Fort Belvoir North a nightmare to get to? (Arlington, Burke: school, contractor)

[va_lucky]

As a contractor, I sometimes get offers to work there. As I head South in the morning, I notice that 95 is pretty badly backed up (at least from the north in the right hand lane). Everyone seems to be crawling and Fort Belvoir North's site is still very far away when I notice this.

Is this a cluster to get to from the South as well?

Is there any particular shift that doesn't back traffic up onto 95?

[GustavoFring]

Originally Posted by va_lucky

As a contractor, I sometimes get offers to work there. As I head South in the morning, I notice that 95 is pretty badly backed up (at least from the north in the right hand lane). Everyone seems to be crawling and Fort Belvoir North's site is still very far away when I notice this.

Is this a cluster to get to from the South as well?

Is there any particular shift that doesn't back traffic up onto 95?

I used to work there and commuted from the north. That exit ramp backs up because there's a light at the top on the other side of the bridge. Also, certain people like to wait until the last minute and cut over on the long line stacked up there. I found that my commute to Ft Belvoir (if arriving after 7AM) generally went like this: 15-20 minutes to drive from Tyson's to the exit on 95S, then an additional 20 minutes of sitting in that crap and fighting to get into the base.

Leaving in the afternoons is actually worse. Due to untimed lights on FFX County Parkway, it will often times back up as far as the bridge for Telegraph road. I used to cut through on some backroads to knock a few minutes off, until the police decided to do a speed trap at the bottom of a hill where the speed limit was 25 on a road designed for 45.

The only thing about working there I miss is the PX had a fast food cheesteak place that was pretty good.

[Carlingtonian]

I used to work at Belvoir South and loved the commute from Arlington. 395 was faster than taking the GWMP but more stressful. I would take the one exit (that takes you past the new Patriot Ridge building, then past a tiny mosque, then via some back roads to FCP. From there it got annoying and hairy for about a mile, until I got past Kingman Gate.

OP: You could take GWMP and then come back up through Belvoir (via Walker or Tully Gate). Some lights on Gunston Road/Belvoir Road, but possibly better than what you hit coming south on that stretch of FCP.

[smarterguy]

If you're talking about NGA's new building on Fort Belvoir North area (Google Maps), its not a nightmare to get to most of the time. The line of traffic getting off I-95 South is for Fairfax Cnty Pkwy South, most headed to the other part of Fort Belvoir.

[Carlingtonian]

Originally Posted by smarterguy

If you're talking about NGA's new building on Fort Belvoir North area (Google Maps), its not a nightmare to get to most of the time. The line of traffic getting off I-95 South is for Fairfax Cnty Pkwy South, most headed to the other part of Fort Belvoir.

Isn't the parking at NGA a PITA, though?

(I assumed the OP was talking about DLA and that area.)

[GustavoFring]

Originally Posted by Carlingtonian

Isn't the parking at NGA a PITA, though?

(I assumed the OP was talking about DLA and that area.)

My statements also refer to the DLA area of Ft Belvoir.

[va_lucky]

Thanks for the posts...was referring to the "non-DLA" area...I worked over at DLA for a bit...know that commute as well.

[Fredesch]

Accckkk, that's what they did to Rolling Rd! Depending on where you are coming from Rolling Rd might be an option. Rolling used to go straight through and it looks like it has been rerouted to make way for the parkway. Anyhow if you are coming from Braddock Rd or Burke, Rolling would be an alternative just watch out for school buses.