TRAFFIC ALERT — Very Heavy Traffic on NB I-395

Update at 6:00 p.m. -- Traffic has largely cleared out on I-395. Earlier: Traffic is moving at a crawl on northbound I-395, from Alexandria to the 14th Street Bridge. Commuters heading from...

Rosslyn Road Closures Expected to Remain Through Rush Hour

Update at 7:35 a.m. on 8/9/11 -- Clarendon Boulevard has reopened, but neighborhood streets in the area of the collapse remain closed. Update at 5:55 p.m. -- Clarendon Boulevard and 16th Street...

Traffic Light Dark After Accident in Pentagon City

(Updated at 12:45 p.m.) The traffic light at the busy intersection of Army Navy Drive and S. Hayes Street is dark after a older model Mercedes sedan crashed into the traffic signal control...

I-395 HOV Lane Blocked in D.C.

Traffic is especially slow approaching the 14th Street Bridge this morning due to a sinkhole on the D.C. side of the bridge. The ramp to northbound I-395 from the northbound HOV lanes is blocked...

Westbound I-66 Slow After Accident

Update at 4:45 p.m. -- Two lanes are now getting by the accident scene. Traffic on the westbound lanes of I-66 is heavy from Spout Run to the eastern border of Fairfax County due to an...

Hay Fire May Cause Rush Hour Delays on I-66

Update at 7:20 p.m. -- As of 6:45 p.m., all lanes on I-66 have reopened. A tractor trailer fire in Fairfax County may tie up rush hour traffic on I-66 this evening. A truck carrying hay caught...

Heavy Traffic on Area Highways

If you're trying to leave town for Memorial Day weekend on I-66 or I-395, you're going to have plenty of company. Westbound I-66 is slow from Rosslyn to Falls Church. Meanwhile, northbound I-395...

Morning Notes

Arlington's Highway Bottlenecks -- An annual report on traffic congestion is out and Arlington has claimed two of the three worst traffic bottlenecks in the region. Westbound I-66 in Arlington,...

Overturned Jeep Snarls Traffic on King Street

A Jeep rolled on its side after a T-bone collision at the busy section of King Street and South Walter Reed Drive/Beauregard Street. The accident and the resulting emergency response by...

Big Backup on Westbound I-66

Update at 8:55 a.m. -- Both westbound lanes have been reopened. Traffic is starting to move again. Update at 8:40 a.m. -- Almost an hour after the accident, only one lane is getting by. A tow...

Major Delays on I-395 Due to Fire in D.C.

The main lanes of I-395 are backed up in Virginia from the 14th Street Bridge to the Springfield interchange due to fire activity in the District. A fire at the Ronald Reagan Building and...

Should Employers Have Let Employees Out Earlier?

Talk to Virginia State Police, and part of the reason yesterday devolved into absolute gridlock has to do with everybody hitting the road at one time. With the federal government getting out only...

GW Parkway Reopened As Crews Clear Abandoned Cars

Closed since it was the scene of a "bumper-car graveyard" last night, one lane of the northbound George Washington Parkway has finally reopened near Spout Run. The road was closed for most of the...

BREAKING NEWS — Motorists Still Stranded on GW Parkway, I-66

(Updated at 11:00 p.m.) The snow has stopped falling, but hundreds of motorists are still stranded on area roads and highways. Drivers have been stuck on the George Washington Parkway for 5-6...

BREAKING NEWS — Bus Service Ending Early, Standstill on I-66, Widespread Power Outages

Update at 10:00 p.m. -- Traffic started moving again on I-66 for a few minutes, but is now back at a standstill. Update at 10:00 p.m. -- There are now more than 13,400 Dominion customers without...