Interstate 95 in Georgia

Interstate 95
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length:	112.03 mi[1] (180.29 km)
Existed:	1966[2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-95 at Florida state line
	US 17 / US 82 / SR 25 near Brunswick US 25 / US 341 / SR 27 near Brunswick I‑16 in Savannah US 80 / SR 26 in Pooler
North end:	I-95 at South Carolina state line
Location
Counties:	Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Liberty, Bryan, Chatham, Effingham
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Georgia State Routes Interstate U.S. State Former ← SR 94 SR 95 → ← SR 404 SR 405 SR 406 →

Interstate 95 (I-95), the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States, serves the Atlantic coast of the U.S. state of Georgia. It crosses into the state from Florida at the St. Marys River near Kingsland and travels to the north past the cities of Brunswick and Savannah to the South Carolina state line at the Savannah River near Port Wentworth. The route also passes through the cities of Richmond Hill, Darien and Woodbine. I-95 in Georgia has the unsigned designation of State Route 405 (SR 405).

Route description

All of I-95 in Georgia has three lanes in each direction, except in the Brunswick area, where it has four lanes in each direction. From the Florida state line to west of Savannah, I-95 travels along the U.S. Route 17 (US 17) corridor, passing near or through marshlands, and is close to the Atlantic coastline.

Annual traffic fatalities variable sign over I-95 north

The freeway enters Georgia via twin bridges over the St. Marys River, where it immediately enters the city of Kingsland, intersecting State Route 40 (SR 40). The Interstate continues generally north-northeast, bypassing the smaller communities of Woodbine and Waverly en route to Brunswick, where it intersects US 17, US 25, and US 341. The freeway leaves Brunswick, bypassing the cities of Darien and Midway, before reaching the southern suburbs of Savannah. The route first encounters US 17 again, this time in Richmond Hill, before intersecting SR 204, a busy freeway and southern bypass into Savannah. The route then intersects with I-16 and US 80 in Pooler, also providing direct access to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport via the Airways Avenue exit (exit 104). After that, the final exit in Georgia is in Port Wentworth, where it intersects SR 21, the major thoroughfare between Augusta and Savannah. I-95 leaves Georgia via twin bridges over the Savannah River, and heads north into South Carolina.

The State Welcome Centers on both ends of I-95 are integrated with other interchanges. The northbound Welcome Center is built into the northbound off-ramp with exit 1, while the on-ramp from here runs under a bridge beneath the same off-ramp before leading back onto northbound I-95. The southbound Welcome Center can be found just after the off-ramp for first southbound truck weighing center, only for both facilities to share an on ramp back to southbound I-95. Other rest areas, weigh stations, and visitors centers operate independently with no access to any other facilities or destinations.

Northbound I-95 at the interchange with I-16; Note the crossing gates at the on and off ramps

I-95 intersects I-16 near Savannah (exit 99). Ramps to and from the eastbound lanes of I-16 feature barrier gates to prevent traffic from entering I-16 in the wrong direction during contraflow lane reversal for hurricane evacuations.

The only auxiliary route for I-95 in Georgia is a business loop in Darien. Another business loop used to exist for Brunswick however.

History

In 1998, the Georgia State Senate passed a resolution to designate the portion of Interstate 95 between the Ogeechee River (Bryan–Chatham county line) north to the Savannah River in the Greater Savannah Area as the Tom Coleman Highway, in honor of Tom Coleman, a Democrat who served as state senator from 1981 to 1995.^[3]

Until 2000, the state of Georgia used the sequential interchange numbering system on all of its Interstate Highways. The first exit on each highway would begin with the number "1" and increase numerically with each exit. In 2000, the Georgia Department of Transportation switched to a mileage-based exit system, in which the exit number corresponded to the nearest milepost.^[4][5]

Construction to widen I-95 from two to three lanes started with the Chatham County segment in 1989, with the other county segments done in phases, with the project completed throughout Georgia on December 10, 2010.

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Old exit[5]	New exit	Destinations	Notes
St. Mary's River		0.00	0.00	Florida–Georgia state line I-95 continues into Florida
Camden	Kingsland	1.07	1.72	1	1	St. Marys Road – St. Marys	Northbound traffic can access the Georgia Welcome Center using exit 1
		3.27	5.26	2	3	SR 40 (East King Avenue) – Kingsland, St. Mary's
		5.73	9.22	2A	6	Laurel Island Parkway – Kingsland , Saint Marys
		7.23	11.64	3	7	Harriets Bluff Road
	Woodbine	14.24	22.92	4	14	SR 25 Spur – Woodbine
	​	22.44	36.11	—	22	Horse Stamp Church Road	Fully opened April 3, 2012
	Waverly	26.46	42.58	5	26	Dover Bluff Road
Glynn	Brunswick	29.26	47.09	6	29	US 17 / US 82 / SR 520 – Brunswick, Jekyll Island, Waverly
		35.86	57.71	7	36	US 25 (New Jesup Highway) / US 341 / SR 27 – Jesup, Brunswick	Signed as exits 36A (south) and 36B (north); previously signed as exits 7A and 7B accordingly
	Dock Junction	37.69	60.66	8	38	SR 25 Spur (Golden Isles Parkway) to US 17 – Brunswick
	​	42.40	68.24	9	42	I‑95 Bus. south / SR 99 – Darien
McIntosh	Darien	48.88	78.66	10	49	I‑95 Bus. north / SR 251 – Darien
	Townsend	58.32	93.86	11	58	SR 57 / SR 99 – Eulonia, Ludowici
Liberty	Riceboro	67.29	108.29	12	67	US 17 / SR 25 – South Newport, Riceboro
	Midway	75.96	122.25	13	76	US 84 / SR 38 – Midway, Sunbury
Bryan	Richmond Hill	87.01	140.03	14	87	US 17 (Coastal Highway) – Richmond Hill, Midway
		89.38	143.84	15	90	SR 144 – Fort Stewart, Richmond Hill	Signed as Old Clyde Road northbound
Chatham	Savannah	93.45	150.39	16	94	SR 204 – Savannah, Pembroke
	Pooler	98.76	158.94	17	99	I‑16 (Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway) – Savannah, Macon	Signed as exits 99A (east) and 99B (west); previously signed as exits 17A and 17B accordingly; I-16 exits 157A-B; cloverleaf interchange.
		101.51	163.36	18	102	US 80 / SR 26 – Pooler, Garden City
	Savannah	103.50	166.57	18A	104	Pooler Parkway, Airways Avenue – Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
		105.92	170.46	—	106	Jimmy DeLoach Parkway – Bloomingdale, Port Wentworth	Signed as exits 106A (south) and 106B (north)
	Port Wentworth	108.03	173.86	19	109	SR 21 / SR 30 – Port Wentworth
Effingham	No major junctions
Savannah River		112.03	180.29	Georgia–South Carolina state line I-95 continues into South Carolina
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business loops

Darien

Interstate 95 Business
Location:	Darien, Georgia

The Interstate 95 Business Loop (BL 95) for Darien begins at Exit 42 on I-95, and runs concurrent with SR 99. It then joins US 17/SR 25 (Ocean Highway) and follows the road north in a triple concurrency. After SR 99 separates to the northeast in downtown Darien, BL 95 turns northwest onto SR 251 where it reunites with I-95 at its northern terminus on Exit 49.

Brunswick

Interstate 95 Business
Location:	Brunswick, Georgia

The former Interstate 95 Business Loop (BL 95) for Brunswick used to serve Brunswick and the Golden Isles between Exits 29 and 38 (former Exits 6 and 8). It was concurrent with US 17/SR 25 but no longer exists. The route returned to I-95 via SR 25 Spur.^[6]

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Georgia (U.S. state) portal

References

1. Office of Transportation Data (December 31, 2003). Interstate Mileage Report (PDF) (Report). Georgia Department of Transportation. 1DPP438. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2006. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
2. Georgia State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Cartography by GSHD. Georgia State Highway Department. January 1, 1966. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
3. Staff (March 9, 1998). "State Resolution 648: Designate portion of I-95 in honor of Tom Coleman and Mack Mattingly". First Reader Summary. Georgia General Assembly. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
4. Staff (June 12, 2003). "Georgia's Interstate Exit Numbers". Georgia Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on February 15, 2004. Retrieved April 30, 2007.
5. Staff (June 12, 2003). "Interstate 95". Georgia's Interstate Exit Numbers. Georgia Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on February 26, 2004. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
6. "Interstate Business Route 95". Interstate Guide. AARoads. June 10, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Media related to Interstate 95 in Georgia at Wikimedia Commons
• Interstate 95 Georgia (AARoads.com)
  • Northbound Photos
  • Southbound Photos
• Exitlists.com (I-95)