A nice ride along the I-295. This is the first time I "crossed" the Delaware Memorial Bridge, thanks to you, I've only seen it on flights to and from Philadelphia International Airport.
Quite familiar with this route - at least over the bridge. The spot at 1:12 is typically jammed with traffic and more than once I’ve been wanting to stay in that left lane. Don’t… it’s a long detour. I’ve always liked the Delaware bridge, simple yet functional. I’ve noticed a lot of that in Delaware road projects. The one thing I’ve never understood is the military green paint scheme. For a long time I thought the bridge was built by the Army Corps of Engineers. Stopped at the Pilot station off of exit 1C many times when Jersey had cheap gas.
The portion of Interstate 295 from Wilmington to the barrier with the New Jersey Turnpike is expected to become a portion of Interstate 87, but the highway (which will run from Raleigh to Montreal via Norfolk and New York City) is not expected to be fully completed until the middle of the 2070s. The section between Norfolk and Dover has no plans to begin construction at this time outside of the proposed upgrades to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel and the section of Interstate 278 in most of Brooklyn will need to undergo major reconstruction.
I-295 is mostly how I get to NYC northbound. I-195 and then the Turnpike to US 9 and the Pulaski Skyway is the rest of the way. Lately, as I live west of Baltimore, I have taken I-70 to I-695 to I-83 to I-81 to I-78 to US 1-9 the Pulasky Skyway which avoids most of the tools. Occasionally I will use the Garden State Parkway as the toll into NY is less than using the NYC crossings.
At and near 30:00 we are in interchange which links I-295 and I-76/NJ 42. It is undergoing extensive revision so I-295 will eventually cease 35 mph speed limit in this area.
How exactly would I-295 be incorporated going North from where you got off in this video for a new interstate 87 corridor? Would it connect to an extension to what is now I-287? That would seem to make some sense. I-87 currently seems to end around Brooklyn and has incredible traffic now let alone what will exist in 2070 - 2090. Where you got off was the end of 295 until 1966 when it was extended another 4 miles to Rt 38, and again in 1972 to Rt 206.
