[mikey_hates_everything]

"We also need about 15 new crossing points over I495, and Little River Turnpike should be modified into an 8 lane limited access combination expresslane/access road system ~ preferably from Centerville to Annandale."

Check this out to raise your blood pressure: Link

The "Monticello Freeway" (Braddock Road) would have basically been what you suggested. It's amazing what officials pissed away here. And BTW, no one addresses the traffic tie-ups thanks to the HOT construction. 495 is now messed up almost every day from just north of 236 to try to get to 66 starting around 2:00. Same for coming south from Tysons.

[muawiyah]

Intriguingly it was the Democrats in Fairfax county who trashed a perfectly reasonable expressway plan. For a variety of reasons they didn't think people needed to have roads to drive to work.

That level of stupidity is still present among local Democrats in this area. I think they're mostly the dregs from New Jersey who couldn't steal enough to keep up with the neighbors.