Traffic & Transit

Contractor To Begin Blasting For Sycolin Road-To-Route 7 Project

Blasting to remove rock between the W&OD Trail and the Tuscarora Creek Bridge is scheduled to begin the week of Aug. 10.

Crosstrail Boulevard will provide a new connection between Sycolin Road near Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park and Route 7.
Crosstrail Boulevard will provide a new connection between Sycolin Road near Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park and Route 7. (Shutterstock)

LEESBURG, VA — Merritt Construction Services has been selected to build a segment of Crosstrail Boulevard between Kincaid Boulevard and Russell Branch Parkway. When the $49 million project is completed, Crosstrail Boulevard will provide a new connection between Sycolin Road near Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park and Route 7.

The new four-lane, divided road segment also will allow for greater access to the Loudoun United Soccer Stadium. A new segment of Crosstrail Boulevard opened in 2019 to connect the stadium site with Sycolin Road.

The 1.14-mile section will include a 115-foot bridge over the W&OD Trail with direct pedestrian and bicycle access to the trail, as well as a 500-foot bridge over Tuscarora Creek and five storm water retention facilities.

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Blasting to remove rock between the W&OD Trail and the Tuscarora Creek Bridge is scheduled to begin the week of Monday, Aug. 10 and will continue through mid-September. Merritt Construction Services plans to blast between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays.

Construction crews also are clearing the project area of vegetation and establishing erosion and sediment controls. Work to relocate utilities, including supporting poles for power lines, has begun and will continue for several weeks.

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In March, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and the Town of Leesburg broke ground on the project to extend Crosstrail Boulevard from Kincaid Boulevard to Russell Branch Parkway.

Crosstrail Boulevard will eventually be extended beyond Sycolin Road to link to the Dulles Greenway interchange at Shreve Mill Road. Construction of this portion of the road is not expected to begin prior to 2024.


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