Recent Construction
The 2005 widening of SR 234 to four lanes in the areas of Independent Hill and Canova have resulted in some minor realignments. A former stretch of SR 234 through Canova has been renamed Canova Drive, and SR 234 was moved about 1 block east. At Independent Hill, Bristow Road has been extended onto former SR 234, and SR 234 itself was realigned about 300 meters north.
During the late 1990s the SR 234 Bypass was constructed to route through traffic from I-66 to the southeast around downtown Manassas. The existing portion of SR 234 was renamed SR 234 Business.
A completed portion of the bypass was used prior to it being open to traffic as a scene in the 1998 disaster film, Deep Impact. About 2,100 extras and 1,870 vehicles were used to stage the traffic jam scene for that film.
Future construction will extend Route 234 from its current southern terminus at U.S. Route 1 through the communities of Southbridge and Harbor Station down to the Potomac River. A separated grade interchange will facilitate traffic through the intersection between Route 234 and U.S. 1. There is a proposal currently being considered by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) for the Tri-County Parkway that would include extending SR 234 (the "Manassas Bypass") along Pageland Road to Catharpin where it would meet up with the present SR 234 . This would have the effect of making the portion of SR 234 between Pageland Road and I-66 part of SR 234 Business.
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