I-95/495 Capital Beltway - Outer Loop

Interests to the Orange Line Dunn Loring-Merrifield Station should use Exit 50A to Virginia Secondary 650 (Gallows Road) north. There is no direct access to U.S. 29 (Lee Highway) from the Capital Beltway mainline. A northbound exit from the 495 ExpressLanes was added however. 07/11/05

Exit 50 partitioned from Interstate 495 south as a c/d roadway for U.S. 50 (Arlington Boulevard) at Merrifield. U.S. 50 travels east along Arlington Boulevard from Fairfax to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge of Interstate 66. 07/11/05

Older signage for U.S. 50 (Arlington Boulevard) at the Exit 50 gore point of I-495 south. 07/11/05

Gallows Road parallels I-495 south from Tysons Coner and Merrifield to a SPUI with U.S. 50 (Arlington Boulevard). South from Merrifield, SSR 650 turns east to cross paths with Interstate 495 at Exit 51. 07/11/05

Forested frontage preceded the Exit 51 off-ramp on Interstate 495 south. Inova Fairfax Hospital lies along Gallows Road north between Exit 51 and U.S. 50. 07/11/05

A mileage sign was attached to the Gallows Road overpass and posted six miles before the Beltway joined Interstate 95 north. A new mileage sign posted ahead of Exit 51 lists I-95/395 at 5.5 miles. 07/11/05

Overhead signage posted ahead of the full-cloverleaf interchange (Exits 52A/B) with Virginia 236 (Little River Turnpike). Photos taken 07/11/05

Overhead signage posted ahead of the full-cloverleaf interchange (Exits 52A/B) with Virginia 236 (Little River Turnpike). Photos taken 07/11/05

Interests to the Fairfax Museum, the Fairfax Visitors Center, and Northern Virginia Community College's Annandale Campus were advised to use Virginia 236 (Little River Turnpike). 07/11/05

Southbound I-495 at the collector/distributor roadway for Exits 52A/B. SR 236 leads east to Annandale and west to Main Street through Fairfax. Photos taken 07/11/05

Southbound I-495 at the collector/distributor roadway for Exits 52A/B. SR 236 leads east to Annandale and west to Main Street through Fairfax. Photos taken 07/11/05

Southbound at the loop ramp to Virginia 236 (Little River Turnpike) east on Interstate 495. Virginia 236 comes close to Interstate 495 again within Alexandria. The state route meets Interstate 395 at Landmark. 07/11/05

SR 620 (Braddock Road) converges with Interstate 495 at Exit, a three-quarter cloverleaf interchange at Ravensworth. 07/11/05

The loop ramp from SR 620 west to I-495 south was removed to accommodate a new ramp to the 495 ExpressLanes. 07/11/05

SR 620 (Braddock Road) west leads to George Mason University and the Patriot Center for the Arts outside Fairfax. Eastbound Braddock Road connects with Backlick Road (SR 617 south) for the Virginia Railway Express - Backlick Road commuter rail station. 07/11/05

I-495 turns southeasterly toward Springfield where the distributor roadway separates for Exit 54. SR 620 follows Braddock Road east through Annandale to Lincolnia and SR 244 (Columbia Pike). 07/11/05

Braddock Road continues west 2.2 miles to Burke Lake Road (Virginia Secondary 645) west. SSR 620 continues overall to Virginia 28 at Centreville. 07/11/05

Exit 54 B loops onto SR 620 (Braddock Road) east from Interstate 495 south. There is no longer return access here with the removal of the westbound SR 620 to southbound entrance ramp. 07/11/05

The upcoming Springfield Interchange (Exits 57 A/B) went through a major upgrade between 2002 and 2007. Reconstruction brought the exchange to modern standards, including the replacement of tight cloverleaf ramps with high speed flyovers. 07/11/05

One mile west of the Interstate 95 (Exit 57A) southbound off-ramp on Interstate 495 east (outer). 07/11/05