495 Express Lanes

Using the 495 Express Lanes will be easy and provide you with a predictable trip on the Capital Beltway. Whether you travel by car, carpool, or bus, the Express Lanes will give you the freedom to control how and when you arrive at your destination.

You will pay your toll on the Express Lanes with an E-ZPass® – there are no toll booths to slow you down. The electronic tolling equipment will charge your E-ZPass® account. The Express Lanes will have all-electronic tolling to keep you moving. There will be no tollbooths or options to pay cash.

Carpools can use the lanes without paying a toll. If you plan to carpool on the Express Lanes, you will need three people in the vehicle and an E-ZPass® Flex^SM(available summer 2012). The E-ZPass® Flex^SM is your way to tell the Express Lanes operator that you are carpooling and ensure you are not charged a toll.

You will see pricing and regulatory signage in advance of all Express Lanes entrances. These signs will guide you to the lanes, explain the rules of the road and provide you with information on current toll pricing. Once you see the price and determine you want to take the Express Lanes, you will enter the lanes on a ramp that will bring you directly into the Express Lanes. It’s that easy.

Once you are in the Express Lanes, you will use dedicated Express Lanes ramps on the left to exit directly onto major roadways. You will only be able to exit from the Express Lanes onto the regular Beltway lanes at the beginning and end of the Lanes, in the area just south of Braddock Road, or north of the Dulles Toll Road.