The Maryland Board of Public Works voted to move ahead on a plan to ease Capital Beltway traffic by replacing an aging bridge and creating toll lanes.

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Leaders of Maryland and Virginia say they have reached a "once in a generation" accord to modernize the Capital Beltway and alleviate congestion in the two states while constructing a rebuilt and widened American Legion Bridge.

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Marylanders stuck in traffic on three major thoroughfares could have some relief to look forward to as a result of a massive construction plan announced Thursday by Gov. Larry Hogan. Hogan, a Republican wrapping up his first term, announced Thursday ...

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OXON HILL — Prince George’s County Fire Department officials say they’ve closed the inner loop of the Capital Beltway at the Wilson Bridge while they investigate a suspicious package mid-span on the bridge’s pedestrian walkway. Fire department spokesman Mark Brady ...

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SUITLAND — Authorities say a driver was killed when the semitractor-trailer he was driving fell from a Capital Beltway overpass onto a parkway in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Maryland State Police say the driver lost control on the ...

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McLEAN, Va. — Virginia transportation officials want to begin discussions with Maryland about widening the Capital Beltway’s American Legion Bridge over the Potomac River. The Virginia Department of Transportation presented a report Tuesday recommending a wider American Legion Bridge as ...

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ROCKVILLE — Maryland transit planners are considering cutting Purple Line construction costs by running light rail trains across Connecticut Avenue rather than over a bridge as now planned, but critics say the change would further snarl traffic on the jammed ...

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The long-debated, long-awaited, long-constructed Intercounty Connector opened in its 18.8-mile entirety just in time for the annual Thanksgiving traffic scrum. On the drawing boards for decades, the six-lane toll road links Interstate 270 in Montgomery County with Interstate 95 in ...

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A Hagerstown man has acknowledged he approved substandard concrete products used in construction projects on Interstate 70 and the Capital Beltway. U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein says 32-year-old Santos Rivas pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to three ...

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SILVER SPRING — Drivers can expect to see delays on the Capital Beltway in the Silver Spring area as a $3.7 million resurfacing project gets under way. The Maryland State Highway Administration will begin resurfacing a four-mile stretch of the ...

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