Tag: interstate 66

Roadbuilding

6 highway workers injured when suspected drunken driver crashes through work zone

Six highway workers on Interstate 66 in Arlington, Virginia, were hospitalized after a suspected drunken driver crashed into their work zone December 5 with his SUV. The contractors from Southern Traffic Services were installing and maintaining traffic-data stations for the Virginia Department of Transportation, according to Ellen Kamilakis, senior public affairs officer with VDOT’s Northern […]

December 9, 2019

Roadbuilding

I-66 Outside Beltway project gets $1.2 billion federal loan

A plan to add express lanes to 23 miles of Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia got one-third of the funding the project needs through a $1.2 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation. “Today’s milestone of achieving a TIFIA loan will allow the express lanes project on I-66 Outside the Beltway to move ahead, […]

October 24, 2017

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Virginia DOT readies drivers for new I-66 Inside Beltway Express Lanes

The Virginia Department of Transportation rolled out a new website to prepare drivers for the new toll express lanes that will open in December on Interstate 66 Inside the Beltway. The site at 66ExpressLanes.org addresses such issues as the difference between E-ZPass and E-ZPass Flex, how the tolling will work, who pays the toll and […]

September 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Virginia transportation board approves design concept for I-66 Outside the Beltway Project

Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved the “Preferred Alternative” design concept for the Interstate 66 Outside the Beltway Project, aimed at improving 25 miles of the highway from I-495 in Fairfax County to Route 15 in Haymarket. The CTB says the concept is a “combination of various alternatives that were evaluated over the past year” and […]

November 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

Virginia DOT I-66 improvement plan adds express lanes, expanded median for future transit

The Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) design concept for updates to a 25 mile stretch of Interstate 66 from Interstate 495 in Fairfax County to Route 15 in Haymarket would add two express lanes in each direction and expand median space to accommodate potential future transit. The plans, dubbed Transforming I-66 Outside the Beltway, also […]

September 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Think you’re a good driver? Try staying in these crooked lanes [VIDEO]

Virginia Department of Transportation crews had a mess to clean up when temporary striping tape installed on Interstate 66 peeled off and created crooked, narrow lanes. The crooked lanes caused mass confusion among drivers which resulted in lengthy traffic delays. Two vehicles were involved in a nasty accident, however, it has yet to be determined […]

August 27, 2014