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I would take Chain Bridge, since it's a reverse commute in the morning, until you get to McLean, where all roads head to Tysons. Without traffic, that's about a 25-30 minute trip, depending upon the lights, so an hour should be sufficient to deal with any backups. You will still have some school traffic on the route, so perhaps for the first couple of days, until you are more familiar with the route, I would tend to allow closer to 1.5 hours, just to be sure that you can get there without issue. Just remember to stay to the right, because of the reversible lane, on Canal, and you will turn left (only direction allowed) at Chain Bridge, since Clara Barton is one-way inbound in the morning.
66 backs up around Fairfax Drive in the mornings, headed toward Tysons, so you would have a slowdown on that route. And, I would definitely not consider crossing the American Legion Bridge, unless you absolutely had to do so. I would not head to MD to get back to Tysons, since the bridge to Tysons can be awful.
The other alternative would be to get on the GW Parkway instead of continuing on I-66, crossing the TR Bridge. You could then take the GW Parkway to the Beltway, just after the American Legion, avoiding the problems of the bridge itself, but you might find it better to exit at 123 in McLean, which would be the same route you would have after crossing Chain Bridge.
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Found a 28 minute route this morning via GW parkway
Attempted a different route utilizing 495 back to clara barton to mass... that was a less-than-stellar option at several different junctures.
(edit: "You must spread some reputation around before giving it to bmwdcguy again" error message, well I tried.... )
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