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HOV Lanes Closing, Crews to Finish Steel on Telegraph Road Bridge

NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Construction crews this weekend will finish what they started last weekend. New steel beams will be erected at a bridge at Telegraph Road in North Stafford.

With the new steel will come delays on along a portion of Interstate 95 where the work will take place. Drivers wills be detoured off the highway and onto U.S. 1 both Friday and Saturday nights.

More in a press release:

I-95 North and South Nighttime Closure Schedule:

I-95 North: Friday, July 26 and Saturday, July 27, Multiple lane closures and traffic stoppages at Route 610 (Garrisonville Road):

Single lane closed, Friday and Saturday nights, at 10:30 p.m.

Two lanes closed, Friday and Saturday nights, at 11:30 p.m. All lanes open by 9 a.m.

Full closure of all I-95 northbound lanes for intermittent periods of up to 30 minutes between midnight and 7 a.m.

I-95 South: Sunday, July 28 and Monday, July 29, Multiple lane closures and detour, near Exit 148, Quantico:

Single lane closed, Sunday and Monday nights, at 10:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Two lanes closed, Sunday and Monday nights, between 11:30 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Full closure of all I-95 southbound lanes, detour in effect, Sunday and Monday nights, between 1 a.m. – 3 a.m.

Detour: I-95 southbound traffic will be detoured to Exit 148, USMC Quantico, (Russell Road) east to Route 1 south to Garrisonville Road, (Route 610) and back to I-95 south.

Traffic signals will be adjusted along the detour route to maintain optimum traffic flow. Police and safety service patrols will be on-hand for drivers safety. All work is weather dependent.

In addition to the closures at Telegraph Road in Stafford County, transportation officials said the entire HOV facility along I-95 and 395 will close Friday night and will reopen Saturday.

More in a press release:

I-395/95 HOV Weekend Lane Closure Schedule

Friday night, July 26, by 11 p.m.: Entire HOV lane facility closed from Washington, D.C. to Dumfries (Route 234).

Saturday morning, July 27, by 10 a.m.:

— HOV lanes open to southbound traffic from Washington, D.C. to the Turkeycock exit (Edsall Road) where all commuters must exit the HOV lanes and merge onto the I-395/95 south lanes.

— HOV lanes closed between Turkeycock (Edsall Road) and Exit 161, U.S, Route 1.

— Southbound 95 drivers may re-enter the HOV lanes just south of Route 1 exit via a new dedicated temporary left-lane slip ramp, which will be open only on Saturday mornings during construction, view map here.

Saturday afternoon, by 2 p.m.: HOV lanes closed to reverse the direction of the HOV lanes.

Saturday afternoon, by 4 p.m.: HOV lanes open north bound from Dumfries (Route 234) to Washington, D.C.

Saturday night, by 11 p.m.: HOV lanes closed from Dumfries (Route 234) to Washington, D.C.

Sunday morning, by 10 a.m.: HOV lanes open to northbound traffic.