3:33pm Update: All travel lanes reopened on Outer Loop I495 past Old Georgetown Rd (MD187) from earlier traffic incident. Expect residual delays.
UPDATE: “Multi-Vehicle Crash with Injury. I-495 WB (Outer Loop) past MD-187 (Exit 36). Mont Co, MD. All OL lanes are blocked. Traffic is diverted to I-270. Delays begin before MD-355. The ramp from MD-355 northbound to the OL is also blocked. An extended closure is expected”
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a single-vehicle collision on the I-495 Beltway exit ramp to River Road around 6:20pm on Friday.
A vehicle fire has closed all lanes of Outer Loop I-495 after Old Georgetown Rd. on Tuesday morning, according to MCFRS spokesperson Pete Piringer.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a reported pedestrian struck on Georgia Avenue at the I-495 Beltway, possibly due to a fall from the bridge above on Monday morning. (more…)
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a tractor-trailer fire overnight on I-495 WB (Outer Loop) before MD-193 (Exit 29). (more…)
Crews are preparing to install five lines of massive steel girders extending 295-feet in length across northbound I-495 (Capital Beltway) for a new express lanes ramp that will connect the Dulles Toll Road to northbound I-495. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) states, “Motorists are urged to stay away from northbound I-495 in Virginia the entire weekend of January 24-27 and should choose alternate routes.”
Alert Montgomery sent out a ‘Severe Traffic Alert’ at 11:45am for a traffic incident that blocks all lanes on Outer Loop I-495 past Exit 30 (Colesville Rd). Per Alert Montgomery, “Expect significant delays. Seek alternate route.”
Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash on I-495 near University Boulevard, where a pedestrian was struck and killed on Tuesday, December 10. (more…)
Alert Montgomery sent out a ‘Severe Traffic Alert’ at 8:28am Sunday morning regarding a traffic incident that closes outer loop I-495 from Georgia Ave to Connecticut
A collision involving an overturned tractor-trailer and a fuel spill on the inner loop of I-495 between Old Georgetown Road and MD 355 (Rockville Pike) has blocked multiple lanes on […]
Alert Montgomery has sent a ‘Severe Traffic Alert’ at 1:36pm stating that a “traffic incident closes three right lanes of I-495 Inner Loop Past EXIT 34 Wisconsin AVE (MD 355). Expect significant delays. Seek alternate route.”