VDOT Re-Stripes Toll Road Ramp To Raise Capacity On Reston Parkway

RESTON, VA — Motorists traveling on the Reston Parkway near the Dulles Toll Road should keep an eye out for a traffic pattern change implemented by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The left lane of southbound Reston Parkway over the Dulles Toll Road is closed. To restore capacity, VDOT has re-striped the eastbound ramp to the Toll Road, making it both an exit and a thru lane.

VDOT reconfigured the lanes last month to allow maintenance crews to inspect the Reston Parkway Bridge over the Dulles Toll Road.

On July 10, around 12:30 p.m., a truck traveling southbound on the parkway toward the eastbound entrance ramp to the Toll Road struck the bridge. This damaged deck beams and other elements. The crash also forced the closure of the left lane of southbound Reston Parkway at the Dulles Toll Road.

An investigation determined that while traveling eastbound on the entrance ramp, the truck's hydraulic hoist hit the underside of the bridge, according to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police. No injuries were reported from the crash, but the driver was charged with with failure to pay full time and attention