A community celebration is set for this coming Saturday, June 27 to mark the opening of a new shared-use bicycle and pedestrian trail adjacent to the Capital Beltway (I-495) in McLean.
A joint effort of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and Transurban, the trail is one of the final multimodal features of the 495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project, which extended the interstate’s toll lanes past the GW Parkway in McLean and updated seven bridges.
The 2.5-trail runs parallel to the Beltway between Lewinsville Road and Live Oak Drive in McLean. It will provide connections to the Fairfax County Park Authority’s trail system and Scott’s Run Nature Preserve…