You have meager selections for gas and food at Exits 26, 14, 7 and 6 before getting more at Exits 3 and 1, but you may prefer to wait for Florida by then. From the border is four miles to the Florida welcome center or nine miles to Exit 373. The grounds for the rest area outside is open year-round. The landscaping also will be refreshed. If you plan on traveling along I-95, you'll definitely want to know where the best rest stops are located, because all rest stops are not created equal. Each welcome center has a statewide focus, with an emphasis on providing information for visitors traveling a particular interstate corridor. Exit 58 provides you with everything, as does the next exit nine miles later and the next two exits 11 and 13 miles after that one (got all that? Internet access/smart phone charging station. State officials, in 2019, said they hoped the redevelopment would be as successful and impressive as the redevelopment of the Hooksett rest areas. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. For the next 66 miles after that, there's just two rest areas (Exits 142 and 99); only more than one restaurant and hotel available at Exits 121 (U. Bad news: there are few exits amid large gaps.
It will feel good psychologically to get into Florida ASAP, so try not to stop unless you're driving a gas guzzler. The Best Rest Stops Along I-95. Showing: Rest Services (Rest Areas). It has all the necessities, as do Exits 104 and 102, but after that is nothing for eight miles save for the Interstate 16 interchange at Exit 99. Bottom line: Either plan stops in Roanoke Rapids and Lumberton, or if you've filled up in southern Virginia, aim for Selma or Smithfield and plan to stop in South Carolina. The commission has concluded a request for qualification process and will move forward on a request for proposals phase of the project. Woodbridge, VA. Dale City Cars Only Rest Area.
Virginia Rest Areas. Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. If you don't use what Exit 94 provides, it's another seven miles until more of the same. First, you should know that most rest stops along I-95 south of Maryland do not have restaurant options. It is congested getting off and on exits within Jacksonville, some of which have limited access and only one or two amenities. Joseph Mollica, the chairman of the commission, said when they get community approval, "we would be confident in our ability to forge a public-private partnership that delivers an innovative, vibrant, first-class, and thoughtful New Hampshire-centric development to the seacoast and I-95 corridor, as well as significant tax revenue for the town of Hampton. The N. Department of Commerce operates the welcome center, while the NCDOT maintains the rest areas.
If you're not familiar with the fast-food chain, Roy Rogers, they were popular in the 1970's and 1980's, but pretty much disappeared in the 1990's. What are your thoughts about going down big, bad I-95? The only gap after Exit 289 is between Exits 268 and 261 for food and lodging prior to Exit 260 for I-4. This article has been archived and is no longer accepting comments. Get what you need 10 miles or so into the Old North State, or you'll run into trouble. So without further ado, here are my favorite rest stops along I-95: The Alexander Hamilton Service Area (New Jersey Turnpike South at mile marker 111), the Molly Pitcher Service Area (New Jersey Turnpike South at mile marker 72), and the Woodrow Wilson Service Area (New Jersey Turnpike North at mile marker 59). Georgia gas, food and lodging apart from the welcome center don't start until four miles inside the border, so take Exit 8 or 5 if you can't wait. Interested in local real estate?
Bottom line: Take a break at the welcome center and/or get what you need shortly before or after I-295 for fewer crowds. Highlights at these stops include CheeseBoy (which specializes in grilled cheese sandwiches) and It'Sugar (a candy store). Two rest stops in Connecticut make the list: the Mllford Service Area (Southbound at mile marker 41) and the Darien Service Area (Northbound at mile marker 12). The stops from Virginia to Florida are pretty much just bathrooms and snack machines (although, the Florida Welcome Center does offer free orange juice). Take it from someone who's been going this route to Walt Disney World since the early 1970s, when you had to use U. S. 17 while I-95 remained under construction — plan where to get food, gas and lodging in advance to reduce your headaches. Remember, it's 122 miles until I-4, and you'll need a break before navigating that final hour stretch or so.
It easily beats driving I-95's slower speed limit and tight curves in downtown Jacksonville. He has driven to Walt Disney World, Universal, SeaWorld and many other Orlando attractions that he'd rather not. Miss Exit 329, and it's another 11 miles for food. If Town Meeting approves the project, RFPs will be issued. I prefer to take Exit 362 south and get on Interstate 295 (on the loop's western side, as it's more scenic) and return at Exit 337. There's also a rest area at Exit 331. Then over a 21-mile stretch, Exits 119, 115, 108, 102 and 98 have lots of stuff.
Nonetheless, let's assume you stay on I-95 all the way until Interstate 4. The proposal will be put before voters in March. Anyone interested in more about the initiative can visit the project's website, linked here. The last is best because it's Santee near scenic Lake Marion, so it's a pleasant view on a highway sorely lacking interesting sights. N. C. arts and crafts on display, plus a whirligig. 52) is popular with dozens of options, but it can be crowded getting around there. North Attleborough Parking Area — MP 10 - Southbound only between exits 6 and 5 - Parking area, phones. 264, Wilson), 107 and 106 (both Kenly), 97 (Selma) and 95 (Smithfield); and no gas for 11 miles after Exit 90.
Highlights at the Maryland House (north & south at mile marker 83) are Auntie Anne's, Elevation Burger, and Nathan's Famous. Interstate 95 is a 1, 920-mile north/south Interstate highway stretching from Florida to Maine that enters Massachusetts at the New Hampshire border. A contractor will demolish the welcome center, the rest area and the vending building and replace them under one roof. Six exits within 10 miles after the Interstate 40 interchange at Exit 81 provide plenty of choices off each. The NCDOT closed the rest area/welcome exit, which is about 5 miles north of the North Carolina-South Carolina line, earlier this year in anticipation of the reconstruction. Exit 318 has everything as does the next one, Exit 311, but after that is no lodging for 22 miles, and there's a seven-mile gap between Exits 305 and 298 and a nine-mile one between Exits 298 and 289 for gas and food (there is a rest area at Exit 302, however). Then it's 13 miles until more at Exits 8 and 5 and finally the Georgia border.
Motorcoach/RV parking. Good news: you have three lanes each direction now through Florida, and you're in Georgia less than an hour and a half! Stop in for information on the North Carolina Sandhills, where you'll find plenty of golf and military history, plus North Carolina-made arts & crafts and even a whirligig. ROWLAND — The Interstate 95 rest area and welcome center in Robeson County will be replaced with a modern building, thanks to a $4. Let's face it... a Cinnabon can make any road trip better.