Loudoun County Parkway

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Circle sign 606.svg Circle sign 607.svg
Loudoun County Parkway
State Routes 606 and 607
Route information
Length13.6 mi [1]  (21.9 km)
Component
highways
Circle sign 606.svg SR 606 from South Riding to Arcola
Circle sign 607.svg SR 607 from Arcola to Ashburn
Major junctions
South endCircle sign 620.svgCircle sign 613.svg SR 620  / SR 613 in South Riding
Major intersectionsUS 50.svg US 50 in Arcola
Toll plate yellow.svg
Virginia 267.svg
SR 267 Toll in Ashburn
Virginia 7.svg SR 7 in Ashburn
North endIntersection with Riverside Parkway and George Washington Boulevard in Ashburn
Location
Country United States
State Virginia
Counties Loudoun
Highway system

The Loudoun County Parkway is a secondary state highway in eastern Loudoun County, Virginia. The southern portion is signed as State Route 606 from Braddock Road north to Old Ox Road, with the remainder signed as State Route 607.

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Route description

South Riding and Arcola

View southwest along SR 606 (Loudoun County Parkway) in Arcola from an airplane 2016-07-31 14 54 19 View southwest along Virginia State Secondary Route 606 (Loudoun County Parkway) through Arcola and South Riding in Loudoun County, Virginia from an plane departing Washington Dulles International Airport.jpg
View southwest along SR 606 (Loudoun County Parkway) in Arcola from an airplane

Loudoun County Parkway begins at Braddock Road in South Riding. It then has an intersection with Tall Cedars Parkway. Then, Riding Center Drive, which takes you to Freedom High School. The road then continues north across U.S. Route 50. The parkway continues north along the western boundary of Washington Dulles International Airport to the intersection of Old Ox Road. The road now goes north towards Loudoun Valley Estates in Ashburn. The parkway then heads north towards Ryan Road. [2]

View northeast approaching the transition between SR 606 and SR 607 in Arcola 2018-06-15 13 43 08 View northeast along the Loudoun County Parkway (Virginia State Route 606) where it becomes Virginia State Route 607 and Old Ox Road (Virginia State Route 606) diverges to the east in Arcola, Loudoun County, Virginia.jpg
View northeast approaching the transition between SR 606 and SR 607 in Arcola

Brambleton and Ashburn

At Old Ox Road, SR 606 transitions onto Old Ox Road and the SR 607 designation begins for the Loudoun County Parkway. [1] The parkway continues north to a partially-tolled interchange with the Dulles Greenway. The parkway heads north over the Greenway, and past the Verizon campus. After crossing Waxpool Road, the parkway continues north through corporate centers and Redskins Park. This section was once called Panorama Parkway. Until 2006, the section from Smith Switch Road to State Route 7 was an unpaved dirt road, but was rebuilt in 2006 as a four-lane divided highway as part of the Route 28 Improvement Project. As of 2012, Smith Switch Road no longer intersects directly with Loudoun County Parkway; instead it runs into the extension eastward of Gloucester Parkway that intersects Loudoun County Parkway. The parkway meets SR 7 (Leesburg Pike) at an unnumbered SPUI interchange. Just north of there, the parkway terminates at an intersection with George Washington Boulevard, which serves the George Washington University Virginia Campus. The roadway continues as Riverside Parkway, which parallels SR 7 on its north side west towards Leesburg. [1]

Major Construction Projects

Until 2017, a large gap existed in Loudoun County Parkway between Evergreen Ridge Drive in Ashburn, and Arcola Mills Drive(formerly Evergreen Mills Road), in Arcola. The road was constructed between these roads and opened in 2017, which created new intersections with Creighton Road, Evergreen Mills Road(formerly Shreveport Drive), Arcola Mills Drive(formerly Evergreen Mills Road), and a new interchange/signalized intersection with Old Ox road. This project also widened the road south of Old Ox Road to three lanes on the southbound side, and widened Old Ox Road(Route 606) to two lanes on both sides. In 2023, Loudoun County Parkway was widened from 4 to 6 lanes between Ryan Road and Shellhorn Road in Ashburn.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Loudoun County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
South Riding 0.00.0Circle sign 620.svgSouth plate.svg
Circle sign 613.svg
SR 620 (Braddock Road) / SR 613 south (Ticonderoga Road)
Southern terminus of SR 606
Arcola 2.13.4US 50.svg US 50 (John Mosby Highway, Little River Turnpike)
3.04.8Evergreen Mills Road (SR 621 west)Eastern terminus of SR 621
3.76.0East plate.svg
Circle sign 606.svg
SR 606 east (Old Ox Road) Herndon
Route transition between SR 606 and SR 607; future intersection with SR 842 (Arcola Bouevard)
Brambleton 4.87.7Creighton Road (SR 774 west)Eastern terminus of SR 774
6.610.6Ryan Road (SR 772 west)Eastern terminus of SR 772
Ashburn 8.213.2Toll plate yellow.svg
Virginia 267.svg
SR 267 Toll (Dulles Greenway) Washington, Leesburg
Toll on ramp to SR 267 west and from SR 267 east; exit 7 on SR 267
8.513.7Shellhorn Road (SR 643 west)Eastern terminus of SR 643
9.915.9Circle sign 625.svg SR 625 (Waxpool Road)
13.321.4Virginia 7.svg SR 7 East- Tysons, Sterling, West- Leesburg, Winchester, Frederick SPUI with Harry Byrd Highway
13.621.9George Washington Boulevard, Riverside ParkwayNorthern terminus of SR 607; to George Washington University Virginia Campus, Leesburg
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Plane Crash

On January 19, 2024, Southern Airways Express Flight 246 took off from Dulles International Airport and was on its way to Lancaster Airport (Pennsylvania) when it made an emergency landing due to bad weather. None of the 7 people onboard were killed or injured. The plane struck a guardrail as it performed an emergency landing. There was a snowstorm the day of, which caused the bad weather mentioned. The incident was covered by many local news outlets. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Loudoun County Parkway" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  2. Progress Report on Loudoun County Parkway by Ron Shaffer, July 21, 2005, The Washington Post Retrieved July 16, 2010
  3. "Small plane makes 'hard landing' on Loudoun County Parkway".