Busy Woodbridge Intersection Gets New Traffic Signal, Upgrades

WOODBRIDGE, VA — The Virginia Department of Transportation placed in service a new traffic signal at Rippon Boulevard and Blackburn Road in Woodbridge to improve safety for pedestrians and drivers, the department said Thursday.

The $1.1 million project was financed with federal and state funding. At the intersection, Rippon Boulevard averages 11,000 vehicles a day and Blackburn Road averages up to 6,800.

Along with the new traffic signal, the project’s other upgrades include:

• Two accessible pedestrian signal crossings.
• Americans with Disabilities Act curb ramp upgrades.
• Upgraded concrete island at northwest corner of intersection with pedestrian cut-thru and new crosswalk across southbound Blackburn Road slip ramp to westbound Rippon Boulevard.
• Right- and left-turn lanes along eastbound and westbound Rippon Boulevard.
• Flashing yellow arrows for left turns from Rippon Boulevard to Blackburn Road.

Final pavement markings will be added to the intersection in the comin weeks as part of paving and restriping in the area, according to VDOT. The final detail work will occur into the fall with minimal impacts to traffic, the department said.