Interstate 95 North - Ashland to Fredericksburg

A sweeping ramp connects I-295 north with I-95 north, 1.5 miles south of the directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 86) with SR 656 (Sliding Hill Road).

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The two lane ramp from I-295 merges on the left side of Interstate 95 north beyond the Virginia Center Parkway overpass.

12/21/12

Mid 2000s construction realigned Sliding Hill Road and replaced the diamond interchange with SR 656. Atlee Station Road (SR 637) branches south from Sliding Hill Road to Atlee and U.S. 301.

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Crossing the Chickahominy River into Hanover County, I-95 northbound reaches the collector distributor roadway for SR 656 (Sliding Hill Road).

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Exit 86 A departs from the c/d roadway for SR 656 (Sliding Hill Road) northeast to the Forest Lake Hills community and Hanover County Municipal Airport (OFP).

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An arterial route, Sliding Hill Road west connects with Lakeridge Parkway (SR 782) south to Virginia Center Commons mall and U.S. 1 (Brook Road) for Cedar Lane (SR 623) west to Elmont.

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Lakeridge Parkway (SR 782) was extended north from a dead end at Lickinghole Creek to U.S. 1 in south Ashland as a new commercial arterial along the west side of I-95. Funded by VDOT Revenue Sharing, Hanover County and a developer, the 6,000 foot long project preceded VDOT work along Lewistown Road at I-95 (Timmons Group, 2025).

12/16/22

Accommodating commercial development at Northlake Business Park, work completed in 2017 widened forthcoming SR 802 (Lewistown Road) from a narrow two lane road into a four lane arterial.

12/16/22

SR 802 (Lewistown Road) measures 1.63 miles from U.S. 1 (Washington Highway) to SR 657 (Ashcake Road).

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Costing $30 million, construction from Spring 2015 to Winter 2017 modified the diamond interchange (Exit 89) with Lewistown Road (SR 802). A five lane wide, 16 foot 5 inch overpass was built for SR 802 and Exit 89 from I-95 north was realigned eastward (VDOT, n.d.a).

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Interstate 95 passes through the corporate limits of Ashland for 1.8 miles on the ensuing stretch.

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Ashcake Road (SR 657) spans I-95, 1.5 miles south of Exit 92 to SR 54. SR 54 constitutes an 18.67 mile long highway between U.S. 33 near Montpelier and Hanover.

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SR 54 (Patrick Henry Road) travels 5.5 miles east to U.S. 301/SR 2 at the Hanover County seat. The unincorporated community is home to the historic Hanover Tavern.

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Northbound at the parclo interchange (Exit 92) with SR 54 in the town of Ashland.

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Exit 92 B loops westward onto England Street toward Downtown Ashland. Ashland points of interest include Randolph-Macon College and Scotchtown, Home of the first Governor of Virginia, Patrick Henry.

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Fredericksburg and Washington are separated by 50 miles via I-95 and I-395 north.

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Woods separate the roadways of I-95 ahead of the South Anna River along a 5.5 mile long exit less stretch.

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SR 30 (Kings Dominion Boulevard) meets Interstate 95 northbound in one mile near the community of Doswell.

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Kings Dominion theme park is located between Interstate 95 and a CSX Railroad line to the southeast of Exit 98.

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Entering the parclo interchange (Exit 98) with SR 30 (Kings Dominion Boulevard) on I-95 north. SR 30 commences a 62 mile route southeast to King William, West Point and Norge from U.S. 1 (Washington Highway) at Doswell.

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Interstate 95 continues 34 miles north from Doswell to Fredericksburg. Washington is 84 miles away.

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The North Anna River separates Hanover and Caroline Counties ahead of Carmel Church on Interstate 95 north.

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The first of two exits along I-95 in Caroline County is with SR 207 (Rogers Clark Boulevard) north to U.S. 301 and Fort A.P. Hill.

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SR 207 comprises a principal arterial northeast 11.93 miles from U.S. 1 at Carmel Church to U.S. 301 at Bowling Green.

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The SR 207 connection with U.S. 301 at Bowling Green is the last direct route from I-95 to U.S. 301 (A.P. Hill Boulevard) for the Governor Harry Nice Memorial Bridge. U.S. 301 travels over the southernmost Potomac River crossing between Dahlgren, Virginia and Newburg, Maryland.

12/16/22

Interstate 95 northbound at Exit 104 and SR 207 (Rogers Clark Boulevard).

12/16/22

Leaving Carmel Church, Fredericksburg is 28 miles and four exits away. Washington is 50 miles further, which may take up to two hours depending upon traffic.

12/17/20

The Ladysmith Safety Rest areas for I-95 are located between the Cool Water Drive and Golansville Road overpasses east of Golansville at milepost 107. A Virginia welcome center was added at the northbound facility in 2017.

12/17/20

The Ladysmith Safety Rest areas were closed on July 21, 2009 due to VDOT budget cuts. Part of a state wide initiative, the decision to close several Interstate rest areas in Virginia proved unpopular with travelers. VDOT ultimately reopened the I-95 rest areas by mid-March 2010.

12/17/20

A diamond interchange (Exit 110) joins I-95 with SR 639 (Ladysmith Road) east of Ladysmith. Ladysmith Road travels between Childesburg and SR 207 (Rogers Clark Boulevard) at Poplar.

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SR 639 (Ladysmith Road) east from Exit 110 provides an alternate route to SR 207 (Rogers Clark Boulevard) for Bowling Green, Milford and Fort A.P. Hill.

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Interstate 95 advances 22 miles north from the South River to Fredericksburg.

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Interstate 95 crosses into Spotsylvania County on the approach to Exit 118.

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Meeting the six lane freeway a short distance beyond the county line is SR 606 (Mudd Tavern Road). SR 606 travels to Post Oak, Snell, Thornburg and the Stonewall Jackson Shrine between SR 208 and SR 2.

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The parclo interchange (Exit 118) with SR 606 lies a half mile east from U.S. 1 at Thornburg. An array of motorist services line Mudd Tavern Road west to U.S 1.

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Approved by the Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors in 2013, Dominion Raceway, a 100 acre facility with both an oval track and two mile long road course, is located along the east side of I-95 off SR 606. The inaugural race at the track took place on April 9, 2016 (The Free Lance-Star, 2016).

12/17/20

Speed limits remain at 70 miles per hour on the approach to Fredericksburg. The General Assembly passed legislation in 2010 that raised the maximum limit from 65 to 70 mph effective July 1, 2010. This included I-95 between Ashland and Fredericksburg, where limits increased by Thanksgiving 2010 (VDOT, n.d.b).

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Spanning the Po River, 13 miles south of Fredericksburg on Interstate 95 north.

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I-95 next crosses the Ni River at mile marker 121 over a bridge built in 1964.

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The first of three Fredericksburg area exits departs Interstate 95 for U.S. 1 north to SR 207 (Courthouse Road) for Spotsylvania Court House.

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U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) trudges north along a heavily developed commercial arterial 2.4 miles from Exit 126 A to the Fredericksburg city line.

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U.S. 17 joins Interstate 95 north from the upcoming exchange for a seven mile overlap to Exit 133.

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U.S. 1 stays east of Interstate 95 from Exit 126 northward to the city of Alexandria and the Capital Beltway. Through Fredericksburg, U.S. 1 separates with a Business Route to Downtown.

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U.S. 1/17 overlap from Exit 126 southward for 0.9 miles, where U.S. 17 turns east along a controlled access bypass to U.S. 17 Business (Tidewater Trail) at New Post. There U.S. 17 rejoins its original alignment along Mills Drive southeast to Tappahannock. U.S. 1 continues south of U.S. 17 two miles to the community of Massaponax.

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I-95/U.S. 17 northbound reassurance shields posted after Exit 126. I-95 does not overlap with another U.S. highway in the state of Virginia.

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Alexandria appears as the next control city for Interstate 95 north ahead of D.C.

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Exit 130 serves a bevy of points of interest including Kenmore Plantation, the James Monroe Museum, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville Battlefields, the University of Mary Washington and the Locust Grove Campus of Germanna Community College.

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SR 3 (Plank Road) converges with Interstate 95 at Exits 130 A/B in Fredericksburg. The state route constitutes a multi-lane corridor between the city of Culpeper and the commercialized exchange with I-95.

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I-95/U.S. 17 enter the independent city of Fredericksburg on the half mile leading to Exit 130 A for SR 3 east.

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SR 3 follows William Street east from Plank Road, meeting U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) at a cloverleaf interchange 1.1 miles from I-95. Southward from there, SR 3 bypasses central Fredericksburg on Blue and Gray Parkway.

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The three quarter cloverleaf interchange (Exit 130) with SR 3 lies next to Spotsylvania Towne Centre mall. Part of the safety improvements underway from June 2017 to December 2018, the loop ramp from SR 3 east to I-95 north was removed.

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Exit 130 B loops away from I-95 north to SR 3 (Plank Road) westbound for Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Lignum, Stevensburg and Culpeper. SR 3 concludes at U.S. 15/29, 31 miles to the west.

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Cowan Boulevard crosses I-95/U.S. 17 east from the Central Park Marketplace retail area and west from U.S. 1.

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The entrance ramp from SR 3 forms a long distributor roadway along northbound I-95 extending to the three quarter cloverleaf interchange (Exit 133) with U.S. 17 north and U.S. 17 Business south.

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Cowan Boulevard spans I-95/U.S. 17 beyond two sets of confirming markers.

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Exit 133 separates from I-95 northbound beyond the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Bridge along SR 639 (Fall Hill Avenue). A $4.4 million project from February 2015 to April 20, 2017 widened Fall Hill Avenue to four lanes and replaced the bridge across I-95/U.S. 17 (VDOT, n.d.c).

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A collector distributor roadway partitions from I-95 northbound Exit 133 for the continuation of U.S. 17 on Warrenton Road at mile marker 131.2.

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Costing $670 million, construction on the I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension commenced in July 2019. The toll lanes opened partially on August 17, 2023 and fully on December 7, 2023 (Virginia Department of Transportation, 2024).

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Repurposed as the c/d roadway for Exit 133, the original northbound span of I-95/U.S. 17 across the Rappahannock River dates to 1963. The 1,083 foot long bridge supports a 61.7 foot wide deck (Baughn, n.d.). The river separates Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties.

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