The Virginia Department of Transportation will complete the Route 50/Washington Boulevard bridge replacement project in Arlington next week on time and under budget. The bridge built by the War Department in 1944 has been replaced with pre-cast concrete arches that replicate the handsome, curved shape of the original bridge

The project was estimated to cost $6.5 million and was completed at a cost of $6.47 million.

Nearly 100,000 vehicles a day cross the Route 50 bridge and drive below on Route 27. VDOT’s Smart Traffic Center implemented a traffic signal plan to help move traffic around the affected area during the construction.

Construction began in October 2005 and Flippo Construction Co. Inc. of Forestville, MD was the contractor.


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