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.

Most movements between the three roads can be made by this interchange, but there is no ramp directly connecting I-95 southbound with SR 895 eastbound.

[3] Past the toll plaza, SR 895 has a trumpet interchange with South Laburnum Avenue.

South Laburnum Avenue connects to SR 5 (New Market Road) about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from this interchange.

In May 2006, the Pocahontas Parkway was acquired by Transurban, an Australian corporation that runs toll roads.

[4] Later, in June 2013, it was announced that earnings for the road did not cover debt service, and that Transurban was planning to relinquish ownership to the consortium of European banks that provided over $300 million in financing for the project.

On May 15, 2014, nearly a year after Transurban walked away, the toll road was transferred to DBi Services, based in northern Pennsylvania.

[6] Since there are non-toll alternative routes available, certain criteria were considered before determining that the road could be successfully built and financed through tolls.