If you travel on I-95
today, you're familiar with
bumper-to-bumper traffic
and long, unpredictable travel.
The 95 Express Lanes
will change that
by providing new choices, adding capacity and extending and improving the performance of the existing HOV system.
The 95 Express Lanes will extend from the Edsall Road area in Fairfax County to Garrisonville Road in Stafford County.
Carpools with three or more people, vanpools and buses can use the lanes for free. Learn more about using the 95 Express Lanes.
The 95 Express Lanes will keep traffic moving by using dynamic tolling that will adjust tolls based on real-time traffic conditions, video technology to identify accidents, a series of electronic signs to communicate with drivers and state troopers to ensure enforcement. This will help you maintain travel speeds, make travel times more predictable and significantly reduce violators.
The nearly $1 billion project is financed, constructed and operated under Virginia's Public-Private Transportation Act.
The project will:
- Build a nine-mile extension of existing HOV lanes from Dumfries to Garrisonville Road in Stafford County to alleviate the worst bottleneck in the region
- Expand existing HOV lanes from two to three lanes for 14 miles between Prince William Parkway to vicinity of Edsall Road on I-395
- Improve the existing two HOV lanes for six miles from Route 234 to the Prince William Parkway
- Create a seamless connection to the 495 Express Lanes and into Tysons Corner
- Add new or improved access to and from the Express Lanes at key interchanges including Garrisonville Road, Joplin Road, Prince William County Parkway, Fairfax County Parkway, Franconia-Springfield Parkway, I-495 and the vicinity of Edsall Road
- Provide a new choice to pay a toll for a faster trip when you need to get to your destination on time
- New ramps, lanes and active management will improve conditions for current HOV lane users
- Relief from the current bottleneck at Dumfries where the HOV lanes end
- Free-flowing traffic at all times, even during rush hour
- HOV-3+ ride toll-free all day
- Technology and law enforcement to keep violators out of the lanes
- Continued incentive for drivers to pick up sluggers during rush hour as the HOV lanes north of Edsall Road on I-395 will remain HOV only
- In addition to vital transportation improvements, the project will support nearly 12,600 jobs and generate $1.54 billion in economic activity
- Gets businesses moving again on I-95 by increasing the flow of goods, employees and services. Reduces the billions of dollars lost every year due to traffic congestion
- Addresses the impact of BRAC with a new and improved HOV network
- Makes the corridor a more attractive place to do business by solving congestion issues
