The western nine of the 22.5 miles of the 66 Express Lanes, stretching from the Beltway to Gainesville, opened Saturday. The remaining 13 miles are expected to open before the end of the year.
The four high-occupancy toll lanes — two in each direction — are open free to all traffic during an adjustment period, allowing Monday commuters to test drive them and have access to five lanes in each direction. Tolls will go into effect before the end of the month, officials said, and rates will change depending on how much traffic is on the road.
“Today’s opening of the 66 Express Lanes allows the Commonwealth and its partners to begin delivering long awaited relief to drivers who have dealt with daily congestion, unreliability and most recently, five years of heavy work construction,” Virginia Transportation Secretary W. Sheppard Miller III said at a ceremony Monday morning at a park and ride just outside the lanes in Manassas, marking the debut of the lanes.
With tollbooths along the stretch, drivers traveling the route need an E-ZPass unless they are on a motorcycle. Drivers will also be able to pay online, by mail, by phone or at a customer service store in Manassas.
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