I-95 in Prince William Co. temporarily closed

By Colleen Kelleher
June 11, 2020 | 11:01 AM

The process of closing Interstate 95 near the Prince William Parkway is underway.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has said the highway will be closed for about a half hour Thursday morning.

The complete closure is needed for crews to pull a fiber optic cable across the highway.

The cable came down overnight.

You are being encouraged to avoid I-95.

WTOP Traffic at 11 a.m. said there are delays in both directions.

Metro and IndyCar team up for a busy weekend of Freedom 250 Grand Prix events

By Alan Etter
August 20, 2026 | 3:03 PM

No, you weren't hallucinating Thursday morning — that was an IndyCar being pulled along the Metro tracks through a portion of D.C. It was part of a promotion between the Freedom 250 Grand Prix and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to remind people that the best way to navigate the expected huge crowds this weekend is to take Metro. "Even IndyCar knows the fastest way to get around is actually on Metro," said Randy Clarke, the transit agency's general manager and CEO. "We're really excited about this, and this car was a really kind of fun way to show a different way that people can see the Metro system, and we're having a little fun." The IndyCar, described as a work car that will not run in any of the races scheduled over the weekend, was fastened aboard a flat-bed train car and pulled along the yellow line, beginning at the King Street station up to the Mount Vernon station then back south to the L'Enfant Plaza station. Metro riders gawked at the multicolored, low-profile racecar as the train paused at L'Enfant for a photo op.

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