Prince William Parkway

Prince William Parkway
Route information
Length	24.39 mi (39.25 km) 8.32 mi (13.39 km) on SR 234; 16.07 mi (25.86 km) on SR 294
Component; highways	SR 234; SR 294;
Major junctions
West end	I-66 near Gainesville
	SR 28 in Manassas SR 234 south / SR 649 in Brentsville I-95 in Woodbridge
East end	US 1 in Woodbridge
Location
Counties	Prince William
Highway system

The Prince William Parkway is a road in Prince William County, Virginia. The road carries two designations. Between U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Woodbridge and Dumfries Road (Virginia State Route 234 or SR 234) near Manassas it carries State Route 294 (formerly SR 3000). At Dumfries Road, the Prince William Parkway assumes the SR 234 designation until ending at Interstate 66 (I-66) near Gainesville.

History

View west along SR 294 in Buckhall

SR 294 from I-95 to Dumfries Road was built by Prince William County in the mid–1990s. The SR 234 portion from Dumfries Road to I-66 was built by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in late–1990s as a bypass of the old SR 234 through Manassas. The existing portion of SR 234 was renamed SR 234 Business. The last portion of the Prince William Parkway, an extension of SR 294 from I-95 to US 1, was built by Prince William County in 2005. On February 16, 2012, the former route designation for the Prince William Parkway, SR 3000, was changed to SR 294 by VDOT when the Commonwealth Transportation Board approved the transfer of the secondary road to a primary road for better maintenance of the parkway.[1] Signage has been updated to reflect the new numbering along with "old SR 3000" signs.

Honorary names

The SR 294 portion from I-95 to its intersection with Liberia Avenue and SR 663 (Wellington Road) has been designated the Kathleen K. Seefeldt Parkway for Kathleen Seefeldt, the former Chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. The SR 234 portion from Dumfries Road to I-66 has been designated the Ronald Wilson Reagan Highway for Ronald Reagan.

Future

SR 234 and Balls Ford Road intersection

As a part of the Transform 66 project, the current at-grade intersection of SR 234 and Balls Ford Road will be converted to a diverging diamond interchange at a cost of $167 million. As a part of this project, Balls Ford Road will be realigned about 0.50 miles (0.80 km) south, where the interchange will be constructed, and a new grade-separated bridge will be built over the Norfolk Southern Railroad Line. In addition, Balls Ford Road would be widened from a two lanes street to a four-lane divided roadway between its intersection at Devlin Road / Wellington Road through the interchange to Doane Drive. This project coincides with a separate project to widen Balls Ford Road between Doane Drive to Ashton Avenue. Construction is expected to begin in Fall 2020 and be completed in late 2022. [2][3][4]

A rendering of the new intersection of SR 234 at Balls Ford Road. [5]

SR 234 and University Boulevard intersection

A quadrant roadway intersection is planned at the intersection of SR 234 and University Boulevard in Manassas. Construction is expected to start in Fall 2020 and be completed in Fall 2022. [6][7][8]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Prince William	Wellington	0.00	0.00	I-66 / SR 234 north – Front Royal, Washington, DC	Northwestern terminus of Prince William Parkway; northern end of concurrency with SR 234
	Wellington	0.60	0.97	SR 621 (Balls Ford Road) to SR 234 Bus.	Future interchange; current at-grade intersection
		2.82	4.54	SR 674 (Wellington Road)
		3.72	5.99	SR 840 (University Boulevard) – George Mason University-Prince William Science and Technology Campus
City of Manassas		4.73	7.61	SR 28 (Nokesville Road) to US 17 – Manassas	Interchange
Prince William	Brentsville	6.50	10.46	/ Clover Hill Road – Manassas Regional Airport
		8.19	13.18	SR 234 Bus. north – Manassas, Novant Health UVA Health System Prince William Medical Center	Southern terminus of SR 234 Business
		8.32	13.39	SR 234 south (Dumfries Road) / SR 294 begin / SR 649 west (Brentsville Road) to I-95 – Dumfries	Southern end of concurrency with SR 234; western end of concurrency with SR 294; western terminus of SR 294
		8.32 0.00	13.39 0.00	Prince William Parkway transitions from SR 234 to SR 294
City of Manassas		2.02	3.25	SR 663 west (Wellington Road) to SR 234 Bus. north Liberia Road to I-66 east / SR 28	Eastern terminus of SR 663
Prince William	Brentsville	3.81	6.13	SR 612 (Yates Ford Road) – Clifton
	Dale City	10.55	16.98	SR 641 north (Old Bridge Road) / Touchstone Circle – Lake Ridge	Southern terminus of SR 641
		13.47	21.68	/ Smoketown Road – Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center
		13.90	22.37	Worth Avenue – Potomac Mills
		14.15	22.77	Telegraph Road to SR 849 (Caton Hill Road)
		14.50	23.34	SR 849 west (Caton Hill Road)	Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; eastern terminus of SR 849
	Woodbridge	14.92	24.01	I-95 / I-95 Express north – Washington, Richmond	Exit 158 (I-95)
	Woodbridge	16.07	25.86	US 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) to I-95 / East Longview Drive – Dumfries, Lorton	Southeastern terminus; eastern end of concurrency with SR 294; eastern terminus of SR 294
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition Unopened

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References

"THREE MAJOR PARKWAYS NOW PRIMARY ROADS". Virginia Department of Transportation. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
Kiser, Uriah (2017-11-22). "Prince William plans diverging diamond interchange at Balls Ford Road". Potomac Local. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
https://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/dot/Documents/Balls%20Ford%20Public%20Information%20Meeting%20Presentation%20April%203-%202019.pdf
"$67.4M Balls Ford Road widening moves forward". WTOP. 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
https://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/dot/Documents/Balls%20Ford%20Interchange%20_exhibit%20Concept%2010-01-2019.pdf
Palermo, Jill (June 20, 2018). "Prince William, Dumfries win $244.3 million for new road-construction projects". Prince William Times. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
https://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/dot/Documents/Prince%20William%20Parkway%20and%20University%20Boulevard%20Presentation.pdf
https://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/dot/Documents/Prince%20William%20Parkway%20and%20University%20Boulevard%20Quadrant%20Road%20Intersection%20Brochure.pdf

External links

Prince William Parkway, from The Roads of Northern Virginia

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[vdot-1] "THREE MAJOR PARKWAYS NOW PRIMARY ROADS". Virginia Department of Transportation. February 16, 2012. Archived from the original on January 13, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2012.

[2] Kiser, Uriah (2017-11-22). "Prince William plans diverging diamond interchange at Balls Ford Road". Potomac Local. Retrieved 2019-08-16.

[3] ttps://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/dot/Documents/Balls%20Ford%20Public%20Information%20Meeting%20Presentation%20April%203-%202019.pdf

[4] "$67.4M Balls Ford Road widening moves forward". WTOP. 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2019-12-21.

[5] ttps://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/dot/Documents/Balls%20Ford%20Interchange%20_exhibit%20Concept%2010-01-2019.pdf

[6] Palermo, Jill (June 20, 2018). "Prince William, Dumfries win $244.3 million for new road-construction projects". Prince William Times. Retrieved 2019-08-16.

[7] ttps://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/dot/Documents/Prince%20William%20Parkway%20and%20University%20Boulevard%20Presentation.pdf

[8] ttps://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/dot/Documents/Prince%20William%20Parkway%20and%20University%20Boulevard%20Quadrant%20Road%20Intersection%20Brochure.pdf