VA Route 234:
Sudley Road
Prince William Parkway
Dumfires Road
Ronald Wilson Reagan
Memorial Highway
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About
VA Route 234:
VA Route 234 runs north-south in western
Prince William
County. The route begins approximately four miles north of
I-66
along US Route 15 in northern Prince William County and ends
in
southern Prince William County at US Route 1 in Dumfries.
Along
its route it passes through Catharpin, Manassas National Battlefield
Park, Manassas City, Independent Hill and Dumfries.
Most of what is now Route 234 south of
Manassas was
added to the state highway system as VA Route 709 by 1929. By
1932, the route going north to US 15 was added to VA Route 709.
Route 709 became VA Route 234 in 1933. Over the
next 10
years, a number of routing changes occured. By 1943, Route
234
was following the route that it travels today. In later
years,
Route 234 became an important route between Manassas, I-66, Dumfires, I-95 and
the US Route 1 cooridor. This was especially true with the
completeion of I-95 and I-66. This added traffic along with
the
beginnings
of new developments in the western part of Prince William County,
concerns were raised about congestion and safety along
Route 234.
Beginning in the 1970's, Prince William County officials
began
pushing for the widening and modernization of Route 234.
Years of
funding shortcuts and conflicting priorities between jurisdictions led
to the Route 234 project being delayed multiple times.
Finally in the mid-1990's the first of a series of projects began to
widen VA Route 234 to four lanes between I-66 in Manassas and US Route
1 in Dumfries. The following table details the various
projects
in order from north to south:
| Project |
Start
Date |
Completion
Date |
Cost |
| Route 234 Manassas Bypass:
I-66 to VA Route 28 |
Late 1995 |
August 1997 |
$153 million total
for all three projects |
| Route 234 Manassas Bypass: VA 28 to Brentsville Road |
October 1999 |
October 2001 |
| Brentsville Road to Coles Road including bridge over
Occoquan River in Lake Jackson |
Spring 2001 |
September 2002 |
| Coles Road to Purcell Road (Phase I) |
Spring 2001 |
September 2002 |
$16.2 million |
| Purcell Road to Snowfall Drive (Phase II) |
|
August 2003 |
|
| Snowfall Drive to Eclipse Drive (Phase III) |
|
June 2006 |
$16.6 million |
| Eclipse Drive to Country Club Drive (Phase IV) |
|
Summer 2007 |
$20.7 million |
| Country Club Drive to I-95 |
|
Fall 1996 |
|
| VA 234/I-95 Interchange Improvements |
June 2000 |
April 2002 |
$7.6 million |
| I-95 to US Route 1 |
|
May 2002 |
|
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Upon completion of the Route 234 Bypass between Brentsville Road and
I-66, Route 234 through Manassas City was designated as VA Route 234
Business. Route 234 multiplexes with I-66 between
Exits 44 and 47. North of I-66 Route 234 returns to its original routing. The Tri-County Parkway project will extend
the Route 234 Bypass north from its current terminus at I-66.
The Parkway will run north and intersect the original Route
234 routing in the area of Pageland Lane. It will then continue north
into Loudoun County. When the Tri-County Parkway is complete,
it is expected that Route 234 will continue north on the Tri-County
Parkway and then exit the Parkway where it intersects with the original
Route 234. The bypassed portion of the current Route 234
north of I-66 is expected to be called Route 234 Business.
In early 2005, Route 234 was named Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial
Highway. The resolution in the Virginia House of Delegates
was championed by Delegate L. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Prince
William). The Prince William County Board of Superviors
supported the measure. Delegate Lingamfelter said that Former
President Reagan was fond of horses and Civil War Battlefields, and
took an occasional ride through Manassass National Battlefield
Park, making the naming of Route 234 after him even more appropriate.
Another name change took place along VA Route 234 with the completeion
of the Liberia Avenue extension from Wellington Road/Prince William
Parkway to Brentsville Road. The Liberia Avenue extension was
renamed Prince William Parkway. Route 234 from Brentsville
Road north to I-66 was named Prince William Parkway as well to allow
the Parkway to have continuous route naming across Prince William
County.
With the completeion of the final widening project between Eclipse and
Country Club Drives, VA Route 234 is now four lanes between I-95 and
I-66 with a Manassas City bypass. This provides a high
capacity,
high speed route through western Prince William County. This
also
provides an additional route between I-95 and I-66, the two major
Northern Virginia interstate highways.
VDOT is proposing two projects to address future needs in the
Route 234 Cooridor:
- Completion of the VA Route 234 Manassas Bypass.
The route
would extend north from the current bypass end at I-66 and rejoin Route
234 in the area of Pageland Lane. The Manassas National
Battlefield Park would also be bypassed by this extension of Route 234.
The road would then continue north to Loudoun County as a
part of
the Tri-County Parkway project.
- VA 234/US Route 1 interchange. VDOT plans to
build an
interchange at VA 234 and US Route 1.
There are currently no active plans to begin construction on either of
the above projects.
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