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Old plans for VA 123 bypass around Fairfax City and/or Vienna
Posted by: Joke Insurance ()
Date: November 22, 2015 01:41PM

Does anyone recall a plan back in the 90's for VA 123 to bypass Fairfax City and/or Vienna?

If so, can anyone provide any information on it?

Thanks.

Re: Old plans for VA 123 bypass around Fairfax City and/or Vienna
Posted by: Failed Plan ()
Date: November 22, 2015 02:13PM

It never happened -

Re: Old plans for VA 123 bypass around Fairfax City and/or Vienna
Posted by: you're too lazy to search ()
Date: November 22, 2015 02:18PM

Joke Insurance Wrote:
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> Does anyone recall a plan back in the 90's for VA
> 123 to bypass Fairfax City and/or Vienna?
>
> If so, can anyone provide any information on it?
>
> Thanks.


So I did it for you. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/12/30/route-123-bypass-options-under-study/9eb610dd-4f74-48b6-8167-939d1cb5d665/

Re: Old plans for VA 123 bypass around Fairfax City and/or Vienna
Posted by: Radon's daughter ()
Date: November 22, 2015 05:09PM

It never happened for a couple of reasons.

1) The City would have to have paid for what was a solution to a county problem. The city would have gotten some benefit - but county drivers would be the main beneficiearies. Other than a few politicians the whole idea didn't get much traction in the city. Had the county been willing to pay for it, as it did for the Fairfax County parkway, it probably would have happened.

2) The Fairfax County Parkway and Bradoch Road improvements also took some of the pressure off the problem.Not completely, but 123 users who really wanted to go west on 29, 50 or 236 now have a better option than going through Fairfax City.

Another proposed option was to make university drive one way northbound and 123 one way southbound between GMU and just north of the creek. This didn't fly either.

Re: Old plans for VA 123 bypass around Fairfax City and/or Vienna
Posted by: you're too lazy to search ()
Date: November 22, 2015 07:00PM

you're too lazy to search Wrote:
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> Joke Insurance Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Does anyone recall a plan back in the 90's for
> VA
> > 123 to bypass Fairfax City and/or Vienna?
> >
> > If so, can anyone provide any information on
> it?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
> So I did it for you.
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/
> 12/30/route-123-bypass-options-under-study/9eb610d
> d-4f74-48b6-8167-939d1cb5d665/


Why the fuck do you pay for a Post subscription? Also, there is no map on there.

Re: Old plans for VA 123 bypass around Fairfax City and/or Vienna
Posted by: Joke Insurance ()
Date: March 03, 2017 12:47PM

Radon's daughter Wrote:
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> Another proposed option was to make university
> drive one way northbound and 123 one way
> southbound between GMU and just north of the
> creek. This didn't fly either.

Any more information on that?

Re: Old plans for VA 123 bypass around Fairfax City and/or Vienna
Posted by: Fox News ()
Date: March 03, 2017 01:37PM

Failed Plan Wrote:
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> It never happened -


Are you sure?

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