Ramp to connect Fort Belvoir North to I-95

Fairfax County:

“Construction continues on the ramp that will connect Fort Belvoir North commuters to I-95 south express lanes and regular northbound lanes. ‘We’re currently on schedule, looking to complete by Dec. 14 of this year,’ said Tim Brown, construction operations engineer for Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, part of the Federal Highway Administration.

The FHA is managing the project in coordination with the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The ramp is set to open in early 2015, coinciding with the opening of the new I-95 express lanes… As construction progresses, there will also be less lane closures during night construction, he added.

‘The number of lane closures should be diminishing in our work zone going forward,’ Brown said.

The ramp will allow drivers from Fort Belvoir North to drive directly on to the I-95 South express lanes, or get right onto the regular I-95 northbound lanes, said Michelle Holland, VDOT Megaprojects communications manager. The ramp’s major benefit is connecting drivers to the I-95 southbound express lanes, she added.”

~Writes Brittany Carlson of Belvoir Eagle

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I-95 Transforming the Commute

"One year from now, the 29-mile, $1 billion Interstate 95 Express Lanes project will be complete, ushering in a new era in the way Northern Virginia commutes. Construction on the express lanes reached its midway point this fall, with the all work on lanes stretching from Edsall Road in Alexandria to Garrisonville Road in Stafford expected to be wrapped up by late 2014. In early 2015, the days of high occupancy vehicle lanes open to all traffic, as they are now after 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., will be a thing of the past." ~Inside Nova

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