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Interstate 95 south - Wilson to Eastover
Just outside of Wilson, North Carolina, southbound Interstate 95 meets Interstate 587/795/U.S. Route 264 at exit 119. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
From this interchange, US 264 goes west to state capital Raleigh, I-795 south to Goldsboro, and I-587 east to Greenville. All three routes have a three-way concurrency, or triplex, for about four miles eastbound. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 119A gore sign is seen at far right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Old Raleigh Road (SR 1136) passes overhead just before southbound I-95 receives the end of the collector/distributor roadway facilitating movements between it and US 264. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
I-95 becomes straight and flat for a time following exit 119. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
In 1½ miles, at exit 116, I-95 will intersect North Carolina Highway 42, which bears control cities of Wilson and Clayton. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 116 can also be taken to Rock Ridge less than a mile to the west. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 116 lies right ahead. With the in-progress upgrade of U.S. Route 70 between Garner and New Bern to Interstate 42, there has been some debate as to the future of the NC 42 designation, most notably speculation that it would be renumbered NC 36 (since I-36 was the original proposed designation for I-42). Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 116 is one of numerous in North Carolina swamped by pine trees. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
More of said pine trees proceed to fill the Interstate's median and run along both of its shoulders. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
I-95 soon comes upon and crosses the Contentnea Creek, one of many facilities of the Neuse River Basin intersected by the Interstate. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The cities of Smithfield and Fayetteville are a respective 27 and 68 miles from the sign in the distance. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The highway then passes under Governor Hunt Road. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Up ahead, it then goes under Springfield School Road. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The Interstate curves widely to the left as its median briefly becomes more openly spaced. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The next road to pass overhead is North Carolina Highway 581, which does not have an interchange with I-95. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Historic sites reachable from exit 107 up ahead are the 1870s birthplace and farmstead of former North Carolina Governor Charles B. Aycock, and the Tobacco Farm Life Museum. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 107 intersects U.S. Route 301 a mile away, and has control cities of Kenly and Lucama. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The highway soon enters Johnston County where it will spend the next 30 miles. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Before the exit, I-95 passes under North Carolina Highway 222. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 107 sits just ahead. I-95 and US 301 swap positions here, with US 301 running to the west of I-95 from here onward. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 107 gore sign. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
As it passes over US 301, I-95 begins approaching exit 106 with Truck Stop Road. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Then, it crosses an old Atlantic Coast Line railroad track. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
There is then an I-95 reassurance shield on the right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Gas at exit 106 is posted at right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
This sign points the way to exit 106. This is the exit of the Kenly 95 truck stop, modeled after and named in reference to America's largest truck stop, Iowa 80 in Walcott, Iowa. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Truck Stop Road then passes over the Interstate. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The next exit, exit 105 at Bagley Road, is half a mile away. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Approaching Bagley Road, I-95 crosses the Little River. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 105 gore sign. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Bagley Road subsequently passes overhead. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Soon, one-mile advance signage is seen for exit 102 with Micro Road toward Micro. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Bizzell Grove Church Road passes overhead in the meantime. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 102 sits just ahead. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 102 gore sign. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The next exit, 101, is at Pittman Road in half a mile. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 101 is straight ahead. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Part of the southbound offramp to Pittman uses a frontage road, St. Stephens Road. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Pittman Road then crosses over the highway. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
A rest area, the third of four in North Carolina, is 1½ miles away. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
There is an I-95 reassurance shield in between exits. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Smithfield and Fayetteville lie 6 and 54 miles away from here. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 98 intersects Pine Level Selma Road toward Selma 1½ miles away. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The rest area is just past Lizzie Mill Road's bridge over the highway. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The next rest area after this one is about 51 miles away, in Cumberland County in the area of exit 49. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Ahead of exit 98, a blank "camping" sign sits beside the shoulder. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 98 can be used to reach Selma's Amtrak station and the historic Union Station. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 98 sits off in the distance. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Within exit 98, as the southbound carriageway receives a cloverleaf onramp, lodging options available at exit 98 are displayed at right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
I-95 crosses Pine Level Selma Road and a railroad track at this overpass. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 97 can be taken to the Hinnant Family Vineyards. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
There is more I-95 reassurance at right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Attractions including the Tryon Palace, aquariums and the Cape Lookout National Seashore can be reached from exit 97. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 97 intersects the mainline of U.S. Route 70 and has control cities of Selma, Pine Level and Goldsboro. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 97 lies just ahead. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 97 gore sign. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Soon afterward, a US 70 bypass of the commercial corridor surrounding exit 97 passes over I-95. In the future, this bypass is slated to become part of I-42. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Soon, a sign displaying lodging at exit 95 is posted on the right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 95, one mile away, intersects U.S. Route 70 Business, and has control cities of Johnston County seat Smithfield and Goldsboro. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The Johnston Community College and the Ava Gardner Museum are both accessible from exit 95. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 95 sits just ahead. The southbound offramp of this interchange has a separate ramp to Outlet Center Drive, which leads back north to the Carolina Premium Outlets. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 95 is moderately visible in the distance. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The Interstate then pulls away from exit 95 and the Selma/Smithfield hub. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The cities of Benson, Dunn and Fayetteville are a respective 15, 22 and 47 miles away. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
¾ of a mile away, I-95 intersects Brogden Road (SR 1007) at exit 93. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Yet another blank service sign, for gas, precedes exit 93. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 93 lies ahead. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 93 is another example of a folded cloverleaf interchange along I-95 in this state. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
I-95 reassurance once again follows Brogden Road. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
This next portion of I-95 is named the Carl Lamm Highway after a longtime North Carolina radio broadcaster, heard for decades in Johnston County and other locations along this corridor, who died in 2024. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Two miles away, exit 90 intersects U.S. routes 301 and 701 and North Carolina Highway 96. It leads to Newton Grove and the Bentonville Civil War Battleground. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The Interstate then crosses the Neuse River, the centerpiece of the Neuse River Basin. The Neuse is the southernmost of the three rivers that form the peninsulas shaping North Carolina's east coast. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
It then goes over Black Creek, which leads to Holts Lake just to the west. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 90 is just on the other side of the bridge ahead. US 701's northern terminus is mere inches north of this bridge at US 301; its other end is 171 miles to the south in Georgetown, South Carolina. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 90 gore sign. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
I-95 intersects Keen Road, leading into the town of Four Oaks, at exit 87 in 1½ miles. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
There is a wide curve to the left between exits. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The sign at right points the way to exit 87. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Keen Road (SR 1178) crosses the Interstate as it makes its way north (right) into Four Oaks. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
After the exit, Hockaday Road then passes overhead. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
It soon comes time for I-95 reassurance. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Crossing over here is Parkertown Road (SR 1066). Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Benson and Fayetteville are 5 and 38 miles away. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
I-95 has a junction with Interstate 40, which has control cities of Raleigh and Wilmington, at exit 81 two miles away. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher, located more than 100 miles' drive away along the Atlantic coast, can be reached from here beginning by taking exit 81B (I-40 east). Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Southeastern North Carolina's beach towns can be reached from exit 81B, as can the USS North Carolina battleship memorial in Wilmington. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
At the exit, I-40 west has an added control city of Durham, while Clinton is added for I-40 east. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The eastern terminus of I-40, which begins across the country in California, is just 92 miles to the southeast of here on the north side of Wilmington. Meanwhile, in 1½ miles at exit 79, I-95 intersects North Carolina Highways 50 and 242, which lead toward Benson and Newton Grove. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
A flyover ramp from I-95 north to I-40 west passes overhead here. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 81B goes off to eastbound I-40 at right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
As I-95 enters Benson city limits, a construction zone begins, with much of the work involving expanding this section of the Interstate from two to four lanes in each direction. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 79 is fast approaching, and a lane at right is reserved for traffic going to it. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 79 sits right on the doorstep of downtown Benson. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
NC 50/242 then cross I-95. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Afterward, Cub Road passes overhead on this newly replaced bridge. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Near mile marker 78, the additional southbound pavement for the widening can be made out, but the carriageway is still striped for two lanes, resulting in very wide shoulders. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The highway goes on to cross the Mingo Swamp from Johnston into Harnett County. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Approaching exit 77 with Hodges Chapel Road, newly installed sound barriers sit along the northbound lanes. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 77 gore sign. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
To the right, due to the construction work, a food options display for exit 75 is pieced together one by one. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 75 intersects Jonesboro Road, and is an overheight vehicle detour point. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The Jonesboro Road overpass up ahead was in the midst of being overhauled. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Another temporary food sign display is at right for exit 73. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
A lane shift occurs at what appears to be the future spot for the entry to exit 73 once widening is completed. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 73 intersects U.S. Route 421/North Carolina Highway 55 and has control cities of Dunn and Clinton. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
I-95 then passes over US 421. US 421, which begins in Indiana, has its southern terminus in-state at Fort Fisher a distance south of Wilmington. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
A newly elongated onramp from US 421 enters on the right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Pope Road then passes overhead at the next exit, 72. The construction project saw ramp walls and a roundabout on the northbound side added to this interchange. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Long Branch Road is intersected at exit 71 in half a mile. The widening of the highway has allowed this and the next several exit signs to become overhead signs. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The Averasboro Civil War Battlefield can be reached from this exit. Meanwhile, the highway construction has ended for the time being, leaving drivers with a freshly-paved set of four lanes to choose from. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 71 gore. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 70 intersects Bud Hawkins Road in one mile. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 70 is then reached. This exit used to refer to the cross road by its internal route number, SR 1811. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The southbound offramp to Bud Hawkins is a cloverleaf that contains a long U-turn to the road. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Soon after exit 70, I-95 leaves Harnett County and enters Cumberland County. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Rhodes Pond Road then crosses the highway just east of its namesake pond. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The highway soon crosses the Black River. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
In one mile, I-95 reaches exit 65 at North Carolina Highway 82, leading between Falcon and Godwin. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Before the exit, the Interstate passes under Sherrill Baggett Road. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
It then goes under NC 82 at exit 65. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
After exit 65 there is an I-95 reassurance marker. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The cities of Fayetteville and Lumberton sit 16 and 46 miles away. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
A variable message sign to the right states the right two lanes will end in 6 miles. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Percy Strickland Road soon passes overhead. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
I-95 meets Wade-Stedman Road at exit 61, 1¼ miles away. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
Exit 61 is ahead on the right. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
The exit 61 gore sign. Photo taken 07-14-2025.
