Interstate 95 in Georgia

This article is about the section of Interstate 95 in Georgia. For the entire length of the highway, see Interstate 95.

Interstate 95
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length:	112.03 mi (180.29 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-95 at Florida state line
	US 17 / US 82 near Brunswick US 25 / US 341 near Brunswick I-16 in Savannah US 80 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 Business Georgia State Routes Former ← SR 94 SR 95 → ← SR 404 SR 406 →

Interstate 95, the main Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States, serves the Atlantic coast of Georgia. It begins at the St. Marys River at the Florida state line north of Jacksonville and heads north past the border of South Carolina at the Savannah River. Interstate 95 in Georgia is designated — but not signed — as State Route 405.

Route description

All of Interstate 95 in Georgia has three lanes in each direction, except in the Brunswick area where it has four lanes in each direction. From northern Florida to west of Savannah, Interstate 95 travels along the US 17 corridor, passing near or through marshlands, and is close to the Atlantic coastline.

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 Interstate 16 near Savannah (Exit 99 A & B). 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.

Service areas

• Northbound Welcome Center (Northbound off-ramp at Exit 1).
• Glynn County Rest Area (MM #41, between Exits 42 & 38: Southbound Only).
• McIntosh County Truck Weigh Stations (Between MM's 54 & 55: Both Directions).
• Southbound Welcome Center (North of Exit 109).
• Southbound Truck Weigh Station and Welcome Center (North of Exit 109).

History

In 1998, the Georgia State Senate passed a resolution to designate the portion of Interstate 95 between the Ogeechee River (Bryan County, Georgia-Chatham County, Georgia border) north to the Savannah River (Effingham County, Georgia-Jasper County, South Carolina border) in the Greater Savannah Area as the Tom P. Coleman Highway, in honor of Tom Coleman, a Democrat who served as State Senator from 1981 to 1995.

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.

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	Mile	km	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
St. Mary's River		0.00	0.00	Florida–Georgia state line I-95 continues into Florida
Camden	Kingsland			1	1	St. Mary's Road – St. Mary's	Northbound traffic can access the Georgia Welcome Center using exit 1
				2	3	SR 40 (East King Avenue) – Kingsland, St. Mary's
	Woodbine			2A	6	Martin Luther King Boulevard – Woodbine
				3	7	Harriet's Bluff Road
				4	14	SR 25 – Woodbine
					22	Horse Stamp Church Road	Fully opened April 3, 2012
	Waverly			5	26	Dover Bluff Road
Glynn	Brunswick			6	29	US 17 / US 82 / SR 520 – Brunswick, Jekyll Island, Waverly
				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
				8	38	SR 25 Spur (Golden Isles Parkway) – Brunswick
				9	42	I-95 Bus. south / SR 99 – Darien
McIntosh	Darien			10	49	I-95 Bus. north / SR 251 – Darien
	Townsend			11	58	SR 57 / SR 99 – Eulonia, Ludowici
Liberty	Riceboro			12	67	US 17 / SR 25 – South Newport, Riceboro
	Midway			13	76	US 84 / SR 38 – Midway, Sunbury
Bryan	Richmond Hill			14	87	US 17 (Coastal Hwy.) – Richmond Hill, Midway
				15	90	SR 144 – Fort Stewart, Richmond Hill	Signed as Old Clyde Road northbound
Chatham	Savannah			16	94	SR 204 – Savannah, Pembroke
	Pooler			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
				18	102	US 80 / SR 26 – Pooler, Garden City
	Savannah			18A	104	Pooler Parkway, Airways Ave. –  Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
					106	Jimmy Deloach Parkway – Bloomingdale, Port Wentworth	Signed as exits 106A (south) and 106B (north)
	Port Wentworth			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
Concurrency terminus       Closed/former       HOV only       Incomplete access       Tolled/ETC       Unopened

Business routes

Darien

Interstate 95 Business
Location:	Darien, Georgia

The Interstate 95 Business Loop for Darien, Georgia begins at Exit 42 on I-95, and runs concurrent with Georgia State Route 99. It then joins US 17(Ocean Highway) and follows the road north in a triple concurrency. After GA 99 separates to the northeast in downtown Darien, I-BL-95 turns northwest onto Georgia State Route 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 for Brunswick, Georgia used to serve Brunswick and the Golden Isles between Exits 29 and 38 (former Exits 6 and 8). It was cosigned with US 17 and Georgia State Route 25 but no longer exists. The route returned to I-95 via Georgia 25 Connection.

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• State of Georgia portal

External links

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• Interstate 95 Georgia (AARoads.com)
  • Northbound Photos
  • Southbound Photos
• Exitlists.com (I-95)

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