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NOVA District Transportation Update - Fall 2021

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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY<br />

Under Construction<br />

In Design<br />

I-95 Southbound Auxiliary Lane<br />

Creation of an auxiliary lane on southbound Interstate 95 from<br />

Route 123 (Gordon Boulevard) to the Prince William Parkway by<br />

converting a mile and a half of existing shoulder to a travel lane.<br />

The project will also provide a new paved shoulder, relocate<br />

noise walls as needed, replace impacted roadway lighting,<br />

install or upgrade guardrails and build new retaining walls.<br />

Estimated cost: $32 million<br />

Sudley Manor Drive and Seymour<br />

Road Traffic Signal<br />

Installation of a traffic signal at the intersection as well as<br />

four accessible pedestrian signal crossings, Americans with<br />

Disabilities Act (ADA) curb ramp upgrades, and flashing yellow<br />

arrows for left turns from Sudley Manor Drive to Seymour Road<br />

and Gambril Drive.<br />

Estimated cost: $660,000<br />

95 Express Lanes/Opitz Boulevard<br />

Ramp<br />

A new south-facing access ramp connecting the 95 Express<br />

Lanes to an expanded Opitz Boulevard bridge will be built in the<br />

existing median between the I-95 southbound general purpose<br />

lanes and the express lanes. A public hearing is scheduled for<br />

fall <strong>2021</strong>, and construction is expected to begin in summer<br />

2022, with completion by 2024.<br />

Estimated cost: $69.7 million<br />

I-95 over Powells Creek Bridge<br />

Rehabilitation<br />

The northbound and southbound I-95 bridges over Powells<br />

Creek, originally built in 1963, will be rehabilitated to<br />

improve safety and extend the overall life of the bridges. The<br />

improvements include repairing steel beams and concrete<br />

abutments and piers, closing deck joints and repainting<br />

the bridges. Preliminary engineering began in January and<br />

construction is scheduled to start in 2023.<br />

Estimated cost: $9.1 million<br />

Sudley Manor Drive and<br />

Seymour Road Traffic Signal<br />

TRANSPORTATION UPDATE // PUBLISHED OCTOBER <strong>2021</strong> 35

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