Rockville Pike & Jones Bridge Rd. Intersection
AGENCY:
- Maryland Department of Transportation, State Highway Administration
Coordinating agencies:
- Montgomery County Department of Transportation
- U.S. Navy
- National Institutes of Health
- Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
- National Capital Planning Commission
FUNDING:
- Tier One projects funded by the Maryland Department of Transportation
- Tier Two projects funded through a grant from the DoD Office of Economic Adjustment for transportation projects at BRAC-impacted military medical facilities.
Scope of Work:
- Tier One:
- Add variable electronic signaling to create two, afternoon peak travel time, southbound, left turn lanes onto from Rockville Pike (MD 355) to Jones Bridge Road.
- Tier Two:
- Add a southbound lane on Rockville Pike adjacent to the National Institutes of Health to create two left turn lanes onto Jones Bridge Road.
- Convert the southbound through lane of Rockville Pike into an exclusive left turn lane during afternoon peak travel times.
- Add an exclusive left turn lane out of the National Institutes of Health at Center Drive
- Change lane usage on eastbound Jones Bridge Road from a shared through/left lane to an exclusive left turn lane.
File Cabinet:
- Details on related MD 355 (Rockville Pike) Crossing Project at Medical Center Metro Station
- SHA Documentation
- 11-1-11 Montgomery County News Release: Leggett Praises $90 Million Federal Funding for Transit, Road & Pedestrian Improvements in Bethesda; Projects will address increased traffic related to BRAC at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Maryland's Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP-FY2008-2013) budgets $45.3 million for BRAC-related intersection improvements
- Summary of Tiers and Phases -- Updated 12-16-10 (3 pp)
- 12-21-10 State Highway Administration Tier One Intersections Project schedule
- 10-22-10 State Highway Administration response regarding Intersections projects at Rockville Pike at Cedar Lane; Rockville Pike at Jones Bridge Road; and Old Georgetown Road at West Cedar Lane (12 pp)
- 10-22-10 State Highway Administration response regarding Intersections project at Connecticut Avenue at Jones Bridge Road (5 pp)
- 9-2-10 State Highway Administration Categorical Exclusion documentation on MD 355-Cedar Lane intersection (33 pp)
Rockville Pike at Cedar Lane: - /brac/pdf/intersections-sha-355cedar-041510-reduced.pdf (41 pp / 16 MB)
- 4-20-10 Old Georgetown Road at Cedar Lane (26 pp / 13 MB)
- 4-13-10 Rockville Pike at Jones Bridge Road (34 pp / 11 MB)
- 3-31-10 Connecticut Ave. at Jones Bridge Road (51 pp / 17 MB)
- 11-19-09 Maryland-National Capitol Park and Planning Commission letter to Maryland Department of Transportation re:
- Mandatory Referral heaings for Bethesda BRAC Intersections Improvement project (3 pp)
- 11-17-09 Maryland Department of Transportation /Montgomery County Department of Transportation Transportation Investment Priorities: Phased implementation of intersections projects based on available, projected, and/or requested funding (33 pp)
- February 2009: State Highway Administration Summary Report -- Traffic and Intersection Improvement Studies for Base
- Realignment and Closure: Bethesda National Naval Medical Center (26 pp)
- 9-12-08 Maryland Department of Transportation Detailed Memo: National economic downturn impacts on Maryland BRAC transportation projects
- 9-10-08 Maryland Department of Transportation: List of Projects Impacted by Revenue Adjustments
- September 16, 2008 State Highway Administration presentation: Traffic simulation at Bethesda intersections (18 pp.)
- 9-16-08 State Highway Administration timeline for BRAC intersection improvements in Bethesda (11 pp)
News:
- 9-21-16 Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA): New Traffic Patterm Will Ease Congestion on MD 355 in Bethesda -- Dynamic Control Traffic Signal Will Provide Part-Time Double Left Turns During Afternoon Rush Hour at Jones Bridge Road Intersection
- 11-1-11 Montgomery County News Release: Leggett Praises $90 Million Federal Funding for Transit, Road & Pedestrian Improvements in Bethesda; Projects will address increased traffic related to BRAC at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- 9-29-08 Isiah Leggett Reports, October 2008 -- Disappointed by state cuts in transportation
- 9-11-08 Washington Post: Md. to Cut Funding Of Roads, Transit -- Revenue Drop Hits Several Projects In D.C. Suburbs
- 9-10-08 Maryland Department of Transportation News Release: NATIONAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IMPACTS
- MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM: Decrease in Revenue Requires Deferral of $1.1 Billion in Capital Projects Over Six Years -- Six-Year Capital Budget Still Provides $9.4 Billion for State and Local Priorities