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 Georgia DOT
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 Pooler US 80 in Pooler
North end:	I-95 at South Carolina state line
Highway system
Main route of the Interstate Highway System Main • Auxiliary • Business Georgia State Routes Former ← 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 at least 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 1993, with the other county segments done in phases, with the project completed throughout Georgia on December 10, 2010.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Florida–Georgia state line			St. Mary's River
Camden	Kingsland		1	St. Mary's Road – St. Mary's	Northbound Traffic can access the Georgia Welcome Center using Exit 1
			3	SR 40 (East King Avenue) – Kingsland, St. Mary's
	Woodbine		6	Martin Luther King Boulevard
			7	Harriet's Bluff Road
			14	SR 25 – Woodbine
			22	Horse Stamp Church Road	Under construction
	Waverly		26	Dover Bluff Road
Glynn	Brunswick		29	US 17 / US 82 / SR 520 / SR 303
			36	US 25 (New Jesup Highway) / US 341 / SR 27 – Jesup, Brunswick	Signed as exits 36A (south) and 36B (north)
			38	SR 25 Spur (Golden Isles Parkway) – Brunswick
			42	I-95 Bus. south / SR 99 – Darien
McIntosh	Darien		49	I-95 Bus. north / SR 251 – Darien
	Townsend		58	SR 57 / SR 99 – Eulonia
Liberty	Riceboro		67	US 17 (Ocean Highway) / SR 25
	Midway		76	US 84 / SR 38 – Midway, Sunbury
Bryan	Richmond Hill		87	US 17 (Ocean Highway) / SR 25
			90	SR 144 – Fort Stewart, Richmond Hill	Signed as Old Clyde Road northbound
Chatham	Savannah		94	SR 204 – Savannah, Pembroke
	Pooler		99	I-16 (Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway) – Savannah, Macon	Signed as exits 99A (east) and 99B (west)
			102	US 80 / SR 26 – Pooler, Garden City
	Savannah		104	Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
			106	Jimmy Deloach Parkway
	Port Wentworth		109	SR 21 / SR 30 – Port Wentworth
Effingham	No major junctions
Georgia–South Carolina state line			Savannah River
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

Darien Business Route

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 it's northern terminus on Exit 49.

Former Brunswick Business Loop

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.

External links

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

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