Site Navigation Delaware District of Columbia Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia     Interstate 95 Southbound (Fairfax County) 10/14/01 photos taken by AARoads. 06/17/05, 07/11/05 & 01/02/08 photos taken by Alex Nitzman. 07/01/05 photos taken by Carter Buchanan. 10/11/09 photos taken by Will Weaver. Interstate 95 South Traveling the high-speed flyover from the Capital Beltway west on Interstate 95 south through the Springfield Interchange. Turning southward, travelers enter the mix between the HOV roadway emanating from Interstate 395 south, the ending Interstate 395 southbound mainline, and the local lanes connecting with Virginia Secondary 644 (Old Keene Mill Road) west. The HOV roadway sees a separate ramp onto SSR 644 west to Springfield and Virginia Secondary 7900 (Franconia Springfield Parkway). Photos taken 06/17/05 & 10/11/09. The local lanes of Interstate 95 south carry travelers to Virginia Secondary 644 (Franconia Road) east to Franconia (Exit 169A) and Virginia Secondary 644 (Old Keene Mill Road) west to Springfield (Exit 169B). Access to this roadway for Exit 169 is available from the mainlines of Interstate 395 and both directions of the Capital Beltway. Photo taken 07/11/05. The Exit 169A panel was replaced by 2008. Originally the sign displayed "Interstate 95 South" as the lane for Exit 169A also continued through. Virginia Secondary 644 constitutes a major east-west arterial to Springfield Mall nearby. Photo taken 01/02/08. A historical look, during the early phases of the Springfield Interchange Project, at Interstate 95 southbound ahead of the Exit 169 directional-cloverleaf interchange with Virginia Secondary 644. The majority of the interchange project between Interstate 95, SSR 664 and the Capital Beltway was completed by 2008. Phase VII, construction of HOV flyovers between Interstate 95 and the Beltway, is underway as of 2009 in conjunction with the HO/T lane project of Interstate 495 to the west. Photo taken 10/14/01. Passing under Commerce Street (Virginia Secondary 789), the local lanes of Interstate 95 south split with a two-lane off-ramp to Virginia Secondary 644 (Old Keene Mill Road) west to Springfield. SSR 664 meets the split Virginia Secondary 617 (Backlick Road north / Amherst Avenue south) nearby. The arterial otherwise continues west to West Springfield, Westview Hills, Fairfax Park and an end at Fairfax County Parkway (SSR 7100). Photo taken 07/11/05. Exit 169A follows as a loop ramp onto Virginia Secondary 644 (Franconia Road) east to Franconia, Silver Springs, and Ridgeview before ending at Virginia Secondary 611 (Telegraph Road) just south of Alexandria. Photo taken 01/02/08. The highest flyover between Interstate 95 and Virginia Secondary 644 rises from westbound Franconia Road onto the southbound freeway. This bridge replaced a cloverleaf ramp. Photos taken 06/17/05 & 01/02/08. Exit 169A departs the local lanes of Interstate 95 south for Virginia Secondary 644 (Franconia Road) east to Springfield Mall. Franconia Road sees a split-diamond interchange with Commerce Street north, Loisdale Road south and Frontier Drive south near the shopping complex. Photo taken 01/02/08. The HOV-3 roadway splits into ramps for the Interstate 95 southbound mainline for travelers headed to Virginia secondary 7100 (Fairfax County Parkway) and a left-hand ramp to Virginia Secondary 7900 (Franconia Springfield Parkway). There is no access to SSR 7900 from the freeway mainline. Photos taken 06/17/05 & 10/11/09. The connector ramp from the HOV-3 roadway onto the Interstate 95 southbound mainline passes overhead as the left-hand ramp to Virginia Secondary 7100 (Franconia Springfield Parkway) departs. SSR 7100 constitutes a controlled-access parkway east to Beulah Street (Virginia Secondary 613) at Manchester Boulevard and west to Virginia Secondary 7100 (Fairfax County Parkway) at Virginia Secondary 638 (Rolling Road). Photo taken 06/17/05. Virginia Secondary 617 (Backlick Road) travels south from a folded-diamond interchange with Franconia-Springfield Parkway to parallel Interstate 95 south to Fairfax County Parkway (Virginia Secondary 7100). Exit 167 constitutes a connector ramp onto the adjacent Backlick Road head of Fullerton Road. Photo taken 06/17/05. Virginia Secondary 617 transitions into Virginia Secondary 790 (Alban Road) at the SSR 7100 overpass. Fullerton Road winds west from Backlick Road to the Fairfax County Parkway eastbound beginning and Rolling Road (SSR 638). Backlick Road and SSR 617 was replaced with the construction of Fairfax County Parkway from Interstate 95 southeast. Photo taken 07/11/05. A slip ramp provides an access point to the reversible HOV-3 roadway opposite the Exit 167 ramp onto Backlick Road southbound. Photo taken 07/01/05. Interstate 95 meets Fairfax County Parkway directly at the Exit 166B/A full-cloverleaf interchange. Fairfax County parkway is proposed to extend northward to Franconia Springfield Parkway, completing the missing gap between its two segments. Overall the controlled access parkway travels northwest to Virginia 7 (Leesburg Pike) at Holly Knoll Parkway near Reston from SSR 7900 at Barkers Crossroads. Photo taken 06/17/05. Exit 166B leads to Fairfax County Parkway's end at Fullerton Road. Connections with Backlick Road south lead drivers to Virginia Secondary 790 (Alban Road) south parallel to Interstate 95. Photo taken 06/17/05. Virginia Secondary 790 (Alban Road) provides access to Virginia Secondary 641 (Pohick Road) at its intersection with Rolling Road. Pohick Road passes over Interstate 95 with no direct connection. Photo taken 06/17/05. Exit 166A loops onto Virginia Secondary 7100 (Fairfax County Parkway) southeast to adjacent Newington, Fort Belvoir, and junction U.S. 1 (Richmond Highway) to Virginia 235 east for Mt. Vernon. Photo taken 06/17/05. A slip ramp allows HOV-3 motorists the opportunity to merge onto Interstate 95 south to access the forthcoming Exit 163 folded-diamond interchange with Virginia Secondary 642 (Lorton Road). Photo taken 07/01/05. Southbound mileage sign posted along the Interstate 95 mainline after the Fairfax County Parkway southbound on-ramp. Richmond lies 91 miles ahead. Photo taken 01/02/08. Typical sign bridge posted along the reversible HOV-3 roadway at slip ramps entering from the opposite direction of Interstate 95. Photo taken 07/01/05. Pohlick Road (Virginia Secondary 638) passes over Interstate 95 southbound, one mile north of the Exit 163 off-ramp to Lorton Road. Photo taken 07/11/05. Lorton Road meanders westward from U.S. 1 (Richmond Highway) near Pohlick to Lorton and junction Virginia 123 (Ox Road). Photo taken 06/17/05. Southbound at the Exit 163 ramp departure to Virginia Secondary 642 (Lorton Road). Lorton represents the built-up areas west of Interstate 95 at Exit 163. Photo taken 07/11/05. Next in line for southbound travelers is the three "Y" directional interchange with adjacent U.S. 1 (Richmond Highway) at Colchester. Exit 161 provides access onto U.S. 1 southbound to Woodbridge from both the freeway mainline and HOV-3 roadway south. Photo taken 07/01/05. U.S. 1 kisses the northbound side of Interstate 95 ahead of its intersection with Virginia Secondary 611 (Furnace Road). The US route parallels the freeway southward across the Occoquan River into Woodbridge. Photo taken 06/17/05. Motorists from U.S. 1 (Richmond Highway) northbound are provided with access to both the freeway mainline and HOV-3 roadway. Photo taken 06/17/05. The ramp to U.S. 1 south from the HOV-3 roadway departs in this scene. Exit 161 of the Interstate 95 mainline merges with the HOV-3 off-ramp before joining Richmond Highway south. U.S. 1 enters the area from the Mason Neck vicinity and Fort Belvoir. Photo taken 07/01/05. Exit 161 follows from the left-hand side of Interstate 95 south. U.S. 1 follows Interstate 95 closely from Woodbridge south to Dumfries and Stafford. The highway will not intersect the freeway again until south of Fredericksburg however. Photo taken 07/11/05. Interstate 95 passes over Furnace Road on the one-half mile approach to the Exit 160 three-quarter cloverleaf interchange with Virginia 123 (Gordon Boulevard). Access from the freeway mainline is only available to Gordon Boulevard northbound, however HOV-3 roadway commuters may access both directions of the arterial. Photo taken 07/01/05. Interstate 95 spans the Occoquan River across the Purple Heart Bridge into Prince William County. Virginia 123 begins in Woodbridge at U.S. 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) and leads north to Occoquan. Virginia Secondary 641 (Old Bridge Road) stems west from the state route nearby to Lake Ridge and Prince William Parkway (SSR 3000). Photo taken 07/11/05. Page Updated October 13, 2009.