Headaches on the horizon

Route 267
Late Wednesday and very early Thursday, all eastbound and westbound lanes of the Dulles Toll Road and the Dulles Access Highway will be temporarily closed four times between midnight and 2:45 a.m. for utility relocation work on the Dulles Metrorail project.

The closings, weather permitting, will take place just east of the Hunter Mill Road interchange. The closing of the Airport Access Highway and the Toll Road will affect both the westbound off-ramp and the eastbound on-ramp from Hunter Mill Road. See a map at the bottom of this pdf page.

Drivers will begin to see the effects of this at 11 p.m. Wednesday, when police begin setting barriers and tapering off the lanes leading to the full closures. Traffic will be stopped in 15-minute segments between midnight and 2:45 a.m., then all lanes will reopen. In case of rain, the closings will take place late Thursday and early Friday.