- Interstate 695 (Pennsylvania)
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Interstate 695
Route information Maintained by PennDOT Length: 10 mi (16 km) Major junctions South end: 
I-95
US 1 (Unbuilt Lansdowne/West Philadelphia Expressways)North end: 
I-76Highway system Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Main • Auxiliary • BusinessRoads in Pennsylvania
Interstate • US • State • Legislative← 
PA 692PA 696 
→Interstate 695 was a proposed[when?] three-digit Interstate Highway that would have connected Interstate 95 in Southeast 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 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 and trains for SEPTA, and for the construction of the Airport Line connecting Amtrak's Northeast Corridor with the Philadelphia International Airport.
External links
- Cobbs Creek Expressway (I-695 unbuilt) on PhillyRoads.com
- Crosstown Expressway (I-695 unbuilt) on PhillyRoads.com
- I-95 Construction in Center City Philadelphia on Pennways.com
Auxiliary routes of Interstate 95 Florida: 195 • 295 • 395 • 595 • 795 (future) — North Carolina: 295 (future) • 795 — Virginia: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 • 595 (former) • 895 (proposed) — District of Columbia: 295 • 395 • 495 • 695 (unsigned) — Maryland: 195 • 295 • 395 • 495 • 595 (unsigned) • 695 • 795 • 895 — Delaware: 295 • 495 • 895 (former) — Pennsylvania: 195 (future) • 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
Interstate Highways in Pennsylvania Current Unbuilt 695 • 895Former Future Categories:- Former Interstate Highways
- Interstate Highways in Pennsylvania
- Cancelled highway projects in the United States
- Interstate 95
- U.S. Interstate Highway stubs
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