Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)

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Interstate 295
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

73.50 mi (118.32 km)

Formed:

1958

South end:

I-95/DE Tpk/I-495 in New Castle, DE

Major
junctions:

US 130 in Pennsville Twp, NJ

NJTP/US 40 in Carney's Point Township, NJ

NJ 42/I-76 in Bellmawr, NJ

NJ 70 in Cherry Hill Twp, NJ

NJ 73 in Mt. Laurel Twp, NJ

NJ 38 in Mt. Laurel Twp, NJ

NJ 29/I-195 in Hamilton Twp, NJ

North end:

I-95/US 1 in Lawrence Township, NJ

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 either the Camden Freeway or 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.

Northbound view of South Jersey Expwy in Hamilton (Mercer Co.), NJ

With the completion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project 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 past its current terminus at US 1, across the Scudders Falls Bridge, and into Pennsylvania to the location of the Interchange Project.^[1] The redesignation needs to be approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) before it can be posted.

In September 2005, the state of New Jersey and Pennsylvania came to an agreement that the I-95 shields (on I-95M, the 8.8 mile section north of Trenton) would be replaced with I-195 shields. This means that the "I-195 Extension" will replace the portion of 95 between I-276/Pennsylvania Tpk in Bristol Twp, PA and US 1 in Lawrence Township, NJ. This proposal is waiting for approval by the AASHTO.

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 and (for now) ends at the other I-95 northeast of Trenton. 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.

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.

1 Trivia
2 Length
3 Major cities
4 Exit list
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Trivia

The North end of I-295 is known as the "295 paradox." This is because I-295 Northbound ends by turning into I-95 Southbound.

[edit] Length

Delaware: 5.71 miles (9.19 km)
New Jersey: 67.79 miles (109.07 km)

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

Newark, Delaware and Baltimore, Maryland (via Interstate 95)
Delaware Memorial Bridge
Camden, New Jersey
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey (via U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Route 206)

[edit] Exit list

Exits in New Jersey are numbered from south to north, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines. Many of the exits are asymmetrical; the position of the exit number indicates whether the exit is for the northbound lanes only, southbound lanes only, or for both directions.

Exit #			Destination(s)	Notes
NB Only	SB Only	Both	Destination(s)	Notes
BEGINNING OF
	5B		DE 141 North - Newport, Lancaster, PA	Only numbered exit on I-295 in DE
	---		I-95/US 202 North - Wilmington
	---		I-495 North - Port of Wilmington, Philadelphia
		---	US 13 North - Wilmington
		---	US 13 South/US 40 West - New Castle, New Castle Airport, Dover	US 40 joins northbound and leaves southbound
---			Landers Lane
		---	DE 9 - Wilmington, New Castle	Last exit before bridge northbound
Delaware Memorial Bridge Toll: $3.00
Delaware / New Jersey State Line
	---		New Jersey Turnpike/US 40 – Atlantic City, New York City	US 40 leaves northbound and joins southbound
1A	1		NJ 49 East - Pennsville, Salem	Last exit before toll southbound
1B			US 130 North - Penns Grove
		1C	CR 551, Hook Road
2A			I-295 South/US 40 West - Delaware Memorial Bridge
		2B	US 40 East/to US 130 - Deepwater	Northbound; exit technically utilizes NJ 140, though unsigned
		2B	US 40 East/to New Jersey Turnpike	Southbound; exit technically utilizes NJ 140, though unsigned
	2A		to US 130 - Deepwater	Also utilizes NJ 140 for destination
		4	NJ 48 - Penns Grove, Woodstown
		7	Pedricktown, Auburn
		10	Center Square Rd, Swedesboro
11A	11		US 322 East/to New Jersey Turnpike - Mullica Hill
11B			US 322 West - Bridgeport, Commodore Barry Bridge
	13		US 130 South/US 322 West - Bridgeport, Commodore Barry Bridge	US 130 joins northbound and leaves southbound
		14	CR 684 / to NJ 44 - Repaupo, Gibbstown	Northbound
		14	CR 684 - Repaupo	Southbound
		15	CR 607 - Gibbstown, Harrisonville
		16A	CR 653 - Swedesboro, Paulsboro
		16B	CR 673 - Gibbstown, Mickleton
		17	to CR 680 - Gibbstown
		18	CR 667/CR 678 - Paulsboro, Mount Royal, Clarksboro
		19	CR 656 - Mantua	Northbound
		19	CR 656 / to NJ 44 - Paulsboro	Southbound
		20	to CR 643/CR 660 - Thorofare, Woodbury	Northbound
		20	to NJ 44/CR 643 - Mantua, Thorofare	Southbound
		21	CR 640 - Woodbury	Northbound
		21	NJ 44 South/to CR 640 - Paulsboro, Woodbury	Southbound
		22	CR 644 - National Park, Woodbury
		23	US 130 North - Westville, Gloucester	Northbound; US 130 leaves
		23	US 130 North/to CR 642 - National Park	Southbound; US 130 joins
	24A		NJ 45 South - Woodbury
	24B		CR 551 - Westville, Woodbury Heights
	25A		NJ 47 South - Deptford, Glassboro
	25B		North - Westville
		26	I-76 Express Lanes/to I-676 - Walt Whitman Bridge, Philadelphia, Camden	Northbound; eastern terminus of I-76
		26	I-76/to I-676 - Camden, Philadelphia	Southbound; eastern terminus of I-76
---			I-76 Local Lanes / to US 130/I-676 - Philadelphia, Camden, All Exits
	---		NJ 42 South - Atlantic City
		28	NJ 168/New Jersey Turnpike - Mount Ephraim, Bellmawr, Runnemede
	29		US 30 - Barrington, Haddon Heights, Collingswood
29A			US 30 East - Lawnside, Berlin
29B			US 30 West - Barrington, Haddon Heights, Collingswood
	30		Warwick Road – Lawnside, Haddonfield
		31	Woodcrest Station
		32	CR 561 - Haddonfield, Voorhees, Gibbsboro
		34A	NJ 70 East - Marlton
		34B	NJ 70 West - Cherry Hill, Camden
		36A	NJ 73 South/to New Jersey Turnpike - Berlin
		36B	NJ 73 North - Tacony Bridge
	40		NJ 38 - Moorestown
40A			NJ 38 East - Mount Holly
40B			NJ 38 West - Moorestown
43			Rancocas Woods, Delran
	43A		Rancocas Woods
	43B		Delran
		45A	Mount Holly
		45B	Willingboro
		47A	CR 541 South/to New Jersey Turnpike - Mount Holly
		47B	CR 541 North - Burlington
		52A	Columbus
		52B	Florence
56			US 206 South/to New Jersey Turnpike - Fort Dix, McGuire AFB
		57A	US 130 North/US 206 North - Bordentown	Northbound
		57A	US 130 North - Bordentown	Southbound
	57B		US 130 South - Burlington
60			NJ 29/NJ 129/I-195 - Trenton, to New Jersey Turnpike/I-95, Belmar
	60A		I-195/to I-95/New Jersey Turnpike - Belmar
	60B		NJ 29/NJ 129 - Trenton
		61A	Arena Drive East, Whitehorse Avenue
61B			Arena Drive West, Olden Avenue
	62		Olden Avenue North
	63		NJ 33 West - Trenton
63A			NJ 33 East/to CR 535 - Mercerville
63B			NJ 33 West - Trenton
	64		CR 535 North/to NJ 33 East - Mercerville
		65A	Sloan Avenue East
		65B	Sloan Avenue West
	67		US 1 - New Brunswick, Trenton
67A			US 1 North - New Brunswick, Princeton
67B			US 1 South - Trenton
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