Interstate
95: I-95 makes a
quick entrance and exit in the State of Delaware. Along this short 12.5
mile section, I-95 is also designated as the Delaware Turnpike and the
John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. This Interstate is the major North ?
South corridor for the Eastern United States and its importance is
enhanced in Delaware due to the proximity of both the Ports of
Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE. Add the Delaware and New Jersey
seashore Traffic, the Washington DC to New York corridor traffic and you
should have a recipe for severe traffic congestion. In reality though,
it?s a pleasant ride, as most of the interchanges and on/off ramps were
built in areas where there is plenty of room.
These expanses of space lend
themselves to long and wide access roads and swooping ramps that merge traffic
with ease. Overall signage in Delaware is excellent.
There is congestion heading south after the interchange of routes I-95, I-295
and I-495. Local and long distance traffic come together and, depending on the
time and day, traffic can crawl along well below the speed limit to the Maryland
border. This can create a problem at the toll plaza. North of the Wilmington
interchange traffic tends to slow to 15-20 MPH every day on the stretch of I-95
between DE Routes 1 and 7 and Interstate 495. This occurs generally in both
directions during the afternoon peak hours of travel. Some alignment issues at
exit 8 also contribute to the traffic over the Brandywine River Bridge at rush
hour; and the toll plaza at the state line sees problems from time to time with
congestion as well.
The four square mile area near Wilmington, where I-95 and its spurs of I-495
(PA) and I-295 (NJ) converge, are built upon a large marsh expanse, which eases
traffic somewhat. Interstate 295 is the connector from I-95 to the Delaware
Memorial Bridge and the New Jersey Turnpike. Once in New Jersey, I-295 continues
northeast to Trenton and then reconnects to I-95 north of Trenton. Interstate
495 is a bypass of Wilmington. I-495 runs from I-95 south of Wilmington near
Newport, along the Delaware River north, before merging back in with I-95 at the
Delaware/Pennsylvania state border.
Non Delaware DOT groups have undertaken some local planning on two issues:
? Swapping designations on I-95 and I-495 for the length of their concurrency to
distinguish the true usage of the roadway to non-locals
? Boosting the traffic along the current I-95 route which is the local business
district.
A second opinion is to designate the two roadways as Business I-95 and
Throughway I-95. The second issue raised at an economic development meeting in
May 2004 by then Wilmington Mayor James Baker, proposed building a
quarter-mile-long deck over the depressed section of I-95, between West 8th
Street and Delaware Avenue in downtown Wilmington. The deck, which would reunite
the Cool Spring-Tilton Park and Trinity Vicinity neighborhoods that were divided
by I-95 construction during the early 1960's, would have plazas, parks and a
mixed-use high-rise building. It would be similar to the deck built over I-95
some 30 miles to the north in Center City Philadelphia?s historic waterfront
neighborhood.
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