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.
Virginia Megaprojects Publications - Extra! Extra! Read the latest Megaprojects News- pages 1-4, pages 5-8. Get an overview of project benefits in the Megaprojects Magazine. Commuter solutions and resources for employers to help their employees navigate construction can be found in the 2009 Brochure.
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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.
I-95/395 HOT Lanes
This 56-mile project would add a third lane to the existing 28 miles of HOV lanes between Arlington and Dumfries, and would build two new HOV lanes for an additional 28 miles south from Dumfries to Spotsylvania. The new lanes would be free to carpools, buses and motorcycles. Vehicles carrying two people would have a choice to ride in the HOT lanes for a toll or travel in the regular lanes for free. Visit www.virginiahotlanes.com for detailed project information.
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.
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.
I-95 Widening
VDOT is adding a fourth lane in both directions to a six-mile stretch of I-95, between the Fairfax County Parkway and Route 123. This will relieve chronic bottlenecking and improve traffic flow to and from the recently completed Springfield Interchange.
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.
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.
