The John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway (also known as JFK Memorial Highway) is a 50-mile section of Interstate 95 traversing northeastern Maryland from the northern Baltimore City line to the Delaware State line where it meets the Delaware Turnpike.

Completed in 1963, the new highway and the adjoining 11-mile long Delaware Turnpike were dedicated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy on Thursday, November 14, 1963 at a ceremony at the Mason-Dixon Line. The roads were renamed as a memorial to him after his assassination in Dallas, Texas 8 days later, on November 22, 1963.

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway has six traffic lanes of traffic from the Delaware line south to the Maryland Route 24 interchange, and eight traffic lanes from MD 24 south to the interchange with the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel Thruway (Interstate 895) near the Fort McHenry Tunnel.

The highway crosses the Susquehanna River on the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge, named for a long-time political figure in Maryland who died in 1961. The bridge crosses between bluffs high above the river valley, and is posted with warning signs "Subject to Crosswinds."

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway is a toll facility, one of 7 operated by the Maryland Transportation Authority.

Fast Facts

• Construction Dates: January, 1962- November, 1963
• Annual Traffic: 29 million vehicles (both directions)

John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway Exit List

• Exit 62 - I-895/Harbor Tunnel Thruway (Southbound only)
• Exit 64 - I-695/Baltimore Beltway/Essex/Towson
• Exit 67 - MD 43/White Marsh Boulevard
• Exit 74 - MD 152/Mountain Road/Joppatowne/Fallston
• Exit 77 - MD 24/Edgewood/Bel Air
• Exit 80 - MD 543/Fountain Green
• Exit 85 - MD 22/Aberdeen/Churchville
• Exit 89 - MD 155/Havre de Grace

(MILLARD E. TYDINGS MEMORIAL BRIDGE/TOLL PLAZA)

• Exit 93 - MD 222/Perryville/Port Deposit
• Exit 100 - MD 272/North East
• Exit 109 - MD 279/Elkton/Newark, DE

(Delaware State Line; I-95 continues as the Delaware Turnpike)

Sources: Maryland Transportation Authority

External Links

Maryland Transportation Authority - John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway webpage