Interstate 695 (Pennsylvania)

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Interstate 695
Cancelled route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

10 mi (16 km)

South end:

I-95

Major
junctions:

US 1 (Unbuilt Lansdowne/West Philadelphia Expressways)

North end:

I-76

Pennsylvania State Routes
< PA 690		PA 696 >
Minor - Legislative

Interstate 695 was a proposed three-digit Interstate Highway that would connect Interstate 95 in Southwest Philadelphia, at the Philadelphia International Airport, with I-95 near the Delaware River waterfront near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Known as the "Cobbs Creek Expressway" between SW Philadelphia and Interstate 76 and the "Crosstown Expressway" between I-76 and the waterfront, I-695 was designed to alleviate traffic from both I-76, I-95, and PA 291.

The project was cancelled due to residential opposition in both SW Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, and residents of Yeadon, in Delaware County over the proposed Interstate's right-of-way, which would have "cut" their communities in half, and would have spelled an end to Cobbs Creek Park. The money slated for construction of I-695 went to the purchase of buses for SEPTA, and for the construction of the R1-Airport Line connecting Amtrak's Northeast Corridor with the Philadelphia International Airport.

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v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 95

Florida: 195 • 295 • 395 • 595 • 795 (future) — North Carolina: 295 (future) • 795 — Virginia: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 • 595 (former) — District of Columbia: 295 • 395 • 495 • 695 (unsigned) — Maryland: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 • 595 (unsigned) • 695 • 795 • 895 — Delaware: 295 • 495 • 895 (former) — Pennsylvania: 695 (unbuilt) • 895 (unbuilt) — New Jersey: 195 • 295 • 495 (former) • 695 (unbuilt) • 895 (unbuilt) — New York: 295 • 495 • 695 • 895 — Connecticut - Rhode Island - Massachusetts: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 • 695 (unbuilt) • 895 (unbuilt) — Maine: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 (unsigned)