page_title: Interstate 95 in Virginia
section_title: Current
hierarchical_section_title: Interstate 95 in Virginia / Auxiliary routes / Current
caption_attribution_description: English: "Welcome to Virginia" sign along southbound Interstate 95 and the westbound inner loop of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) as it crosses the Potomac River on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Alexandria, Virginia
context_page_description: Interstate 95 runs 179 miles within the Commonwealth of Virginia between its borders with Maryland and North Carolina. I-95 is concurrent with I-64 for 3 miles in Richmond, and meets the northern terminus of I-85 in Petersburg. Although I-95 was originally planned as a highway through Washington, D.C., it was rerouted along the eastern portion of the Capital Beltway. From Petersburg to Richmond, I-95 was most of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike
  It enters the Capital Beltway at the Springfield Interchange, also known as the Mixing Bowl. I-95 continues over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge into Washington, D.C., and then into Maryland on the Beltway.
  The route between Fredericksburg and Springfield is consistently one of the most congested routes of highway in the United States, particularly during holidays and rush hours. The causes for this congestion are lack of alternative routes, fewer lanes than needed, and the spread-out suburbs of the Washington D.C. area.
context_section_description: Interstate 195 is a short spur from north of downtown Richmond south into downtown.
  Interstate 295 is a bypass to the east of Richmond, from I-95 south of Petersburg, across Interstate 64 east of Richmond and I-95 north of Richmond to I-64 west of Richmond.
  Interstate 395 is a branch from Springfield north into downtown Washington, D.C. It was part of I-95 until 1977.
  Interstate 495 is the Capital Beltway, a full loop around Washington, D.C. Since 1977, I-95 has run along its east half.
caption: I-95/I-495 south coming off the Woodrow Wilson Bridge from Maryland
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