The prospects of a Rt. 3 Bypass have re-emerged:
A suggested route for the bypass has it starting at the I-95 exit for the welcome center, running parallel to Route 3 and ending near Riverbend High School.
Hagan supports the idea. He sees it as the final step in a three-pronged effort to improve congestion on Route 3. The first two steps were building Cowan Boulevard and approving a four-lane connector road from Spotsylvania Towne Centre off Route 3 to Harrison Road.
‘We’re at the last window of opportunity to build an alternative to Route 3,’ Hagan said.
Perhaps so, but:
(1) The road has to terminate much further out than Riverbend High School. Where Rt. 3 and Rt. 20 come together in Orange County would be a more ideal location for a terminus.
(2) The road must be a limited access road. Must. And when I say limited, I mean limited, with no more than three exits (Hamilton Crossing, Chancellorsville Battlefield (tourism), Rt. 3 and Rt. 20.
(3) Fredericksburg should pay for any potential new bridge, visitors center, and allow Spotsylvania tourism to advertise our battlefields and businesses there.
A short list of demands. 🙂