Drivers headed to or from Washington, D.C. this weekend could get stuck in construction-related traffic jams.
Construction crews will close lanes of Interstate 395 north from the Seminary Road interchange to past Pentagon City/Crystal City (Exit 8C) will close on Friday night at 10 p.m. through Saturday morning.
QUANTICO — A car fire closed a portion of Interstate 95 on Wednesday morning.
Fire crews were called to mile marker 147 north, just before the first exit for Quantize Marine Corps Base at 8:35 a.m.
Interstate 95 travelers should anticipate daytime and overnight work zones on I-95 northbound and southbound this week in the Fredericksburg area for construction activities underway:
Weather permitting, the following lane closures are scheduled starting today, Monday, April 29, through early Saturday, May 4:
A Woodbridge man and three others escaped injury in a crash that sent another to a hospital in serious condition.
Virginia State Police Senior Trooper D.J. Mabie is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Fauquier County. The crash occurred April 25, 2019, at 7:53 p.m. on Interstate 66 at the 23.8-mile marker.
A Manassas Park woman has died after she was involved in a crash.
Virginia State Police S.K. Burke-Smith is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Culpeper County that occurred Friday, April 26, 2019 at 2:53 p.m. on (Route 802) Springs Road at 50 feet east of Fair Oaks Drive.
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WOODBRIDGE — When Metro shuts down its Blue and Yellow lines this summer, OmniRide will step in with an alternative to help commuters get where they’re going.
HAYMARKET — Route 15 (James Madison Highway) between Logmill Road (Route 701) and the Prince William/Loudoun county line will have overnight mobile lane closures Monday, April 29 for rumble strip installation along the shoulders.
The mobile single-lane closures will occur along northbound and southbound Route 15 between 10 p.m. Monday night and 5 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, according to a Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman.
Children will ride free on Virginia Railway Express for “Take our Daughters and Sons To Work Day.”
Children between the ages of 11 and 18 years old will free on Thursday, April 25 when accompanied by a paying adult. Children 10 and under can ride free every day.
FREDERICKSBURG — Here’s a look at your Interstate 95 traffic hot spots for the coming week.
With projects to extend the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes from North Stafford to Route 17, and a separate project to build a new bridge over the Rappahannock River to separate I-95 local traffic from long-distance drivers, you’ll want to keep alert on the highway.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — (Press release) Bike to Work Day is coming up on May 17, and the event will give people the opportunity to ditch their cars for a day to celebrate biking as a clean, healthy and fun way to get around.
George Phillips, a county transportation planner who is helping coordinate Bike to Work Day in Prince William County, said the event is designed to get people thinking about alternative modes transportation. “Bike to Work is to get people to focus and look at the possibility of another way to get to work, to realize there are other options out there other than taking their cars.”
