Get ready for some more lane closures as part of the 95 Express Lanes starting on Friday night, between Washington, D.C. and Va. 234 in Dumfries. The lane closures are expected to be in place until Sunday morning.
Virginia Megaprojects provided a list of the planned closures:
1. Saturday morning, June 22 by 10 a.m.:
* HOV lanes open to traffic heading south from Washington D.C. to just before Turkeycock (Edsall Road), all HOV traffic will be directed to exit the lanes and merge onto the regular lanes of I-95 south.
* HOV lanes closed between the Turkeycock (Edsall Road) and Franconia/Springfield Parkway.
* HOV lanes open to traffic heading south of the Franconia-Springfield Parkway (Route 289) to Dumfries. Traffic can enter into the HOV lanes again just after the Franconia-Springfield Parkway/Newington via a left lane slip ramp.
* No access to I-95 HOV lanes via the Franconia-Springfield Parkway.
2. Saturday afternoon, June 22, by 2 p.m.: HOV lanes will be closed for reversible operations.
3. Saturday afternoon, June 22, no later than 4 p.m.:
* HOV lanes open to traffic heading north from Dumfries to Newington. Near Newington, all HOV traffic will be directed to exit the lanes and merge onto the regular lanes of I-95 north.
* HOV lanes closed between Newington and Turkeycock (Edsall Road).
* HOV lanes open to traffic heading north from Turkeycock (Edsall Road) to Washington D.C. All traffic can enter into the HOV lanes again just after Edsall Road.
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