Currently, the most obvious part of the project seen by drivers passing through the area are the mounds of dirt and large steel-and-concrete bridge piers going up along Route 7. But there is much more to Loudoun County’s 7-607 project.
Classified as a grade-separated Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI), the project includes 2,400 feet of new alignment for Loudoun County Parkway, provisions for numerous infrastructure changes and extensive grading, in addition to the Route 7 overpass.
The 7/607 project is the first interchange advertised under the county bond program, and is being managed by the Loudoun County Office of Capital Construction, Kent Marrs, project manager.
Dewberry is provided design, construction engineering, and inspection work. Once completed in August 2010, the interchange will be inspected and accepted into the state highway system by the VDOT.
Important future dates for the project include:
*August 2009–Divert Route 607 traffic onto temporary pavement
*February 2010–Shift traffic onto bridge, open western ramps to traffic, detour remaining traffic movements (Stage 2 Detour)
*May 2010 - Open eastern ramps to traffic
*August 2010 - Complete construction of 7-607 Interchange
The Loudoun County Office of Capital Construction will hold a public
information session about the project on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. The
meeting is scheduled from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Research 1 Building
on the George Washington University campus, 20101 Academic Way in
Ashburn. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about the project. For more information and updates, visit www.loudouncountytransportation.com
They are coming along very nicely with this project. At least from a common guy's perspective, when i drive through every day, it looks like there is tangible and visible progress. Thanks for the update!
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