Safey: Best Project and Highways/Bridges: Award of Merit
The I-495 Capital Beltway Express Lanes project delivered the most extensive improvement to the northern Virginia portion of the Washington, D.C., beltway in a generation.
The Fluor-Lane joint venture built two new high-occupancy toll lanes in each direction on a 14-mile stretch of I-495, from the Springfield Interchange to north of the Dulles Toll Road. The project replaced more than $260 million in aging infrastructure, including 58 bridges and overpasses. The five-year job was funded by a $1.9-billion public-private partnership.