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The rest of I-95 from I-395 to the Connecticut–Rhode Island border opened December 12, 1964. The Gold Star Bridge was twinned c. 1975, along with a reconstruction of its approaches, and in 1993 the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge was replaced with a wider span. The state installed cameras to watch traffic along the highway in the early 1990s.
The heavily traveled northeastern portion of the Interstate 95 corridor is expected to experience an increasing chance of snow ahead of Monday morning's commute.
Work crews began demolishing a bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed for a second day Friday, as motorists' nerves continued to fray in hours of traffic ...
A state-sponsored webcam live streamed the construction work at the site. [18] The temporary roadway allowed six lanes of traffic to be open at all times while the permanent roadway was built. [19] Demolition of the damaged bridge was completed on June 15, 2023, with work on the temporary roadway beginning immediately. [20]
Interstate 95 (I-95) is part of the Interstate Highway System and runs from Miami, Florida, to the Canada–United States border near Houlton, Maine. In the US state of New York , I-95 extends 23.50 miles (37.82 km) from the George Washington Bridge in New York City to the Connecticut state line at Port Chester .
Before 1987, a notable gap in the highway existed between West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce; I-95 traffic between those cities was diverted to Florida's Turnpike. Today, I-95 runs along a routing parallel to the turnpike. [9] [10] In 2010, more fatalities occurred along the Florida section of I-95 than on any other Interstate Highway in the country.
Initially, Connecticut and Massachusetts requested that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) extend the I-290 designation southward along free Route 52 and the Connecticut Turnpike to I-95 in Waterford. AASHTO rejected the I-290 request and instead approved the I-395 designation in 1983.
The Gold Star Memorial Bridge is a pair of steel truss bridges that carry both Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1 across the Thames River between New London, Connecticut and Groton, Connecticut. The bridge is the largest structure in the state, with more than 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m 2 ) of deck area, and the longest bridge in the state at 6,000 ...