Virginia Route 895 East

SR 895 (Pocahontas Parkway) ascends from the end of SR 150 (Chippenham Parkway) onto the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge.

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The toll plaza for Pocahontas Parkway lies just beyond the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge eastbound.

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The flyover from I-95 north onto the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge spanning the James River rises steeply. There is no access to SR 895 from southbound I-95.

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SR 895 west becomes SR 150 (Chippenham Parkway) north, a freeway straddling the Chesterfield County and Richmond city line to SR 76 (Powhite Parkway) near Bon Air.

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Spanning the James River at a height of 145 feet, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge is 4,765 feet long. The span cost $111 million to build.¹²

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SR 895 (Pocahontas Parkway) east crosses the Henrico County line midway across the James River.

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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge fully opened to traffic on September 20, 2002.¹¹

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The James River bridge lowers eastbound into the Pocahontas Parkway mainline toll plaza. The plaza partitions with two lanes in each direction for all electronic toll (AET) collection using E-ZPass transponders.

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Tolls for the Pocahontas Parkway rose significantly from rates in 2002 of $1.00 for SmartTag account holders and $1.50 for cash paying customers. 2009 rates of $2.75 per passenger vehicle increased to $3.00 on February 7, 2011. Further increases by 2016 increased rates to $4.00.

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The Pocahontas Toll Plaza has three toll booths along the outside roadways in each direction. The E-ZPass lanes continue at the 65 MPH speed limit.

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Interchanges along SR 895 were previously unnumbered. The first exit joins Pocahontas Parkway with Laburnum Avenue north to SR 5 (New Market Road) beyond the Osborne Turnpike overpass.

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Prior to 2011, Laburnum Avenue provided the most direct route from SR 895 to Richmond International Airport (RIC).

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SR 895 (Pocahontas Parkway) east expands to three lanes ahead of the trumpet interchange with Laburnum Avenue. Laburnum Avenue constitutes an arterial belt route leading northeast toward Highland Springs and west to I-95 and U.S. 1/301 in north Richmond.

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SR 5 begins in Richmond at U.S. 60 and leads southeast along New Market Road to Varina and Interstate 295 at Exit 22. SR 5 continues along the James River valley to Charles City and Williamsburg.

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Eastbound SR 895 at the exit for Laburnum Avenue to SR 5 (New Market Road) and Capitol View. The succeeding exit is with the Airport Connector to Richmond International Airport (RIC).

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SR 5 (New Market Road) passes over SR 895 beyond this eastbound reassurance shield.

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Opened on January 14, 2011,¹³ the extension of Airport Drive leads north from Exit 3 beyond the Darbytown Road under crossing.

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SR 895 provides part of a bypass of Richmond with I-295 from northbound I-95 to Interstate 64 east.

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Airport Drive links Pocahontas Parkway with the passenger terminal at Richmond International Airport (RIC). Costing $50 million, the 1.6 mile long expressway took two years to build.¹³

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Eastbound SR 895 at the trumpet interchange (Exit 3) with Airport Drive. Airport Drive leads north to become a part of SR 156 near Sandston. Interchanges along SR 156 connect with I-64 (Exit 197) and I-295 (Exit 31).

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SR 895 advances east to Interstate 295 beyond the Britton Road overpass.

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Interstate 295 leads northward into the interchange complex with U.S. 60 and I-64 near Seven Pines. I-64 travels southeast from Richmond to Williamsburg and Hampton Roads.

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SR 895 partitions into single lane ramps for I-295 south to Hopewell and I-95 south to Rocky Mount, North Carolina and I-295 north to I-95 north for Washington.

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Eastbound SR 895 ends at the trumpet interchange with I-295. Interstate 295 constitutes an easterly bypass between Petersburg and north of Richmond.

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