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  State Route 895 Toll | ||||
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| Pocahontas Parkway | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by VDOT | ||||
| Length | 8.52 mi[1][2] (13.71 km) | |||
| Existed | 1990s–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   I-95 / SR 150 near Bensley | |||
 SR 5 near Varina | ||||
| East end |  I-295 near Varina | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Virginia | |||
| Counties | Chesterfield, Henrico | |||
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State Route 895 (SR 895), also known as the Pocahontas Parkway and Pocahontas 895, is a controlled-access toll road in the U.S. state of Virginia. It connects the junction of Interstate 95 and State Route 150 in Chesterfield County with Interstate 295 near Richmond International Airport in Henrico County, forming part of a southeastern bypass of Richmond. Due to a quirk in the evolution of the road, the long-planned designation of Interstate 895 could not be used. (Another former I-895 is now a boulevard in The Bronx, New York, signed as New York State Route 895.)
Richmond is located on the Fall Line of the James River. The 8.8-mile (14.2 km) roadway features the costly high-level Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge over the shipping channel of the navigable portion of the tidal James River downstream from the deepwater Port of Richmond to allow ample clearance for ocean-going vessels to pass under. Two people were killed in accidents during the construction of the bridge.
The toll collection facility features the Richmond area's first high-speed open lanes, allowing vehicles to travel through the toll facility at highway speeds with an E-ZPass (formerly Smart Tag) electronic toll collection transponder.