Interstate 95 Business (North Carolina)

Interstate 95 Business is a business loop of Interstate 95 entirely within Cumberland County, North Carolina. It runs from nearby Hope Mills to Eastover, passing through the eastern side of downtown Fayetteville.

Interstate 95 Business
Business 95 highlighted in green
Route information
Business route of I-95
Maintained by NCDOT
Length16.0 mi[1] (25.7 km)
Existed1978–present
Major junctions
South end I-95 near Hope Mills
North end I-95 in Eastover
Location
CountiesCumberland
Highway system

Route description

The entire route, except for two short segments at its northern and southern termini, is concurrent with U.S. Route 301. The 16-mile (26 km) route is partly an expressway and is an urban boulevard in downtown Fayetteville. In downtown Fayetteville, I-95 Business is cosigned as Eastern Boulevard.

At each terminus, access from Business 95 to I-95 is limited. For example, at the southern terminus, drivers on Business 95 heading south can only merge with I-95 south, while at the northern terminus, drivers on Business 95 heading north can only merge with I-95 north.

History

Established in 1978, and almost entirely overlapped with US 301, it was created to connect an incomplete gap of Interstate 95, from nearby Hope Mills (exit 40) to Eastover (exit 56). When Interstate 95 was completed east of Fayetteville in 1983, large signs at the entrances of I-95 Business were erected to promote the businesses that were bypassed along the mainline.[2]

Junction list

The entire route is in Cumberland County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
​0.00.0 I-95 – Dunn, Benson, Lumberton
​0.81.3 US 301 south – St. PaulsSouth end of US 301 overlap
Hope Mills1.52.4 NC 59 to I-95 – Hope Mills
Ardalusa NC 162 west (Elk Road) – Southview Schools
Fayetteville8.513.7 NC 87 (Martin Luther King Jr Freeway) – Elizabethtown, Spring Lake
10.316.6 NC 24 / NC 210 to US 401 (Grove Street) – Roseboro, Spring Lake
11.518.5Middle Road
13.521.7Dobbins Holmes Road
Eastover15.024.1 US 301 north (Dunn Road) – WadeNorth end of US 301 overlap
16.025.7 I-95 – Dunn, Benson, Lumberton
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Former Wilson–Rocky Mount Interstate 95 Business

Interstate 95 Business
LocationWilson–Rocky Mount, NC
Length44.6 mi[3] (71.8 km)
Existedmid-1978–1986

Established in 1978, to connect an incomplete gap of Interstate 95, Interstate 95 Business traversed 44.6 miles (71.8 km) from Kenly (exit 107) to Gold Rock (exit 145). The route was overlapped onto US 301, through the cities of Wilson and Rocky Mount; then just south of Battleboro, it goes alone over a four-lane connector road back onto mainline Interstate 95. Around 1986, Interstate 95 Business was decommissioned; NC 4 was extended onto the connector road to its current southern terminus at US 301.[2][4]

See also

References
  1. Google (2012-01-21). "Interstate 95 Business - Fayetteville" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  2. "NCRoads.com: I-95". Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  3. Google (2012-01-21). "Interstate 95 Business - Wilson-Rocky Mount" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  4. "NCRoads.com: N.C. 4". Retrieved 2012-01-21.

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