News releases

05/06/2025

Motorists should stay alert and follow posted detours

FAIRFAX, VA - Beginning tonight, Tuesday, May 6, and continuing nightly through Friday, May 9, multiple ramps to and from northbound I-495 (Capital Beltway Inner Loop) at the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP), Georgetown Pike, and Dulles Corridor Interchanges will be closed for 495 NEXT crews to perform paving and striping work in preparation for the Beltway traffic shift planned for Friday night, May 9.

05/01/2025

Northbound I-495 traffic to shift on or about Friday night, May 2; Southbound I-495 traffic to shift in late May/early June

UPDATE, May 1, 2025: The traffic shift on northbound I-495 in the Tysons-McLean area scheduled for May 2 has been postponed, and is now planned to occur on Friday night, May 9–Saturday morning, May 10.

FAIRFAX, VA - On or about Friday night, May 2, crews plan to begin shifting traffic on I-495 (Capital Beltway) in the Tysons-McLean area onto approximately two miles of newly- constructed lanes on the outer section of the highway. Northbound I-495 lanes are scheduled to be shifted during overnight hours on Friday night, May 2, with Saturday night, May 3 and the following weekend (May 9 and 10) serving as backup dates in case of weather delays. Southbound I-495 lanes are planned to be shifted in late May or early June. These important traffic shifts will enable crews to access the center portion of the Beltway to build the new 495 Express Lanes.

04/30/2025

New configuration to improve merging on and off the Beltway in this area

FAIRFAX, VA - On or about Thursday night, May 1, southbound I-495 (Capital Beltway Outer Loop) traffic traveling on the Exit 44 collector road to Georgetown Pike is scheduled to be shifted onto a new ramp alignment. The new ramp alignment is located on the outer edge of the Beltway and runs parallel to southbound I-495 between George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP) and Georgetown Pike. Following the traffic shift, southbound I-495 Exit 44 collector road traffic will enter the new ramp alignment just after Exit 43 for GWMP, and will exit left to access Georgetown Pike (Exit 44).