Lane closure and traffic impact updates

10/30/2025

Drivers should expect potential backups and delays, and choose alternate routes

FAIRFAX, VA - The northbound 495 Express Lanes are scheduled to be closed between Route 7/Leesburg Pike and north of the Dulles Corridor Interchange, where the existing express lanes end, this Saturday, Nov. 1, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. for paving work as part of the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project. Additionally, a single lane closure will be in place on northbound I-495 general-purpose lanes between Lewinsville Road and Old Dominion Drive this Saturday from 7 p.m. to 1 p.m. Following this work, multi-lane and ramp closures will occur nightly on I-495 in the north- and southbound directions through mid-November. These closures are needed for crews to continue paving activities for the project.

10/30/2025

Extended express lanes to provide new travel options and connectivity on I-495 in Virginia

MCLEAN, VA - The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Transurban, the Commonwealth’s private partner and operator of the 495 Express Lanes, announced today that the northern extension of the 495 Express Lanes is scheduled to open in late November, ahead of holiday travel. The extension includes two new express lanes in each direction of I-495 (the Capital Beltway) between the Dulles Corridor Interchange and the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) Interchange, as well as new express lanes access at both interchanges. This extension will provide more capacity, new connections with major commuter and business routes, and new travel options for people who face daily gridlock and congestion in this section of the Beltway.

10/24/2025

Drivers urged to stay away to avoid potential backups and delays as crews pave Capital Beltway general purpose and new express lanes for the 495 NEXT project

FAIRFAX, VA - Beginning on or about tonight, Friday, Oct. 24, and continuing nightly through Thursday night, Oct. 30, multi-lane closures and ramp closures with detours will be in place on the Capital Beltway in McLean between the American Legion Memorial Bridge and the Dulles Corridor interchange. These closures are necessary for 495 NEXT crews to lay final pavement for the general purpose and new express lanes on northbound and southbound I-495.

09/03/2025

Drivers reminded to use caution and stay alert when traveling through the 495 NEXT project work zone in Tysons-McLean area

FAIRFAX - With construction activities on the new express lanes increasing and now concentrated in the median along the project corridor, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and its 495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project partner, Transurban, have launched a driver safety campaign. The awareness campaign emphasizes to drivers that active roadway construction and hundreds of workers are directly adjacent to Beltway traffic. The “Closer Than You Think” campaign will leverage ads that will run on radio, as well as various social media platforms, throughout September and into October as “back to work and school” traffic resumes and drivers adjust to post-summer travel patterns.