Project Overview
Field Crews in the Area
Field crews are working to survey and investigate the project area. Please exercise caution while crews are conducting this work.
Alert
Property owners in the project area will be contacted by McCormick Taylor, Inc. 30 days prior to the start of any work on private property that may become necessary.
Project Overview
The purpose of the US 501 and US 221 Split Pair Intersection Improvement Project is to improve safety, increase capacity, and reduce delays along US 501 and US 221, which currently present some of the highest levels of congestion in the City of Lynchburg. Continued commercial, retail, and housing growth has pushed the intersection over capacity, as exhibited by delays experienced during the peak hours of travel.
The project area focuses on the US 501 (Lynchburg Expressway) and US 221 (Lakeside Drive) intersection and extends north to the railroad bridge on Old Forest Road and north to the railroad bridge on the Desmond T. Doss Expressway, and east of Country Place Lane on US 221.
The City of Lynchburg is committed to delivering a robust communications and engagement effort to keep the public informed, including a toll-free project hotline: 1-USS-501-PAIR (1-877-501-7247) and additional online resources to provide convenient access to current project activities, milestones, meeting announcements, and more. The public may also sign up for project updates and submit questions and comments here or by calling 1-USS-501-PAIR over the course of the project.
July 29, 2025, Project Information Meeting
A Project Information Meeting was held on July 29, 2025.
Click the link below to view the information provided at the meeting.
Project Phases
1) Preliminary Design
This design phase focuses on early engineering activities involving surveying, roadway and bridge geometry, traffic data evaluation and analysis, hydrologic and hydraulic evaluation, environmental assessments and permitting, and overall design concept development. This phase also includes engaging in public participation through outreach efforts.
2) Detailed Design
This phase entails further refinement of the preliminary design to determine right-of-way and utility impacts, utility coordination, design of roadway, structures, and bridges, and other logistics and technical coordination to ensure the project is ready to move forward.
3) Final Design
This phase includes finalizing design work and right-of-way acquisitions, including roadway alignments and cross sections, structural components, finalization of erosion and sedimentation plans, obtaining environmental permits, and other plan finalization prior to construction. Technical specifications, bid documents, and refined construction cost estimates will be prepared. The design concept will be finalized, and public involvement will continue to ensure transparency with the community.
4) Construction
The construction phase will be planned and executed as the final design is completed and the project progresses.
Project Schedule
