Wagman Heavy Civil Project

Route 7 Widening and Bridge Rehabilitation

  • Location

    Tysons Corner, Fairfax County, VA

  • Duration

    July 2015 – May 2018

This $41M design-build project for the Virginia Department of Transportation reconstructed and widened the structurally deficient Route 7 bridge over Dulles Toll Road and the Airport Access Highway from four lanes to six lanes. Limited clearances within MWAA’s right-of-way required the design and installation of permanent foundations using micropiles to widen the existing bridge piers between Dulles Toll Road and the Dulles Access Highway. The project also included a 10’ wide shared-use path that will be built for pedestrians and bikes to travel in each direction. This path incorporates grade separated crossings, including two pedestrian bridges and three tunnels.

Wagman was awarded another project on Route 7 in Leesburg, Virginia. Read more about the Route 7 & Battlefield Parkway Interchange project. 

Key Challenges & Project Details

  • Widened Route 7 bridges over Dulles Toll Road from four lanes to six lanes.
  • Coordination with various stakeholders, including Fairfax County, MWAA, adjacent businesses and residences, WMATA and the recently constructed Dulles Silver Line.
  • Complex maintenance and protection of traffic along existing Route 7 and on the Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Access Highway were required.
  • Wagman eliminated three construction phases of the seven phases proposed by VDOT to build the bridge in four phases.
  • Limited clearances within MWAA’s right-of-way required the design and installation of permanent foundations using micropiles to widen the existing bridge piers between the Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Access Highway.
  • The decks of two existing bridges over Dulles Toll Road were widened in the middle to accommodate one extra lane on each bridge. The height of the bridges were raised to meet standard clearance requirement of 16.5 feet.

Project Fun Facts

  • Known in 1751 as Vestals Gap Road, Route 7 passed by Minor's Ordinary located in the area of present-day Leesburg. In 1754, at the beginning of the French and Indian War, the Virginia regiment marched this road under the command of George Washington.

Project Recognition

  • 2019 – Merit Award - DBIA Mid-Atlantic Region

  • 2019 – Excellence in Infrastructure Award - Heavy Construction Contractors Association (HCCA)