Communities destroyed & displaced
Jackson Ward, cut in two by the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike
Turnpike Authority created 1954; clearance and construction through the late 1950sJackson Ward, split by the turnpike trench north of Broad Street, Richmond, VA
The turnpike that became Interstate 95 was driven through the largest Black neighbourhood in Richmond and split it in half. By 1957 the Richmond Times-Dispatch estimated that 1,900 Black families - about a tenth of the city's Black population - had been displaced by it.
The shape on the map is a reconstruction drawn from historical descriptions, not a surveyed boundary. Follow the sources for authoritative maps.