I-95 Wilmington, Delaware Archive

Viewing Interstate 95 at the Seventh Street overpass from Jackson Street. 2001-04 reconstruction of the Adams-Jackson Freeway included new landscaping along the below grade highway. 04/14/14

Viewing Interstate 95 at the Seventh Street overpass from Jackson Street. 2001-04 reconstruction of the Adams-Jackson Freeway included new landscaping along the below grade highway. 04/14/14

A lane drop occurs along I-95 north for Exit 7 and Delaware 52. Rebuilding of the Wilmington Viaduct between 1979-82 included work to relocate Exit 7 two blocks north from 7th to 9th Streets. 04/14/14

A lane drop occurs along I-95 north for Exit 7 and Delaware 52. Rebuilding of the Wilmington Viaduct between 1979-82 included work to relocate Exit 7 two blocks north from 7th to 9th Streets. 04/14/14

Exit 6 leaves I-95 south to merge onto adjacent Jackson Street at Delaware 9 (4th Street). 04/14/14

Exit 6 leaves I-95 south to merge onto adjacent Jackson Street at Delaware 9 (4th Street). 04/14/14

Exit 6 leaves I-95 south to merge onto adjacent Jackson Street at Delaware 9 (4th Street). 04/14/14

Interstate 95 transitions from a below-grade freeway to the Wilmington Viaduct between 6th and 4th Streets. 04/14/14

Interstate 95 transitions from a below-grade freeway to the Wilmington Viaduct between 6th and 4th Streets. 04/14/14

Interstate 95 transitions from a below-grade freeway to the Wilmington Viaduct between 6th and 4th Streets. 04/14/14

Beyond the ramp departure for SR 4, SR 9 and SR 48 (Exit 6), I-95 winds west toward the Christina River valley and Interstates 295 and 495. 04/14/14

Beyond the ramp departure for SR 4, SR 9 and SR 48 (Exit 6), I-95 winds west toward the Christina River valley and Interstates 295 and 495. 04/14/14

Interstate 95 ascends over the Wilmington street grid west from the geologic fall line at 5th Street through to Beech Street and the Christina River. 04/14/14

Interstate 95 ascends over the Wilmington street grid west from the geologic fall line at 5th Street through to Beech Street and the Christina River. 04/14/14

Interstate 95 ascends over the Wilmington street grid west from the geologic fall line at 5th Street through to Beech Street and the Christina River. 04/14/14

Opened in 1961, the Wilmington Viaduct was rebuilt between 1979 and 1982, and rehabilitated between 2001 and 2004. 04/14/14

The Wilmington Viaduct spans SR 9 (4th Street), SR 48 (2nd Street / Lancaster Avenue) and SR 4 (Maryland Avenue). 04/14/14

Opened in 1961, the Wilmington Viaduct was rebuilt between 1979 and 1982, and rehabilitated between 2001 and 2004. 04/14/14

Exit 6 merges with Jackson Street at the signalized intersection with SR 9 (4th Street). SR 9 heads west to Hilltop and east to LOMA in Wilmington. 04/14/14

Looking east at the Wilmington Viaduct carrying I-95 traffic over SR 48 (2nd Street). Steel members of the elevated roadway were painted green until the early 2000s. 04/14/14