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  • Collection: Highways and Metro

Key Motel at the Shirley Highway

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The Key Motel was located at 6022 Duke Street at the Shirley Highway interchange with Route 236. Brothers Lewis S. and Jerome W. Keyes owned the motel, as well as a neon sign company that very likely produced the motel’s notable sign.

In the early…

Stone's Motel

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In 1953, F.D. Patton obtained a building permit to erect a new motel on King Street just west of Shirley Highway, then known as Route 350. The following year, the newly opened Patton’s Town House Motel promoted its “modern” and “spacious”…

September Flood

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After a 1/2 Hr. of rain Fairfax County pkwy was flooded

Metro Construction

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East bound Route 7, silver line metro construction at Tyson's Corner, VA

Metro Construction, Tyson's Corner

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Metro construction, route 123 heading into Tyson's Corner rom McLean, VA

House over Beltway Ramp

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Part of this house at 3411 Luttrell Road, in Annandale, Va., appears to extend over the ramp from Gallows Road to the outer loop of the Beltway. This house and some others on Luttrell were impacted by the HOT lanes construction project and are now…

Springfield Interchange

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With the I-495 Express Lanes construction coming to a close, the Springfield Interchange where 395, 95, and 495 meet is the beginning and end to the new lanes to come.

Springfield Interchange Aerial Photo

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Arial photo of the changes to the Springfield Interchange during construction of Express Lanes