On Jan 23, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > From Washington to New York, you'd get on 295 (or 95, either one) up > to > Baltimore, take 895 to bypass downtown -- Baltimore's beltway (695) > swings > too far off-course -- and then stay on 95 the rest of the way toward > New > York.
Can't take I-95 directly all the way to New York. It goes through Philadelphia, over the Delaware River into New Jersey, and ends near Trenton where it intersects the northern end of the New Jersey I-295. Then the I-95 route number picks up again on the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 6 (which, you may notice, is well south of I-95's end point near Trenton). Yes, it's a bizarre situation, and everyone going all the way through New Jersey on the Turnpike just kind of pretends it's I-95 all the way. Two reasons it's like this: I-95 ends north of Trenton because it was originally supposed to be extended north on an alignment running near U.S. 1, paralleling the Turnpike, but that project was canceled decades ago. And the I-95 numbering extends that far south on the Turnpike because New Jersey was expecting Pennsylvania to build an interchange between I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and then the I-95 number would be assigned to what's now I-276, which is what connects to the NJ Turnpike at Exit 6. But that new interchange has been on hold for over 20 years. Of course, all this is moot if the NJ Turnpike is closed due to a suspected bomb, which is what prompted this thread in the first place, I thought. -- Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
