495 NEXT LANE CLOSURES & TRAFFIC CHANGES

July 8 - July 13, 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

Highlights for Next Week

I-495 North and South – Daytime single lane closures, nighttime single lane closures on I-495 South, and nighttime multi-lane closures with periodic traffic stoppages on I-495 North

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 – Daytime single lane closures

Lane Closures

I-495 (CAPITAL BELTWAY)

Monday, July 8, through Thursday, July 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Single lane closure on northbound I-495 between Lewinsville Road and George Washington Memorial Parkway for road widening work.

Monday, July 8, through Thursday, July 11, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Single lane closure on southbound I-495 between Live Oak Drive and Dulles Toll Road for road widening work.

Monday, July 8, through Saturday, July 13, 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Multi-lane closures on northbound I-495 between Lewinsville Road and George Washington Memorial Parkway for paving and overhead sign structure work. On Thursday night, this work will include periodic traffic stoppages of up to 30 minutes each between 11:59 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Thursday, July 11, 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Single left lane closure on southbound I-495 between Lewinsville Road and George Washington Memorial Parkway for overhead sign structure work.

Friday, July 12, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Single lane closure on north- and/or southbound I-495 throughout the project corridor as needed for maintenance work and traffic management.

LIVE OAK DRIVE

Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m

Live Oak Drive will be reduced to a single lane between Langley Swim and Tennis Club and Balls Hill Road for sidewalk construction. Flagging operations alternating single traffic lanes will be in effect.

GEORGETOWN PIKE INTERCHANGE

Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Monday, July 8, through Saturday, July 13, 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.

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

Monday, July 8, through Thursday, July 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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

OLD DOMINION DRIVE

Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, 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, July 8, through Thursday, July 11, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Single left lane closure on westbound Dulles Toll Road (267 Connector) from Rt. 123 to the I-495 interchange for materials delivery.

Dulles Airport Access Highway

Monday, July 8, through Friday, July 12, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Right lane closure on westbound Dulles Airport Access Highway in the project corridor for pouring concrete barrier work.

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.

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

495 NEXT LANE CLOSURES & TRAFFIC CHANGES

﻿July 8 - July 13, 2024

Project Background

July 8 - July 13, 2024