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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Leesburg Route 7/15 Bypass Intersection With Sycolin Road to
Close Permanently on June 8, 2013
Sycolin Road will be closed between Gateway Drive and Hope Parkway
until August 2014 for construction of overpass
Leesburg, VA (March 28, 2013) – On Saturday, June 8, 2013, the intersection of the Route 7/15
Bypass and Sycolin Road will be closed permanently. After the intersection is closed, access
from the Bypass to Sycolin Road, the Leesburg Executive Airport, Loudoun County’s Philip Bolen
Park and other destinations in the southeast sector of Town will be routed via the Dulles
Greenway to Battlefield Parkway. The attached map shows the new traffic patterns. As a
reminder, both Exit 1 (Leesburg Bypass) and Exit 2 (Miller Drive/Battlefield Parkway) from the
Dulles Greenway are toll‐free.
The intersection closure is necessary for the construction of the Sycolin Overpass. During
construction, Sycolin Road will be closed from Gateway Drive to Hope Parkway. Construction is
expected to last fourteen months. The overpass will open in August 2014, restoring traffic on
Sycolin Road between Gateway Drive and Hope Parkway. However, there will be no access to
Sycolin Road from the Bypass or to the Bypass from Sycolin Road.
In preparation for the start of construction and the intersection closure, VDOT and Shirley
Contracting will hold a public information session on the Sycolin Overpass project at 7pm on
Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Cool Spring Elementary School. For more information about the
public information session, please contact Seth Bourne, Project Manager with Shirley
Contracting, at 703‐668‐0288, ext 17.
Contact:
Betsy Fields
Research & Communications Manager
bfields@leesburgva.gov
703‐771‐2734
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