News releases

07/26/2024

Crews continuing bridge girder installation for 495 NEXT project

FAIRFAX, VA - Lane closures at the Dulles Toll Road/Dulles Access Road approaching I-495 are scheduled to continue during overnight hours tonight, Friday, July 26, Monday, July 29 and Tuesday, July 30. Crews will continue to install bridge girders for a new overpass from eastbound Dulles Toll Road to northbound 495 Express Lanes, and will be conducting pile driving. Nightly closures will occur between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. All work is part of the overall I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project.

07/19/2024

Detours detailed below

FAIRFAX, VA - During overnight hours starting Monday night, July 22 and continuing nightly for an estimated week, eastbound Dulles Toll Road and eastbound Dulles Access Road toward I-495 will be closed just east of the Route 7 interchange to allow crews to install bridge girders for a new overpass from eastbound Dulles Toll Road to northbound 495 Express Lanes. Similar closures are planned nightly July 25 and 26, for girder lifts over the westbound Dulles Access Road. This work is part of the 495 NEXT project to extend the 495 Express Lanes from Tysons to the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

07/18/2024

Motorists should expect delays

FAIRFAX, VA - Triple lane closures are scheduled during overnight hours next Monday, July 22, through Wednesday, July 24, between 9:30 p.m. and 5 a.m., on northbound and southbound I-495 in the vicinity of the Live Oak Drive bridge (MM 43.1). One lane in each direction will remain open, with full traffic stoppages of up to 30 minutes each occurring between midnight and 5 a.m. each night.