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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A new Legion bridge?  How about a new crossing entirely?   Why do we have basically a single point of failure?    They should find a way to expand the ICC to Route 28 in NoVa.

If they are concerned about sprawl, cost, & environmental issues.  Limit the exits on the new road and make it a toll road with incentives for carpoolers like the express lanes in Va for HOV-3 cars.
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A study was done a few years ago. Most of the traffic across the river is along the beltway.   Lower MoCo and PG to Tysons.   Upper MoCo to Tysons.  Lower MoCo to Reston, etc.

There is really not that much demand for upper MoCo to points west of Tysons.  So there is not much advantage to an outer crossing, over improving and expanding ALB.

Plus there is the threat of sprawl (and limits on exits have historically not worked).  And the direct impact of a new highway on the Ag Reserve, and on landowners in the highway path in NoVa.

In fact the current govt of the Commonwealth opposes an outer crossing.  AFAICT Fairfax County opposes an outer crossing.

An ALB expansion could easily include HOT lanes, which would serve express buses to Tysons (they could also leverage the HOV lanes on 270, and the proposed MoCo BRT network) [/quote]

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