Interstate 95 North - Philadelphia to Bristol

Interstate 95 shifts across State Road and Pennypack Creek through an S-curve. The next exit leads to Academy Road and Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE).

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The AMTRAK Northeast Corridor runs along the north side of I-95 to the trumpet interchange (Exit 32) with Academy Road north.

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An $80 million project along Interstate 95 between Pennypack Creek and Academy Road began in 2002. Work reconstructed the roadway and repaired six bridges along a 1.2 mile stretch.¹

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Interstate 95 switches sides with the AMTRAK Northeast Corridor to the off-ramp for Academy Road north and Linden Avenue. Linden Avenue parallels Academy Road between the Holmesburg and Torresdale neighborhoods north from Pleasant Hill Park on the Delaware River.

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Academy Road stems north from Exit 32 along a limited access connector to U.S. 13 (Frankford Avenue) and from there as a four lane arterial through Torresdale and Morrell Park.

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An entrance ramp joins Linden Avenue north with I-95 directly ahead of this shield assembly posted south of Fluehr Park.

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Interstate 95 crosses over both Grant Avenue and Poquessing Creek into Bucks County beyond the first in a series of diagrammatic signs for PA 63 (Woodhaven Road).

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PA 63 (Woodhaven Road) stems northwest from a trumpet interchange (Exit 35) with Interstate 95 along a freeway 3.3 miles to U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) at Byberry in Philadelphia.

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Constructed in the late 1990s, RIRO ramps and a collector distributor roadway system join I-95 with the Amtrak / SEPTA Cornwells Heights Station and Park and Ride lot adjacent to the exchange with Woodhaven Road.

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Original plans for the freeway along Woodhaven Road extended it northwest from I-95 to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 276) in Montgomery County. Community opposition cancelled the route beyond Evans Street beyond U.S. 1.

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PA 63 (Woodhaven Road) continues northwest from an overlap with U.S. 1 (Roosevelt Boulevard) by Normandy in Philadelphia to Willow Grove, Lansdale and PA 29 at Green Lane in northern Montgomery County.

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The c/d roadway for the Cornwells Heights Park & Ride is not directly accessible from I-95 northbound. Instead motorists are directed to turnaround on PA 63 at the adjacent exchange with U.S. 13 to connect with the transit facility from the PA 63 entrance ramp.

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I-95 advances north from Cornwells Heights to a diamond interchange (Exit 37) with PA 132 (Street Road) at Eddington.

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Parx Casino and Parx Racing are 2.5 miles north of Exit 37 along PA 132 (Street Road) in Bensalem township.

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Confirming marker posted after the Station Avenue (SR 2013) underpass at Cornwells Heights.

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PA 132 lines Street Road 15.1 miles northwest from Interstate 95 in Bensalem township to PA 611 (Easton Road) at Neshaminy.

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Street Road (SR 2007) extends 0.58 miles south from PA 132/I-95 at Eddington to State Road (SR 2002). State Road parallels I-95 and U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) east to Neshaminy State Park and Croydon.

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Shifting northward across U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike), Interstate 95 continues two miles to a directional T interchange (Exit 39) with ramps to PA 413 (Veterans Highway).

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PA 413 (Veterans Highway) originates along the Burlington Bristol Bridge from the city of Burlington, New Jersey. A greenout covers shields for Interstate 276 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

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Interstate 95 shifts onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike following the exchange with PA 413 at Exit 39. I-295 takes over on the freeway north into Middletown township.

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PA 413 travels north from the Burlington Bristol Bridge to Hulmeville, Penndel and Newtown.

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Exit 39 departs I-95 north for SR 8005 to parallel PA 413 (Veterans Highway) one mile from Interstate 295 east.

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PA 413 south to U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) north leads motorists to the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Exit 42) ahead of the I-95/276 split. Future work will add a direct flyover at Exit 40. This sign was removed in 2020.

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The ramps (SR 8005) at Exit 39 intersect PA 413 (Veterans Highway) 1.1 miles north of U.S. 13 at the borough of Bristol and 3.8 miles south of the overlap with U.S. 1 Business (Lincoln Highway) west into Penndel.

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Some maps from the 1970s and 1980s showed Spur I-95 proposed east from Exit 39 to U.S. 13 at Bristol.

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Historically Interstate 895 was proposed to run south from I-95 at Exit 39 to I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike south of Burlington. The planned freeway and new Delaware River bridge were cancelled by 1990.²

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Formerly Exit 40, the exchange with PA 413 (Veterans Highway) was reconstructed in the late 1990s to add ramps from I-95 south to PA 413 and from PA 413 to I-95 north.

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Interstate 95 turns east onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Left Exit 40 with I-295 north to Trenton. The forthcoming flyover opened to traffic on September 23, 2018.

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Advancing toward Exit 40, I-95 passes through an area of industrial parks east of Newportville.

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With the relocation of I-95 east onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 2018, Interstate 295 was extended southwest from Lawrence township over the former route around Trenton, New Jersey.

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Two lanes separate for both I-295 east to Yardley and the Scudder Falls Bridge into New Jersey and I-95 to Bristol and Florence, New Jersey.

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A high flyover carries I-95 southbound from the Pennsylvania Turnpike onto the freeway south to Philadelphia.

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Construction on the PA Turnpike / I-95 Interchange Project commenced in 2010.

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Heading east from the end of Interstate 276, I-95 continues 1.5 miles to a trumpet interchange (Exit 42) and access road to U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike).

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The Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-276) mainline merges with the flyover from I-95 north from the outside lanes.

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Oxford Valley Road (SR 2029) spans I-95 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) north ahead of Exit 42. U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) leads south into the borough of Bristol and north to Levittown and the borough of Tullytown.

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Prior to the I-95 / PA Turnpike Interchange Project, Interstate 276 extended east across Bristol township with just four lanes.

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U.S. 13 concludes 6.2 miles north of the Delaware River Turnpike Toll Bridge on I-95 at U.S. 1 (Lincoln Highway) outside Morrisville.

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2018-20 construction demolished the trumpet interchange joining the PA Turnpike access road with U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike) at Exit 41 and replaced it with a signalized intersection.

12/27/18

Tolls along the Delaware River Turnpike Toll Bridge were switched to all electronic toll (AET) collection and doubled in the westbound direction and removed eastbound. The toll plaza was located just west of U.S. 13 (Bristol Pike).

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An arched steel truss bridge, the Delaware River Turnpike Toll Bridge was constructed from June 1954 to May 1956.

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Interstate 95 enters Burlington County, New Jersey at mid span across the Delaware River.

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