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Subway Update: Tysons Mall Traffic Improved This Holiday Season

On Schedule for Late 2013 Opening

The folks building the new Silver Line want Tysons Corner Christmas shopper to know that  that traffic delays caused by Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project construction will be far less than during the past two holiday seasons.

That is because a lot of the roadwork and other construction impacting roads is beginning to wind down. In fact, lane closings along Route 7 during daytime hours are minimal, and road work on Route 123 related to rail is infrequent, according to a press release from the Metrorail folks.

However, drivers will encounter some late-night closings, the most significant of which will be on Spring Hill Road at Leesburg Pike. Here, some full closures at the intersection will be scheduled late at night.

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Detailed information about these closures and accompanying detours will be announced as needed.

If you want to sign-up to get traffic alerts by email, visit www.dullesmetro.com or email outreach@dullesmetro.com.

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 Each of the five stations, all well under construction, continue to make significant progress. Large cranes lift massive, 30-ton concrete beam supports into place at the Tysons East and West stations, while complex, multi-level excavation and slabs are poured at the Tysons Central 123 and Central 7 stations.

The Wiehle Avenue Station is the farthest along - the first escalators have been delivered. The two large bright yellow and blue horizontal cranes (trusses) that have been so visible in Tysons Corner all year continue their marches toward completion of aerial bridges.

On Route 123, the truss has crossed the main entrance of Capital One Drive and will continue constructing bridge spans toward the east side of I-495. When that work is completed, that truss will be disassembled and reassembled in the median of the Dulles International Airport Access Highway near Route 7 to begin work there. The truss currently in the median of Route 7 is moving west toward the Tysons West Station, being built west of Spring Hill Road. The truss now is working between Westpark Drive/Gosnell Road and Spring Hill Road.


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