VDOT News - Northern Virginia

FAIRFAX – Overnight lane closures and stoppages of up to 30 minutes on I-66 West near the Vienna Metrorail Station will continue next week beginning Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10, for bridge beam installation for the new Vaden Drive Bridge. Work is part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project.  

Drivers should expect delays if traveling in this area during these times, and should consider using alternate routes.

Details include:

Monday, July 6, through Friday, July 10
I-66 West from Cedar Lane to west of Vaden Drive

• I-66 West will be reduced to one travel lane approaching Vaden Drive near the Vienna Metrorail Station Monday, July 6, through Thursday, July 9, from 9:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m., nightly, and on Friday night, July 10, from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.
• Drivers should expect multiple 30-minute stoppages each night of I-66 West for crews to lift bridge beams into place at Vaden Drive. Stoppages will also impact the I-66 West collector-distributor road between the ramps for Nutley Street and the exit to Country Creek Road.
• All lanes will reopen by 4:30 a.m. on weekdays, and 6 a.m. on Saturday.

Construction and lane closure updates are available at Transform66.org and on Twitter @VaDOTNOVA. 

All work is weather dependent and will be rescheduled if inclement conditions occur.

The Vaden Drive Bridge over I-66 is being reconstructed as part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project.  

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Beam lift progress as of July 2. Work continues next week over the Metrorail tracks and I-66 West.

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