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Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) in New Jersey and Delaware is a bypass route from a junction with Interstate 95 south of Wilmington, Delaware to a junction with I-95 north of Trenton, New Jersey. The route runs parallel with the New Jersey Turnpike for most of its course. Interstate 295 is sometimes called the South Jersey Expressway.
I-295 crosses the Delaware River via the Delaware Memorial Bridge, which is actually two suspension bridges carrying traffic in opposite directions. One bridge carries traffic from Delaware to New Jersey, while the other span carries traffic from New Jersey to Delaware. At the north end of the toll bridge a connection is provided with the south end of the New Jersey Turnpike. The Delaware Memorial Bridge is the only toll portion of the facility.
With the completion of the interchange between I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bristol, Pennsylvania, I-95 will be routed via the Pennsylvania Turnpike to the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 6. I-295 will be extended along the remaining I-95 corridor in New Jersey and into Pennsylvania, making it only the second spur interstate to enter three states (after I-275 in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana), and the third-longest in the country after I-476 in Pennsylvania and I-495 in Massachusetts. The New Jersey Department of Transportation has already renumbered the extension of the New Jersey Turnpike to I-95 on their visitors' map in anticipation of the change.
Even though Pennsylvania is building an intersection between the PA Turnpike and I-95, no such exit exists in New Jersey between I-295 and the PA Turnpike Extension. In other words, I-295 crosses over its parent without an intersection, circles Trenton, then goes back south on the Pennsylvania side to meet I-95, creating a serpentine 113-mile highway. The only way to access its parent (in New Jersey) will be to take Interstate 195 eastbound to exit 6 to enter Interstate 95/New Jersey Turnpike. Currently, it ends at I-95's first northern terminus. After construction, both ends of I-295 will be at I-95 in Delaware and Pennsylvania.
All of this is because the Somerset Freeway in central New Jersey, which would have made I-95 a continuous highway, was not built due to community opposition and environmental concerns.
Length
- Delaware: approximately 5 miles (8 km)
- New Jersey: 67.79 miles (109.1 km)
Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
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