High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Interstate 95, the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, runs in a general east–west compass direction for 111.57 miles (179.55 km) in Connecticut from the Rhode Island state line to the New York State line. I-95 Southbound from East Lyme to the New York State is part of the Connecticut Turnpike. I-95 Northbound begins at the New York state line at Greenwich and leaves the Turnpike in East Lyme near New London, and continues east to the Rhode Island State line. This stretch of I-95 is known as the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway and Connecticut Turnpike.