The Virginia Department of Transportation, the Route 28 Corridor Improvements Team and local officials broke ground today for the new Route 28 Westfields Boulevard interchange in Fairfax County. The intersection at Route 28 and Westfields Boulevard is being replaced with a full cloverleaf and a four-lane bridge carrying Westfields Boulevard over Route 28. With today’s ground breaking, four of the six funded interchanges are under construction.

The $26.7 million interchange will be completed by early 2005. The interchanges are being built as part of a $200 million design-build contract under Virginia's Public-Private Transportation Act, which allows private entities to propose innovative solutions for designing, building, financing and operating transportation improvements.

The original 14-mile widening of Route 28, from Route 7 in Loudoun County to I-66 in Fairfax County, began in 1987 and was completed in 1991. Route 28 was transformed form a two-lane road to a six-lane divided highway with interchanges at Routes 50, 7 and the Dulles Toll Road.

Funding for the Route 28 corridor is provided in a combination of public and private funds, with 75 percent of the corridor improvements supported by the Route 28 special tax district. State funds make up the remainder of the total cost of the project.


Route 28 Interchange Schedule

Interchanges Begin Completion
Air & Space Museum Parkway Feb. 2003 December 2005
Waxpool Road May 2003 Fall 2005
Old Ox Road May 2003 Early 2005
Westfields Boulevard April 2004 Fall 2005
McLearen Road Summer 2005 Fall 2006
Sterling Boulevard Summer 2005 Fall 2006

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