Traffic & Transit
Fairfax Route 29 Lane Weekday Closures Set For Widening Project
Single-lane closures between Union Mill Road and Summit Drive are scheduled on weekdays for Route 29 project work.
CENTREVILLE, VA — Drivers in Fairfax should expect weekday lane closures on Route 29 from Tuesday, April 7, through Friday, April 17, weather permitting, as work continues on a widening project, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. The closures will affect Route 29 between Union Mill Road/Centreville Farms Drive and Summit Drive/Buckleys Gate Drive.
VDOT said single-lane closures will take place along northbound Route 29 between Union Mill Road/Centreville Farms Drive and Summit Drive/Buckleys Gate Drive from Tuesday, April 7, through Friday, April 10, and again from Monday, April 13, through Friday, April 17. The northbound closures are scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Single-lane closures also are planned along southbound Route 29 between Summit Drive/Buckleys Gate Drive and Union Mill Road/Centreville Farms Drive during the same date ranges. Those southbound closures are scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
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Drivers should expect delays and are advised to use alternate routes, according to VDOT. The agency said the lane closures are needed for work tied to the Route 29 widening project.
The Route 29 widening project is making improvements along Route 29 between Union Mill Road and Buckleys Gate Drive to improve safety, traffic flow and bicyclist and pedestrian accessibility and connectivity, according to VDOT. The project includes reconstructing and widening 1.5 miles of roadway from four lanes to six, correcting vertical alignment to improve sight distance, adding shared-use paths on both sides of Route 29, and providing connectivity to pedestrian and bicycle trails at the Fairfax County Parkway/West Ox Road interchange.
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VDOT said the project is expected to be completed this summer.
Drivers looking for traffic, work zone and incident information can check 511.vdot.virginia.gov, use the free 511Virginia mobile app, or call 511 in Virginia. VDOT Northern Virginia also posts updates on X at @vadotnova.
The closure schedule was announced in an update dated April 3 from VDOT's Northern Virginia District.
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