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Interstate 95 north - Baltimore
Interstate 95 goes nominally north, but physically west, toward exit 54 at Maryland Route 2 (Hanover Street) in Baltimore. In three miles, I-95 will pass under the tidal Patapsco River via the Fort McHenry Tunnel. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Following Hanover Street is exit 55, intersecting Key Highway leading to the Fort McHenry National Monument. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The ramp to Key Highway sits just ahead. The tunnel is now 2½ miles away. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The exit 55 ramp gore sign. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
I-95 is now officially a tolled facility as it approaches the tunnel. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The first exit after the tunnel, 56 (Keith Avenue), is 2½ miles away. That exit leads to EZPass' administrative offices along with Maryland Transportation Authority police. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The Dundalk and Seagirt terminals of the Port of Baltimore are off exit 56. Meanwhile, lane markers for the tunnels have begun to appear. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Those bound for Keith Avenue, two miles away, are to use the right lane of the tunnel. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The northbound carriageway now splits into two sets of two lanes for each tunnel bore. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
A guardrail and concrete barrier separate each bore from each other. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
I-95 now plunges into the Fort McHenry Tunnel, opened in 1985 as a complement to the older Baltimore Harbor Tunnel along I-895 to the south. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The highway curves slightly to the left within the tunnel. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
There is electronic signage above telling drivers to stay in their lane, as further indicated by the solid lane lines. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The light at the end of the tunnel appears. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
I-95 emerges from the tunnel with signage for exit 56. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Exit 56 is in the distance to the right. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Exit 57, intersecting Boston Street with access to O'Donnell Street, is half a mile ahead. This also leads to the Baltimore Travel Plaza as well as the east Baltimore districts of Canton and, via Aliceanna Street, Fells Point. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
This overhead sign points the way to exit 57, which shares some of its ramps with I-895's exit 11. I-95 passes over I-895 in this vicinity. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Exit 58, leading to southbound Dundalk Avenue, is in one mile. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
A variable message sign hangs over the highway between exits. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Exit 59 for Eastern Avenue (Maryland Route 150) is half a mile past Dundalk Avenue. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The highway proceeds to curve wide right. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Exit 58 is in the distance on the right. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
I-95 crosses Dundalk Avenue as it nears exit 59, which accesses the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
One mile past exit 59, exit 60 intersects the eastern end of Moravia Road. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
I-95 turns due north and then passes under Eastern Avenue. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
An I-95 reassurance shield subsequently stands in the median. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
As exit 60 approaches, there is one-mile advance signage for exit 61 at U.S. Route 40 (Pulaski Highway). Southbound traffic does not have access to either of these exits. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
An AM radio frequency, 1620, is advertised at right for I-95 express travel and toll information. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
I-95's median express lanes begin in one mile. They contain no access to Interstate 695 a few miles to the northeast. In the meantime, nearing exit 60, the Interstate passes over Erdman Avenue (Maryland Route 151) along with Amtrak's Northeast Corridor rail line. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Exit 60 is imminent, and exit 61 is half a mile away. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The exit 60 gore sign. Moravia Road makes its way through some of northeast Baltimore's neighborhoods, eventually changing names to Cold Spring Lane at Harford Road. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Westbound Moravia Road uses this flyover ramp to cross over I-95. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The express entrance is half a mile past exit 61. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
Whereas U.S. Route 1 serves as I-95's parallel local business route south of Baltimore, US 40 assumes that role here. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
I-95 now proceeds over US 40. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
The express entrance is at left, with three through lanes being marked for I-95 north with control city New York. Photo taken 07-15-2024.
At the express entrance, I-95 curves wide right and receives the north end of I-895, becoming the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway. Photo taken 07-15-2024.