Cross Parkway
		39	39.1	U.S. Route 1	split into 39A and 39B
		40	40.2	Old Gate Lane/Woodmont Road
New Haven	Orange	41	41.8	Marsh Hill Road - Orange
	West Haven	42	43.9	Route 162 - Saw Mill Road
				former West Haven barrier toll
		43	44.9	Downtown West Haven	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		43	45.2	Route 122 - First Avenue	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	New Haven	44	45.9	Route 10 - Kimberly Avenue	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		44	45.9	Downtown West Haven	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		45	46.0	Route 10 - Boulevard	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		46	46.8	Long Wharf Drive/Sargent Drive
		47	47.7	Route 34 - Downtown New Haven
		48	47.8	Interstate 91 north - Hartford
		50	49.2	Woodward Avenue - Lighthouse Point	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	East Haven	51	49.8	U.S. Route 1 - East Haven/Frontage Road	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		51	50.2	U.S. Route 1 - Frontage Road/Lighthouse Point	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		52	50.5	Route 100 - East Haven/North High Street	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Branford			former Branford barrier toll
		53	52.3	U.S. Route 1/Route 142/Route 146 - Short Beach	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		54	53.2	Branford/Cedar Street
		55	55.2	U.S. Route 1 - North Branford/East Main Street
		56	56.2	Leetes Island Road - Stony Creek
	Guilford	57	59.3	U.S. Route 1 - Boston Post Road/North Branford
		58	60.2	Route 77 - Guilford/North Guilford
		59	61.5	Goose Lane
	Madison			former Madison barrier toll
		60	63.5	Mungertown Road	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		61	64.7	Route 79 - Madison/North Madison
		62	66.4	Hammonasset State Park
	Clinton	63	68.6	Route 81 - Clinton/Killingworth
	Westbrook	64	70.8	Route 145 - Horse Hill Road/Clinton
	Westbrook	65	73.1	Route 153 - Westbrook
	Old Saybrook	66	74.4	Route 166 - Spencer Plain Road
		67	75.9	Elm Street	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		67	76.7	Route 154 - Old Saybrook	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		68	77.7	U.S. Route 1 - Old Saybrook	southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 1 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		69	78.1	Route 9 north - Essex/Hartford
				former Baldwin Bridge barrier toll
Norwich	Old Lyme	70	79.2	U.S. Route 1/Route 156 - Old Lyme	northbound exit and southbound entrance; US 1 joins southbound and leaves northbound
	Old Lyme	70	79.8	Old Lyme	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	East Lyme	71	83.5	Four Mile River Road
		72	84.0	Rocky Neck State Park
		73	85.8	Society Road
		74	87.3	Route 161 - Flanders/Niantic
		75	88.0	U.S. Route 1 - Flanders/Waterford
		76	88.6	Interstate 395 north - Norwich/Plainfield	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Waterford	80	88.9	Oil Mill Road	southbound exit and northbound entrance
		81	90.1	Cross Road
		82	91.8	Route 85 - Waterford/Broad Street/Shopping Mall
		82A	92.3	New London - Frontage Road/Shopping Malls	northbound exit and southbound entrance
	New London	83	92.8	U.S. Route 1 - New London/Frontage Roads/Shopping Malls	southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 1 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		83	93.2	Route 32 north - Norwich/Downtown New London	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		84S-N-E	93.6	Route 32 - Norwich/Downtown New London	southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Groton	85	94.6	U.S. Route 1 north - Thames Street/Downtown Groton	northbound exit and southbound entrance; US 1 joins southbound and leaves northbound
		86	95.2	Route 12/Route 184 - U.S. Sub Base/Gales Ferry
		87	96.2	Route 349 to U.S. Route 1 north - Clarence B. Sharp Highway
		88	97.5	Route 117 - Noank/Downtown Groton/Groton Long Point
		89	100.1	Allyn Street - Noank/Groton Long Point
	Stonington	90	101.3	Route 27 - Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration/Mystic Seaport
	Stonington	91	104.2	Route 234 - North Main Street/Stonington Borough
	North Stonington	92	107.8	Route 2/Route 49 - North Stonington/Pawcatuck
		93	111.3	Route 216/Route 184 - Clarks Falls/Ashaway, Rhode Island
		Interstate 95 continues into Rhode Island