Interstate 95 North - Wilmington to Claymont

A left entrance ramp from SR 141 north adds a fifth lane to I-95 north ahead of the wye interchange with I-495. Trucks exceeding 14 feet are again directed onto I-495 north to avoid the substandard overpass for 10th Street in Wilmington.

12/19/22

I-95/U.S. 202 north cross Nonesuch Creek 0.75 miles ahead of the split with I-495. I-495 provides a high speed bypass of Wilmington for travelers bound for Philadelphia while I-95 serves the Wilmington central business district.

12/19/22

Curving north through the three wye interchange with I-295, I-95/U.S. 202 separate with three lanes for Wilmington and Brandywine Hundred and three lanes for I-495 to the Port of Wilmington, Edgemoor and Claymont.

12/19/22

Opened to traffic in 1978, I-495 loops 11.47 miles east of Wilmington. Paralleling the Delaware River to Claymont, the freeway was posted as the I-95 mainline between 1979 and 1982 while I-95 through the city was renumbered as I-895 during major reconstruction of the Wilmington Viaduct.

12/19/22

A left entrance ramp adds traffic from southbound Interstate 295 just beyond the gore point for I-495. A reassurance marker for I-95 appears after the merge.

12/19/22

A distance sign 32 miles southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was added beyond the I-495 overpasses in 2024. Historically an entrance ramp linked I-495 south with I-95 here.

12/26/24

Advancing north from I-495, I-95 crosses the Christina River ahead of the city of Wilmington and Exit 6 for SR 4 (Maryland Avenue).

12/19/22

A 300 foot long multi-use trail bridge spans the Christina River just east of I-95. The crossing is part of the 7.9 mile long Jack A. Markell Trail. Following the course of an abandoned railroad and incorporated in the East Coast Greenway, the trail includes a 2,300 foot long boardwalk through Russell W. Peterson Urban Wildlife Refuge in Wilmington. The trail was dedicated on September 5, 2018 (McLeod, 2018).

12/19/22

The Wilmington riverfront, a collection of eateries, a hotel, Daniel S. Frawley Stadium (home of the Wilmington Blue Rocks) and a river walk, line the east side of I-95 along the banks of the Christina River. Forthcoming Exit 6 serves the riverfront area via SR 4 (Maryland Avenue) east to Madison Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (SR 48 east).

12/26/24

The skyline of Wilmington spreads along the northern horizon as Interstate 95 continues from bridges spanning a Norfolk Southern Railroad line and Little Mill Creek.

12/19/22

I-95 navigates along a series of S-curves along the Wilmington viaduct, an elevated roadway winding 0.8 miles northward by the Browntown community to the fall line at 4th Street (SR 9).

12/26/24

Three years of construction rebuilding the Wilmington viaduct started in Spring 2020. Built in 1964 and expanded in 1978, the project removed the entrance ramp from S Jackson Street, replaced the bridge decks, expansion joints and sections of concrete traffic barriers and made other repairs to the bridge system (DelDOT, n.d.a).

12/19/22

SR 4 (Maryland Avenue) concludes 0.19 miles to the east at the couplet (SR 48) of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and 2nd Street. Maryland Avenue links the Browntown neighborhood of Wilmington with Elsmere, Richardson Park and Newport.

12/26/24

Exit 6 lowers to intersect SR 4 (Maryland Avenue) at Adams Street. Adams Street connects with SR 48 (2nd Street) westbound three blocks to the north. SR 48 runs northwest between the Hilltop and Bayard Square neighborhoods to meet SR 2 (Union/Lincoln Streets) near Union Park Gardens.

12/22/20

A flyover ramp ties into I-95 north from U.S. 13 Business (King Street) south at SR 48 (2nd Street) west ahead of Exit 7 for SR 52 (Delaware Avenue). SR 52 forms a multi state route with PA 52 between U.S. 13 Business in Downtown Wilmington and U.S. 322 Business in West Chester.

12/26/24

Viewing the Wilmington central business district and Downtown skyline from I-95 above Maryland Avenue.

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12/19/17

The Wilmington Viaduct concludes ahead of the Sixth Street overpass and Exit 7 to SR 52 (Delaware Avenue). SR 52 measures 8.88 miles along a northerly course from Wilmington to Greenville and the Pennsylvania state line near Centerville.

12/26/24

Exit 7 parts ways with I-95/U.S. 202 north at the Seventh Street overpass. Until 1979. Exit 7 joined adjacent Adams Street at Seventh Street. The ramp was realigned northward during the 1979-82 reconstruction of I-95 through Wilmington.

12/26/24

Exit 7 expands to two lanes as it ascends into the intersection at Ninth and Adams Street. Ninth Street provides access to the central business district while Adams Street extends three blocks north to SR 52 (Delaware Avenue) northbound.

12/19/22

The substandard Tenth Street overpass spans Interstate 95 at milepost 15.5 and one mile ahead of Exit 8 for the continuation of U.S. 202 north. The bridge was struck twice in 2005 by over height trucks.

12/26/24

A reassurance marker for Interstate 95 north stands at the Adams Street entrance ramp from SR 52 (Delaware Avenue) north.

12/26/24

Crossing Brandywine Creek along a high level bridge, Interstate 95 expands with an auxiliary lane north to Exit 8.

12/26/24

The Brandywine Creek Bridge was completed in 1964 and rehabilitated in 1984. The street stringer span measures 1,882 feet in length with a 102 foot wide deck (Baughn, 2017).

12/26/24

Construction starting in September 2011 redesigned the directional cloverleaf interchange at I-95 and Concord Pike. New ramps were constructed for U.S. 202 north and from U.S. 202 south while overpasses for Concord Pike were redecked. Work wrapped up in November 2014.

12/26/24

A second northbound lane was added from the 18th Street overpass to Exit 8 during 2011-14 road work. Concord Pike (U.S. 202) constitutes a heavily used commuter route from Wilmington northward to Fairfax, Talleyville and West Chester, Pennsylvania.

12/26/24

A CSX Railroad line passes overhead as I-95 and U.S. 202 vacate the city of Wilmington. The steel bridge was built in 1969.

12/19/22

Exit 8 partitions into ramps for U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) north to West Chester, Pennsylvania and SR 202 (Concord Avenue) south into Wilmington. U.S. 202 north beyond the Chester County seat becomes a freeway leading northeast to I-76 and U.S. 422 at King of Prussia.

12/19/22

SR 202 was designated in 1970 when U.S. 202 was truncated out of Wilmington from Fanhurst north to I-95.

12/19/22

SR 202 extends south 1.01 miles to U.S. 13 Business (Market Street) just north of Downtown.

12/19/22

A channelized turn lane links the off-ramp at Exit 8 with Broom Street (Road 217) east to Miller Road and Northwest Wilmington.

12/19/22

Ramps from I-95 join Concord Pike ahead of a grade separated intersection with SR 141 and SR 261.

12/20/16

SR 141 arcs west from U.S. 202 to Greenville while SR 261 branches northeast as a multi state route to Booths Corner, Pennsylvania.

12/20/16

A reassurance marker for I-95 was added north of the U.S. 202/SR 202 entrance ramp by 2016. DelDOT recorded 63,021 vehicles per day (vpd) on this stretch in 2017.

12/26/24

This interchange sequence sign was originally posted at the 18th Street overpass. It was moved in 2017 to the location where a distance sign referenced Chester at 9 miles and Philadelphia at 27 miles.

12/26/24

SR 3 (Marsh Road) meets Interstate 95 at a modified diamond interchange (Exit 9) in one mile.

12/26/24

Traveling 5.87 miles overall, SR 3 takes a dog legged route south by Bellefonte to Interstate 495 (Exit 4) at Edgemoor. Northward SR 3 extends to SR 92 (Naamans Road) beyond the Ardens.

12/26/24

Exit 9 leaves I-95 north for adjacent Carr Road ahead of SR 3 (Marsh Road) by Bellevue State Park. Carr Road parallels Interstate 95 from Washington Street Extension northeast to Silverside Road.

12/26/24

Underway from Spring 2018 to 2020, the I-95 & Carr Road/Marsh Road Interchange Improvements project expanded the off-ramp at Exit 8 to two lanes (DelDOT, n.d.b).

12/22/20

Harvey Road / Exit 10 and SR 92 / Exit 11 round out the final Delaware interchanges along Interstate 95 north over the next four miles.

12/26/24

Interstate 95 parallels a CSX Railroad line northward to the Silverside Road underpass.

12/26/24

A half diamond interchange (Exit 10) connects I-95 with Harvey Road in one mile. I-95 opened northward to Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania on November 1, 1968.

12/26/24

Harvey Road comprises a major collector route west through the Ardens to Grubb Road. Grubb Road extends the road through Brandywine Hundred to SR 92 (Naamans Road) near Brandywine Town Center mall.

12/26/24

East from Exit 10, Harvey Road concludes in 0.75 miles at U.S. 13 Business (Philadelphia Pike). Philadelphia Pike angles northeast through Claymont and southwest to Holly Oak.

12/26/24

The final reassurance marker for Interstate 95 in Delaware precedes a wooded stretch by the South Branch of Naaman Creek.

12/26/24

SR 92 (Naamans Road) meets Interstate 95 in two miles at Claymont. Chichester Avenue and PA 452 (Market Street) join the freeway with the borough of Marcus Hook at the first two Delaware County, Pennsylvania exits.

12/26/24

8.83 miles in length, SR 92 (Naamans Road) runs between SR 100 (Montchanin Road) at Winterthur and U.S. 13 (Philadelphia Pike) at Claymont.

12/26/24

Home to over 9,000, Claymont is an census designated place (CDP) centered around Philadelphia Pike from the Pennsylvania state line southwest to Harvey Road.

12/26/24

Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 11) with SR 92 (Naamans Road) along Interstate 95 north.

12/26/24

Naamans Road was expanded to a multi-lane arterial between 1985-2000. The road culminates at a busy intersection with U.S. 202 (Concord Pike) by Brandywine Town Center mall.

12/30/18

The Pennsylvania welcome center lies just north of the Delaware state line in Lower Chichester Township.

12/26/24

A wye interchange ties the north end of Interstate 495 with I-95 below the Naamans Road (SR 92) overpass. Beyond the left lane drop, I-95 advances north with three lanes to Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.

12/26/24