News releases

12/08/2025

Motorists should follow posted detour routes to access I-495 North and South or continue on Dulles Toll Road

FAIRFAX, VA - Eastbound Dulles Toll Road (Route 267) approaching the I-495 interchange is scheduled to close during overnight hours Tuesday, Dec. 9 and Wednesday, Dec. 10, with Thursday, Dec. 11, as a backup. Closures, which will begin at 10 p.m. each night until 5 a.m. each morning, are needed for crews to work on and relocate overhead roadway signs as part of the 495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project.

12/01/2025

Motorists should stay alert and follow posted detours

FAIRFAX - Beginning on or about tonight, Monday, Dec. 1, and continuing nightly through Friday, Dec. 5, ramps to and from I-495 (Capital Beltway) and the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) in McLean will be closed and detoured for 495 NEXT crews to perform patching work. Ramp closures will begin as early as 10 p.m. each night and will continue until 5 a.m. the following morning.

11/22/2025

Closures and detours tonight beginning at 8 p.m.

FAIRFAX, VA - The 495 Express Lanes Extension (the Extension) is scheduled to open tomorrow morning, Sunday, Nov. 23. The two-and-a-half-mile Extension spans from near the Dulles Corridor Interchange to just before the American Legion Bridge, and includes new connecting ramps.