495 Express Lanes

Virginia HOT lanes refers to seven separate projects to add high-occupancy toll lane to highways in the U.S. state of Virginia. ProjectsThe seven projects of Virginia HOT lanes include: The first project, completed in November 2012, added high-occupancy/toll (HO/T) lanes to the Capital Beltway (I-495) in Fairfax County.The second project, opened to the public in December 2014, involved converting and extending the existing reversible high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on I-95 and a portion of I-395 to HO/T lanes from Stafford to near Alexandria.The third project converted all lanes on I-66 inside the Beltway to peak-direction HO/T lanes, opening on December 4, 2017.The fourth project reconstructed approximately 21 miles (34 km) of I-66 outside the Beltway, making it a 10-lane corridor with five lanes in each direction—three general-purpose and two HO/T lanes.The fifth project, which was completed in November 2019, essentially extended the aforementioned I-95/I-395 project several miles to the north, converting the existing reversible HOV lanes on I-395 to HO/T lanes from near Alexandria to Washington, D.C.The sixth project will convert the existing reversible HOV lanes to HO/T La