 I-95 interchanges with Route 85 before entering the city of New London as it gains a third northbound lane and a frontage road.Running north of the downtown area and the New London Waterfront District, the freeway meets Route 32.Past this interchange, US 1 merges onto northbound I-95, and the two routes turn east to run concurrent across the ten-lane Gold Star Memorial Bridge over the Thames River, where the highways come into the town of Groton.