Overpass in Seven Corners to be rehabilitated
The Virginia Department of Transportation is hosting a public information meeting April 3 on a project to rehabilitate the one-way bridge linking the eastbound Arlington Boulevard service road to eastbound Wilson Boulevard in Seven Corners.
The meeting is at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School, 333 Sleepy Hollow Road. The presentation begins at 7 p.m., but VDOT officials will have information on the project on display beginning at 6:30.
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| The overpass seen from Route 50 westbound. [VDOT] |
The work will include:
- A new concrete bridge deck and steel beams.
- Reconstruction of the bridge’s existing sidewalk.
- A new sidewalk along the opposite side of the bridge.
- Upgraded bridge railings.
- Curb and gutter improvements on the southwestern approach to the bridge.
- New concrete end walls on the southwestern approach.
The project will cost $3.6 million, with funding from the state and federal governments through the State of Good Repair program.
The bridge was built in 1958. According to VDOT, the bridge deck is in poor condition; the abutment walls are in fair condition with spalls, cracks, and delaminated concrete areas; the deck joints are in poor condition with broken concrete edges; and the railings are inadequate. There are timber planks on the underside of the bridge to protect Route 50 traffic from falling concrete.
Average daily traffic for eastbound Wilson Boulevard is 7,500 vehicles and 50,000 vehicles for Route 50.
I think we need to make it one big mixing bowl – all seven streets spit you out into one massive roundabout and we go from there. We can have a crane installed in the center of the roundabout specifically to remove crashed vehicles from said mixing bowl. Seems to work well in England. Would be a lot more fun on the old commute.
Just drop a bomb on it and start all over again!
So they are fixing the overpass, but not going to increase the capacity of Rt. 50? That is the bottleneck fur 50,000 drivers a day. Niw we'll have to live with that limited capacity for the next 60 years until it's time to replace the bridge again.
I returned from FL having spent two months there. To my amaze (well maybe not)I return to see this place as a Third World Country. Never seen so much trash, overgrown trees, crumbling sidewalks, pot holes, unsmooth roads, homeless, and for sure same high taxes except FFC sneaked another 2.5 cents per $100. When will we get what we are taxed on. Disgrace to call this place home. What has happen to FFC? Shameful that we have to put up with this. Very sad.