American Legion Bridge

Maryland is advancing its plans to build a new American Legion Bridge and express toll lanes along the Interstate 270 corridor.  Before the pandemic, the bridge was well known for potentially being the worst traffic choke point in the area, but the new bridge would include two new toll lanes in each direction so drivers could pay to get around…

Maryland is now advancing its plans to build a new American Legion Bridge and express toll lanes along the I-270 corridor. The new bridge would also include new spaces for bicyclists and pedestrians so they could get across without a car. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

The plan to build a new American Legion Bridge and add more toll lanes to the Beltway is moving forward. But — in a decision that will make neighborhoods around the Beltway happy — the project has been scaled back. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss explains.

The American Legion Bridge will be widened and replaced, the governors of Maryland and Virginia announced Tuesday morning.

Maryland and Virginia announced a joint effort to create a new, wider American Legion Bridge. News4 transportation reporter Adam Tuss has a closer look at the plan and when construction could begin.

At least one person is hurt after several vehicles crashed and one of them overturned on the Beltway Inner Loop before the I-270 split in Montgomery County, Maryland, authorities say.

Maryland took a huge step forward Wednesday toward adding toll lanes along Interstate 270 and the Beltway.

The tanker crash near the American Legion Bridge Thursday didn’t just close lanes on the Beltway, it caused gridlock across the D.C. Metro area.

The driver of a tanker truck that overturned on the Beltway and caused a traffic nightmare throughout the region Thursday was cited with reckless driving and having faulty brakes.

Friday morning commuters can breathe a sigh of relief: About 12 hours after a tanker overturned on the Beltway, Inner Loop lanes reopened.

It took crews about 12 hours to reopen the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway after a tanker truck overturned and completely blocked the northbound lanes. News4’s Justin Finch reports.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says the state will extend its variable-toll Express Lanes on the Capital Beltway all the way to the Maryland state line as part of $1 billion in planned road improvements in the region.

Virginia could extend express lanes on the Beltway to the Maryland line, including across the American Legion bridge. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss has the story.

A mother who killed two men while driving drunk is going back to prison for violating her probation after admitting she blamed breath mints for triggering the ignition interlock in her car.