Express Lanes Work Heating up in Prince William

Mega Mike 

The summer is heating up, and so is construction on the 95 Express Lanes.

Mega Mike’s readers might want to take note of some of the activities along Interstate 95 in the Prince William County. Most of the work is occurring in the overnight hours, but there will be lane closures in the day as well, outside of the rush hours.

In the next few weeks, construction work includes:

— Two lanes between Dumfries Road (Route 234) and the Joplin Road overpass will be closed overnight from 10:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. for work on the 95 Express Lanes overpass.

—  Mobile lane closures are scheduled between the Cardinal Drive overpass and Garrisonville Road in Stafford County.

—  Foundation and pier work will continue on an overpass just south of Dumfries that will carry the 95 Express Lanes traffic exiting to Joplin Road. Overpass bridge construction requires four steel girders to be placed over the I-95 general purpose lanes. Girder preparation and installation from abutment to piers will require multiple lanes closed on I-95 south tentatively scheduled for Friday and Saturday nights, June 28-29, weather permitting. Motorists will be detoured to Route 234 East (Exit 152), right onto U.S. 1 South, right on Joplin Road back to I-95 South.

—  The Telegraph Road Bridge over I-95 in the Quantico area was demolished in April, and motorists are using Russell Road to access Quantico. This detour will be in place for the next seven months.

Further north, in southern Fairfax County, motorists should be aware of the I-95 work just south of the Fairfax County Parkway overpass near the Newington exit (Exit 166), and the U.S. 1 exit (Exit 161). The following activities will have an impact I-95 traffic, particularly in the overnight hours and midday, outside rush hours.

—  June 12, demolition and steel beam placement at the Furnace Road Bridge, requiring closures on Furnace Road but not impacting 95 traffic.

— Steel placement for the 95 / U.S. 1 is scheduled for June 12, requiring overnight ramp closures from I-95 south to U.S. 1 south.

—  Early August, possible steel beam placement at the Alban Road Bridge south of the Fairfax County Parkway overpass will require a 95 south detour.

That’s it from Mega Mike for now, but just remember – buckle up, no cell phones when driving through the construction zones, and stay safe out there.