Virginia State Route 267
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by ALX (under TRIP II) and MWAA | ||||
Length | 28.68 mi[1][2] (46.16 km) | |||
Existed | 1982–present | |||
Restrictions | No trucks east of exit 19B | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 15 / SR 7 in Leesburg | |||
East end | I-66 near Falls Church | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Virginia | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Route 267 (SR 267) is an
Dulles Access Road
The Dulles Access Road is a four-lane, 13.65-mile (21.97 km)
Until 2006, the Dulles Access Road was operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) under contract with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, the owner of the land under both the Access Road and the Dulles Toll Road,[6] and has the unsigned designation of State Route 90004.[7]
Since the opening of the Dulles Toll Road, the only major modification to the Access Road has been the construction of the Silver Line inside the median, and the construction of a flyover exit ramp from the eastbound Access Road to State Route 7. This ramp bypasses congestion associated with the main toll plaza, where traffic from Dulles Airport attempts to exit at Route 7.
Restrictions on use and violations
The Dulles Airport Access Road can be used only for travel to and from
Dulles Toll Road
The Dulles Toll Road is an eight-lane, 16.15-mile (25.99 km)[1][2] toll road that runs outside the Dulles Access Road.
History
In response to the development along the Dulles Access Road and the number of motorists who backtracked through the airport to commute to outer suburbs, the Virginia Department of Transportation determined a need for a limited access highway to serve points along the Access Road without subjecting airport traffic to congestion. It was built in 1984 by the
A third lane was built to serve
In 2005, five companies submitted proposals to VDOT to privatize the toll road which included payments to Virginia that could be used for transportation. In response MWAA made its own proposal to take over operation of the toll road from VDOT, assuming associated debts, and commit to building a rapid transit line in the median.[15] VDOT agreed and, on March 27, 2006, MWAA took over from Virginia the operation of the Dulles Toll Road, including the outstanding debt and the obligation to construct the Silver Line in the median strip of the toll road.[16] The first phase of the Silver Line (east of Reston) opened in July 2014,[17][18] while the second phase (west of Reston) opened in November 2022.[19]
Description
From the Beltway, motorists exiting onto SR 267 toward Dulles Airport must choose between lanes marked Airport Traffic Only and To All Local Exits; the Airport Traffic Only lanes lead to the two westbound lanes of the Access Road. Eastbound traffic is routed differently; Dulles-originating traffic can choose destinations between Herndon exits (putting them on the mainline Toll Road) or further on (starting them on the Access Road), and transfer exits are provided from the Access Road to the Toll Road before the Herndon exits, Reston exits, and the Beltway. Access Road traffic to
Through December 31, 2013, a main toll plaza west of the Beltway interchange collects a $1.75 toll in both directions for two-axle vehicles.
Dulles Greenway
The Dulles Greenway is a privately owned
The road was privately built and is not a public asset. The current owner is "Toll Road Investors Partnership II" (TRIP II), which was a
History
The road was envisioned as early as the 1970s, when new residents were attracted to Loudoun County because of the relatively low cost of real estate. The Greenway proposal prompted the enactment of the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988[29] that authorizes the construction of new toll roads without the use of eminent domain[30] under rates set by the Virginia Corporation Commission.[29] The law requires the facility to be turned over to the state after a stated time period.[31] The road was completed and opened in 1995, but the original owners defaulted on its loan due to lower than projected use.[32] It receives no public funds, was built with no subsidies, and is policed at its own expense, competing as a wholly private enterprise with the state-built and -maintained roads.[33] Tolls are computed to assure that the owner will recover the original investment plus a return on that investment. The losses incurred during the early years of the project are rolled forward to justify higher tolls in later years. Subsequent improvements, which were constructed in exchange for the aforementioned extension of the toll road to 2056, include adding a third lane in each direction, resurfacing the entire road in 2009, and the construction of an improved eastbound exit ramp to Dulles Airport in 2009.[34]
Description
The main toll plaza for the Dulles Greenway is located just west of the exits for
The Greenway is also one of two routes where a subscription membership (exclusive to E-ZPass) allows for an additional discount. Alternate (free) routes include
The Greenway was later widened to six lanes from the mainline toll plaza to Leesburg. Use of the Greenway has grown, reflecting the increased population of Loudoun County. In 1996, the Greenway served 6.3 million trips, growing to 21 million in 2006.[39] However, for the first three months following the January 2009 toll increase, usage dropped 8% compared to the first three months of 2008.[32]
Controversies
The 1988 statute authorizing the private toll road permitted toll increases above the rate of inflation under a three-part test: (1) the new fee must not "materially discourage" drivers from using the road, (2) the company must not make more than a "reasonable rate of return" from the increase, and (3) the road's benefit must match its cost.[40] Critics claim that the drop in use following the 2009 toll increase is evidence that the test has not been met.[who?] Representative Frank Wolf, the Congressman representing the area served by the road, stated, "It's highway robbery. It's a disgrace. Everyone knows that these tolls are ripping people off and there's not much we can do about it."[32]
Exit list
Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Greenway
SR 267 uses
County | Location | mi | km | Exit[41] | Destinations | Notes |
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Frederick, MD | Signed as exits 1A (south/west) and 1B (north/east) | |||||
1.14 | 1.83 | 2A | Battlefield Parkway | Signed as exit 2 eastbound; serves Leesburg Executive Airport | ||
| 2B | Compass Creek Shopping Center | Westbound exit only, opened May 15, 2019[42]) | |||
| 3.22 | 5.18 | 3 | SR 653 (Shreve Mill Road) | Tolled westbound entrance and eastbound exit | |
SR 659 (Belmont Ridge Road) | Tolled westbound entrance and eastbound exit | |||||
6.54 | 10.53 | 5 | Ashburn Farm, Broadlands | Tolled westbound entrance and eastbound exit | ||
8.33 | 13.41 | 6 | SR 772 – Ashburn, Broadlands | Tolled westbound entrance and eastbound exit | ||
9.73 | 15.66 | 7 | SR 607 (Loudoun County Parkway ) | Tolled westbound entrance and eastbound exit | ||
SR 606 (Old Ox Road) | Tolled westbound entrance and eastbound exit; signed as exits 8A (west) and 8B (east) | |||||
12.16 | 19.57 | Dulles Greenway Mainline Plaza | ||||
12.54 | 20.18 | 9A | Dulles Airport | Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance; no westbound signage for Dulles Airport | ||
13.74 | 22.11 | 9B | SR 28 north – Sterling | Tolled interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
Dulles Access Road) | No eastbound exit; eastbound access via exit 9A opened June 30, 2009[43] | |||||
13.98 | 22.50 | Route transition between Dulles Greenway and Dulles Toll Road | ||||
Fairfax | Herndon–McNair line | 14.70 | 23.66 | 10 | SR 657 – Herndon, Chantilly | Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
15.45 | 24.86 | — | Dulles Access Road ) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
SR 286 (Fairfax County Parkway) – Herndon / Monroe Park & Ride | Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance; no westbound exit to Park & Ride | |||||
Reston | 17.40 | 28.00 | 12 | SR 602 (Reston Parkway) | Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
18.44 | 29.68 | 13 | SR 828 (Wiehle Avenue) | Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
SR 674 (Hunter Mill Road) | Tolled westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||
Dulles Access Road east | Authorized buses only; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||
21.76 | 35.02 | — | Dulles Access Road ) | Westbound exit only | ||
23.10 | 37.18 | 15 | SR 676 | |||
Tysons Corner | Tolled eastbound exit to SR 7 east; signed as exits 16A (east) and 16B (west) eastbound | |||||
| 24.18 | 38.91 | Dulles Toll Road Main Toll Plaza | |||
SR 684 (Spring Hill Road) | Tolled interchange | |||||
24.90 | 40.07 | — | Dulles Access Road ) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
25.96 | 41.78 | 18A | I-495 Express south – Richmond | Westbound entrance and eastbound exit; exits 45A-B on I-495 | ||
18B | Baltimore | Signed as exit 18 westbound; exits 45A-B on I-495 | ||||
26.22 | 42.20 | 19 | Tysons Corner | Signed as exits 19A (south) and 19B (north); I-495 not signed eastbound | ||
26.63 | 42.86 | — | Dulles Access Road ) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of Dulles Access Road | ||
Eastbound toll gantry[44] | ||||||
Pimmit Hills–McLean line | — | West Falls Church station | Authorized buses only; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
28.68 | 46.16 | — | Washington | Exit 67 on I-66 west; tolled eastbound for non-HOV2+ vehicles during AM rush hours | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Dulles Access Road
All exits are unnumbered.
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Washington Dulles International Airport | Continues to airport terminals via Saarinen Circle | ||||
Garage Parking, Cell Phone Lot, Hotel | Access via Aviation Drive | ||||
SR 267 Toll west – Leesburg, Rental Car Return, Economy Parking | Eastbound exit only | ||||
I-66 west – Sterling, Centreville | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
Rental Car Return, Economy Parking, Cargo, Jet Aviation | No eastbound exit | ||||
To exits 10-11; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||
SR 267 east / Reston Parkway / Wiehle Avenue / Hunter Mill Road | To exits 12-13-14; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
Wolf Trap | Dulles Toll Road west | Authorized buses only; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
Tysons Corner, Leesburg | Eastbound exit only; westbound entrance from Dulles Toll Road | ||||
I-495 Express south / SR 123 (Chain Bridge Road) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance to Dulles Toll Road | ||||
Eastbound exit only; exits 45A-B on I-495 (Capital Beltway) | |||||
To I-66 east – Washington | Lanes merge with Dulles Toll Road | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
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- ^ "Designated Interstate and Primary Route Numbers, Named Highways, Named Bridges and Designated Virginia Byways" (PDF). Virginia Department of Transportation. July 1, 2003. p. 24. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
267 – STATE ROUTE: From Routes 7/15 in Leesburg to Route I-66 north of Falls Church, including the parallel lanes along the Dulles International Airport Access Road.
- ^ "Dulles Greenway". Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ Kozel, Scott (April 16, 2005). "Dulles Transportation Corridor". Roads to the Future. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
The Dulles Access Road Extension (DARE) opened in 1985, as a four-lane freeway, about 2½ miles long, extending the DAAR/DTR eastward to I-66 near Falls Church.
- ^ "Airports Authority Wants to Control Dulles Toll Road". WTOP-FM. December 21, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ^ Froehlig, Adam; Mike Roberson (November 26, 2006). "VA 800 to 90005". Virginia Highway Index. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
VA 90004 is the free Dulles Access lanes in the median of the toll VA 267. [...] VA 90004 is for access to the Dulles Airport only. A hefty ticket awaits you if you try to use it as a way to circumvent the VA 267 toll road.
- ^ Hodge, Paul (December 6, 1983). "I-66 Link Opens to Motorist Confusion". The Washington Post. Loudon Extra. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
Yesterday morning illegal commuters – those lacking special bumper stickers – were backtracking to Dulles and getting on the eastbound access highway at the rate of four or five a minute. But more than 75 percent of the backtracking commuter cars displayed the $2 FAA decals that mark them as legal commuters on the access road (but not on I-66).
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- ^ Bernstein, Adam (February 14, 2007). "Adelard L. 'Abe' Brault, 97; Influential N.Va. Senator". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
In 1991, state legislators renamed the Dulles Toll Road the Omer L. Hirst-Adelard L. Brault Expressway, which, having met the fate of many other such renamings of roads, bridges and buildings, has not readily been adopted by commuters.
- ^ Bates, Steve (September 25, 1992). "Bill Seeks To End HOV Restrictions; Dulles Toll Road Targeted by Wolf". The Washington Post. p. A1. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ "Bucking national trend, Georgia stands by HOV". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 29, 1998. p. H1. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ Bradley, Paul (October 3, 1992). "Wilder Lifts HOV Rule on Dulles Toll Road". Richmond Times Dispatch. p. B4. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ Robert W. Poole Jr; C. Kenneth Orski. "HOT Lanes: A Better Way to Attack Urban Highway Congestion" (PDF). Regulation. Vol. 23, no. 1. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 16, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ "Proposal to Operate the Dulles Toll Road and Build Rail to Loudoun County" (PDF). MWAA. January 2006. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ "Governor Kaine Announces Partnership With Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for Dulles Corridor" (PDF). Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. March 27, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ^ "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". Washington Post. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ "After fanfare, long-awaited Silver Line debuts shortly after noon". WJLA. Associated Press. July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ^ Aratani, Lori (March 5, 2021). "Silver Line's second phase should reach 'substantial completion' by Labor Day, project director says". Washington Post. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ "Toll Rate Table". MWAA. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Freeman, Sholnn (January 1, 2010). "Dulles Toll Road fees rise to help pay for Silver Line; increases are criticized". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ "Airports Authority Sets Dulles Toll Road Rates for 2013, 2014; Defers Decision for 2015". Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^ "Travel Information".
- ^ "Still have questions about the new I-66 toll lanes? We're here to help". The Washington Post. December 9, 2017. Archived from the original on December 28, 2019.
- ^ "66 Express Lanes - Inside the Beltway :: About the Lanes".
- ^ "About FLH Company". Archived from the original on October 24, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2009.
- ^ Ginsberg, Steven (September 1, 2005). "Australian Firm Buys Greenway". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ^ "Project Profiles: Dulles Greenway". Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ^ a b Virginia Code § 56-535.
- ^ Virginia Code § 56-541.
- ^ Virginia Code § 56-551.
- ^ a b c Kravitz, Derek (July 5, 2009). "Greenway Revenue, Traffic at Odds". The Washington Post. p. C1.
- ^ Greenway, Dulles. "Dulles Greenway Facts & Myths". Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ^ "Greenway Improvements". Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ^ a b "TollRates – Dulles Greenway". Toll Road Investors Partnership II, L.P. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Somashekhar, Sandhya (September 13, 2007). "Tolls Set To Rise On Dulles Greenway: Most Drivers Won't Be Affected Till '09". The Washington Post. p. B03. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Mummolo, Jonathan (July 1, 2007). "Greenway Drivers Face Dilemma: Tolls Up, but Few Good Alternate Routes Available". The Washington Post. p. C1. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ^ Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988, Va. Code § 56-542(I)(3).
- ^ Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. "Maps & Interchanges". Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "Greenway to Open New Leesburg Exit". Dulles Greenway. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ "Where Your Toll $ Goes". Dulles Greenway. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "66 Express Lanes - Inside the Beltway :: Using the Lanes". 66expresslanes.org. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
External links
- Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority – Dulles Toll Road
- VDOT – Dulles Toll Road[permanent dead link]
- Dulles Greenway website
- Dulles Airport Access Road and Dulles Toll Road (VA 267) at Steve Anderson's DCRoads.net
- Virginia Highways Project: VA 267
- Welcome to Dulles Toll Road, of the Washington Airport Authority
- VDOT: Virginia Toll Facilities FAQ
- History of Washington Dulles International Airport (see the section on "Access Roads")