Motorists traveling to and from dulles international airport on business are permitted to use i 66 inside the beltway during hov hours. I 66 inside the beltway is heavily congested throughout the day and often on weekends. I 66 hov lanes are designated as hov 2, which means to drive in these lanes during hov hours, motorists, other than motorcyclists. If you travel on i 66 inside the beltway when tolling is in effect monday through friday, 5. I66 tolls inside beltway need to go to beltway improvements. How the new i66 hot lanes will change your commute wamu. Tractortrailer trucks are not permitted on the hov lanes in the hampton roads area or on i 66 inside the beltway at any time. The i 66 inside the beltway express lanes cover nine miles of i 66 between the i495 interchange and u. Inside the beltway about the lanes 66 express lanes. I66 express lanes inside the beltway frequently asked. If you travel on i66 inside the beltway when tolling is in effect monday through friday, 5.
Interstate 66 i66 is an interstate highway in the eastern united states. New rules are coming to interstate 66 inside the beltway on dec. I66 inside the beltway northern virginia transportation. Tolling on interstate 66 inside the capital beltway officially began monday morning, dec. High occupancy vehicle enforcement blitz scheduled for 10. We were 3 people in car so i thought we were good to travel on that road. The patrols during the morning and afternoon commute. Express lanes are open during rush hours on interstate 66 inside the beltway between i495. Jennifer harper inside the beltway stories washington times. Where i usually get on 66 in rosslyn its pretty well marked that its hov only at certain times of day. Preferred alternative for transform i 66 outside the beltway project duration. Virginia state police intensify hov enforcement on i66 express lanes inside the. I66 express lanes inside the beltway frequently asked questions.
Yearold 66 express lanes have caused shifts in commuter. Westbound i66 inside the beltway virginia department of. Main activities this project, part of the i 66 inside the beltway improvements, will provide direct access from eastbound i 66 to the west falls church metro station by constructing a new ramp connection between two existing ramps eastbound i 66 to route 7 and the eastbound i 66 collectordistributor road adjacent to the stations parking garage. Express lanes on interstate 66 inside the beltway between interstate 495 and route 29 in rosslyn provide travel options and more predictable trips for all. I66 lane closures and traffic changes, week of nov. The number of vehicles traveling with two or more people on i 66 inside the beltway during tolling hours has increased 25 percent since january, to about 15,000 from about 12,000, according to the. Public input is helping to shape the transform 66 outside the beltway project in order to provide the most effective and viable transportation solutions for the corridor.
The alliance believes that such congestion reduction can best be achieved by providing three lanes in each direction between the dulles connector road and the theodore roosevelt bridge. An original plan was previously approved by the commonwealths transportation board in december. Retiring the clean special fuel vehicle exemption is a part of an overall strategy to treat all i66 users more equally and to move more people with greater efficiency by encouraging greater hov and transit usage. You will need an ezpass flex set to hov mode to travel toll free. All drivers need an ezpass or ezpass flex during rush hours beginning monday.
I66 is named the custis memorial parkway east of the capital beltway in virginia. It is sad to see the power in government being used in this manner. For decades, there has been talk of widening i66 from 2 to 3 lanes each way inside the capital beltway interstate 495 through arlington, virginia, although many arlington residents are adamantly opposed to this plan. I66 inside the beltway express lanes scheduled to open on dec.
I66 east from route 29 gainesville to university boulevard. If you are not going to the airport via i 66 inside the beltway you must observe hov restrictions during hov hours. Inside the beltway nick donohue deputy secretary of transportation september 11, 2015 2. Vdot is getting greedy in changing hov hours on i66.
As indicated by its even route number, it runs in an east west direction. Transform 66 in northern virginia inside the beltway. Our passion is to be a lifegiving church where people can connect with jesus and discover their next step with him. This is the only guidance so, based on this i would say that you might be stuck with this ticket. Virginia department of transportation vdot, operator of the 66 express lanes inside the beltway. Jun 22, 2018 i 66 inside the beltway, eastbound in the morning and westbound in the afternoon, was previously restricted to vehicles with at least two people. Click here to find current toll price estimates and past toll prices for any entrance or exit to the i 66 express lanes inside the beltway. Delano paul begala says that he reads two things every day. Public involvement is a critical element in the development and delivery of transportation projects. Virginia panel okays i66 hot lanes inside beltway the. Governor terry mcauliffe and members from both parties and both chambers of the virginia general assembly announced today a bipartisan agreement to move forward on a plan to reduce congestion on i 66 inside the beltway by widening a.
Hov lanes shorten commute times for carpoolers, but they also shorten commute times for everyone else on the road, by reducing the volume of traffic. Beltway park is a group of people helping each other take our next steps with jesus each person is in a different place in their spiritual journey. Front page localstate news breaking news petersen and wexton. The devil inside the beltway is the true story of what our government did to a small business owner of a medical testing lab when one department hacked into his company and then the ftc found his security lacking. Vehicle hov enforcement on interstate 66 inside the beltway tomorrow, friday, nov. Reduce traffic bottlenecks by adding a travel lane on eastbound i66 between the dulles connector road and fairfax drive exit 71. Hov violation for exiting off of i66w reston, falls. Two trillion is two thousand billion and a billion is a thousand million. Drivers will not need to meet the hov requirement of two or more passengers on i 66 east inside the beltway during their monday morning commute. However, im not 100% sure that its for the entire way inside the beltway. I 66 restrictions all lanes east and west inside the beltway are hov.
The alliance supports a major upgrade of i 66 outside the beltway to a new multimodal facility with three conventional and two managedexpress lanes, plus a hardened shoulder in each direction with preservation of median for future transit extension between u. The highoccupancy limit will be increased to hov 3 when the i 66 outside the beltway express lanes open in mid2022. If you travel on interstate 66 inside the beltway 5. I66 inside capital beltway chronology 77 years in the. Jun 03, 2015 i66 inside the beltway is one of the regions major transportation choke points. As an alternate route, drivers can continue farther north to route 28 north, stay to the right, and follow signs to i 66 east. Motorcycles are supposed to get a free ride in the i 66 toll lanes, but some are being tolled anyway. It is the basis of the phrase inside the beltway, used. The new express lanes on i66 inside the beltway will be effective from 5.
Virginia state police intensify hov enforcement on i66. Nov 17, 2017 construction on i66 outside the beltway project to begin next month. You need to be going to iad traveling in the lanes you were traveling in at the time inside beltway on 66. Its western terminus is near middletown, virginia, at an interchange with i81. The free mobile app for the express lanes is designed to provide current toll price estimates and historical pricing data. When complete, 2000 4000 more people an hour will move through the i66 corridor outside the beltway. However, after using that road 12 miles i realized that it was all ez pass lanes only. Inside the beltway first major improvements proposed for i66 inside the beltway in 1520 years proposed project is result of detailed multiyear study undertaken in 2011 to 20 convert i66 to dynamic tolling during rush hours enhance bus service throughout the corridor improve access to metro. Heres a look at tomorrows i66 outside the beltway today. Learn more about i 66 emp and employment and contracting opportunities with its construction partner, fam construction llc. High occupancy vehicle hov systems travel virginia.
Expanding the hov hours for i 66 inside the beltway has been publicly studied and discussed extensively for the past six years. Dec 08, 2017 work is underway to add new ezpass express lanes to interstate 66 outside the beltway, from gainesville in prince william county to dunn loring in fairfax county. At the traffic signal, drivers will use the leftmost left turn lane to make a uturn onto route 29 south, then stay to the right, and follow signs to i 66 east. Virginia state police stepped up enforcement on interstate 66 on friday. I 66 is the regions most congested corridor with over 200,000 vehicle trips per day. Dec 09, 2015 the commonwealth transportation board, virginias policymaking panel on transportation projects, voted wednesday to approve the creation of hot lanes on interstate 66 inside the capital beltway. Each had hov facilities added to an existing expressway except for the special case of multimodal i 66 inside the beltway. Detailed travel time charts for these routes along with interstate 66 are included at the end of this release. E zpass can be used at the dulles greenway route 267, 64 express lanes hampton roads, 66 express lanes inside the beltway, 495 express lanes interstate 495capital beltway, 95 express lanes, 395 express lanes and throughout virginia and the northeast us. The 66 express lanes inside the beltway mobile app helps find the estimated toll for a trip on the express lanes of northern virginias i 66 inside the beltway, between interstate 495 and route 29 in rosslyn. Apr 05, 2020 in december 2016 vdot awarded a 50 year concession coontract to i66 express mobility partners to design, build, operate and maintain i66 from i495 to gainesville.
View this 3d simulation of the transform i 66 outside the beltway project which will be completed in late 2022. For the first time since it opened in 1982, i 66 inside the beltway will be available to solo drivers in exchange for paying a toll. The nc quick pass hov mobile application allows users with an active nc quick pass transponder account the ability to declare high occupancy vehicle hov. Inside the beltway jennifer harper washington times. May 25, 2015 a graduate of syracuse university, jennifer harper writes the daily inside the beltway column and provides additional coverage of breaking national news, plus longterm trends in politics, media. Planned in the 1960s and early 1970s as an 8lane 4 in each direction facility with a link via the spout run parkway to a new three sisters potomac river bridge to the whitehurst freeway. Fairfax virginia state police vsp will conduct a focused high occupancy vehicle hov enforcement on interstate 66 inside the beltway tomorrow, friday, nov. I 66 home page contact us the toll calculator for 66 express lanes inside the beltway the tolls displayed on this page are for estimation purposes only. I agree, i didnt even know about the different hov times for the outside left lane hov vs. Construction on i66 outside the beltway project to begin.
Solo drivers have the option of paying a toll to use the lanes in the peak direction during rush hours. The project includes 3 general purpose lanes and 2 express lanes in each direction. If i take lee highway in and catch the exit onto roosevelt bridge, im safe from hov restrictions, right. Vdot to break ground on third i66 lane inside the beltway. Reduce traffic bottlenecks by adding a travel lane on eastbound i66 between the dulles connector road and fairfax. I66 hov enforcement nets 32 violators potomac local. The transform 66 outside the beltway project will add express lanes stretching. Transform 66 inside the beltway fact sheet may 3, 2017 tolling project benefits. The new weekday rushhour period on i66 inside the beltway is 5. Winstonsalem northern beltway eastern section, from us 52 north of winstonsalem to us 421i40 business east of winstonsalem. Hov lanes are traffic lanes set aside for vehicles with a minimum number of occupants. The e zpass flex is a switchable e zpass transponder that will allow you to take advantage of tollfree travel on designated virginia high occupancy toll hot or express lanes on 64, 66 or 95495. Morning rushhour traffic on interstate 66 inside the beltway on friday. I66 inside the beltway express lanes sixmonth performance update.
The transform 66 outside the beltway project is a publicprivate partnership between the commonwealth of virginia and i 66 express mobility partners i 66 emp. I 66 inside the beltway now has highoccupancy toll lanes during rush hour, eastbound in the. Question about hov restrictions on i66 dc urban mom. Interstate 66 express lanes inside the beltway uber blog. They are diverse in characteristics, with two expressways i95i395 and i 66 reaching the d. Reduce traffic bottlenecks by adding a travel lane on eastbound i66 between the dulles connector road and fairfax drive exit 71 provide a new ramptoramp direct access connection from eastbound i66 to the west falls church metro station at the route 7 interchange. Nov 27, 2017 tolls for solo drivers and expanded rushhour periods begin monday, dec. The i66 inside the beltway eastbound widening project is a key part of vdots transform 66 program. Fairfax i66 east will be narrowed to one lane with temporary traffic stoppages of up to 20 minutes during overnight hours this weekend between exit 69. Nov 28, 2017 new rules are coming to interstate 66 inside the beltway on dec. If you are traveling with two or more people in your vehicle, you will need an e zpass flex switched to hov mode to travel free. Transform 66 in northern virginia outside the beltway. The virginia department of transportation has delayed a move to convert highoccupancy vehicle hov rules on interstate 66 until 2020, three years after tolls are introduced inside the capital beltway.
If youre heading into the city in the morning, or out of the city in the afternoon, its hov. If you want to travel for free, you need to be hov 2 with an e zpass flex in hov mode. Traffic patterns on i66 inside the beltway will change dec. Question about my new morning commute from arlington into dc. Check out thoughts and insights from inside the beltway with jennifer harper and only in the washington times. Interstate 495 i495 is a 64mile 103 km interstate highway that surrounds washington, d.
The sections of the trail that are alongside 66 so that are. The hov mode on the e zpass flex allows you to travel in the express lanes on i 66 inside the beltway. If you are not going to the airport via i 66 inside the beltway you must. I 66 express lanes inside the beltway frequently asked questions page 1 about the i 66 inside the beltway express lanes where are the i 66 inside the beltway express lanes. Tolls on the express lanes are only in force for certain times of day, and in certain directions of travel. Vdot is committed to transparency in the operation of the interstate 66 express lanes and will release similar information over the coming days. Relationship to i66 outside the beltway traffic and revenue for i66 outside the beltway showed significant increase if i66 inside the beltway was converted to express lanes benefits could only be realized in p3 procurement if private sector could count on conversion being implemented after 2016 compromise with general assembly 66. This is an expansion from the previous two and a half hours each way, where drivers were legally required to have at least one other person in the car to use the road.
Vdot is responsible for operating and maintaining the i 66 express lanes inside the beltway. Tolling on interstate 66 inside the capital beltway officially. Javascript is required for full functionality on this website, but scripting is. Transform 66 in northern virginia inside and outside the beltway. I can definitely see how someone from out of town, could be confused, especially if there are no hov lanes in their area. Im not too familiar with the area, so appreciate the help. Is i66 inside the beltway totally hov during rush hour. This is an expansion from the previous two and a half hours each way. Interstate 66 from interstate 495capital beltway to route 29 in rosslyn, as well as the dulles toll road. Motorcycles are supposed to get a free ride in the i66. Transforming i66 inside the beltway the i66 inside the beltway eastbound widening project is a key part of vdots transform 66 program. Residents living within the i66 corridor have set up transform 66 wisely, a website. I495 is widely known as the capital beltway, or simply the beltway, especially when the context of washington, d. Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about the change.
Alexandria, va to ensure fairness for all drivers, the virginia state police vsp. Inside the beltway is an american idiom used to characterize matters that are, or seem to be, important primarily to officials of the u. Vsp fairfax city, va virginia state police plan to conduct a focused high occupancy vehicle hov enforcement on i 66 inside the beltway. Starting with mondays morning commute, the inbound lanes of i 66 inside the beltway will be free for carpoolers with at least two people in the car and, now, an e zpass flex device set to. If you travel in the peak direction during rush hours on i 66 inside the beltway 5. The virginia department of transportation has said it is moving forward with converting the current rush hour highoccupancy vehicle portion of i 66 inside the capital beltway. Trucks with more than two axles are not permitted on the i95 or i. How would you describe the traffic issues you encounter when driving either i66 west or the other westbound roads running parallel to i66. Virginia state police will conduct a focused high occupancy vehicle hov enforcement on interstate 66 inside the beltway on friday, nov. All lanes east and west inside the beltway are hov.