the henry g. shirley memorial highway, often shortened to shirley highway, consists of a 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.