Site Navigation Delaware District of Columbia Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia     I-95 South (Spotsylvania, Caroline & Hanover Counties) 06/01/04 photos taken by Andy Field. 06/17/05, 07/11/05, 12/26/06 & 01/02/08 photos taken by Alex Nitzman. 07/01/05 photos taken by Carter Buchanan. Interstate 95 South Southbound mileage sign posted 20 miles north of Fredericksburg near the Prince William County line. Photo taken 07/11/05. Virginia Secondary 610 (Garrisonville Road) meets Interstate 95 at the Exit 143B/A full-cloverleaf interchange near Aquia Harbour and Garrisonville. Photo taken 01/02/08. Exit 143B carries drivers onto Virginia Secondary 610 west to Garrisonville and Virginia Secondary 617 near Somerville in Fauquier County. Photo taken 06/17/05. Garrisonville Road consists of a heavily developed commercial arterial west from Interstate 95 (Exit 143B) to Garrisonville. Onville Road stems north from Virginia Secondary 610 to Camp Barrett within Marine Base Quantico. Photo taken 06/17/05. Eastward, Virginia Secondary 610 (Garrisonville Road) ends at adjacent U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) south of Aquia. Washington Drive continues Garrisonville Road east from U.S. 1 into the Aquia Harbour residential area. Photo taken 06/17/05. Interstate 95's forested median expands on the stretch between Exits 143 and 140. Fredericksburg is just 15 miles south. Photo taken 01/02/08. Exit 140 joins Interstate 95 with Virginia Secondary 630 (Courthouse Road) west of the Stafford County seat of Stafford. Photo taken 06/17/05. Southbound at the Exit 140 diamond interchange with Virginia Secondary 610 (Courthouse Road). Courthouse Road carries the state route west toward Moores Corner and east toward Brooke. Photo taken 01/02/08. Opened on December 22, 2005, Exit 136 joins Interstate 95 with Virginia Secondary 8900 (Centreport Parkway) south of Stafford Regional Airport. Photo taken 01/02/08. Virginia Secondary 8900 (Centreport Parkway) connects Interstate 95 with parallel U.S. 1 at a grade-separated intersection north of Cranes Corner. Photo taken 01/02/08. Heading north from Exit 136, Virginia Secondary 8900 (Centreport Parkway) meanders toward Abel Lake (junction Virginia Secondary 627) and Stafford Regional Airport, ending at SSR 628 (Ramoth Church Road). Photo taken 01/02/08. Exit 133 represents the first of three Fredericksburg area interchanges along Interstate 95 south. U.S. 17 (Warrenton Road) travels south from Warrenton and Opal to merge with the freeway outside of Falmouth. Photo taken 01/02/08. U.S. 17 shares 6.73-miles with Interstate 95 to bypass Falmouth and Fredericksburg to the west. U.S. 17 Business follows the original route through downtown Fredericksburg. Photo taken 01/02/08. Drivers bound for U.S. 17 (Warrenton Road) north depart Interstate 95 south via Exit 133B. U.S. 17 travels 255.09 miles overall between North Carolina at Chesapeake to its northern terminus at U.S. 11/50/522 at Winchester. Photo taken 06/17/05. U.S. 17 Business begins at Exit 133 and continues Warrenton Road southeast 1.65 miles to a merge with U.S. 1 (Camrbridge Street) at Falmouth. Continuing south, the business loop travels 8.71 miles in total to U.S. 17 & Virginia 2 at New Post. Photo taken 12/26/06. Interstate 95 & U.S. 17 southbound reassurance shields posted after their merge at Exit 133. U.S. 17 leaves the Interstate 95 corridor south of Fredicksburg, opting for a more coastal route from Hampton Roads southward to Charleston, South Carolina. The two routes share pavement again in southern South Carolina. Photo taken 01/02/08. Spanning the Rappahannock River, the boundary between Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties, along Interstate 95 & U.S. 17 south. Downtown Fredericksburg remains five miles to the east via Exit 130. Photo taken 01/02/08. Attached to the Virginia Secondary 639 (Fair Hill Avenue) overpass is the one-mile guide sign for Virginia 3 (Exits 130B/A). A full-cloverleaf interchange joins the two highways near a heavily commercialized area anchored by Spotsylvania Town Centre. Photo taken 01/02/08. Virginia 3 follows Plank Road within the city of Fredericksburg and Germanna Highway west from Waverly Village to junction U.S. 15/29/522 at Culpeper. The state highway provides a direct route to Chancellorsville Battlefield in western Spotsylvania County and travels 155 miles overall. Photo taken 12/26/06. Exit 130A loops onto Virginia 3 (Plank Road) east into Fredericksburg. Attractions served by Exit 130A include Kenmore Plantation, James Monroe Museum, and Fredicksburg Battlefield. Virginia 3 continues from the city to King George, Warsaw, and a terminus at Gloucester. Photo taken 06/17/05. Ashland replaces Fredericksburg as the next control city along Interstate 95 southbound mileage signs. Travelers leave the city limits of Fredericksburg and reenter Spotsylvania County at Hazel Run. U.S. 17 remains along the freeway through to the next interchange (Exit 126). Photos taken 12/26/06. A partial-cloverleaf interchange facilitates the movements between the departing U.S. 17 to U.S. 1 from Interstate 95 at Exit 126. U.S. 1 & 17 combine for 0.93 miles along Jefferson Davis Highway south from Exit 126 to Mills Drive east. Sign changes between 2006 and 2008 replace Massaponax, the U.S. 1 southbound destination, with Spotsylvania, the county seat west along Virginia 208. Photos taken 06/17/05 & 01/02/08. Virginia 208 begins at U.S. 1 & U.S. 1 Business at Four Mile Fork just east of Interstate 95 & U.S. 17 and crosses the freeway one-half mile north of Exit 126. The state route travels 50.30 miles southwest through Spotsylvania to Mineral and Interstate 64. Spotsylvania Parkway west to Smith Station Road (SSR 628) north connects U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) with Virginia 208 (Courthouse Road) west to the county seat. Photos taken 12/26/06 & 01/02/08. Suburban development continues along the Interstate 95 corridor between the freeway and adjacent Southpoint Parkway. The sprawling Massaponax Factory Outlet Center joins a new big-box retail complex at the split of U.S. 1 and 17 south nearby. U.S. 17 otherwise travels east along Mills Drive to junction Virginia 2 and U.S. 17 Business (Tidewater Trail) north at New Post. The US route continues southeast from the Fredericksburg area to Tappahannock and Hampton Roads. Photo taken 01/02/08. Descending along the Exit 126 off-ramp to U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) north and U.S. 1 & 17 south toward Massaponax. Photo taken 12/26/06. U.S. 1 enters the interchange with Interstates 95 & U.S. 17 south from junction Virginia 208 at Fourmile Fork. The US highway continues along the west side of Interstate 95 through to Richmond. Photo taken 12/26/06. Interstate 95 southbound enters Hanover County at the community of Doswell. Virginia 30 intersects the freeway from Doswell and U.S. 1 eastward at Exit 98. The junction between Interstate 95 and Virginia 30 (Kings Dominion Boulevard) is also home to nearby Paramount's Kings Dominion Theme Park. Virginia 30 otherwise travels eastward into King William County to the town of West Point (pop. 2,866) at the mouth of the York River. A ramp to Kings Dominion exists from the Interstate 95 southbound on-ramp to Theme Park Drive. Photo taken 06/01/04. Continuing south, Interstate 95 draws to within one mile of the Exit 118 diamond interchange with Virginia Secondary 618 (Mudd Tavern Road) after the crossing of the Po River. Photo taken 01/02/08. Thornburg lies nearby at the cross roads of Virginia Secondary 618 (Mudd Tavern Road east / Morris Road west) and U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway). SSR 618 leads west from Thornburg to Virginia 208 at Snell and east to Guinea and the Jackson Shrine of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. Photo taken 01/02/08. Interstate 95 enters Caroline County on the approach to Exit 110, junction Virginia Secondary 639 (Ladysmith Road). Ladysmith lies at the intersection of Ladysmith Road and U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) nearby. Photos taken 06/17/05 & 01/02/08. A diamond interchange joins Interstate 95 with Virginia Secondary 639 (Ladysmith Road). SSR 639 travels seven miles east to Virginia 207 outside Bowling Green and west fivem iles to Chilesburg from U.S. 1. Photo taken 01/02/08. Virginia 207 (Rogers Clark Road) constitutes a 11.93-mile route from U.S. 1 at Carmel Chuch to U.S. 301 & 301 Business, Virginia 2, and Virginia 207 Business at Bowling Green. A partial-cloverleaf interchange joins Interstate 95 with the state route at Exit 104. Photo taken 06/17/05. Virginia 207 provides a direct route from the U.S. 301 corridor leading south from the Governor Nice Bridge and southern Maryland to Interstate 95 south for Ashland and Richmond. The state route ends 0.46 miles west at U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) and Virginia Secondary 658 (Jericho Road) west. Photo taken 06/17/05. One mile north of the Exit 98 partial-cloverleaf interchange with Virginia 30 (Kings Dominion Boulevard) on Interstate 95 south. Virginia 30 begins at U.S. 1 near Doswell and travels east one mile to the freeway. Photo taken 06/17/05. Use Exit 98 to reach Kings Dominion, which has attractions similar to a Six Flags Great America or Six Flags Magic Mountain. A directional ramp travels under Virginia 30 and over Interstate 95 to the parking area of the theme park with connections to the northbound side frontage road. Photo taken 06/17/05. Southbound Interstate 95 reaches Exit 98, Junction Virginia 30 west to Doswell and east to King William and West Point. Virginia 30 constitutes a 65-mile route eastward to Exit 231 of Interstate 64 outside Williamsburg. Photo taken 06/17/05. The next exit along southbound is Exit 92, Junction Virginia 54 west to Ashland and east to Hanover, one mile. Photo taken 06/01/04. Use Virginia 54 west to reach U.S. 1 in Ashland and U.S. 33 near Montpelier. Virginia 54 extends east from this interchange to meet U.S. 301/Virginia 2 in Hanover, where Virginia 54 reaches its eastern terminus. This picture shows southbound Interstate 95 at Exit 92, Junction Virginia 54. Photo taken 06/14/05. Interstate 95 southbound at the Ashcake Road overpass near Ashland (pop. 6,619). Displayed here is a sign bridge advising motorists of the eventual Exit 84 junction with Interstate 295, the Richmond Bypass. Exit 89 with Lewistown Road (Virginia State Secondary 802) occurs in just one mile near Hanover County Airport and Lewistown. Photo taken 06/17/05. Southbound Interstate 95 reaches Exit 89, Junction Virginia Secondary 802/Lewistown Road. Virginia Secondary 802/Lewistown Road extends west to U.S. 1 just south of Ashland and east to connections with Virginia Secondary 657 and Virginia Secondary 656 near the airport. Use Virginia Secondary 657 east to connect with U.S. 301/Virginia 2 south of Hanover. Photo taken 06/01/04. One of a handful of diagrammatical overheads to debut on Interstate 95 southbound in 2001 of the Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 layout of the Richmond and Petersburg metropolitan area. The overheads were installed to help direct additional through traffic away from downtown Richmond and Petersburg for North Carolina and points southward bound traffic. This particular assembly is situated within the Exit 89 diamond interchange at Lewistown Road. Photo taken 07/01/05. The next exit along southbound is Exit 86, Junction Virginia Secondary 656/Sliding Hill Road to Atlee and Elmont, 1.50 miles. Photo taken 07/01/05. This median sign advises southbound motorists of the pending left exit for Interstate 295 southbound. Traffic for Interstate 295 northwestbound should stay right. Photo taken 06/17/05. In addition to providing a bypass around Richmond and Petersburg, Interstate 295 south (Exit 84A) also connects to Richmond International Airport (via Exit 28) and provides a more direct route to the southern Virginia cities of Hopewell and Emporia. Photo taken 06/17/05. Meanwhile, Virginia Secondary 656/Sliding Hill Road is the next interchange, Exit 86. Use Virginia Secondary 656 southeast to Virginia Secondary 637 to reach Atlee. Virginia Secondary 656 extends west to U.S. 1/Brook Road. Photo taken 01/02/08. Interstate 295 south provides no direct connection to Interstate 85 (without backtracking), so Interstate 95 is a better route to Interstate 85 south to Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte, Spartanburg, Greenville, and Atlanta. Photo taken 01/02/08. A two-mile overhead of Interstate 295 south (Exit 84A) is placed between Exits 89 and 86 (Sliding Hill Road). The ramp onto Interstate 295 southbound departs well ahead of the actual Interstate 95 junction with the north Richmond Bypass. The control city of Miami, Florida (pop. 362,470) was covered up on signs related to Exit 84 in 2001. Photo taken 06/17/05. Construction replaced an original diamond interchange with a relocated Sliding Hill Road to the north in the mid 2000s. Sliding Hill Road constitutes a divided highway from the interchange with Interstate 95 west to junction U.S. 1 (Brook Road) near the Virginia Center Commons Mall. Sliding Hill itself rises just east of the Exit 86A off-ramp. Photo taken 06/17/05. Southbound Interstate 95 reaches Exit 84A, Virginia Secondary 656/Sliding Hill Road east to Poindexters. To reach destinations located along Interstate 64 eastbound, a faster and more direct route is Interstate 295 south via Exit 84A. Note that a second diagrammatical sign (identical to the earlier overhead sign) has been placed in the median for Interstates 95 and 295. Photo taken 06/17/05. These signs, mounted on the Virginia Secondary 656/Sliding Hill Road overpass, define the left lane as the exit to Interstate 295 south and the right lane as the exit to Interstate 295 northwest. Photo taken 06/17/05. Page Updated October 13, 2009.