$19.9M Project To Improve I-395 Bike, Pedestrian Access Breaks Ground

ARLINGTON, VA — Arlington County officials and representatives from VDOT and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority broke ground Wednesday on a $19.9 million project to improve bike and pedestrian access at the Boundary Channel Drive and I-395 interchange.

The project, which is financed through county, state and NVTA funding, will reduce underutilized roadway on Boundary Channel Drive to improve bicycle and pedestrian access in the area, according to VDOT.

The project will construct a 12-foot-wide, half-mile shared-access path on the westbound side of the road and an 8-foot-wide sidewalk on the eastbound side.

The new path will create a link between the Mount Vernon Trail to the Pentagon and Long Bridge Park by connecting it to an existing pat that runs along the southbound George Washington Memorial Parkway ramp to southbound I-395.

Other improvements, according to VDOT, include:

• Installing roundabouts on Boundary Channel Drive just west and east of I-395
• Reconfiguring the ramps between I-395, Boundary Channel Drive and Long Bridge Drive
• Adding crosswalks along Boundary Channel Drive and Long Bridge Drive

Work on the project is expected to be completed in fall 2023.

We broke ground today with @ArlingtonDES & @NVTAuthority on the Boundary Channel Dr Interchange project. It'll add a shared-use path, sidewalk, roundabouts, a new link to Mount Vernon Trail, and will close the southernmost entrance ramp to 395SB! More: https://t.co/KVz0Nc4s8R pic.twitter.com/w7WRWHkUW7
— VDOT Northern VA (@VaDOTNOVA) September 28, 2022