The Express Lanes extension is a design-build project with a total estimated cost of $670 million. Construction started in June 2019 and the project is scheduled to open to traffic in late 2023. Transurban is funding this project and is managing construction, and the project contractor is Branch Civil-Flatiron. For more information, please visit the Fredericksburg Extension project page on the Express Lanes website. Read a brochure about how the Fredericksburg Extension Express Lanes will operate.
Previous Milestones
Partial opening date (mainline): August 2023
Opening date (all new access points): Late 2023
Truslow Road Overpass construction complete: April 2021
American Legion Road Overpass construction complete: January 2023
Construction start: June 2019
Design-Build contract award: Fall 2018
Final NEPA decision: January 2018
Public hearings: September 2017
Public information meetings: March 2017
