Virginia State Route 895 - Problems

Problems

Several unforeseen problems impacted the project.

  1. The loss of Interstate designation. This may have ended up becoming marginal, as the major volume is local users, many of whom were long aware of the high costs in time and mileage of alternative routing.
  2. The soil on the south side of the James River included shrink-swell clay which necessitated deeper foundations than originally planned.
  3. In a final design phase, officials of the City of Richmond (city limits are just north of the bridge) protested the lack of access to and from I-95 in the direction of the city. With the prospect of airport access from Route 895, Richmond feared losing tourist business. A compromise reached provided a costly ramp for traffic headed toward the city, but not one for return traffic.

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