News releases

04/28/2025

Motorists should stay alert and follow posted detours

FAIRFAX, VA - Beginning tonight, Monday, April 28, and continuing nightly through Friday, May 2, multiple ramps to and from northbound I-495 (Capital Beltway Inner Loop) at the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) and Georgetown Pike interchanges will be closed for 495 NEXT crews to perform paving and striping work in preparation for a traffic shift planned for Friday night, May 2. The following ramps will be closed and detoured from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning, April 28 through May 2: northbound I-495 to southeast GWMP (Exit 43), northbound I-495 to Georgetown Pike (Exit 44), and Georgetown Pike to northbound I-495.

04/22/2025

Work crews to perform overhead sign repairs

MCLEAN, VA - Triple lane closures are planned on southbound I-495 (Beltway Outer Loop) between Georgetown Pike (Exit 44) and Old Dominion Drive in McLean from 11 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, April 22 until as late as 5 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23, for overhead sign repair work. One southbound lane will remain open in this area of the Beltway, except when intermittent traffic stoppages of up to 30-minutes each, occur between Midnight and 5 a.m. Beltway drivers traveling from Maryland to Virginia over the American Legion Bridge should expect delays and use alternate routes.

04/21/2025

Closures needed for ongoing 495 NEXT construction; Motorists should follow posted detours

MCLEAN, VA - Motorists are advised there will be continued ramp closures and detours during overnight hours this week at the exit ramp from the southbound I-495 (Capital Beltway Outer Loop) collector road to Georgetown Pike (Exit 44), and the on-ramp from northwest George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) to southbound I-495. These closures and related work are scheduled to occur between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.