Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway

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Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway
Shirley Highway
Shirley Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Length	17.3 mi (27.8 km)
History	Constructed and opened from 1941 to 1952
Component highways	I-95 from Colchester to Springfield I-395 from Springfield to 14th Street Bridges
Major junctions
South end	I-95 / US 1 in Colchester
Major intersections	SR 286 in Springfield I-95 / I-495 in Springfield SR 7 in Alexandria SR 27 in Arlington US 1 / SR 110 in Arlington
North end	I-395 / US 1 in Arlington at 14th Street Bridges
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Highway system
Virginia Routes Interstate US Primary Secondary Byways History HOT lanes
← SR 349 → SR 351

The Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway, often shortened to Shirley Highway, consists of a 17.3-mile (27.8 km) portion of Interstates 95 and 395 in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. Shirley Highway was the first limited-access freeway in Virginia. Begun in 1941, the road was completed from U.S. Route 1 in Colchester, Virginia, just north of Woodbridge, to the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River between Virginia and Washington, D.C. in 1952.