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Interstate 95 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 in 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, to Maryland's border with Delaware. 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. Portions of the highway, including the Fort McHenry Tunnel and the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge, are tolled.

Interstate 95

I-95 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA and MDTA
Length110.01 mi[1] (177.04 km)
Existed1963–present
Tourist
routes
Star-Spangled Banner Scenic Byway
RestrictionsNo hazardous goods allowed in the Fort McHenry Tunnel
Major junctions
South end I-95 / I-495 at District of Columbia border near Oxon Hill on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Major intersections
North end
I-95 Toll / Delaware Turnpike at Delaware border near Elkton
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMaryland
CountiesPrince George's, Howard, Baltimore, City of Baltimore, Harford, Cecil
Highway system
MD 94 I-97

From the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to the community of College Park, it follows a portion of the Capital Beltway, completed in 1964 and numbered as I-95 in 1977. Prior to 1977, the route was intended to go on a new highway through Washington, D.C.; however, public opposition caused the cancelation of I-95 inside of the Capital Beltway. The unnamed section between the Capital Beltway to north of Baltimore was completed in various stages between 1964 and 1985, while the northeastern section from Baltimore to the Delaware state line, known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (named after the former US president, John F. Kennedy) was the first section completed, opening to traffic in 1963. A rebuild of this section was begun in 2006, and is underway; as of 2022, several miles of express toll lanes have been added to I-95 north of Baltimore, with further widening of the roadway planned through to the Delaware state line.

Route description

Time-lapse video of a northbound trip on I-95 in Maryland

Capital Beltway

 
The I-95/I-495 split in College Park

I-95 enters the state of Maryland concurrent with I-495, the Capital Beltway. From Alexandria, Virginia, the roadways, five lanes in either direction, travel together over the Potomac River on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, briefly cross the southern tip of the District of Columbia (over water), and touch down in Prince George's County west of Forest Heights. I-95/I-495 immediately encounter the southern terminus of I-295, known as the Anacostia Freeway, a route that serves downtown Washington, D.C. and connects to the originally planned alignment of I-95 through Washington D.C., I-395. Just beyond I-295 the two routes interchange with Maryland Route 210 (MD 210), a major north–south route into southern D.C.

The two Interstates continue along the Capital Beltway and have interchanges with various local highways such as MD 5 (Branch Avenue) and MD 4 (Pennsylvania Avenue) on either side of Andrews Air Force Base, which the beltway travels very close to near its northern edge. Turning north past the MD 4 interchange, the beltway runs through Glenarden, interchanging with MD 202, US 50/unsigned I-595, and MD 450, the latter route offering access to New Carrollton station and the New Carrollton area.

Turning northwest, the beltway enters Greenbelt Park, intersecting the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (unsigned MD 295) in the northeastern edge of the park. Just after the Baltimore–Washington Parkway, the two routes interchange with MD 201, which connects to the southern terminus of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway at US 50 (New York Avenue) near the D.C. line. Now turned fully west, the beltway runs through the northern edge of College Park, interchanging with Greenbelt station's access roadway and US 1.

Beyond the US 1 interchange, I-95 encounters its own route at the College Park Interchange and separates from I-495 within this interchange. I-495 continues west, alone, on the Capital Beltway to I-270, while I-95 turns north onto its own planned alignment. The interchange includes access to a park and ride. It is marked as exit 27 on both Interstates.

Beltsville to Baltimore

 
View north along I-95 past MD 216 in Howard County

Running northeast, I-95, still eight lanes wide, passes through Beltsville, interchanging with MD 212 near the community. The highway, completed in 1971, runs through undeveloped land to the interchange with the Intercounty Connector toll road (MD 200) before interchanging with MD 198 just west of Laurel. Passing over the Patuxent River just south of the T. Howard Duckett Dam, the route enters Howard County and promptly has an interchange with MD 216. North of the MD 216 interchange, the route encounters its first rest area in the state of Maryland, with each carriageway served by its own facility. Continuing northeast, I-95 intersects MD 32 at a modified directional cloverleaf interchange. Within this interchange, I-95 grade-separates, with the northbound carriageway passing over MD 32 and the southbound carriageway passing under MD 32, allowing left exits from both of the latter's carriageways to merge into the left lanes of I-95 without conflict.

 
Traffic congestion on I-95 southbound in Baltimore

North of this unusual interchange, I-95 encounters MD 175, the main access route into Columbia, at a less-radical directional cloverleaf interchange. After the MD 175 interchange comes the MD 100 interchange, providing access to Ellicott City, US 29, and I-70 to the west and the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (MD 295) and I-97 to the east. Just beyond this interchange, I-95 encounters three more of its auxiliary routes within Maryland: I-895, which splits from I-95 within Patapsco Valley State Park, just south of the Patapsco River (and at which point the road enters southwestern Baltimore County); I-195 and MD 166 near Catonsville, a short spur to Baltimore/Washington International Airport; and I-695 near Halethorpe, the Baltimore Beltway, a full-circle beltway around Baltimore that offers a full freeway bypass of the city and that connects to I-70, I-83, and I-97. Traffic not authorized to make use of either of the direct (tunnel) routes through Baltimore is encouraged to use the eastern half of I-695, which crosses the Patapsco River via the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

When this part of I-95 opened to traffic in 1971, all interchanges in the stretch had high-mast lighting, but, beginning in 2010, these were replaced with lower-mounted conventional streetlights. However, the MD 200 and southern I-895 interchanges (which opened in 1973 as part of an extension from its original terminus at US 1) now have high-mast lights.

Within Baltimore

 
I-95 northbound at Key Highway in Baltimore
 
I-95 northbound through the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore

South of Baltimore, I-95 is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration; north of the southern Baltimore city line, I-95 changes jurisdiction to the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA). Continuing on its northeasterly track, the route intersects US 1 Alternate (US 1 Alt.) just beyond the city line. I-95's interchange with US 1 Alt. incorporates stubs and unused embankments that would have been used for the planned eastern terminus of I-70 within Baltimore (later planned as the southern terminus of I-595, though the freeway was later canceled and that designation was moved to US 50 east of Washington). Continuing past this unbuilt interchange, I-95 intersects Washington Boulevard, a local city street (with ramps to the southbound side and from the northbound side), before encountering the main access route into the central business district, I-395. I-95 also interchanges with MD 295 at the northern terminus of the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (and the southern terminus of Russell Street, with ramps to the transitioning roads and from the terminating ones) within the I-395 interchange, which is almost completely elevated over the middle branch of the Patapsco River. After interchanging with both routes, I-95 interchanges with MD 2 and Key Highway, the latter route offering access to Fort McHenry and an escape route for hazardous material traffic.

I-95 encounters the Fort McHenry Tunnel south of Fort McHenry. The tunnel, containing eight lanes, curves underneath the Northwest Harbor and emerges in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore, quickly encountering the all-electronic toll plaza. After the toll plaza, I-95 encounters the Boston Street/O'Donnell Street interchange, which also incorporates stubs and other unused infrastructure planned to be used for the southern terminus of I-83; I-95 also passes over I-895 within the interchange area, with no access between the two routes, then runs into east Baltimore, providing local access to various city streets (a northbound-only exit to Dundalk Avenue and a three-quarter interchange with Eastern Avenue, which share southbound access ramps via Kane Street) in lieu of I-895. It interchanges with the Moravia Road freeway spur next to the Baltimore city line (where ramp stubs were once planned for an unbuilt portion of the Windlass Freeway), then connects with US 40 before narrowing to six lanes and merging with I-895 just after exiting Baltimore into northeastern Baltimore County.

From 2009 to 2015, new gray gantries were installed that displayed signs in the Clearview font which was being adopted statewide, replacing the old brown gantries and Highway Gothic signs (some of which had button copy). In 2017, the high-mast poles, which were also brown, were taken down and replaced with new gray ones as well.

John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway

 
I-95 northbound at entrance to express toll lanes in Baltimore

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway portion of I-95, a toll facility operated by the MDTA, begins at the end of the Harbor Tunnel Thruway (I-895), which is also operated by the MDTA, at the Baltimore city line. Starting out eight lanes wide at the junction with I-895, after three miles (4.8 km), I-95 once again intersects with I-695 in Rosedale at what was a unique double-crossover interchange. Within this interchange, the carriageways of I-95 narrowed to six lanes and crossed over each other, thereby putting through traffic on the left within the interchange nexus, allowing left exit ramps and left entrance ramps to accommodate four of the eight movements in lieu of flyovers. Beyond the interchange, both sets of carriageways crossed over each other again and resumed right-hand running. As part of the upgrades to I-95 to accommodate express toll lanes in this area, this interchange was replaced with a more conventional four-level stack; all exits are now on the right, and I-95's carriageways no longer cross over one another; a similar project also eliminated the crossovers on I-695.

Continuing to the northeast, parallel with the Chesapeake Bay, the route encounters MD 43 near White Marsh. After passing through Gunpowder Falls State Park, and into Harford County, the route has interchanges with MD 152 north of Joppatowne, then with MD 24, providing access to Bel Air and Edgewood. Within the MD 24 interchange, I-95 narrows to six lanes and remains this wide to the Delaware border.

 
Sign at Maryland House identifying the road as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway
 
I-95 crossing the Susquehanna River via the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge

Just beyond MD 543, I-95's carriageways split apart to provide space for the Maryland House service area. Beyond Maryland House, the route encounters the MD 22 interchange in Aberdeen, providing access to Aberdeen Proving Ground. South of Susquehanna State Park, I-95 encounters the southern end of the remaining tolled portion of the highway at the MD 155 interchange, providing access to Havre de Grace and US 40. (Until the 1980s, there were tolls to enter I-95 southbound and exit it northbound in Harford County.)

North of this interchange, I-95 becomes a true toll route as it passes through Susquehanna State Park before crossing the Susquehanna River on the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge. The bridge crosses between bluffs high above the river valley, and is posted with warning signs: "Subject to Crosswinds". The highway now enters Cecil County. Just beyond the bridge is an all-electronic toll gantry at Perryville, where tolls are collected in the northbound direction only. There are no southbound tolls on the highway, but southbound truck traffic may need to stop at a nearby weigh station. At the northern end of the plaza is exit 93 for MD 222 in Perryville, before continuing through Cecil County toward the Delaware state line. (Until the 1980s, there were tolls at the southbound exits and northbound entrances, at the Perryville and North East interchanges.)

 
I-95 southbound past the MD 279 interchange near Elkton

Still paralleling the northern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, I-95's carriageways split apart again to encounter another service area, Chesapeake House. Now past the northern tip of the bay, north of Elk Neck State Park, the route encounters MD 272, which provides access to the towns of North East and Rising Sun. The "North East Rising Sun" exit off I-95 has been read by some drivers, including children's writer Katherine Paterson, as referring to a single exotically named location.[2] Having turned east, the route now runs straight toward the Delaware state line, passing under MD 213 north of Elkton with no access offered and then reaching the exit 109 interchange with MD 279, which provides a direct route into Elkton and Newark, Delaware. I-95's run through Maryland comes to an end quickly after that exit, and it crosses the Delaware state line, becomes the Delaware Turnpike, and soon reaches the Newark mainline toll plaza (in 2012, the MDTA installed signs prior to and at the MD 279 interchange informing motorists of the Delaware toll plaza ahead).

Similar to what was done on the between the beltways segment, new lighting projects have replaced the original high-mast lights with conventional streetlights at the MD 152 and MD 155 interchanges, but new high-masts were installed from the Perryville toll plaza to MD 222. Additionally, there are now high-mast lights at the northern I-695 interchange in Rosedale to match its southern counterpart in Halethorpe (although the ones in Halethorpe were removed by 2018); those replaced the conventional streetlights that had existed within the area.

Express lanes

 
Sign listing rates for the express toll lanes along I-95 northbound in Baltimore

I-95 has express toll lanes in the median between the I-895 merge in northern Baltimore to just north of MD 43 in White Marsh, with two express toll lanes in each direction.[3] In addition to access to and from I-95 at both ends, the express toll lanes have a southbound exit and northbound entrance with I-895, a southbound exit and northbound entrance with Moravia Road via I-895, and a northbound exit and southbound entrance with MD 43.[4] The express toll lanes utilize all-electronic tolling; tolls are collected by E-ZPass or video tolling, which uses automatic license plate recognition and sends a bill in the mail to the vehicle owner.[3] Video tolling users pay an additional 50-percent surcharge on their tolls. The toll rates along the express toll lanes vary by time of day and the day of the week. Peak travel times, which is southbound during weekday mornings, northbound during weekday evenings, and both directions on weekend afternoons, have the highest rates. Off-peak travel times, which occur during the daytime outside of peak travel times, have lower rates, with the overnight hours having the lowest rates.[5]

Services

Just as in Delaware, the northern segment of I-95 in Maryland has service areas in the median that serve both directions of traffic. This dates back to its days as a two-state toll highway. Between the Delaware line and the Baltimore city line, two service areas[6] are available, owned by the MDTA and run by Areas USA[7] (both offering bus parking, free Wi-Fi, a Kids Korner seating area, an outdoor seating area, multiple fast-food restaurants, retail stores, and Sunoco as the fuel offering):[8]

Maryland House

Maryland House, opened in 1963, is at milepost 81.9 in Harford County. It was later remodeled in 1987, and wing additions were added in 1989–1990. It was closed on September 15, 2012, and demolished for reconstruction,[9] reopening on January 16, 2014.[10]

Chesapeake House

Chesapeake House, opened in 1975 (after the highway was widened from four to six lanes in 1972), is at milepost 97 in Cecil County. It was closed and demolished in January 2014 following the reopening of the Maryland House and reopened on August 5, 2014.[11]

Howard County rest area

The Howard County rest area is located in Howard County, between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Unlike the two full service rest areas, which are located in the median, this rest area is located on the shoulders, with separate facilities for each direction of travel. This rest area also features only rest rooms, a tourist information area, and vending machines, in contrast to the full food and fuel options at the two service areas further north.

History

 
An older version of the I-95 shield as used in Maryland

Northeast Freeway

Under the original plans for I-95 in Maryland, the route would not have followed the eastern half of the Capital Beltway from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to the College Park Interchange. Instead, it would have exited D.C. at New Hampshire Avenue (MD 650), following the Northeast Freeway, and, after passing through Northwest Branch Park, junctioned I-495 at the College Park Interchange, integrating seamlessly with the existing segment of I-95 at that interchange. This route was canceled in 1977, and I-95 rerouted, after the D.C. government canceled the North Central Freeway, which would have linked to the Northeast Freeway at its southern end and carried I-95 deeper into D.C., connecting to the Inner Loop. The part of I-95 that was completed from downtown Washington, D.C. to the Springfield Interchange in Springfield, Virginia, was then redesignated as I-395.

I-95 in Baltimore

 
I-95 northbound approaching downtown Baltimore at Washington Boulevard exit, with newer signs and lighting installed

Planning

Several proposals were made during the 1940s and 1950s for an East–West Expressway through Baltimore. After nine different proposals were floated, the city's department of planning published a proposal of its own in 1960. The route in the proposal would have started out as I-70N (as it was known then) and run due east through vast city parkland before picking up the small piece of freeway that was constructed within the Franklin Street–Mulberry Street corridor, and then crossing the city to the north of the Inner Harbor on an elevated viaduct within the central business district (CBD). The route would have met two other freeways—the Jones Falls Expressway and the Southwest Expressway—at a four-way interchange in the southeast edge of the CBD; I-95 would have followed the Southwest Expressway, and met both I-70N and I-83 (on the Jones Falls Expressway) at this interchange. I-70N and I-83 would have terminated at the interchange, while I-95 would have turned east and followed the East–West Expressway out of the CBD, along the Boston Street corridor and out toward east Baltimore, intersecting the Harbor Tunnel Thruway near today's exit 62. The Southwest Expressway would have cut through Federal Hill and crossed the Inner Harbor on a fixed bridge with 50 feet (15 m) of vertical navigational clearance. All these proposed routes would have required extensive right-of-way acquisition and clearance.[12]

The above routings were eventually further refined and modified and eventually became part of the Baltimore 10-D Interstate System, approved in 1962. In this plan, I-95 would run east–west to the north of Fort McHenry, similarly to the above proposal, but would have run along the southern edge of the CBD, passing to the north of Federal Hill and cutting through the historic Fell's Point neighborhood. After crossing the Inner Harbor on another low bridge, it would have followed the Boston Street corridor, crossing the Harbor Tunnel Thruway near to where it does today, then followed the existing I-95 alignment out of the city. The highway would have junctioned I-70N a mile (1.6 km) to the northwest of the Inner Harbor, near the eastern terminus of the now-defunct I-170; it would have met I-83 in the northeastern corner of the CBD. This routing was little different from the routings proposed in 1960 and was also universally disliked.[12]

 
I-95 at I-395 in Baltimore

By 1969, the design concept team, a multidiscipline group assembled in 1966 by the city government to help design freeway routings that would not disrupt the city's fabric, the 10-D System had been replaced by the Baltimore 3-A Interstate and Boulevard System. In the 3-A system, I-95 was shifted south onto the Locust Point peninsula and eventually constructed there. Originally, I-95 was planned to cross the Patapsco River on a 180-foot-high (55 m) bridge, but opposition to this crossing brought forth the Fort McHenry Tunnel, which made up the last part of I-95 to be completed within the city limits. I-70N would have run through Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park to terminate at I-95 near US 1 Alt. (with the I-170 spur serving the areas to the immediate west of the CBD, where it would terminate), while I-83 was shifted to a new alignment and planned to terminate at I-95 north of the Patapsco River. I-395 was also brought into existence under this plan; it was planned as a freeway spur from I-95 to the south edge of the CBD, connecting to a new route named City Boulevard (now known as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). The 3-A System's result was that I-95 would act as a bypass of the CBD, with I-395 providing direct access.[12]

Construction

The first portion of I-95 in Baltimore was the southern 0.6 miles (0.97 km) of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway, completed in 1963. By 1971, I-95 had entered Baltimore proper when it was completed between the Capital and Baltimore beltways; beyond the southern I-695 interchange, the highway came to a dead halt at US 1 Alt. By 1974, I-95 was under construction in East Baltimore between its current merge with I-895 south to a partial cloverleaf interchange with MD 150 (Eastern Avenue). By 1976, I-95 was under construction east of US 1 Alt. and south of MD 150. By 1981, I-95 was completed as far as I-395, and by 1984, with the construction of the Fort McHenry Tunnel quite advanced, the route was open as far as MD 2 west of the Patapsco and Boston Street/O'Donnell Street east of the Patapsco. With the final opening of the tunnel on November 23, 1985, I-95 was finally completed within the city of Baltimore.

Tolling

 
I-95 northbound past the MD 222 interchange in Perryville

Originally, the toll plaza at the north end of the Fort McHenry Tunnel was to be removed after the city of Baltimore repaid its share of the construction costs of the tunnel. However, the MDTA lobbied successfully to keep the toll plaza in place to prevent a traffic problem on I-95 within Baltimore.[13]

John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway

Despite the route's inclusion in the Interstate Highway System in the mid-1950s, the construction of the Baltimore and Capital beltways had diverted most of the state funds that would have been used to build it. To relieve traffic on US 40, it was decided to finance construction using a bond issue. The Maryland State Roads Commission, the predecessor to the MDTA, floated $73 million (equivalent to $508 million in 2021[14]) in revenue bonds to provide funds to start construction of the route, which began in January 1962.

Completed in 1963, the 48-mile (77 km) Northeast Expressway and the adjoining 11-mile (18 km) Delaware Turnpike were dedicated by President John F. Kennedy, Delaware Governor Elbert N. Carvel, and Maryland Governor J. Millard Tawes in a ceremony at the state line on November 14, 1963.[15][16] Eight days after dedicating the toll road, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. As a result, both the Northeast Expressway and Delaware Turnpike were renamed the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway in his honor in December 1963.[17][18]

 
I-95 northbound at the MD 43 exit in White Marsh

Between 1963 and 1993, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway was a tolled facility for the entire length of the roadway in both directions. The mainline toll plaza is situated just north of the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge in Perryville. The southbound toll plaza was removed in 1991, but tolls are still collected for northbound traffic over the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge at this location. Additionally, ramp tolls were collected at many of the interchanges until they were abolished by an act of the legislature in 1981. The highway and bridge are maintained by the MDTA.

Exits on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway were originally numbered consecutively, beginning with exit 1. As a result, I-95 in Maryland had multiple conflicting sequences of exit numbers. In the mid-1980s, the exits were renumbered according to a statewide, mileage-based numbering system, so that they now range from exit 2 (I-295 north) on the Capital Beltway to exit 109 (MD 279) on the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway.

To allow a seamless connection between the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway and the then-unnumbered Harbor Tunnel Thruway, a partial interchange was constructed for I-95 to continue south into Baltimore. However, this meant that I-95 had to enter from and exit to the right, as evidenced by a southbound flyover ramp; a construction project corrected the problem in 2009 so that I-95 would proceed straight through the interchange.

Express toll lanes were built from the I-895 merge in northern Baltimore to just north of MD 43. The lanes opened Saturday, December 6, 2014, after more than eight years of construction. Construction of the I-95 express toll lanes was part of the $1.1-billion (equivalent to $1.26 billion in 2021[14]) I-95 Improvement Project, which included $756 million (equivalent to $863 million in 2021[14]) in highway and safety improvements along eight miles (13 km) of I-95 from the I-895 interchange to just north of White Marsh Boulevard (MD 43) in northeast Baltimore.[19]

Changes in jurisdiction

 
I-95 southbound between I-695 and I-895 in Rosedale, northeast of Baltimore

Originally, there were several changes in jurisdiction over maintenance of Baltimore's segment of I-95. North of the Baltimore city line as far as exit 55 (Key Highway), the route was maintained by the city of Baltimore. Between exits 55 and 57 (Boston Street/O'Donnell Street) the route, traversing the Fort McHenry Tunnel, was maintained by the MDTA. Between exit 57 and the Baltimore city line the route was again maintained by the city of Baltimore.

Now, between the southern Baltimore city line (near exit 49, the southern I-695 interchange) and the northern Baltimore city line, the route is maintained entirely by the MDTA.[20] Maryland state highway police force and the authority's own police force share police duties on this segment. Additionally, the city of Baltimore pays the MDTA to maintain I-95 within the city limits.[20][better source needed]

Incomplete interchanges

I-95 has at least four incomplete interchanges along its route, with three located within the city of Baltimore. Traveling northbound, the first interchange encountered is the College Park Interchange, exit 27. This was the intended site of the northern crossing of I-95 and I-495 and the northern end of the Northeast Freeway. South of here, I-95 was to enter D.C. on the Northeast Freeway, continue on the North Central Freeway and connect seamlessly to the portion of I-95 in downtown Washington that had been completed from there to the Springfield Interchange in Virginia. While the College Park Interchange was completed, the Northeast Freeway was never built, resulting in highway lanes coming to an abrupt end on the south end of the interchange. After the project to complete I-95 through the District of Columbia was canceled, I-95 was rerouted onto the Capital Beltway in 1977. The portion of I-95 inside the beltway in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia was designated as I-395. The eastern half of the Capital Beltway was renumbered from I-495 to I-95.[21] In 1991, the I-495 designation was restored on the eastern half of the beltway, numbered concurrently with I-95 as part of an effort to provide more consistent numbering and directional indicators on the Capital Beltway.[22] The College Park Interchange was modified in late 1986 to allow free movement along the transition from the I-95 corridor and the Capital Beltway without requiring the use of exit ramps. Today, all parts of the interchange are in regular use. The southern end of the interchange now serves as a park and ride commuter lot.

The other three interchanges are located in the city of Baltimore, a sign of the many successful freeway revolts that accompanied the construction of the 3-A System: the planned eastern terminus of I-70, the planned southern terminus of I-83, and the planned southern terminus of the Windlass Freeway. All three unbuilt interchanges incorporate interchanges with local roads. The first is located near exit 50 in Baltimore; it is the site of the planned eastern terminus of I-70 within the city. The only remnants of the interchange that remain in situ today are the mainline bridges built to grade-separate I-95 and the exit ramps to and from I-70, several ramp stubs, a few grassy abutments. An incomplete flyover bridge once existed as well, but was later demolished. Narrow shoulders through the interchange area show that I-95 narrowed to six lanes but was restriped to widen the highway. While this interchange was left incomplete, the existing exit 50, built with extensive collector–distributor lanes due to its proximity to the unbuilt interchange, stands as a more visible sign of what was planned. Today, exit 50 connects US 1 Alt. to I-95.[23]

The second is located near exit 57, just to the north of the Fort McHenry Tunnel, and is the site of the planned southern terminus of I-83. Like I-70's terminus, the remnants here consist mainly of ramp stubs and unused bridges. This interchange, like exit 50, also serves Boston Street and O'Donnell Street, and also narrowed to six lanes within the interchange area until 2018 when two new lanes were taken from the left shoulders. The interchange would have been a three-way freeway-to-freeway interchange, with a full complement of ramps provided for local access to and from Boston Street and O'Donnell Street, to and from both Interstates.[24] Of the two planned Interstate terminuses, I-83's terminus was the first to be abandoned, with the connecting highway segment being cancelled in September 1982; I-70's terminus, later redesignated as a new route, was canceled in July 1983.[25]

The third is encountered at exit 60 and is the site of the southwestern terminus of the Windlass Freeway, a relief route for US 40 (part of the route was eventually built and is today part of I-695). The interchange that exists at this site is in partial use, serving the Moravia Road freeway spur; like the other two inner-city locations, ramp stubs mark the site of the ramps to and from the unbuilt freeway.

Major events

  • On January 13, 2004, a tanker truck carrying flammable liquid fell off the southbound ramp from the Harbor Tunnel Thruway to I-95, landing on the travel lanes and causing a massive explosion, crushing several vehicles and killing four.[26] Despite this, no damage was done to either highway and both were reopened early in the morning on January 14, 2004.[27]
  • On October 16, 2004, a sudden hailstorm just north of Baltimore caused a string of 33 accidents, involving at least 130 vehicles, in an 11-mile (18 km) stretch of I-95. Both northbound and southbound lanes were closed down. The northbound lanes were reopened seven hours later, and the southbound lanes required a further 12 hours to clean.[28]
  • On January 16, 2007, an exhausted truck driver lost control of his tanker truck, causing it to overturn on the northbound carriageway near Maryland House in Harford County. The route was closed for a time when leaks were discovered in the tank, which was carrying a corrosive alkaline material; the outermost right lane remained closed until 3:00 pm that day.[29]
  • On October 4, 2008, at around 2:00 am, a tanker carrying acetone overturned on the southbound lanes south of exit 85, closing down both the northbound and southbound lanes for over eight hours.[30] According to State Police, the tanker leaked acetone and other flammable liquids after overturning. Four others were also involved in the crash and were taken to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.[30] Both the northbound and southbound lanes reopened at around 11:00 am on the same day.[30]

Improvements

Due to the heavy use of this route by commuters and through traffic, the MDTA has begun the process of significantly expanding the highway to increase its capacity. The expansion plans are divided into short, individual sections; in 2001, the MDTA began public studies to determine the best way to expand the highway to meet current and future needs. After four years of study, the MDTA issued its results for Section 100, the southernmost section.

There may be the future consideration of replacing New York City with the much closer Philadelphia as the control city on I-95 north, north of Baltimore, as I-95 is fully completed between Philadelphia and New York City.[citation needed]

Section 100

 
Construction of the eastern interchange of I-95 and I-695

Section 100 is an eight-mile (13 km) segment of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway that runs between exit 62 (I-895) and milepost 70. This segment used to be just eight lanes wide (a 4–4 configuration) and carries approximately 165,000 vehicles per day (expected to increase to 225,000 vehicles per day by 2025). This segment has been expanded to 12 lanes (a 4–2–2–4 configuration), with the center lanes designated as express toll lanes. In addition, the interchange between the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway and the Baltimore Beltway at exit 64 has been rebuilt into a more orthodox stack interchange,[31] removing the left entrances and exits as well as the unique carriageway crossovers on I-95 (the carriageway crossovers on I-695 there remained, but those have since been removed as well). The interchange at exit 67 (MD 43) has been significantly modified from its former cloverleaf configuration, and the interchange at exit 62 was also reconfigured so that I-95 is now the straight-ahead route instead of I-895, thus eliminating the need for southbound I-95 traffic to weave to the right and cross over.

The project cost $1.1 billion (equivalent to $1.26 billion in 2021[14]). It began in 2006 and was completed in 2014.

Section 200

Section 200 is a 15-mile (24 km) segment from milepost 70 to exit 85 (MD 22). This segment is also currently eight lanes wide (a 4–4 configuration) as far as exit 77 (MD 24) and is currently six lanes wide (a 3–3 configuration) between exits 77 and 85. Like Section 100, this segment will likely be widened into a 4–2–2–4 configuration as far as exit 80 (MD 543). Between exits 80 and 85, the remainder will likely be widened from a 3–3 configuration to a 4–4 configuration. While the MDTA has not yet finalized plans for this segment, the MD 24 interchange was improved, with the interchange improvement project completed in 2009.

Section 300

Section 300 is a three-mile (4.8 km) segment from exit 77 to exit 80. Plans for its widening are described above.

Section 400

Section 400, the longest segment, is 30 miles (48 km) long and stretches from exit 80 to the Delaware border. This segment is six lanes wide (a 3–3 configuration) and is likely to be widened into a 4–4 configuration. This segment will require major reconstruction of the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge.

Between the beltways

A study is currently underway to consider adding a new lane on each side between I-495 and I-695. This would be done by constructing new inner shoulders on the median and converting the existing inner shoulders to high-occupancy vehicle lanes that would be open to vehicles with three or more occupants and hybrid, electric, emergency, and other official government vehicles.[citation needed]

Proposed relocation of toll plaza

The MDTA, at the request of an assortment of elected officials,[32] completed a study which examined a relocation of the northbound toll barrier, which is currently just north of the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge crossing of the Susquehanna River at Perryville. The study concluded the barrier should remain where it is, because "relocating the toll plaza from the current location would result in significant diversion from I-95 onto local Cecil County roads"[33] and "the closer the toll plaza goes to Delaware the greater the diversion there is to local roads, the greater the revenue loss to the state toll operator MDTA, and the more travel there is on slower, less safe surface arterials".[34]

Exit list

CountyLocationmi
[35][36]
kmExitDestinationsNotes
Potomac River0.000.00 
 
 
 
I-95 south / I-495 west (Capital Beltway) – Richmond
Continuation beyond Maryland
0.00–
1.16
0.00–
1.87
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
VirginiaDistrict of Columbia and District of Columbia–Maryland boundaries[a]
Prince George'sOxon Hill1.732.782 
 
I-295 north – Washington, National Harbor
Signed as exits 2A (National Harbor) and 2B (I-295); exits 1A-C on I-295
2.774.463  MD 210 – Indian Head, Forest HeightsSigned as exits 3A (south) and 3B (north) northbound
 
 
MD 210 south – Forest Heights, Indian Head
Northbound exit and southbound entrance for Thru Lanes
3.505.63 
 
 
 
I-95 south / I-495 west
North end of Thru Lanes
4.336.974  MD 414 (St. Barnabas Road) – Oxon Hill, Marlow HeightsSplit into exits 4A (west) and 4B (east)
Temple Hills7.3011.757  MD 5 (Branch Avenue) – Waldorf, Silver HillSplit into exits 7A (south) and 7B (north); access to Branch Avenue station and Metro to Nationals Park via exit 7B
Morningside9.07–
9.69
14.60–
15.59
9  MD 337 (Allentown Road) – Andrews AFB, MorningsideSplit into a pair of half-diamond interchanges
Forestville10.7817.3511  MD 4 (Pennsylvania Avenue) – Upper Marlboro, WashingtonSplit into exits 11A (south/east) and 11B (north/west)
Largo13.1421.1513Ritchie–Marlboro Road (MD 221A) – Upper Marlboro, Capitol Heights
14.7823.7915  MD 214 (Central Avenue) – Largo, Seat PleasantSplit into exits 15A (east) and 15B (west) southbound; access to FedExField
15.8325.4816Arena Drive (MD 202F)Access to FedExField
Landover16.5626.6517  MD 202 (Landover Road) – Upper Marlboro, BladensburgSplit into exits 17A (south) and 17B (north) southbound; access to FedExField, Largo Town Center station, and Nationals Park via Metro
Glenarden18.5429.8419   US 50 (I-595 east / John Hanson Highway) – Annapolis, Washington, New Carrollton StationSplit into exits 19A (east) and 19B (west); US 50 is concurrent with unsigned I-595; access to New Carrollton Station and Nationals Park via Metro from southbound ramp to westbound US 50
New Carrollton19.5931.5320  MD 450 (Annapolis Road) – Lanham, BladensburgSplit into exits 20A (east) and 20B (west)
Greenbelt22.1235.6022Baltimore–Washington Parkway (MD 295) – Baltimore, WashingtonSplit into exits 22A (north) and 22B (south); no commercial vehicles; access to Nationals Park via Metro
23.0437.0823  MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) – Greenbelt, BladensburgAccess to MD 193, Goddard Space Flight Center, University of Maryland, Maryland Stadium, and Xfinity Center
24.2539.0324   Greenbelt StationSouthbound exit and northbound entrance; no commercial vehicles
College Park25.1940.5425  US 1 (Baltimore Avenue) – Laurel, College ParkSplit into exits 25A (north) and 25B (south) southbound
26.1142.0227 
 
I-495 west (Capital Beltway) / Park and Ride – Silver Spring
College Park Interchange; north end of concurrency with I-495; southbound I-95 uses exit 27 to access exit 25 and the park and ride; access road to the park and ride is I-95X
Beltsville28.5445.9329  MD 212 – Beltsville, CalvertonSplit into exits 29A (east) and 29B (west)
Laurel30.6649.3431-32 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MD 200 Toll to US 29 / I-270 / US 1 / Konterra Drive (MD 206)
Split into exits 31A (east) and 31B (west); Konterra Drive (Exit 32). Muirkirk MARC Station accessed via exit 31A. E-ZPass or Video Tolling on MD 200.
32.7052.6333  MD 198 – Laurel, BurtonsvilleSplit into exits 33A (east) and 33B (west)
HowardNorth Laurel35.2656.7535  MD 216 – Laurel, ScaggsvilleSplit into exits 35A (east) and 35B (west)
Savage38.1861.4438  MD 32 – Fort Meade, ColumbiaSplit into exits 38A (east) and 38B (west)
Columbia40.4965.1641  MD 175 – Jessup, ColumbiaSplit into exits 41A (east) and 41B (west)
Elkridge42.3768.1943  MD 100 – Glen Burnie, Ellicott CitySplit into exits 43A (east) and 43B (west)
45.2672.8446 
 
I-895 north (Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway)
Northbound exit and southbound entrance; no exit before toll on I-895
BaltimoreArbutus46.5074.8347 
 
 
 
  I-195 east / MD 166 north – BWI Airport, Catonsville
Split into exits 47A (east) and 47B (north)
48.4778.0049  
 
I-695 to I-70 – Glen Burnie, Key Bridge, Annapolis, Towson
Split into exits 49A (east) and 49B (west); Key Bridge signed northbound; I-70 and Annapolis signed southbound
Baltimore City49.7680.0850Caton Avenue (US 1 Alt.)Split into exits 50A (south) and 50B (north)
50.8981.9051Washington BoulevardNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
51.6783.1552Russell Street northUnsigned MD 295; northbound exit and southbound entrance to and from Russell Street
51.6783.1552 
 
MD 295 south (Baltimore–Washington Parkway)
Southbound exit and northbound entrance to and from MD 295
52.0983.8353 
 
I-395 north – Downtown, Inner Harbor
Southern terminus of I-395; access to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, M&T Bank Stadium, and Baltimore Convention Center
52.6984.8054 
 
MD 2 south (Hanover Street)
Northbound exit and southbound entrance
53.4586.0255Key Highway (MD 2 Truck) – Fort McHenry National MonumentLast northbound exit before toll
54.07–
55.44
87.02–
89.22
Fort McHenry Tunnel under the Patapsco River
55.7589.72Fort McHenry Tunnel Toll Plaza (E-ZPass or Video Tolling)
55.9690.0656Keith AvenueLast southbound exit before toll
56.7691.3557Boston StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
56.9991.7257O'Donnell StreetSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
57.7392.9158Dundalk Avenue southNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
58.1793.6259  MD 150 (Eastern Avenue)
59.4295.6360Moravia RoadNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
59.8496.3061 
 
US 40 east (Pulaski Highway)
Northbound exit and southbound entrance
60.4097.20 
 
 
I-95 Express north – No access to   I-695
South end of Express Lanes; northbound exit and southbound entrance, E-ZPass or Video Tolling
60.5097.3762 
 
I-895 south (Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway) – Annapolis
Southbound exit and northbound entrance
BaltimoreRosedale 
 
I-895 south (Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway) – Annapolis
Southbound exit and northbound entrance for Express Lanes only
63.38102.0064  I-695 – Essex, TowsonTo I-70 and I-83
White Marsh66.60107.1867  MD 43 – White Marsh, Middle River
  MD 43 – White Marsh, Middle RiverNorthbound exit and southbound entrance for Express Lanes only
68.10109.60 
 
 
I-95 Express south – No access to    MD 43 / I-695
North end of Express Lanes; southbound exit and northbound entrance, E-ZPass or Video Tolling
HarfordJoppatowne73.86118.8774  MD 152 – Joppa, Fallston
Edgewood76.19122.6277   MD 24 / MD 924 (Emmorton Road) / Tollgate Road – Edgewood, Bel AirSplit into exits 77A (MD 24) and 77B (MD 924 and Tollgate Road)
Riverside79.90128.5980  MD 543 – Belcamp
Aberdeen84.33135.7285  MD 22 – Aberdeen, ChurchvilleNorthbound exit includes direct exit ramp to MD 132 – Aberdeen Town Center
Havre de Grace88.67142.7089  MD 155 – Havre de GraceLast northbound exit before toll
Susquehanna River90.13–
91.10
145.05–
146.61
Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge
CecilPerryvilleJohn F. Kennedy Memorial Highway Toll Gantry (northbound, E-ZPass or Video Tolling)
92.95149.5993  MD 222 – Perryville, Port Deposit
North East99.55160.21100  MD 272 – North East, Rising SunSplit into exits 100A (south) and 100B (north) southbound
Elkton108.27174.24109  MD 279 – Elkton, Newark DESplit into exits 109A (south) and 109B (north); last northbound exit before toll in Delaware
109.01175.43 
 
 
I-95 Toll north (Delaware Turnpike) – Wilmington
Continuation into Delaware
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Auxiliary routes

I-95 in Maryland has eight auxiliary routes, more than any other state along the I-95 corridor:

See also

References

  1. ^ Starks, Edward (January 27, 2022). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  2. ^ Smedman, M. Sarah; Chaston, Joel (2003). Bridges For the Young: The Fiction of Katherine Paterson. Scarecrow Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-8108-4499-0.
  3. ^ a b "I-95 Express Toll Lanes". Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "I-95 Express Toll Lanes Map" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  5. ^ "I-95 Express Toll Lanes Brochure" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. ^ "Maryland I-95 Travel Plazas". Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "MARYLAND HOUSE ON I-95 CLOSES FOR RECONSTRUCTION AT MIDNIGHT, SEPT. 15; CHESAPEAKE HOUSE OPEN FOR BUSINESS" (PDF) (Press release). Maryland Transportation Authority. September 6, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
  8. ^ "I-95 MD Travel Plazas". Maryland Transportation Authority. September 8, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  9. ^ "Maryland House on I-95 to close Sept. 15 for reconstruction". ExploreHarford.Com. September 6, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  10. ^ "Maryland House set to open by midnight Thursday". Baltimore Sun. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  11. ^ "MDTA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Redevelop & Operate I-95 Travel Plazas". Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA). Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  12. ^ a b c Kozel, Scott. Roads to the Future: Baltimore Early Expressway Planning URL accessed 17:55, February 5, 2007.
  13. ^ "Fort McHenry Tunnel". Roads to the Future. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  14. ^ a b c d Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved January 1, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the Measuring Worth series.
  15. ^ Frank, William P. (November 15, 1963). "JFK dedicates Del., Md. turnpikes". The Morning News. Wilmington, DE. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Kennedy Memorial Service Marks Turnpike Anniversary". The Sunday Bulletin. Philadelphia, PA. November 15, 1964. p. 3.
  17. ^ Burke, Melissa Nann (November 14, 2013). "I-95 in Delaware linked East Coast, divided city of Wilmington". The News Journal. Wilmington, DE.
  18. ^ "'Turnpike' Signs Stay on Kennedy Highway". The Morning News. Wilmington, DE. December 17, 1963. p. 3.
  19. ^ Rector, Kevin (November 17, 2014). "Express toll lanes on I-95 north of Baltimore set to open Dec. 6". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  20. ^ a b Kozel, Scott. misc.transport.road: Re: Road trip report: New York, NY to Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC and back URL accessed 13:04, February 4, 2007.
  21. ^ Feaver, Douglas (July 23, 1977). "Interstate Numbers To Change". The Washington Post. p. E1.
  22. ^ "Report of the Special Committee on US Route Numbering to the Executive Committee June 10, 1991" (PDF). AASHTO Special Committee on US Route Numbering. AASHTO. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  23. ^ "Scale drawing of I-70, I-170, I-95, I-395 interchanges in Baltimore". www.roadstothefuture.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  24. ^ "Scale diagram of I-83/I-95 interchange in Baltimore". www.roadstothefuture.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  25. ^ Kozel, Scott. misc.transport.road: Baltimore Interstate Highway Cancellation Details URL accessed 12:57, February 4, 2007.
  26. ^ Kozel, Scott. Four Killed in Fiery I-95 Crash URL accessed 13:42, January 26, 2007.
  27. ^ Lansford, John. I-95 reopens after fiery crash URL accessed 13:46, January 26, 2007.
  28. ^ Baltimore Sun. Freak storm is blamed in October I-95 pileups
  29. ^ Baltimore Sun. I-95 reopens nearly 15 hours after tanker truck overturns URL accessed 13:22, January 26, 2007.
  30. ^ a b c . Mdsp.org. October 4, 2008. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  31. ^ "I-95/695 Interchange". Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  32. ^ "I-95 / JFK Toll Plaza Planning Study: Introduction" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Fall 2010. pp. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  33. ^ "I-95 / JFK Toll Plaza Planning Study: Recommendations" (PDF). Maryland Transportation Authority. Fall 2010. pp. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  34. ^ Samuel, Peter (January 10, 2011). "MD/I-95 toll upgrade near present plaza: ORT + 7/8 lanes or AET proposed". TOLLROADSnews. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  35. ^ Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
    • Prince George's County (PDF).
    • Howard County (PDF).
    • Baltimore County (PDF).
    • Harford County (PDF).
    • Cecil County (PDF).
  36. ^ Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2005). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved September 9, 2012.

Notes

  1. ^ The Woodrow Wilson Bridge crosses through the District of Columbia for approximately 300 feet (91 m).

External links

Route map:

KML is from Wikidata
  • Exitlists.com (I-95)
  • I-95 at MDRoads.com
  • I-95 in Maryland at AARoads.com
  • Maryland Roads – I-95
  • Steve Anderson's DCRoads.net: Capital Beltway (I-495 and I-95)
  • Steve Anderson's DCRoads.net: Interstate 95-Maryland ("Between the Beltways")
  • Steve Anderson's DCRoads.net: Interstate 95-Maryland (Baltimore City Section)
  • Steve Anderson's DCRoads.net: John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (I-95)
  • Maryland Transportation Authority: John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway webpage
  • MdTA I-95 Master Plan Study
  • I-95 Section 100 Widening
  • Steve Anderson's DCroads.net: John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (I-95)
  • Scott M. Kozel's Roads to the Future article on the JFK Highway
  • Maryland I-95 Travel Plazas Redevelopment
  • I-95 JFK Highway Toll Plaza Planning Study
  • Roads to the Future: Baltimore 10-D Interstate System Map
  • Roads to the Future: Baltimore Harbor Interstate Map
  • Roads to the Future: Baltimore History of Expressway Planning, 1970


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District of Columbia
Maryland Next state:
Delaware

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This article is about the section of Interstate 95 in Maryland For the entire route see Interstate 95 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Interstate 95 in Maryland news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 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 to Maryland s border with Delaware 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 Portions of the highway including the Fort McHenry Tunnel and the Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge are tolled Interstate 95I 95 highlighted in redRoute informationMaintained by MDSHA and MDTALength110 01 mi 1 177 04 km Existed1963 presentTouristroutesStar Spangled Banner Scenic BywayRestrictionsNo hazardous goods allowed in the Fort McHenry TunnelMajor junctionsSouth endI 95 I 495 at District of Columbia border near Oxon Hill on the Woodrow Wilson BridgeMajor intersectionsI 295 near Forest Heights US 50 near Glenarden US 1 in College Park I 495 near College Park MD 200 Toll in Laurel I 895 near Baltimore I 195 near Baltimore I 695 near Baltimore I 395 in Baltimore US 40 in BaltimoreNorth endI 95 Toll Delaware Turnpike at Delaware border near ElktonLocationCountryUnited StatesStateMarylandCountiesPrince George s Howard Baltimore City of Baltimore Harford CecilHighway systemInterstate Highway SystemMain Auxiliary Suffixed Business FutureMaryland highway systemInterstate US State Scenic Byways MD 94 I 97From the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to the community of College Park it follows a portion of the Capital Beltway completed in 1964 and numbered as I 95 in 1977 Prior to 1977 the route was intended to go on a new highway through Washington D C however public opposition caused the cancelation of I 95 inside of the Capital Beltway The unnamed section between the Capital Beltway to north of Baltimore was completed in various stages between 1964 and 1985 while the northeastern section from Baltimore to the Delaware state line known as the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway named after the former US president John F Kennedy was the first section completed opening to traffic in 1963 A rebuild of this section was begun in 2006 and is underway as of 2022 update several miles of express toll lanes have been added to I 95 north of Baltimore with further widening of the roadway planned through to the Delaware state line Contents 1 Route description 1 1 Capital Beltway 1 2 Beltsville to Baltimore 1 3 Within Baltimore 1 4 John F Kennedy Memorial Highway 1 4 1 Express lanes 2 Services 2 1 Maryland House 2 2 Chesapeake House 2 3 Howard County rest area 3 History 3 1 Northeast Freeway 3 2 I 95 in Baltimore 3 2 1 Planning 3 2 2 Construction 3 2 3 Tolling 3 3 John F Kennedy Memorial Highway 3 4 Changes in jurisdiction 3 5 Incomplete interchanges 3 6 Major events 3 7 Improvements 3 7 1 Section 100 3 7 2 Section 200 3 7 3 Section 300 3 7 4 Section 400 3 7 5 Between the beltways 3 7 6 Proposed relocation of toll plaza 4 Exit list 5 Auxiliary routes 6 See also 7 References 8 Notes 9 External linksRoute description Edit source source source source source source source source source source source source source source Time lapse video of a northbound trip on I 95 in Maryland Capital Beltway Edit Main article Capital Beltway The I 95 I 495 split in College Park I 95 enters the state of Maryland concurrent with I 495 the Capital Beltway From Alexandria Virginia the roadways five lanes in either direction travel together over the Potomac River on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge briefly cross the southern tip of the District of Columbia over water and touch down in Prince George s County west of Forest Heights I 95 I 495 immediately encounter the southern terminus of I 295 known as the Anacostia Freeway a route that serves downtown Washington D C and connects to the originally planned alignment of I 95 through Washington D C I 395 Just beyond I 295 the two routes interchange with Maryland Route 210 MD 210 a major north south route into southern D C The two Interstates continue along the Capital Beltway and have interchanges with various local highways such as MD 5 Branch Avenue and MD 4 Pennsylvania Avenue on either side of Andrews Air Force Base which the beltway travels very close to near its northern edge Turning north past the MD 4 interchange the beltway runs through Glenarden interchanging with MD 202 US 50 unsigned I 595 and MD 450 the latter route offering access to New Carrollton station and the New Carrollton area Turning northwest the beltway enters Greenbelt Park intersecting the Baltimore Washington Parkway unsigned MD 295 in the northeastern edge of the park Just after the Baltimore Washington Parkway the two routes interchange with MD 201 which connects to the southern terminus of the Baltimore Washington Parkway at US 50 New York Avenue near the D C line Now turned fully west the beltway runs through the northern edge of College Park interchanging with Greenbelt station s access roadway and US 1 Beyond the US 1 interchange I 95 encounters its own route at the College Park Interchange and separates from I 495 within this interchange I 495 continues west alone on the Capital Beltway to I 270 while I 95 turns north onto its own planned alignment The interchange includes access to a park and ride It is marked as exit 27 on both Interstates Beltsville to Baltimore Edit View north along I 95 past MD 216 in Howard County Running northeast I 95 still eight lanes wide passes through Beltsville interchanging with MD 212 near the community The highway completed in 1971 runs through undeveloped land to the interchange with the Intercounty Connector toll road MD 200 before interchanging with MD 198 just west of Laurel Passing over the Patuxent River just south of the T Howard Duckett Dam the route enters Howard County and promptly has an interchange with MD 216 North of the MD 216 interchange the route encounters its first rest area in the state of Maryland with each carriageway served by its own facility Continuing northeast I 95 intersects MD 32 at a modified directional cloverleaf interchange Within this interchange I 95 grade separates with the northbound carriageway passing over MD 32 and the southbound carriageway passing under MD 32 allowing left exits from both of the latter s carriageways to merge into the left lanes of I 95 without conflict Traffic congestion on I 95 southbound in Baltimore North of this unusual interchange I 95 encounters MD 175 the main access route into Columbia at a less radical directional cloverleaf interchange After the MD 175 interchange comes the MD 100 interchange providing access to Ellicott City US 29 and I 70 to the west and the Baltimore Washington Parkway MD 295 and I 97 to the east Just beyond this interchange I 95 encounters three more of its auxiliary routes within Maryland I 895 which splits from I 95 within Patapsco Valley State Park just south of the Patapsco River and at which point the road enters southwestern Baltimore County I 195 and MD 166 near Catonsville a short spur to Baltimore Washington International Airport and I 695 near Halethorpe the Baltimore Beltway a full circle beltway around Baltimore that offers a full freeway bypass of the city and that connects to I 70 I 83 and I 97 Traffic not authorized to make use of either of the direct tunnel routes through Baltimore is encouraged to use the eastern half of I 695 which crosses the Patapsco River via the Francis Scott Key Bridge When this part of I 95 opened to traffic in 1971 all interchanges in the stretch had high mast lighting but beginning in 2010 these were replaced with lower mounted conventional streetlights However the MD 200 and southern I 895 interchanges which opened in 1973 as part of an extension from its original terminus at US 1 now have high mast lights Within Baltimore Edit I 95 northbound at Key Highway in Baltimore I 95 northbound through the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore South of Baltimore I 95 is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration north of the southern Baltimore city line I 95 changes jurisdiction to the Maryland Transportation Authority MDTA Continuing on its northeasterly track the route intersects US 1 Alternate US 1 Alt just beyond the city line I 95 s interchange with US 1 Alt incorporates stubs and unused embankments that would have been used for the planned eastern terminus of I 70 within Baltimore later planned as the southern terminus of I 595 though the freeway was later canceled and that designation was moved to US 50 east of Washington Continuing past this unbuilt interchange I 95 intersects Washington Boulevard a local city street with ramps to the southbound side and from the northbound side before encountering the main access route into the central business district I 395 I 95 also interchanges with MD 295 at the northern terminus of the Baltimore Washington Parkway and the southern terminus of Russell Street with ramps to the transitioning roads and from the terminating ones within the I 395 interchange which is almost completely elevated over the middle branch of the Patapsco River After interchanging with both routes I 95 interchanges with MD 2 and Key Highway the latter route offering access to Fort McHenry and an escape route for hazardous material traffic I 95 encounters the Fort McHenry Tunnel south of Fort McHenry The tunnel containing eight lanes curves underneath the Northwest Harbor and emerges in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore quickly encountering the all electronic toll plaza After the toll plaza I 95 encounters the Boston Street O Donnell Street interchange which also incorporates stubs and other unused infrastructure planned to be used for the southern terminus of I 83 I 95 also passes over I 895 within the interchange area with no access between the two routes then runs into east Baltimore providing local access to various city streets a northbound only exit to Dundalk Avenue and a three quarter interchange with Eastern Avenue which share southbound access ramps via Kane Street in lieu of I 895 It interchanges with the Moravia Road freeway spur next to the Baltimore city line where ramp stubs were once planned for an unbuilt portion of the Windlass Freeway then connects with US 40 before narrowing to six lanes and merging with I 895 just after exiting Baltimore into northeastern Baltimore County From 2009 to 2015 new gray gantries were installed that displayed signs in the Clearview font which was being adopted statewide replacing the old brown gantries and Highway Gothic signs some of which had button copy In 2017 the high mast poles which were also brown were taken down and replaced with new gray ones as well John F Kennedy Memorial Highway Edit I 95 northbound at entrance to express toll lanes in Baltimore The John F Kennedy Memorial Highway portion of I 95 a toll facility operated by the MDTA begins at the end of the Harbor Tunnel Thruway I 895 which is also operated by the MDTA at the Baltimore city line Starting out eight lanes wide at the junction with I 895 after three miles 4 8 km I 95 once again intersects with I 695 in Rosedale at what was a unique double crossover interchange Within this interchange the carriageways of I 95 narrowed to six lanes and crossed over each other thereby putting through traffic on the left within the interchange nexus allowing left exit ramps and left entrance ramps to accommodate four of the eight movements in lieu of flyovers Beyond the interchange both sets of carriageways crossed over each other again and resumed right hand running As part of the upgrades to I 95 to accommodate express toll lanes in this area this interchange was replaced with a more conventional four level stack all exits are now on the right and I 95 s carriageways no longer cross over one another a similar project also eliminated the crossovers on I 695 Continuing to the northeast parallel with the Chesapeake Bay the route encounters MD 43 near White Marsh After passing through Gunpowder Falls State Park and into Harford County the route has interchanges with MD 152 north of Joppatowne then with MD 24 providing access to Bel Air and Edgewood Within the MD 24 interchange I 95 narrows to six lanes and remains this wide to the Delaware border Sign at Maryland House identifying the road as the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway I 95 crossing the Susquehanna River via the Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge Just beyond MD 543 I 95 s carriageways split apart to provide space for the Maryland House service area Beyond Maryland House the route encounters the MD 22 interchange in Aberdeen providing access to Aberdeen Proving Ground South of Susquehanna State Park I 95 encounters the southern end of the remaining tolled portion of the highway at the MD 155 interchange providing access to Havre de Grace and US 40 Until the 1980s there were tolls to enter I 95 southbound and exit it northbound in Harford County North of this interchange I 95 becomes a true toll route as it passes through Susquehanna State Park before crossing the Susquehanna River on the Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge The bridge crosses between bluffs high above the river valley and is posted with warning signs Subject to Crosswinds The highway now enters Cecil County Just beyond the bridge is an all electronic toll gantry at Perryville where tolls are collected in the northbound direction only There are no southbound tolls on the highway but southbound truck traffic may need to stop at a nearby weigh station At the northern end of the plaza is exit 93 for MD 222 in Perryville before continuing through Cecil County toward the Delaware state line Until the 1980s there were tolls at the southbound exits and northbound entrances at the Perryville and North East interchanges I 95 southbound past the MD 279 interchange near Elkton Still paralleling the northern shore of the Chesapeake Bay I 95 s carriageways split apart again to encounter another service area Chesapeake House Now past the northern tip of the bay north of Elk Neck State Park the route encounters MD 272 which provides access to the towns of North East and Rising Sun The North East Rising Sun exit off I 95 has been read by some drivers including children s writer Katherine Paterson as referring to a single exotically named location 2 Having turned east the route now runs straight toward the Delaware state line passing under MD 213 north of Elkton with no access offered and then reaching the exit 109 interchange with MD 279 which provides a direct route into Elkton and Newark Delaware I 95 s run through Maryland comes to an end quickly after that exit and it crosses the Delaware state line becomes the Delaware Turnpike and soon reaches the Newark mainline toll plaza in 2012 the MDTA installed signs prior to and at the MD 279 interchange informing motorists of the Delaware toll plaza ahead Similar to what was done on the between the beltways segment new lighting projects have replaced the original high mast lights with conventional streetlights at the MD 152 and MD 155 interchanges but new high masts were installed from the Perryville toll plaza to MD 222 Additionally there are now high mast lights at the northern I 695 interchange in Rosedale to match its southern counterpart in Halethorpe although the ones in Halethorpe were removed by 2018 those replaced the conventional streetlights that had existed within the area Express lanes Edit Sign listing rates for the express toll lanes along I 95 northbound in Baltimore I 95 has express toll lanes in the median between the I 895 merge in northern Baltimore to just north of MD 43 in White Marsh with two express toll lanes in each direction 3 In addition to access to and from I 95 at both ends the express toll lanes have a southbound exit and northbound entrance with I 895 a southbound exit and northbound entrance with Moravia Road via I 895 and a northbound exit and southbound entrance with MD 43 4 The express toll lanes utilize all electronic tolling tolls are collected by E ZPass or video tolling which uses automatic license plate recognition and sends a bill in the mail to the vehicle owner 3 Video tolling users pay an additional 50 percent surcharge on their tolls The toll rates along the express toll lanes vary by time of day and the day of the week Peak travel times which is southbound during weekday mornings northbound during weekday evenings and both directions on weekend afternoons have the highest rates Off peak travel times which occur during the daytime outside of peak travel times have lower rates with the overnight hours having the lowest rates 5 Services EditJust as in Delaware the northern segment of I 95 in Maryland has service areas in the median that serve both directions of traffic This dates back to its days as a two state toll highway Between the Delaware line and the Baltimore city line two service areas 6 are available owned by the MDTA and run by Areas USA 7 both offering bus parking free Wi Fi a Kids Korner seating area an outdoor seating area multiple fast food restaurants retail stores and Sunoco as the fuel offering 8 Maryland House Edit Maryland House redirects here For the legislative body see Maryland House of Delegates Maryland House opened in 1963 is at milepost 81 9 in Harford County It was later remodeled in 1987 and wing additions were added in 1989 1990 It was closed on September 15 2012 and demolished for reconstruction 9 reopening on January 16 2014 10 Rebuilt Maryland House exterior a few days after opening January 2014 Maryland House main atrium decorated for Christmas 2010Chesapeake House Edit Chesapeake House opened in 1975 after the highway was widened from four to six lanes in 1972 is at milepost 97 in Cecil County It was closed and demolished in January 2014 following the reopening of the Maryland House and reopened on August 5 2014 11 Rebuilt Chesapeake House viewed from the new parking lot 2014 Rebuilt Chesapeake House interior view 2014 Chesapeake House viewed at night from southbound car parking 2011 Interior of Chesapeake House 2011Howard County rest area Edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Howard County rest area is located in Howard County between Baltimore and Washington D C Unlike the two full service rest areas which are located in the median this rest area is located on the shoulders with separate facilities for each direction of travel This rest area also features only rest rooms a tourist information area and vending machines in contrast to the full food and fuel options at the two service areas further north History Edit An older version of the I 95 shield as used in Maryland Northeast Freeway Edit Main article Northeast Freeway Washington D C Under the original plans for I 95 in Maryland the route would not have followed the eastern half of the Capital Beltway from the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to the College Park Interchange Instead it would have exited D C at New Hampshire Avenue MD 650 following the Northeast Freeway and after passing through Northwest Branch Park junctioned I 495 at the College Park Interchange integrating seamlessly with the existing segment of I 95 at that interchange This route was canceled in 1977 and I 95 rerouted after the D C government canceled the North Central Freeway which would have linked to the Northeast Freeway at its southern end and carried I 95 deeper into D C connecting to the Inner Loop The part of I 95 that was completed from downtown Washington D C to the Springfield Interchange in Springfield Virginia was then redesignated as I 395 I 95 in Baltimore Edit I 95 northbound approaching downtown Baltimore at Washington Boulevard exit with newer signs and lighting installed Planning Edit Several proposals were made during the 1940s and 1950s for an East West Expressway through Baltimore After nine different proposals were floated the city s department of planning published a proposal of its own in 1960 The route in the proposal would have started out as I 70N as it was known then and run due east through vast city parkland before picking up the small piece of freeway that was constructed within the Franklin Street Mulberry Street corridor and then crossing the city to the north of the Inner Harbor on an elevated viaduct within the central business district CBD The route would have met two other freeways the Jones Falls Expressway and the Southwest Expressway at a four way interchange in the southeast edge of the CBD I 95 would have followed the Southwest Expressway and met both I 70N and I 83 on the Jones Falls Expressway at this interchange I 70N and I 83 would have terminated at the interchange while I 95 would have turned east and followed the East West Expressway out of the CBD along the Boston Street corridor and out toward east Baltimore intersecting the Harbor Tunnel Thruway near today s exit 62 The Southwest Expressway would have cut through Federal Hill and crossed the Inner Harbor on a fixed bridge with 50 feet 15 m of vertical navigational clearance All these proposed routes would have required extensive right of way acquisition and clearance 12 The above routings were eventually further refined and modified and eventually became part of the Baltimore 10 D Interstate System approved in 1962 In this plan I 95 would run east west to the north of Fort McHenry similarly to the above proposal but would have run along the southern edge of the CBD passing to the north of Federal Hill and cutting through the historic Fell s Point neighborhood After crossing the Inner Harbor on another low bridge it would have followed the Boston Street corridor crossing the Harbor Tunnel Thruway near to where it does today then followed the existing I 95 alignment out of the city The highway would have junctioned I 70N a mile 1 6 km to the northwest of the Inner Harbor near the eastern terminus of the now defunct I 170 it would have met I 83 in the northeastern corner of the CBD This routing was little different from the routings proposed in 1960 and was also universally disliked 12 I 95 at I 395 in Baltimore By 1969 the design concept team a multidiscipline group assembled in 1966 by the city government to help design freeway routings that would not disrupt the city s fabric the 10 D System had been replaced by the Baltimore 3 A Interstate and Boulevard System In the 3 A system I 95 was shifted south onto the Locust Point peninsula and eventually constructed there Originally I 95 was planned to cross the Patapsco River on a 180 foot high 55 m bridge but opposition to this crossing brought forth the Fort McHenry Tunnel which made up the last part of I 95 to be completed within the city limits I 70N would have run through Gwynns Falls Leakin Park to terminate at I 95 near US 1 Alt with the I 170 spur serving the areas to the immediate west of the CBD where it would terminate while I 83 was shifted to a new alignment and planned to terminate at I 95 north of the Patapsco River I 395 was also brought into existence under this plan it was planned as a freeway spur from I 95 to the south edge of the CBD connecting to a new route named City Boulevard now known as Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard The 3 A System s result was that I 95 would act as a bypass of the CBD with I 395 providing direct access 12 Construction Edit The first portion of I 95 in Baltimore was the southern 0 6 miles 0 97 km of the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway completed in 1963 By 1971 I 95 had entered Baltimore proper when it was completed between the Capital and Baltimore beltways beyond the southern I 695 interchange the highway came to a dead halt at US 1 Alt By 1974 I 95 was under construction in East Baltimore between its current merge with I 895 south to a partial cloverleaf interchange with MD 150 Eastern Avenue By 1976 I 95 was under construction east of US 1 Alt and south of MD 150 By 1981 I 95 was completed as far as I 395 and by 1984 with the construction of the Fort McHenry Tunnel quite advanced the route was open as far as MD 2 west of the Patapsco and Boston Street O Donnell Street east of the Patapsco With the final opening of the tunnel on November 23 1985 I 95 was finally completed within the city of Baltimore Tolling Edit I 95 northbound past the MD 222 interchange in Perryville Originally the toll plaza at the north end of the Fort McHenry Tunnel was to be removed after the city of Baltimore repaid its share of the construction costs of the tunnel However the MDTA lobbied successfully to keep the toll plaza in place to prevent a traffic problem on I 95 within Baltimore 13 John F Kennedy Memorial Highway Edit Despite the route s inclusion in the Interstate Highway System in the mid 1950s the construction of the Baltimore and Capital beltways had diverted most of the state funds that would have been used to build it To relieve traffic on US 40 it was decided to finance construction using a bond issue The Maryland State Roads Commission the predecessor to the MDTA floated 73 million equivalent to 508 million in 2021 14 in revenue bonds to provide funds to start construction of the route which began in January 1962 Completed in 1963 the 48 mile 77 km Northeast Expressway and the adjoining 11 mile 18 km Delaware Turnpike were dedicated by President John F Kennedy Delaware Governor Elbert N Carvel and Maryland Governor J Millard Tawes in a ceremony at the state line on November 14 1963 15 16 Eight days after dedicating the toll road President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas As a result both the Northeast Expressway and Delaware Turnpike were renamed the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway in his honor in December 1963 17 18 I 95 northbound at the MD 43 exit in White Marsh Between 1963 and 1993 the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway was a tolled facility for the entire length of the roadway in both directions The mainline toll plaza is situated just north of the Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge in Perryville The southbound toll plaza was removed in 1991 but tolls are still collected for northbound traffic over the Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge at this location Additionally ramp tolls were collected at many of the interchanges until they were abolished by an act of the legislature in 1981 The highway and bridge are maintained by the MDTA Exits on the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway were originally numbered consecutively beginning with exit 1 As a result I 95 in Maryland had multiple conflicting sequences of exit numbers In the mid 1980s the exits were renumbered according to a statewide mileage based numbering system so that they now range from exit 2 I 295 north on the Capital Beltway to exit 109 MD 279 on the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway To allow a seamless connection between the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway and the then unnumbered Harbor Tunnel Thruway a partial interchange was constructed for I 95 to continue south into Baltimore However this meant that I 95 had to enter from and exit to the right as evidenced by a southbound flyover ramp a construction project corrected the problem in 2009 so that I 95 would proceed straight through the interchange Express toll lanes were built from the I 895 merge in northern Baltimore to just north of MD 43 The lanes opened Saturday December 6 2014 after more than eight years of construction Construction of the I 95 express toll lanes was part of the 1 1 billion equivalent to 1 26 billion in 2021 14 I 95 Improvement Project which included 756 million equivalent to 863 million in 2021 14 in highway and safety improvements along eight miles 13 km of I 95 from the I 895 interchange to just north of White Marsh Boulevard MD 43 in northeast Baltimore 19 Changes in jurisdiction Edit I 95 southbound between I 695 and I 895 in Rosedale northeast of Baltimore Originally there were several changes in jurisdiction over maintenance of Baltimore s segment of I 95 North of the Baltimore city line as far as exit 55 Key Highway the route was maintained by the city of Baltimore Between exits 55 and 57 Boston Street O Donnell Street the route traversing the Fort McHenry Tunnel was maintained by the MDTA Between exit 57 and the Baltimore city line the route was again maintained by the city of Baltimore Now between the southern Baltimore city line near exit 49 the southern I 695 interchange and the northern Baltimore city line the route is maintained entirely by the MDTA 20 Maryland state highway police force and the authority s own police force share police duties on this segment Additionally the city of Baltimore pays the MDTA to maintain I 95 within the city limits 20 better source needed Incomplete interchanges Edit I 95 has at least four incomplete interchanges along its route with three located within the city of Baltimore Traveling northbound the first interchange encountered is the College Park Interchange exit 27 This was the intended site of the northern crossing of I 95 and I 495 and the northern end of the Northeast Freeway South of here I 95 was to enter D C on the Northeast Freeway continue on the North Central Freeway and connect seamlessly to the portion of I 95 in downtown Washington that had been completed from there to the Springfield Interchange in Virginia While the College Park Interchange was completed the Northeast Freeway was never built resulting in highway lanes coming to an abrupt end on the south end of the interchange After the project to complete I 95 through the District of Columbia was canceled I 95 was rerouted onto the Capital Beltway in 1977 The portion of I 95 inside the beltway in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia was designated as I 395 The eastern half of the Capital Beltway was renumbered from I 495 to I 95 21 In 1991 the I 495 designation was restored on the eastern half of the beltway numbered concurrently with I 95 as part of an effort to provide more consistent numbering and directional indicators on the Capital Beltway 22 The College Park Interchange was modified in late 1986 to allow free movement along the transition from the I 95 corridor and the Capital Beltway without requiring the use of exit ramps Today all parts of the interchange are in regular use The southern end of the interchange now serves as a park and ride commuter lot The other three interchanges are located in the city of Baltimore a sign of the many successful freeway revolts that accompanied the construction of the 3 A System the planned eastern terminus of I 70 the planned southern terminus of I 83 and the planned southern terminus of the Windlass Freeway All three unbuilt interchanges incorporate interchanges with local roads The first is located near exit 50 in Baltimore it is the site of the planned eastern terminus of I 70 within the city The only remnants of the interchange that remain in situ today are the mainline bridges built to grade separate I 95 and the exit ramps to and from I 70 several ramp stubs a few grassy abutments An incomplete flyover bridge once existed as well but was later demolished Narrow shoulders through the interchange area show that I 95 narrowed to six lanes but was restriped to widen the highway While this interchange was left incomplete the existing exit 50 built with extensive collector distributor lanes due to its proximity to the unbuilt interchange stands as a more visible sign of what was planned Today exit 50 connects US 1 Alt to I 95 23 The second is located near exit 57 just to the north of the Fort McHenry Tunnel and is the site of the planned southern terminus of I 83 Like I 70 s terminus the remnants here consist mainly of ramp stubs and unused bridges This interchange like exit 50 also serves Boston Street and O Donnell Street and also narrowed to six lanes within the interchange area until 2018 when two new lanes were taken from the left shoulders The interchange would have been a three way freeway to freeway interchange with a full complement of ramps provided for local access to and from Boston Street and O Donnell Street to and from both Interstates 24 Of the two planned Interstate terminuses I 83 s terminus was the first to be abandoned with the connecting highway segment being cancelled in September 1982 I 70 s terminus later redesignated as a new route was canceled in July 1983 25 The third is encountered at exit 60 and is the site of the southwestern terminus of the Windlass Freeway a relief route for US 40 part of the route was eventually built and is today part of I 695 The interchange that exists at this site is in partial use serving the Moravia Road freeway spur like the other two inner city locations ramp stubs mark the site of the ramps to and from the unbuilt freeway Major events Edit On January 13 2004 a tanker truck carrying flammable liquid fell off the southbound ramp from the Harbor Tunnel Thruway to I 95 landing on the travel lanes and causing a massive explosion crushing several vehicles and killing four 26 Despite this no damage was done to either highway and both were reopened early in the morning on January 14 2004 27 On October 16 2004 a sudden hailstorm just north of Baltimore caused a string of 33 accidents involving at least 130 vehicles in an 11 mile 18 km stretch of I 95 Both northbound and southbound lanes were closed down The northbound lanes were reopened seven hours later and the southbound lanes required a further 12 hours to clean 28 On January 16 2007 an exhausted truck driver lost control of his tanker truck causing it to overturn on the northbound carriageway near Maryland House in Harford County The route was closed for a time when leaks were discovered in the tank which was carrying a corrosive alkaline material the outermost right lane remained closed until 3 00 pm that day 29 On October 4 2008 at around 2 00 am a tanker carrying acetone overturned on the southbound lanes south of exit 85 closing down both the northbound and southbound lanes for over eight hours 30 According to State Police the tanker leaked acetone and other flammable liquids after overturning Four others were also involved in the crash and were taken to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore 30 Both the northbound and southbound lanes reopened at around 11 00 am on the same day 30 Improvements Edit Due to the heavy use of this route by commuters and through traffic the MDTA has begun the process of significantly expanding the highway to increase its capacity The expansion plans are divided into short individual sections in 2001 the MDTA began public studies to determine the best way to expand the highway to meet current and future needs After four years of study the MDTA issued its results for Section 100 the southernmost section There may be the future consideration of replacing New York City with the much closer Philadelphia as the control city on I 95 north north of Baltimore as I 95 is fully completed between Philadelphia and New York City citation needed Section 100 Edit Construction of the eastern interchange of I 95 and I 695 Section 100 is an eight mile 13 km segment of the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway that runs between exit 62 I 895 and milepost 70 This segment used to be just eight lanes wide a 4 4 configuration and carries approximately 165 000 vehicles per day expected to increase to 225 000 vehicles per day by 2025 This segment has been expanded to 12 lanes a 4 2 2 4 configuration with the center lanes designated as express toll lanes In addition the interchange between the John F Kennedy Memorial Highway and the Baltimore Beltway at exit 64 has been rebuilt into a more orthodox stack interchange 31 removing the left entrances and exits as well as the unique carriageway crossovers on I 95 the carriageway crossovers on I 695 there remained but those have since been removed as well The interchange at exit 67 MD 43 has been significantly modified from its former cloverleaf configuration and the interchange at exit 62 was also reconfigured so that I 95 is now the straight ahead route instead of I 895 thus eliminating the need for southbound I 95 traffic to weave to the right and cross over The project cost 1 1 billion equivalent to 1 26 billion in 2021 14 It began in 2006 and was completed in 2014 Section 200 Edit Section 200 is a 15 mile 24 km segment from milepost 70 to exit 85 MD 22 This segment is also currently eight lanes wide a 4 4 configuration as far as exit 77 MD 24 and is currently six lanes wide a 3 3 configuration between exits 77 and 85 Like Section 100 this segment will likely be widened into a 4 2 2 4 configuration as far as exit 80 MD 543 Between exits 80 and 85 the remainder will likely be widened from a 3 3 configuration to a 4 4 configuration While the MDTA has not yet finalized plans for this segment the MD 24 interchange was improved with the interchange improvement project completed in 2009 Section 300 Edit Section 300 is a three mile 4 8 km segment from exit 77 to exit 80 Plans for its widening are described above Section 400 Edit Section 400 the longest segment is 30 miles 48 km long and stretches from exit 80 to the Delaware border This segment is six lanes wide a 3 3 configuration and is likely to be widened into a 4 4 configuration This segment will require major reconstruction of the Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge Between the beltways Edit A study is currently underway to consider adding a new lane on each side between I 495 and I 695 This would be done by constructing new inner shoulders on the median and converting the existing inner shoulders to high occupancy vehicle lanes that would be open to vehicles with three or more occupants and hybrid electric emergency and other official government vehicles citation needed Proposed relocation of toll plaza Edit The MDTA at the request of an assortment of elected officials 32 completed a study which examined a relocation of the northbound toll barrier which is currently just north of the Millard E Tydings Memorial Bridge crossing of the Susquehanna River at Perryville The study concluded the barrier should remain where it is because relocating the toll plaza from the current location would result in significant diversion from I 95 onto local Cecil County roads 33 and the closer the toll plaza goes to Delaware the greater the diversion there is to local roads the greater the revenue loss to the state toll operator MDTA and the more travel there is on slower less safe surface arterials 34 Exit list EditCountyLocationmi 35 36 kmExitDestinationsNotesPotomac River0 000 00 I 95 south I 495 west Capital Beltway RichmondContinuation beyond Maryland0 00 1 160 00 1 87Woodrow Wilson Memorial BridgeVirginia District of Columbia and District of Columbia Maryland boundaries a Prince George sOxon Hill1 732 782 I 295 north Washington National HarborSigned as exits 2A National Harbor and 2B I 295 exits 1A C on I 2952 774 463 MD 210 Indian Head Forest HeightsSigned as exits 3A south and 3B north northbound MD 210 south Forest Heights Indian HeadNorthbound exit and southbound entrance for Thru Lanes3 505 63 I 95 south I 495 westNorth end of Thru Lanes4 336 974 MD 414 St Barnabas Road Oxon Hill Marlow HeightsSplit into exits 4A west and 4B east Temple Hills7 3011 757 MD 5 Branch Avenue Waldorf Silver HillSplit into exits 7A south and 7B north access to Branch Avenue station and Metro to Nationals Park via exit 7BMorningside9 07 9 6914 60 15 599 MD 337 Allentown Road Andrews AFB MorningsideSplit into a pair of half diamond interchangesForestville10 7817 3511 MD 4 Pennsylvania Avenue Upper Marlboro WashingtonSplit into exits 11A south east and 11B north west Largo13 1421 1513Ritchie Marlboro Road MD 221A Upper Marlboro Capitol Heights14 7823 7915 MD 214 Central Avenue Largo Seat PleasantSplit into exits 15A east and 15B west southbound access to FedExField15 8325 4816Arena Drive MD 202F Access to FedExFieldLandover16 5626 6517 MD 202 Landover Road Upper Marlboro BladensburgSplit into exits 17A south and 17B north southbound access to FedExField Largo Town Center station and Nationals Park via MetroGlenarden18 5429 8419 US 50 I 595 east John Hanson Highway Annapolis Washington New Carrollton StationSplit into exits 19A east and 19B west US 50 is concurrent with unsigned I 595 access to New Carrollton Station and Nationals Park via Metro from southbound ramp to westbound US 50New Carrollton19 5931 5320 MD 450 Annapolis Road Lanham BladensburgSplit into exits 20A east and 20B west Greenbelt22 1235 6022Baltimore Washington Parkway MD 295 Baltimore WashingtonSplit into exits 22A north and 22B south no commercial vehicles access to Nationals Park via Metro23 0437 0823 MD 201 Kenilworth Avenue Greenbelt BladensburgAccess to MD 193 Goddard Space Flight Center University of Maryland Maryland Stadium and Xfinity Center24 2539 0324 Greenbelt StationSouthbound exit and northbound entrance no commercial vehiclesCollege Park25 1940 5425 US 1 Baltimore Avenue Laurel College ParkSplit into exits 25A north and 25B south southbound26 1142 0227 I 495 west Capital Beltway Park and Ride Silver SpringCollege Park Interchange north end of concurrency with I 495 southbound I 95 uses exit 27 to access exit 25 and the park and ride access road to the park and ride is I 95XBeltsville28 5445 9329 MD 212 Beltsville CalvertonSplit into exits 29A east and 29B west Laurel30 6649 3431 32 MD 200 Toll to US 29 I 270 US 1 Konterra Drive MD 206 Split into exits 31A east and 31B west Konterra Drive Exit 32 Muirkirk MARC Station accessed via exit 31A E ZPass or Video Tolling on MD 200 32 7052 6333 MD 198 Laurel BurtonsvilleSplit into exits 33A east and 33B west HowardNorth Laurel35 2656 7535 MD 216 Laurel ScaggsvilleSplit into exits 35A east and 35B west Savage38 1861 4438 MD 32 Fort Meade ColumbiaSplit into exits 38A east and 38B west Columbia40 4965 1641 MD 175 Jessup ColumbiaSplit into exits 41A east and 41B west Elkridge42 3768 1943 MD 100 Glen Burnie Ellicott CitySplit into exits 43A east and 43B west 45 2672 8446 I 895 north Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway Northbound exit and southbound entrance no exit before toll on I 895BaltimoreArbutus46 5074 8347 I 195 east MD 166 north BWI Airport CatonsvilleSplit into exits 47A east and 47B north 48 4778 0049 I 695 to I 70 Glen Burnie Key Bridge Annapolis TowsonSplit into exits 49A east and 49B west Key Bridge signed northbound I 70 and Annapolis signed southboundBaltimore City49 7680 0850Caton Avenue US 1 Alt Split into exits 50A south and 50B north 50 8981 9051Washington BoulevardNorthbound exit and southbound entrance51 6783 1552Russell Street northUnsigned MD 295 northbound exit and southbound entrance to and from Russell Street51 6783 1552 MD 295 south Baltimore Washington Parkway Southbound exit and northbound entrance to and from MD 29552 0983 8353 I 395 north Downtown Inner HarborSouthern terminus of I 395 access to Oriole Park at Camden Yards M amp T Bank Stadium and Baltimore Convention Center52 6984 8054 MD 2 south Hanover Street Northbound exit and southbound entrance53 4586 0255Key Highway MD 2 Truck Fort McHenry National MonumentLast northbound exit before toll54 07 55 4487 02 89 22Fort McHenry Tunnel under the Patapsco River55 7589 72Fort McHenry Tunnel Toll Plaza E ZPass or Video Tolling 55 9690 0656Keith AvenueLast southbound exit before toll56 7691 3557Boston StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance56 9991 7257O Donnell StreetSouthbound exit and northbound entrance57 7392 9158Dundalk Avenue southNorthbound exit and southbound entrance58 1793 6259 MD 150 Eastern Avenue 59 4295 6360Moravia RoadNorthbound exit and southbound entrance59 8496 3061 US 40 east Pulaski Highway Northbound exit and southbound entrance60 4097 20 I 95 Express north No access to I 695South end of Express Lanes northbound exit and southbound entrance E ZPass or Video Tolling60 5097 3762 I 895 south Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway AnnapolisSouthbound exit and northbound entranceBaltimoreRosedale I 895 south Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway AnnapolisSouthbound exit and northbound entrance for Express Lanes only63 38102 0064 I 695 Essex TowsonTo I 70 and I 83White Marsh66 60107 1867 MD 43 White Marsh Middle River MD 43 White Marsh Middle RiverNorthbound exit and southbound entrance for Express Lanes only68 10109 60 I 95 Express south No access to MD 43 I 695North end of Express Lanes southbound exit and northbound entrance E ZPass or Video TollingHarfordJoppatowne73 86118 8774 MD 152 Joppa FallstonEdgewood76 19122 6277 MD 24 MD 924 Emmorton Road Tollgate Road Edgewood Bel AirSplit into exits 77A MD 24 and 77B MD 924 and Tollgate Road Riverside79 90128 5980 MD 543 BelcampAberdeen84 33135 7285 MD 22 Aberdeen ChurchvilleNorthbound exit includes direct exit ramp to MD 132 Aberdeen Town CenterHavre de Grace88 67142 7089 MD 155 Havre de GraceLast northbound exit before tollSusquehanna River90 13 91 10145 05 146 61Millard E Tydings Memorial BridgeCecilPerryvilleJohn F Kennedy Memorial Highway Toll Gantry northbound E ZPass or Video Tolling 92 95149 5993 MD 222 Perryville Port DepositNorth East99 55160 21100 MD 272 North East Rising SunSplit into exits 100A south and 100B north southboundElkton108 27174 24109 MD 279 Elkton Newark DESplit into exits 109A south and 109B north last northbound exit before toll in Delaware109 01175 43 I 95 Toll north Delaware Turnpike WilmingtonContinuation into Delaware1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminus Electronic toll collection Incomplete accessAuxiliary routes EditI 95 in Maryland has eight auxiliary routes more than any other state along the I 95 corridor I 195 a spur into Baltimore Washington International Airport I 295 a southern route into Washington D C I 395 a spur into downtown Baltimore I 495 the Capital Beltway I 595 the unsigned designation for a segment of US 50 between the Capital Beltway and Annapolis I 695 the Baltimore Beltway I 795 a bypass of MD 140 in Reisterstown and Owings Mills I 895 the Harbor Tunnel ThruwaySee also Edit Maryland Roads portalReferences Edit Starks Edward January 27 2022 Table 1 Main Routes of the Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways 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Kennedy Highway The Morning News Wilmington DE December 17 1963 p 3 Rector Kevin November 17 2014 Express toll lanes on I 95 north of Baltimore set to open Dec 6 The Baltimore Sun Retrieved September 21 2017 a b Kozel Scott misc transport road Re Road trip report New York NY to Baltimore MD Washington DC and back URL accessed 13 04 February 4 2007 Feaver Douglas July 23 1977 Interstate Numbers To Change The Washington Post p E1 Report of the Special Committee on US Route Numbering to the Executive Committee June 10 1991 PDF AASHTO Special Committee on US Route Numbering AASHTO Retrieved August 27 2018 Scale drawing of I 70 I 170 I 95 I 395 interchanges in Baltimore www roadstothefuture com Retrieved December 28 2022 Scale diagram of I 83 I 95 interchange in Baltimore www roadstothefuture com Retrieved December 28 2022 Kozel Scott misc transport road Baltimore Interstate Highway Cancellation Details URL accessed 12 57 February 4 2007 Kozel Scott Four Killed in Fiery I 95 Crash URL accessed 13 42 January 26 2007 Lansford John I 95 reopens after fiery crash URL accessed 13 46 January 26 2007 Baltimore Sun Freak storm is blamed in October I 95 pileups Baltimore Sun I 95 reopens nearly 15 hours after tanker truck overturns URL accessed 13 22 January 26 2007 a b c Maryland State Police Mdsp org October 4 2008 Archived from the original on September 28 2011 Retrieved September 19 2011 I 95 695 Interchange Retrieved January 29 2013 I 95 JFK Toll Plaza Planning Study Introduction PDF Maryland Transportation Authority Fall 2010 pp p 1 Retrieved January 11 2011 I 95 JFK Toll Plaza Planning Study Recommendations PDF Maryland Transportation Authority Fall 2010 pp p 1 Retrieved January 11 2011 Samuel Peter January 10 2011 MD I 95 toll upgrade near present plaza ORT 7 8 lanes or AET proposed TOLLROADSnews Retrieved January 11 2011 Highway Information Services Division December 31 2013 Highway Location Reference Maryland State Highway Administration Retrieved September 9 2012 Prince George s County PDF Howard County PDF Baltimore County PDF Harford County PDF Cecil County PDF Highway Information Services Division December 31 2005 Highway Location Reference Maryland State Highway Administration Retrieved September 9 2012 Baltimore City PDF dead link Notes Edit The Woodrow Wilson Bridge crosses through the District of Columbia for approximately 300 feet 91 m External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interstate 95 in Maryland Route map KML file edit help Template Attached KML Interstate 95 in MarylandKML is from Wikidata Exitlists com I 95 I 95 at MDRoads com I 95 in Maryland at AARoads com Maryland Roads I 95 Steve Anderson s DCRoads net Capital Beltway I 495 and I 95 Steve Anderson s DCRoads net Interstate 95 Maryland Between the Beltways Steve Anderson s DCRoads net Interstate 95 Maryland Baltimore City Section Steve Anderson s DCRoads net John F Kennedy Memorial Highway I 95 Maryland Transportation Authority John F Kennedy Memorial Highway webpage MdTA I 95 Master Plan Study I 95 Section 100 Widening Steve Anderson s DCroads net John F Kennedy Memorial Highway I 95 Scott M Kozel s Roads to the Future article on the JFK Highway Maryland I 95 Travel Plazas Redevelopment I 95 JFK Highway Toll Plaza Planning Study Roads to the Future Baltimore 10 D Interstate System Map Roads to the Future Baltimore Harbor Interstate Map Roads to the Future Baltimore History of Expressway Planning 1970 Interstate 95Previous state District of Columbia Maryland Next state Delaware Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Interstate 95 in Maryland amp oldid 1130503674, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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