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I-385: When the I-295 Richmond Beltway was redesigned to also bypass Petersburg in the mid 1970s, the plan also included building an interstate freeway west from the current south end of I-295 to I-85. Then I-85 would be re-routed onto this new freeway segment. Current I-85 north to Petersburg would have become I-385, per Kozel. I-295 would become I-95 and the original I-95 north to Petersburg would become I-795. I-385 and I-795 would have ended at the same interchange while the Richmond-Petersburg Tpk became a state route up to I-64 in Richmond.
Virginia never did build the freeway segment west back to I-85, so I-385 looks to remain a ghostly rumor. I have not seen any maps showing I-385. Notably, in 1972 correspondence with AASHO, this piece of I-85 was going to be removed from the interstate system entirely. | |||
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