Popes Head Road 24-hour flagging rescheduled in Fairfax

FAIRFAX – Popes Head Road (Route 654) will have one lane of alternating traffic via a 24-hour continuous flagging operation at Revercomb Court just west of Fairfax County Parkway (Route 286) from 7 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, until 7 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, for water main work as part of the Fairfax County Parkway and Popes Head Road interchange project, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Drivers should expect delays and are advised to use alternate routes.

In June, the traffic signal at Fairfax County Parkway and Popes Head Road was removed and the interchange partially opened to traffic.

The Fairfax County Parkway and Popes Head Road interchange project, scheduled for completion this fall, also includes:

• Building a short segment of the future Shirley Gate Road extension that will provide pedestrian and vehicle access to the future Patriot Park (Fairfax County is designing the rest of the Shirley Gate extension).
• Constructing a shared-use path linking the Fairfax County Parkway Trail to the future Patriot Park.
• Reconstructing the Fairfax County Parkway Trail.
• Installing a sidewalk along the north side of Popes Head Road.
• Extending Ladues End Lane to the new roundabout at Popes Head Road.

Drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians are reminded to use caution when traveling in active work zones. Be alert to new traffic patterns and limit distractions.

You can get traffic, work zone and incident information online at 511.vdot.virginia.gov, via the free mobile 511Virginia app, or by calling 511 in Virginia anywhere anytime.