Last Updated on October 15, 2023 by Christopher G Mendla

Well, it only took 50 years but we are getting very close to a direct connection between I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Update Oct 2023. The connection is, for the most part, complete. When Coming from New Jersey, you can take 95 south. (Apparently you can’t directly access 95 north directly. You need to head south on 95 to exit 39, then north on 413 and then south on 413 back to 95 north

If you are heading north on 95 you can access 276 west. However, you cannot directly access 276 if you are heading south on 95, You need to do a similar tangled route as described above.

Thankfully navigation tools are readily available to almost all drivers.

At some point by early fall, we should see the completion of the connection between I-95  and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. That will benefit thousands of drivers each day. If you drive between the Bensalem interchange and the New Jersey Turnpike, you have seen steady progress with the construction. The delays caused by toll booths are now gone with ezpass/cashless tolling.

The plans include a Park and Ride, a second bridge over the Delaware River and widening the remaining part of the Turnpike.  According to the PA Turnpike commission the time savings from the new interchange will benefit residents and businesses dramatically.  The second Delaware River  bridge will provide welcome redundancy especially if you remember it’s closure because of structural issues.

In 2000, these reductions, or travel cost savings, translated into more money in commuters’ pockets and more savings for businesses depending on quick truck deliveries for efficient operations. As a result, the potential economic benefits were:

• $5,900,000 in business savings in 2010, rising to $38,700,000 in 2025
• $1,400,000 in household out-of-pocket savings in 2010, rising to $11,600,000 in 2025

These travel cost savings also meant increased productivity for regional firms, allowing them to expand their profitability and employment base. As a result, the economic benefits were:

• 1,200 regional jobs by 2025 (178 in Bucks County)
• $125,000,000 in regional business sales by 2025 ($20,000,000 in Bucks County)
• $50,000,000 in regional personal income by 2025 ($8,000,000 in Bucks County)