Business Loop I-95 - Wilmington

Expected traffic congestion forecast by a planned six month closure for the reconstruction of Interstate 95 in 2000 resulted in at least two renumbering proposals involving I-95 and I-495 through Wilmington. One concept called for renumbering I-495 as the new mainline for Interstate 95 and designating the former route to the west as Business Loop I-95. The other would simply swap the two routes so that I-495 was the urban loop and I-95 was the bypass. Neither was never implemented due to concerns from Wilmington business leaders over losing I-95 as a route to Downtown.