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Bridge Project Brings Speed Cameras Back to Beltway

By Cordell Pugh

A Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) bridge rehabilitation project is bringing Safe Zones Automated Speed Enforcement (“speed cameras”) back to the Beltway. This project involves the rehabilitation of the bridge carrying I-95 above the Outer Loop of the Beltway (I-495 West) within the I-495/I-95 interchange in College Park. Contractor crews will be repairing the bridge’s deck joints as well as its concrete piers and columns.

The Automated Speed Enforcement is focused on traffic on the Outer Loop of the Beltway, just past the split with I-95 North, headed towards New Hampshire Avenue and into Montgomery County. In a written statement, the State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) highlighted the different phases of this Automated Speed Enforcement effort:

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MCFRS

Fire Engine Struck by Motorist; Closes Outer Loop of the Beltway Near Georgia Avenue

By MCS Staff

A collision on the outer loop of the beltway has blocked all lanes near Georgia Avenue this morning after a fire engine that was on the scene assisting with a previous accident was struck by a passing motorist, according to MCFRS PIO Pete Piringer.

The driver of the vehicle that struck the fire engine was initially trapped in their car before MCFRS extricated the driver. No word on the condition of the driver.

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Highways / Interstates

Beyond MoCo: Weekend Beltway Bridge Work, Lane Closures in Tysons

By Cordell Pugh

The right lane of I-495 South (Beltway Outer Loop) will be closed above the Dulles Toll Road (Virginia 267), from 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24 to 5AM Monday, Sept. 27 for bridge joint work, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Additionally, crews will close a 2nd right lane nightly this weekend starting at 11PM. Crews are scheduled to reopen the 2nd lane from the right Saturday and Sunday Mornings at 7AM. 1 right lane will remain closed all weekend. All exit ramps will remain open.

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I-495

Troopers Still Seeking Man Charged in 2005 Double Fatal Beltway Crash

By Cordell Pugh

Shortly before 5AM on December 4, 2005, Maryland State Troopers responded to a crash on the Outer Loop of the Beltway near University Blvd. Troopers arrived and found a three-vehicle chain reaction crash where two people had died. They were: Sandra M. Cornejo, 26, of Silver Spring, and Yanira D. Ramirez, 28, of Silver Spring. Three others were seriously injured.

The driver of one of the vehicles, a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer, fled from the crash scene on foot. Investigators contacted the registered owner of the vehicle and learned his roommate, identified as David Psina, who was in his 20’s and living in Germantown, had the vehicle without permission and had been drinking prior to driving. Psina also did not have a driver’s license.

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Highways / Interstates

Next Stage of Beltway Overpass Rehabilitation Includes 1 Month of Weeknight Beltway Closures

By Cordell Pugh

Next Stage of Beltway Overpass Rehabilitation Includes 1 Month of Weeknight Beltway Closures

Beginning at 9PM on Sunday, January 24, Maryland State Highway Administration contractors will begin setting new steel beams as part of the rehabilitation of the Seminary Road bridge over the Beltway, between Connecticut and Georgia Avenues.

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