More than 80 miles of express lanes have been built in Northern Virginia in the last decade and more are coming in 2023 and beyond.
Northern Virginia added 22.5 miles of express lanes in 2022, ending the year with a network of more than 80 miles of dynamic tolling that in the past decade has changed traffic patterns on interstates 66, 95, 395 and 495. State transportation officials say more are coming.After the fall debut of the 66 Express Lanes outside the Beltway, Virginia is poised to open another 10 miles of high-occupancy toll lanes in 2023 and another 2.
“Can you take a congestion-free ride on these corridors? Yes, you can and you couldn’t do that before,” Shaw said. “Does it mean that the general purpose lanes are congestion-free? They’re not and they’re not ever going to be. But nor would any system we would have built.”10 miles of express lanes to Fredericksburg in 2023
Work zones will continue over the next months along the project area, from Route 610 in the Garrisonville area to Route 17 near Fredericksburg. That work will include shoulder closures as well as lane closures during nonpeak hours.“Motorists are going to see a lot of work … They’re going to see a lot of the tolling equipment starting to get erected, a lot of final paving and a lot of final bridge construction,” said Robert Ridgell, megaprojects engineer at VDOT.
The northern extension project will include a parallel trail along the Beltway and new bus service across the bridge into Montgomery County. The lanes will also connect to the planned express lanes on Maryland’s side of the Beltway and I-270.Construction began in March. The contractor has been removing hundreds of trees in the McLean area to make way for ramps, prompting protests by neighbors who say their removal is unnecessary.
VDOT is studying whether to allow bidirectional travel on a section of the 95 Express Lanes. The lanes are reversible, which means the travel direction changes depending on the day and time. On weekdays, traffic is northbound during the morning commute and southbound in the afternoon.
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