Nutley Street Bypass To Avoid Roundabouts To Open: VDOT

VIENNA, VA — After new roundabouts opened at a reconfigured Nutley Street interchange at Interstate 66 in the Vienna/Fairfax area, drivers can avoid the roundabouts with a new bypass.

The Virginia Department of Transportation announced new bypass lanes will open around the early morning Wednesday. The new bypass lanes will let drivers on Nutley Street enter I-66 without using roundabouts.

Starting around Wednesday morning, drivers on northbound Nutley Street entering westbound I-66 will use a new bypass lane, which is separated from other northbound traffic. The bypass lane will be accessible before the bridge over I-66. Drivers will then exit right to the loop ramp to westbound I-66.

From southbound Nutley Street to eastbound I-66, a new bypass lane will be separated from other southbound traffic. Drivers will enter the bypass lane before the bridge over I-66 and take the loop ramp to eastbound I-66.

The roundabouts previously opened, providing access from westbound I-66 to southbound Nutley Street and eastbound I-66 to northbound Nutley Street. The roundabouts replaced temporary left-turn traffic signals as the interchange was reconstructed.

In preparation for the new bypass lanes, VDOT says nightly lane and road closures on Nutley Street are planned Sunday to Tuesday.

On Monday, both southbound lanes of Nutley Street will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Drivers will be detoured to westbound I-66, remain in the distributor lane and take Exit 62B to Country Creek Road. Drivers will turn right onto Country Creek Road, turn right at the traffic signal to Vaden Drive, cross over I-66, left at the traffic signal to Saintsbury Drive and continue past the Metrorail station to reach Nutley Street.

The ramp from westbound I-66 to southbound Nutley Street will also be closed frm 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Drivers traveling to southbound Nutley Street will be detoured to the right to northbound Nutley Street, turn left at the signal onto Virginia Center Boulevard, turn left at the traffic signal to Vaden Drive, cross over I-66, turn left at the traffic signal to Saintsbury Drive and continue past the Metrorail station to reach Nutley Street.

The ramp from eastbound I-66 to northbound and southbound Nutley Street will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday. Drivers will be detoured to the right on the ramp to exit toward the Metrorail station/Saintsbury Drive, then make a U-turn at the first roundabout onto Saintsbury Drive eastbound to reach Nutley Street.

On Tuesday, northbound Nutley Street from Saintsbury Drive to the bridge over I-66 will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Northbound drivers will be detoured to turn left onto Saintsbury Drive, turn right onto Vaden Drive, then turn right on Virginia Center Boulevard to return to Nutley Street.

Southbound Nutley Street from Virginia Center Boulevard to the bridge over I-66 will also be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Drivers will be detoured to turn right on Virginia Center Boulevard, turn left on Vaden Drive, then turn left to Saintsbury Drive to return to Nutley Street.

The Nutley Street interchange is part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway project that added Express Lanes from the Capital Beltway to University Boulevard in Gainesville.