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Fairfax County Parkway

State Route 286 marker
State Route 286
Fairfax County Parkway
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length35 mi[1] (56 km)
Major junctions
South end US 1 at Fort Belvoir
Major intersections
North end SR 7 in Dranesville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
Highway system
SR 285SR 286 SR 287

The Fairfax County Parkway, numbered State Route 286 (SR 286, formerly SR 7100[2]), is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia, acting as an expressway in Fairfax County with a mix of interchanges and signalized and unsignalized intersections. Its alignment runs from southeast to northwest and roughly corresponds to part of the once-proposed Outer Beltway around Washington, D.C. The first segment of the roadway opened in 1987; the road was completed in 2010.

SR 286 is also known as the John F. (Jack) Herrity Parkway, designated by the Virginia General Assembly in 1995,[3] and the Trooper Charles Mark Cosslett Memorial Highway, designated in 2010 as the final link through Fort Belvoir.[4] Jack Herrity served for 12 years on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, and was instrumental in getting the road built.[5] This name is ceremonial, and is rarely used by the public.[6]

  1. ^ "Transportation Board Approves Fairfax County Parkway Plans Final Segment of 35-mile parkway" (Press release). Virginia Department of Transportation. March 22, 2004. Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference vdot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Chapter 183, S. 812". March 14, 1995. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  4. ^ . myfoxdc.com http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/traffic/fairfax-county-parkway-extension-to-open-091310. Retrieved April 5, 2012. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Dying for Recognition". The Washington Post. February 9, 1995. p. V3.
  6. ^ Kelly, John (April 21, 2005). "Honored in All but Name". The Washington Post. p. T10.

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