Extended I-395/95 HOV Lane Closures Continue This Weekend

Weather permitting, at 11 p.m. Friday night, Aug. 1, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will close the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes on I-395/95 from the Washington D.C. line to the end at Dumfries Road (Route 234) until 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, according to a news release from VDOT.

The lanes will close again on Saturday night at 11 p.m. until 8 a.m., Sunday morning, Aug. 3. The closures are needed for overnight construction work on the 95 Express Lanes Project.

See the schedule below for HOV hours of operation and traffic direction:

1. Saturday morning, Aug. 2 by 8 a.m.:

• HOV lanes open heading south from Washington, DC to Turkeycock (Edsall Road) where all motorists must exit the lanes and merge onto the I-395 south general purpose lanes.
• HOV lanes will remain closed between Turkeycock (Edsall Road) and the Franconia-Springfield Parkway (Route 289).
• HOV lanes open to southbound traffic south of the Franconia-Springfield Parkway to Dumfries Road (Route 234).
• Traffic can re-enter the HOV lanes just after the Franconia-Springfield Parkway via a left lane slip ramp.
• During this work, there will be no direct access to I-95 south HOV lanes via the Franconia-Springfield Parkway.

2. Saturday afternoon, Aug. 2, by 2 p.m.: HOV lanes will be closed for reversal operations.

3. Saturday afternoon, Aug. 2, no later than 4 p.m.: HOV lanes will open to traffic heading north from Turkeycock exit (Edsall Road) to Washington, D.C.

4. Saturday night, Aug. 2, by 11 p.m.: HOV lanes will close from Dumfries Road (Route 234) to Washington, D.C.

5. Sunday morning, Aug. 3, by 8 a.m.: Entire HOV facility will open northbound.

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