Before & After
VDOT's goal is to give you a safer and easier drive. The renderings below suggest there will soon be an even bigger "Mixing Bowl," but in reality it will be simpler to navigate.
Below you'll find some renderings that depict how different areas of the interchange will appear when construction is complete.
Under Construction - Expected Completion Late 2007
I-95/I-395/I-495 interchange - Click on image for more photos and details.
The new and improved interchange will allow for future growth. Traffic volumes will increase to 500,000 vehicles per day by 2020. The new interchange will allow that traffic to move safer and smoother. Through-traffic will be separated from local traffic. Signs will direct motorists to the appropriate lanes before they reach the interchange. Phase 4 began in 2000 and was completed in 2004. It includes:
- 4,800-foot bridge for traffic heading west on I-495 to I-95 south.
- Widening of the Capital Beltway from I-395 east to Van Dorn Street
- Clearing of land in the northwest and southwest corners of the interchange for new lanes
- Shifting a portion of the Beltway's outer loop where it crosses I-95.
I-95 and Route 644 Interchange (Springfield/Franconia) - Completed in 2001
Rt. 644/I-95 interchange - Click on image for more photos and details.
Construction at the Route 644/I-95 interchange began in March 1999 and was completed in November 2001. Crews added:
- New direct access ramps from Old Keene Mill Road to I-95 northbound, the westbound Capital Beltway and the I-95 HOV lanes.
- New travel and/or merge lanes in each direction on Old Keene Mill Road
- Widening of Commerce Street and the Franconia Road/Loisdale Road intersection
- A new exit ramp to provide direct access from Commerce Street to the westbound Capital Beltway
- A new grade-separated roadway for through traffic on Franconia Road between Elder Avenue and I-95
- Veteran's Bridge (Amherst Avenue) improvements
- Improvements to Loisdale Road between the Franconia/Springfield Parkway and Newington