I-95 from Greenwich to East Lyme is part of the Connecticut Turnpike, during which it passes through the major cities of Stamford, Bridgeport, and New Haven.

After leaving the turnpike in East Lyme, I-95 is known as the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway and passes through New London, Groton, and Mystic, before exiting the state through North Stonington at the Rhode Island border and goes on.

I-95 enters Connecticut at its crossing of the Byram River in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, where the highway continues southwest into New York as the New England Thruway.

The road is paralleled by Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line to the northwest, which also carries Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, which it follows for much of its length throughout the state.

Upon leaving the downtown area, the freeway passes over the New Haven Line and crosses into the residential East Side of Stamford, where there is an interchange with US 1 that also provides access to Route 106.

Next, the freeway turns to the northeast, passing over the New Haven Line and coming to a service plaza and welcome center in the northbound direction, before reaching another interchange with US 1.

A short distance later, the freeway reaches an exit to Route 113 on the border of Stratford, providing access to Sikorsky Memorial Airport.

Afterward, the road passes by downtown Stratford and heads into a commercial area, where it has an exit serving US 1 and the southern terminus of Route 110, before crossing the Housatonic River on the Moses Wheeler Bridge.

[3] On the Moses Wheeler Bridge, I-95 crosses into Milford, New Haven County, where it heads into residential areas on the other side of the river.

Here, the freeway has a trumpet interchange with US 1 within the village of Devon before it crosses the New Haven Line and passes south of the world headquarters of the Subway restaurant chain.

The overpass carrying Marsh Hill Road is called the Salemme Memorial Bridge, and the exit provides access to the west campus of Yale University.

Jr. Boulevard serving the downtown area and Yale University, as well as the southern terminus of I-91, which heads north-northeast from I-95 toward Hartford.

The road heads to the north of Madison Center, where it has an interchange with Route 79 with a park and ride lot in its northeastern corner.

[3] Upon crossing the river, I-95 comes into Clinton, Middlesex County, continuing east through rural surroundings with some suburban elements.

A short distance later, the two routes cross the Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, that has a fourth southbound lane, over the Connecticut River.

Continuing northeast through the center of East Lyme, the freeway enters into areas of mixed development with suburban elements before reaching an interchange with Route 161 in the village of Flanders.

Running north of the downtown area and the New London Waterfront District, the freeway meets the southern terminus of Route 32.

Past this interchange, US 1 merges onto northbound I-95, and the two routes turn east to run concurrent across the 10-lane Gold Star Memorial Bridge over the Thames River, where the highways come into the town of Groton.

A short distance later, the road curves through a directional interchange with the northern terminus of Route 349, which spurs into downtown Groton.

Past Route 349, the median widens, after many miles of having a Jersey barrier in the middle of the highway, and it heads into forested surroundings and crosses the Groton Reservoir.

In the eastern part of Groton, I-95 has an interchange with Route 117, leading south to the village of Noank and north to the town of Ledyard.

Rather than skirting urban areas, the highway was built directly through the most dense sections of Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, and New Haven.

The traffic feed from the cameras is monitored by state police and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), and is available on the World Wide Web.

[4] In January 1983, a truck with a brake failure slammed into a line of cars waiting to pay a toll on I-95 in Stratford; seven people died.

On March 26, 2004, a bridge on I-95 in Bridgeport was partly melted by the explosion of a tanker truck carrying over 11,900 US gallons (45,000 L; 9,900 imp gal) of fuel oil.

At 10:20 am on November 2, 2007, a tanker truck carrying heating oil plowed over the divider, knocking the side of a tractor trailer and striking several other cars in its path.