News releases

04/08/2026

Full closure of EB Dulles Toll Road required for overhead sign work; Additional nightly ramp closure and detour at EB Dulles Toll Road to NB 495 Express Lanes scheduled next Mon.-Wed., April 13-15

FAIRFAX, VA - Beginning on or about Friday night, April 10, and continuing nightly through Sunday night, April 12, all lanes of eastbound Dulles Toll Road (Route 267) will be closed and detoured between Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) and the I-495 (Capital Beltway) interchange in McLean. Closures will be in place starting at 10 p.m. each night through 5 a.m. the following morning. These closures are to accommodate overhead sign work as part of the 495 NEXT project.

04/02/2026

Crews working to complete new bridge by late spring

UPDATE, Monday, April 6, 2026: The ramps from northbound I-495 (Beltway Inner Loop) to Georgetown Pike (Exit 44) and from Georgetown Pike to southbound I-495 (Beltway Outer Loop) will remain open during the Georgetown Pike Bridge traffic shift.

MCLEAN - All eastbound travel lanes on the Georgetown Pike Bridge over I-495 (Capital Beltway) will be shifted onto the newly constructed southern portion of the bridge on or about Monday night, April 6, weather permitting. This new Georgetown Pike Bridge is one of seven new or rehabilitated bridges built or improved as part of the I-495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project.

03/27/2026

All travel lanes and traffic movements on Balls Hill Road will be maintained

MCLEAN, VA - On or about Monday, March 30, and continuing through Wednesday, April 1, during daytime hours, Balls Hill Road traffic between Georgetown Pike and Cooper Middle School will be shifted toward the eastern side of the roadway (closer to Cooper Middle School), between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day. Northbound and southbound lanes will remain open for traffic, as well as all turn lanes between Balls Hill Road and Georgetown Pike. These traffic impacts are necessary for 495 NEXT crews to safely perform underground drainage work on the western side of the roadway.