Commuting from Tysons to Ashburn

[saganista]

Originally Posted by Momma_s

If you'll be living on the Falls Church side of Tysons, and driving through Tysons, there's traffic in ALL directions (add another 20min to your commute if this is the case). As soon as you're out of Tysons and heading to Ashburn, you'll have smooth sailing since it's the opposite of most traffic. You'll hit some traffic on Rt7 in the Ashburn area, but it's fairly mild compared to Tysons.

Yes, depending on what the usual conditions on Route-7 at the usual hour of travel turned out to be, from the Falls Church side it could be worth picking up Great Falls Street, then crossing Route-123 and taking Lewinsville Road out to the merge with Route-7 west of the Toll Road. It would be slightly longer mileage-wise, but it's a nice ride, and certainly would be expected to have less troublesome traffic than Route-7. The latter can be unpredictable. Sometimes you can get through Tysons proper without so much difficulty. Can't really say the same for the stretch between Tysons and the Toll Road, however. That seems to be bad all the time...