495 NEXT LANE CLOSURES & TRAFFIC CHANGES

June 21 - June 29, 2024

The following construction-related lane closures and traffic changes are planned in the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project corridor. Travelers may encounter delays in this area. All work is subject to change based on weather and other factors.


Visit 511virginia.org for information on work zones and lane closures.

495 NEXT Project Area Map

495 NEXT Project Area Map

What's Happening This Weekend

  • Dulles Toll Road East Ramp to I-495 North – The ramp from eastbound Dulles Toll Road/Airport Access Road (Route 267) to northbound I-495 will be closed nightly with a detour for bridge demolition work. Learn more about the work and detour here.

Highlights for Next Week

  • I-495 North and South – Day and nighttime single lane closures


  • Live Oak Drive & Old Dominion Drive – Daytime flagging operations


  • Georgetown Pike – Day and nighttime single lane closures


  • Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Airport Access Highway – Day and nighttime single lane closures


  • Dulles Connector Road (Route 267) – Nighttime single lane closure and slow roll operation on westbound Route 267 between I-66 and Route 123. Learn more about the work here.


  • Dulles Toll Road East Ramp to I-495 North – The ramp from eastbound Dulles Toll Road/Airport Access Road (Route 267) to northbound I-495 will be closed nightly with a detour for bridge demolition work. Learn more about the work and detour here.

Lane Closures 

I-495 (CAPITAL BELTWAY)


Monday, June 24, through Thursday, June 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday, June 28, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Single lane closure on northbound I-495 between Lewinsville Road and George Washington Memorial Parkway for road widening work. As needed, this closure may change to an alternating single mobile lane closure for maintenance work and traffic management throughout the project corridor.


Monday, June 24, through Thursday, June 27, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Friday, June 28, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Single lane closure on southbound I-495 between Live Oak Drive and Dulles Toll Road for road widening work. As needed, this closure may change to an alternating single mobile lane closure for maintenance work and traffic management throughout the project corridor.


Monday, June 24, through Saturday, June 29, 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Double and/or triple lane closures on northbound I-495 between Scott's Run Bridge and Georgetown Pike for paving work.


Monday, June 24, through Saturday, June 29, 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Double right lane closures on southbound I-495 between Live Oak Drive and Old Dominion Drive for drainage and hauling work.


Monday, June 24, through Thursday, June 27, 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., Friday, June 28, 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., and Saturday, June 29, 10 p.m. to 9 a.m.

Single left lane closure on northbound I-495 between Exit 45 and Lewinsville Road for bridge demolition work at the Dulles Corridor interchange.


Wednesday, June 26, and Thursday, June 27, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Single left lane closure on the collector-distributor road to southbound I-495 for George Washington Memorial Parkway bridge inspection work.


495 Express Lanes


Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28, 9:30 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Single left lane closure on northbound I-495 Express Lanes near Lewinsville Road for boring and conduit work.

LIVE OAK DRIVE


Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28, 4 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday, June 29, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Live Oak Drive will be reduced to a single lane at the bridge over I-495 for concrete pouring operations. Flagging operations alternating single traffic lanes will be in effect.

GEORGETOWN PIKE INTERCHANGE


Monday, June 24, through Thursday, June 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Right shoulder closure with encroachment into the right lane on the exit ramp from northbound I-495 to Georgetown Pike for directional boring and conduit work.


Monday, June 24, through Thursday, June 27, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., Friday, June 28, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 9 a.m., and Saturday, June 29, 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.

Single lane closure on east- and westbound Georgetown Pike between Balls Hill Road and Linganore Drive for embankment and drainage work.

OLD DOMINION DRIVE


Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Old Dominion Drive will be reduced to a single lane between Dominion Court and Dulany Drive for bridge work. Flagging operations alternating single traffic lanes will be in effect.

DULLES CORRIDOR INTERCHANGE 


Dulles Toll Road


Monday, June 24, through Thursday, June 27, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Single lane closure on westbound Dulles Toll Road (267 Connector) from Rt. 123 to the I-495 interchange for drainage, embankment, and bridge work.


Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Right shoulder closure on westbound Dulles Airport Access Highway in the project corridor for overhead sign structure work.


Monday, June 24, through Friday, June 28, 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Single right lane closure and slow-roll traffic operation on westbound Dulles Connector Road (Route 267) between I-66 to and Route 123 (Dolley Madison Boulevard/Chain Bridge Road) for work to replace overhead sign structures. Learn more about the work here.


Friday, June 21, Saturday, June 22, and Monday, June 24, through Saturday, June 29, 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.

The ramp from eastbound Dulles Toll Road/Airport Access Road (Route 267) to northbound I-495 will be closed for bridge demolition work. Motorists will be detoured onto I-495 South using Exit 18A, then will take Exit 46B and continue in the ramp lane to immediately exit onto I-495 North. Learn more about the work and detour here.

Traffic Changes

New Exit Ramp for I-495 North Exit to Dulles Toll Road


Reminder: Motorists traveling on northbound I-495 heading for westbound Dulles Toll Road must take a new, earlier exit. The new exit ramp is located about one-third of a mile ahead of the old, closed Exit 45. To facilitate this new traffic pattern, I-495 has been reduced from four to three lanes for approximately one-half mile near the Dulles Corridor interchange.

George Washington Memorial Parkway West at I-495


Reminder: The ramp from westbound George Washington Memorial Parkway to southbound I-495 (Capital Beltway) was reduced from two lanes to one lane to make room for a construction vehicle haul route that will be separated from traffic by a physical barrier. This traffic change will be in effect throughout construction on the 495 NEXT project.

Project Background

The I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project will extend the existing 495 Express Lanes north by two-and-a-half miles from the Dulles Corridor interchange to the George Washington Memorial Parkway interchange in the vicinity of the American Legion Bridge. The project will provide new and improved connections at the Dulles Corridor and George Washington Memorial Parkway.


Other project benefits include four miles of new bicycle and pedestrian connections including a shared-use path parallel to I-495 from Lewinsville Road to near Live Oak Drive, replacement or rehabilitation of seven bridges with pedestrian accommodations, replacement of nine existing noise walls and construction of a new noise wall, environmental improvements introducing stormwater management facilities and funding of restoration at Scott's Run stream, and dedicated funding to support transit improvements in the corridor including new bus service over the American Legion Bridge. 

 

495 NEXT is a public-private partnership project between the Commonwealth of Virginia and Transurban, operator of the existing 495 Express Lanes. Lane Construction is the design-build contractor for the project. The new extended lanes are scheduled to open in 2025. 

Learn More About the Project


Check out 495next.vdot.virginia.gov for additional information.


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Questions?

Email: 495NorthernExtension@vdot.virginia.gov

Call: Construction Inquiry Line, 703-592-6430

Virginia Department of Transportation, Michelle Holland, 703-586-0487

Transurban, Amanda Allen, 571-249-8784

Lane Construction, John Undeland, 703-785-3461

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