Interstate 295 (North Carolina)

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Interstate 295 (abbreviated I-295) when fully completed will be a 35 mile (56.5 km) loop around the west side of Fayetteville built to help relieve congestion through that city. I-295 is also known as the Fayetteville Outer Loop. Currently 7 miles (11.3 km) of the roadway are open from Interstate 95 to U.S. Highway 401. The I-295 designation was approved by AASHTO in May 2005 following up upon earlier approval by the FHWA. Future I-295 signs were put up along the route when the section between I-95 and River Road opened in July 2005. The first section opened, in June 2003, ran only from River Road to US 401. At that time the road had no route shields. The only mention of a number was on street signs at the ramps, which said "I-295" (with an additional "FUTURE" on some). The route will be signed as a full interstate once parts of the highway (the bridge crossing the Cape Fear River and the interchange with I-95) are brought up to interstate standards. Construction on the next section of the Outer Loop, from US 401 to the All-American Freeway, is scheduled to start in 2008. The entire route south to I-95 near St. Pauls may not be completed until 2020. The interchanges along the opened section of the route are for US 13 and I-95, River Road and US 401. There are no exit numbers along the route at this time.

The Loop has had a variety of proposed numerical designations. Its first proposed Interstate designation, rejected by AASHTO in 2003, was I-195. Other earlier designations have included extensions of US 13 (in newspaper articles) or NC 24 (in the state TIP). It also has been shown as NC 13 on the 2004 and 2005 NCDOT maps.

1 Exits
- 1.1 Current Exits
- 1.2 Future Exits
2 External links
3 References

[edit] Exits

[edit] Current Exits

I-95
River Road
US 401 Ramsey St./Methodist College

[edit] Future Exits

McArthur Rd.
Murchison Rd./Fayetteville State University
NC 24 Bragg Blvd.
All American Freeway
Canopy Lane (with connection to Yadkin Rd. & Reilly Rd.)
Cliffdale Rd.
US 401 Raeford Rd
Strickland Bridge Rd.
Camden Rd.
Lake Upchurch Rd.
Leeper Rd.
I-95

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 95
I-195	Florida - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - New Jersey - Virginia
I-295	Delaware/New Jersey - District of Columbia/Maryland - Florida - Massachusetts/Rhode Island - Maine - New York - North Carolina - Virginia
I-395	Connecticut/Massachusetts - District of Columbia/Virginia - Florida - Maryland - Maine
I-495	Delaware - District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia - Maine - Massachusetts - New York
I-595	Florida - Maryland
I-695	District of Columbia - Maryland - New York
I-795	Maryland
I-895	Maryland - New York - Massachusetts/Rhode Island
past/ future	I-495: New Jersey I-595: Virginia I-695: Massachusetts - New Jersey - Pennsylvania I-795: Florida - Virginia I-895: Delaware - New Jersey/Pennsylvania - Virginia