VDOT to post I-95 travel times in the Fredericksburg area

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will post approximate travel times for Interstate 95 in the Fredericksburg area on overhead message signs starting Friday, June 6, giving motorists a preview of traffic conditions on the road ahead.

Travel times will be displayed 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, and weekends from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

In the event of an incident or work zone, VDOT may temporarily suspend the travel time messages to display a higher priority message.

VDOT uses real-time traffic data gathered from Inrix and multiple technologies to show the approximate length of time to drive between two points along I-95.

For each travel time message, VDOT will post the distance in miles between the sign and the destination shown on the sign. The message will show the amount of time in minutes it took a motorist to travel between the two points. The message signs will be refreshed every five minutes.

Motorists will see messages posted on eight locations on I-95 in the Fredericksburg area, four northbound and four southbound.

Northbound I-95 travel times will be posted:

Mile marker 100 (Between exit 98/Doswell and exit 104/Ruther Glen) will display the travel time to exit 126, Spotsylvania County

Mile marker 122 (Massaponax Church Road, Spotsylvania) will display the travel time to Route 630 (Courthouse Road), Stafford County

Mile marker 129 (One mile south of exit 130/Route 3) will display the travel time to exit 148, Quantico Marine Corps Base, Stafford

Mile marker 134 (One mile north of Route 17, Stafford) will display the travel time to Route 234, Dumfries/Manassas

Southbound I-95 travel times will be posted:

Mile marker 145 (Two miles north of Route 610, Stafford) will display the travel time to Route 3 at Fredericksburg, exit 130

Mile marker 137 (One mile north of exit 136/Centreport Parkway) will display the travel time to exit 118/Thornburg at Route 606, Spotsylvania

Mile marker 129 (One mile south of exit 130/Route 3) will display the travel time to Ladysmith Safety Rest Area, Caroline County

Mile marker 122 (Massaponax Church Road, Spotsylvania) will display the travel time to Route 54 at Ashland, Hanover County

Additional new message locations, outside of the Fredericksburg area:

Interstate 95 northbound, mile marker 165 (Pohick Road) will change the travel time destination to Woodrow Wilson Bridge, using Interstate 495

Interstate 395 northbound, mile marker 1.6 (Edsall Road) will display the travel time to the Washington, D.C., line

Prince William County Parkway, approaching I-95 entrance will display the travel time to I-495, using I-95

Travel times can change rapidly due to a crash, work zone, or additional traffic entering the interstate between the start and end point for a specific distance. Motorists are encouraged to use 511Virginia to learn more about road conditions in real-time.

Travel time messages posted on each sign can also be viewed through http://www.511Virginia.org or the 511Virginia free mobile app.

VDOT has deployed travel time messaging along Interstate 66, Interstate 395, and I-95 in northern Virginia, and on multiple interstates in Richmond and Hampton Roads.