Work on rebuilding the interchange at Interstate 66 and Route 15 in Haymarket continues with some planned lane closures on I-66.
Here’s what you need to know from the Virginia Department of Transportation:
Traffic
Single drivers who travel Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway during peak hours will soon pay tolls.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board today approved a measure that allows for the collection of tolls on that stretch of the highway starting in 2017.
New technology allows Northern Virginia residents the option to skip the vehicle emissions station. But drivers will still pay the same to have their vehicle emissions tested.
Here’s more in a press release from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality:
A new bridge opened today on Bresntsville Road in Prince William County.
The new $2.8 million, 2-lane bridge carries drivers over Broad Run. The new bridge replaces an old bridge that dated back to 1957. The old bridge was closed to traffic in June.
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If you’re riding OmniRide tomorrow, get ready for some delays due to the lighting of the National Christmas Tree.
This is the official word sent out to bus riders from the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission:
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A neighborhood street is closed in Woodbridge this morning due to two unity line breaks.
Kentucky Avenue, between Maryland Avenue and Alaska Road is closed to a water main and gas main break, according to Prince William police.
Fredericksburg line riders who Virginia Railway Express will see a new train starting Monday.
Virginia’s only commuter railroad added a new morning and afternoon train following the opening of the system’s Spotsylvania station last week. The new morning 304 train leaves Spotsylvania station bound for Washington’s Union Station at 5:23 a.m. The new afternoon 303 train leaves Union Station at 3:10 p.m.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has help for shoppers this holiday season, and it’s out in time for Black Friday — one of the buisest shopping days of the year.
Here’s more in a press release:
The E-ZPass Express Lanes on Interstate 95 will be extended in Stafford County, and to Washington, D.C.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced today in a press release that the express lanes in Stafford County would be extended two miles past Garrisonville Road. Two lanes will merge into one, and drivers will be able to continue past today’s final exit point at Garrisonville Road.
The number of Thanksgiving travelers leaving the Washington area is expected to decrease this year.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says fewer drivers will hit the road to grandma’s house for the annual holiday. The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year.