Virginia State Route 28 - Improvement Project

Improvement Project

In 1987, Virginia authorized the creation of special tax districts to finance transportation improvements. Fairfax and Loudoun Counties quickly formed the first transportation improvement district in the Commonwealth, by imposing a 20 cent per $100 dollar real estate surcharge on commercial and industrial property located near Route 28. The surcharge financed bonds to pay for improvements to Route 28. From 1988 to 1991, 14 miles of Route 28 were widened from two lanes to six lanes and interchanges were built at Routes 50, 7 and the Dulles Toll Road.

In September 2002, VDOT, the Clark Construction Group, Inc. and Shirley Contracting Company, LLC signed the Route 28 Corridor Improvements Comprehensive Agreement that provided a combined commitment of approximately $200 million in improvements over the following four years. Under this phase, six at-grade, signalized intersections were replaced with high-capacity grade-separated interchanges. Ultimate plans call for construction of a total of ten interchanges and widening Route 28 to eight lanes. The final four interchanges were completed by Spring 2010. The these interchanges were also financed by the tax surcharge.

The completion schedule for each funded interchange and roadway is as follows:

• Air & Space Museum Parkway Interchange - Completed Summer 2004
• Route 625 Interchange - Completed

• Rt. 625 Interchange (Waxpool/Church Roads), Flyover Bridge & Waxpool Road widening - Completed Fall 2005
• Church Road Widening and W&OD Trail Bridge - Completed Fall 2006

• Route 606 Interchange (Old Ox Road) - Completed Spring 2005
• Route 662 Interchange (Westfields Boulevard) - Completed Fall 2005
• Route 668 Interchange (McLearen Road) - Completed Spring 2006
• Route 846 Interchange (Sterling Boulevard) - Completed Spring 2007
• Route 607 (Loudoun County Parkway) - Completed Summer 2006
• Route 657 (Centreville Road) - Completed Fall 2007
• Pacific Boulevard (between Sterling Blvd. and Cedar Green Rd.) - Completed Spring 2007
• Willard Road Interchange - Completed Summer 2009
• Route 608 Interchange (Frying Pan Road) - Completed Spring 2010
• Innovation Avenue - Phase I (Center for Innovative Technology) - Completed Fall 2007
• Route 1793 Interchange (Nokes Boulevard/Dulles Town Center) - Completed Summer 2009
• Warp Drive (formerly Steeplechase Drive), converted from at-grade intersection to northbound exit ramp only - completed fall 2011
• Pacific Boulevard (between Severn Way and Nokes Blvd.) - Fall 2009
• Braddock/Walney Roads and Route 28 Intersection - Completed Spring 2007
• Innovation Avenue - Phase II (Center for Innovative Technology) - Construction began Fall 2011.
• Atlantic Boulevard (extension to Church Road)] - Construction began Spring 2010.

Clark is currently studying the widening of Route 28 to eight lanes and will file a proposal in the fall of 2010 expected to cover at least 30% of the 6-lane stretch. For a decade there have also been proposals to extend Route 28 to north to connect it with Interstate 370 in Gaithersburg, Maryland over a Techway Bridge across the Potomac River.