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About Virginia Megaprojects

Virginia Megaprojects are a series of large-scale transportation improvements designed to ease congestion and provide you with new, better choices for getting where you need to go. Together, these Megaprojects will not only enhance our interstates, roadways and neighborhoods – they’ll completely transform the way we travel in Northern Virginia.

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I-495 HOT Lanes

Fourteen miles of new HOT lanes (two in each direction) are being built on I-495 between the Springfield Interchange and just north of the Dulles Toll Road.  These HOT lanes will offer  HOV-3 connections with I-95/395, I-66 and the Dulles Toll Road for the first time.  Buses, carpools and vanpools with three or more people, and motorcycles can ride in the new lanes for free. Vehicles carrying two or less people can ride them if they pay a toll. Visit www.virginiahotlanes.com for detailed project information.

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I-95 HOV/HOT Lanes

This new project will create approximately 29 miles of HOV/HOT Lanes on I-95. This project will add capacity to the existing HOV Lanes from the Prince William Parkway to the vicinity of Edsall Road; improve the existing two HOV lanes for six miles from Route 234 to the Prince William Parkway. A 9-mile reversible two-lane extension of the existing HOV lanes from Dumfries to Garrisonville Road in Stafford County will help to alleviate the worst traffic bottleneck in the region. Visit www.virginiahotlanes.com for detailed project information.

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Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project

A new 23-mile rail line will extend service from the existing Orange Line at the East Falls Church station in Fairfax County to Route 722/Ryan Road in Loudon County. Construction is under way on Route 7 in Tysons Corner in preparation for the extension. Visit www.dullesmetro.com for detailed project information.

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I-95 Telegraph Road Interchange

Rebuilding the Telegraph Road interchange at I-95/495 is the final component of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project.  When completed, motorists will have smoother traffic flow on Telegraph Road and related side streets, improved ramp access to and from the Beltway and a wider Beltway up to the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Visit www.wilsonbridge.com for detailed project information.

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I-95 Widening

VDOT completed the I-95 widening project, which added a fourth lane in each direction of I-95 from Woodbridge to Newington. A fourth northbound lane opened at Exit 161 near the Occoquan River Bridge in 2009. A fourth southbound I-95 lane opened at Exit 166 in October 2010. By late summer 2011, the project will be complete with six miles of four lanes in each direction from Exit 166, Fairfax County Parkway (Route 7100), to Exit 160, Woodbridge/Occoquan (Route 123).  This will relieve chronic bottlenecks and improve traffic flow to and from the Springfield Interchange at Exit 170. 

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BRAC: Fairfax County Parkway, I-95 Defense Access Ramps, Mark Center

Multiple improvements are underway as part of the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) plan. These include the completion of the Fairfax County Parkway from Route 7100 to Route 1 and I-95 ramps to Fort Belvoir North (formerly the Engineer Proving Ground) and a study to build ramps to the Mark Center.

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Other Regional Projects

There are other projects either planned or under way that will make traveling on the area’s roads much easier, contributing toward a region-wide transportation solution for Northern Virginia.

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Photo Gallery

  • At I-66, new 495 Express Lane and regular travel lane links will improve travel through this area, Jan. 30, 2012.
  • Looking south from the Braddock Road interchange, new 495 Express Lanes are being constructed in the median, Jan. 30, 2012.
  • Looking north at the Braddock Road link with the 495 Express Lanes, only northbound motorists will be able to access the new toll lanes here, Jan. 30, 2012
  • At the Dulles Toll Road, there are over 70 new or rebuilt overpasses that link to the beltway and 495 Express Lanes, Jan. 30, 2012.
  • A new ramp will link the Dulles Toll Road to the 495 Express Lanes, Jan. 30, 2012.

  • This ramp at the Dulles Toll Road will link to the future 495 Express Lanes, Jan. 30, 2012
  • This ramp will connect Jones Branch Road to the 495 Express Lanes in Tysons Corner, Jan. 30, 2012.
  • At the Dulles Toll Road interchange, new ramps will link to the 495 Express Lanes, Jan. 30, 2012.
  • Looking north from the Westpark Drive ramp, drivers will be able to access the future 495 Express Lanes at this point in Tysons Corner, Jan. 30, 2012.
  • When completed in late 2012, the 495 Express Lanes' toll will be posted on variable message signs, Jan. 30, 2012.

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Last Updated: 02/03/2012 01:34 PM

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