Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway

Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway
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
	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;

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.

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