News releases

04/13/2026

Closures needed for milling, paving and bridge work; Motorists should follow posted detours

FAIRFAX, VA - Beginning on or about tonight, Monday, April 13, and continuing nightly through Friday night, April 17, ramps to and from I-495 (Capital Beltway) at the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) and Georgetown Pike interchanges will be closed and detoured for 495 NEXT crews to perform milling, paving and bridge work. Ramp closures will occur from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning and will follow the schedule below, weather permitting. Drivers should follow posted detours and use caution.

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.