I-95 South/Beltway Inner Loop Reduced To One Lane Overnight August 20

(Friday) August 20, 2010

“Stay Away” to Avoid Back-ups Caused by Emergency Repairs
Motorists are urged to stay away from the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway I-95/495 South as emergency deck repairs to an overpass will narrow the highway to a single lane (of three) just west of Telegraph Road starting between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday, August 20, lasting for approximately one hour. The right two lanes of the Inner Loop (I-95/495 South) will be closed.

Needed repairs are the result of the unusual amount of rainfall the region has recently received and require surface level asphalt work only. Repairs are expected to be finished no later than midnight. Asphalt repairs to the Cameron Run overpass are expected to continue intermittently until traffic is shifted to the rebuilt bridge, scheduled for winter 2010.

The repair work completed earlier this summer in the same area involved deeper, more extensive concrete repairs to the bridge.

VDOT and the Wilson Bridge Project regret any inconvenience to summer vacationers and others travelers during these emergency repairs.

Traffic back-ups are expected and motorists are urged to avoid the area and take alternate routes. Southbound I-95 travelers can use the north-west arc of the Capital Beltway, crossing the American Legion Bridge. This is nearly the same distance as I-95 across the Wilson Bridge.

Beltway traffic will be narrowed to one lane just after the exit for Pershing Avenue/ Telegraph Road North; all three lanes will be restored prior to the Eisenhower Connector. Please use caution when traveling in this area. Visit www.wilsonbridge.com for more information.