User:Djamaliyev64/Interstate 295 in Pennsylvania
 Interstate 295 | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Maintained by PennDOT | |
| Length | 11 mi (18 km) |
| Existed | 2018–present |
| NHS | Entire route |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Highway system | |
Upon crossing the Delaware River, I-295 becomes the Delaware Expressway (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway) and enters Lower Makefield Township in Bucks County, passing over Pennsylvania Route 32 (PA 32) and reaching an electronic toll gantry in the westbound direction. After crossing the Delaware Canal, I-295 reaches an interchange with Taylorsville Road, which provides indirect access to PA 32, to the north of the borough of Yardley, and narrows to six lanes. Here, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) takes over maintenance of the road. At this interchange, the route changes cardinal directions, with northbound becoming westbound and eastbound becoming southbound. I-295 continues west-southwest near suburban residential areas and features a westbound rest area and weigh station. The freeway turns to the south and reaches the PA 332 interchange that serves the borough of Newtown to the west, narrowing again to four lanes. I-295 continues south near some farmland before passing near more homes with some commercial development. The freeway comes to a bridge over SEPTA's West Trenton Line and CSX Transportation's Trenton Subdivision before it crosses into Middletown Township and comes to a cloverleaf interchange with the US 1 freeway. Immediately after this interchange, I-295 passes over Norfolk Southern's Morrisville Line and CSX Transportation's Fairless Branch as it curves southwest, heading northwest of commercial development and the Oxford Valley Mall. The freeway makes a curve to the south and becomes parallel to SEPTA's West Trenton Line and CSX Transportation's Trenton Subdivision to the west, passing under PA 213 without an interchange. The railroad tracks split to the west and I-295 reaches a diamond interchange with US 1 Business (US 1 Bus.)/PA 413 to the east of the borough of Penndel. Following this interchange, the freeway crosses Mill Creek and runs south-southeast near suburban residential areas as it heads west of Levittown. I-295 enters Bristol Township and terminates at an interchange with I-95 at I-276 (Pennsylvania Turnpike). At this interchange, I-295 merges into southbound I-95, with access from westbound I-295 to southbound I-95 and from northbound I-95 to eastbound I-295; there are no ramps connecting I-295 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.[1][2]
History
[edit]Extension into Pennsylvania
[edit]In preparation for the completion of the first stage of the interchange between I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, the former route was truncated from New Jersey to the site of the interchange.[3] In its place, I-295 was extended, ending at the unfinished interchange. NJDOT and the DRJTBC completed Phases 1 and 2 of the redesignation in March 2018, extending the route from US 1 in Lawrence Township across the Scudder Falls Bridge to Taylorsville Road in Pennsylvania. PennDOT then finished Phase 3 in July of the same year, signing their section as east–west despite its north–south alignment to avoid a change in direction from north to south on the same route.
Between September 2005 and May 2015, New Jersey and Pennsylvania intended to extend I-195 around Trenton instead of I-295. This would have also truncated I-295 to its junction with I-195 and Route 29. However, in 2015, plans changed once again to extend I-295.[5] This was because of guidelines set by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), which state that auxiliary Interstates with an odd-numbered first digit should only connect with their parent route once. Since the extended route would have two junctions with the parent route (I-95), a route number with an even-numbered first digit was considered more appropriate.[6]
On September 22, 2018, the first stage of the interchange opened, allowing for I-95 to be routed onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike to connect to the New Jersey Turnpike, truncating the eastern terminus of I-276 to the new interchange and completing I-95 from Miami to the Canada–United States border. However, there remains no access between I-295 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike/I-276, nor between I-295 westbound and I-95 northbound and vice versa. The next stage of the project will complete the movements at the interchange.[7]
Exit list
[edit]The entire route is in Bucks County.
| Location | mi | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware River | 76.4– 10.3 | 123.0– 16.6 |   I-295 south | Countinuation to Mercer County, New Jersey | ||||
| Scudder Falls Bridge (north/westbound toll; E-ZPass or toll-by-plate) | ||||||||
| Lower Makefield Township | 10.075 | 16.214 | 51 | 10 | New Hope, Yardley | Access via Taylorsville Road; signed as exits 10A (Yardley) and 10B (New Hope) westbound | ||
| 8.150 | 13.116 | 49 | 8 |  PA 332 – Newtown, Yardley | Serves Bucks County Community College and Tyler State Park | |||
| Middletown Township | 5.611 | 9.030 | 46 | 5 |       US 1 to I-276 Toll / Penna Turnpike – Trenton, Langhorne | Signed as exits 5A (north) and 5B (south); serves Sesame Place | ||
| 3.627 | 5.837 | 44 | 3 |   US 1 Bus. / PA 413 – Penndel, Levittown | Serves Cairn University | |||
| Bristol Township | — | 2A |   I-276 Toll west / Penna Turnpike west – Harrisburg | Proposed | ||||
| — | 2B |    I-95 Toll north / Penna Turnpike east | Proposed | |||||
| 0.574 | 0.924 | 1 |  To PA 413 – Bristol | Southbound exit only; ramp feeds to exit 39 on I-95 south | ||||
| 0.000 | 0.000 | — | I-95 south (Delaware Expressway) – Philadelphia | Exit 40 on I-95 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- ^ Bucks County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ "overview of Interstate 295" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
- ^ "Explainer: Why parts of I-95 are becoming I-295". 6abc Philadelphia. June 14, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "Schedule". I95Link.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ Nadeau, Gregory G. (May 20, 2015). "FHWA to AASHTO I-95 Designation" (PDF). Letter to Bud Wright. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "FAQs - I-95 Link". Retrieved May 28, 2019.
- ^ Sofield, Tom (September 22, 2018). "Decades in the Making, I-95, Turnpike Connector Opens to Motorists". Levittown Now. Retrieved September 22, 2018.