Richmond Highway

Heads up if you drive in Northern Virginia: The speed limit on a long stretch of Richmond Highway (Route 1) will drop starting Tuesday, May 23.

The speed limit will drop by 10 mph on a notorious stretch of Richmond Highway (Route 1) in Fairfax County, News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

The speed limit on Route 1 between the Beltway and Jeff Todd Way will be lowered from 45 mph to 35 mph soon. News4’s Adam Tuss shows what’s changing and why.

The first court appearance forthe woman who barricaded herself inside an SUV for over 36 hours on Richmond Highway has been delayed, and she is still in jail on abduction and firearms charges.

The woman who barricaded herself inside an SUV for two days in Fairfax County made her first court appearance Friday morning.

A woman was taken into police custody early Thursday after a 36-hour standoff that shut down Route 1 in Fairfax County. Supervisor Rodney Lusk talks about how a trained clinician may have helped deescalate the crisis. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

A woman was taken into custody at midnight Thursday after a standoff with police on Richmond Highway (Route 1) in the Hybla Valley area that shut down the road for 36 hours, Fairfax County police said. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

A woman was taken into custody at midnight Thursday after a standoff with police on Richmond Highway (Route 1) in the Hybla Valley area that shut down the road for 36 hours, Fairfax County police said.

The barricade has been going on for 36 hours, and the woman’s family said authorities requested messages from them as a de-escalation tactic.

A standoff shutting down a major Northern Virginia road has been going on for more than 30 hours. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder says police in Fairfax County have been trying to negotiate with a woman who they say is experiencing a mental health crisis and has a gun inside of her SUV on Richmond Highway.

Fairfax County police have been working for a day to get an armed woman safely out of an SUV. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Part of Richmond Highway remained closed 17+ hours after officers began negotiating with an armed woman in an SUV, police say. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Police are in a tense standoff on Richmond Highway in the Hybla Valley area with an armed woman in an incident that may be connected to the case of two missing Maryland women.

A woman with a gun barricaded herself inside an SUV for hours Tuesday shutting down Richmond Highway in both directions. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.

Two pedestrian crashes happened just miles apart along Route 1 Thursday, including one fatality. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports.

A pedestrian was hit and killed on Richmond Highway (Route 1) near Fort Belvoir early Thursday, authorities say. 

A driver hit and killed a pedestrian on Richmond Highway (Route 1) at Backlick Road on Thursday morning. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

Police arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a 63-year-old woman who was found at a bus stop in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, Virginia, with serious injuries from an assault, authorities say.

A 63-year-old woman died after she was found at a bus stop in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, Virginia, with serious injuries from an assault, authorities say.