[MR] Wilson Bridge

[KATHY GILDEMEISTER]

If you are traveling on the Beltway in Northern Virginia and adjacent 
Maryland be forewarned.....

Warning:
Heaviest Traffic Impacts of 11-year Construction Project Just Ahead -- From 
8:00 p.m., Friday, July 15th to 5:00 a.m., Monday, July 18th. northbound 
I-95/Beltway Outer Loop just west of the Wilson Bridge will be reduced to 
one lane.  Ramps from north and southbound US Route 1 to the Outer Loop will 
be closed with detours to Telegraph Road.  The ramp
from northbound I-95/Outer Loop to northbound US Route 1 also will be closed 
with detours to Telegraph Road.  To help divert traffic, where northbound 
I-95 joins the Capital Beltway at the Springfield Interchange, the ramp to 
the Wilson Bridge will be closed.  Long-distance traffic will be routed 
around the Beltway in the opposite direction.   Local travelers will be 
directed up I-395.  Reducing the Outer Loop to one lane just west of the 
Wilson Bridge is forecasted to result in weekend backups of 10 to 15 miles, 
with 60 to 90 minute delays.  All travelers are urged to avoid the area, if 
at all possible.  Long distance travelers should consider bypasing 
Washington DC with alternate routes including US 301 to the east and US 17 
to I-81 to the west.