[mhking]

You are correct and it would be open towards 50. Route 7 is to the back of Home Depot. The top of the deck is the same level as rte 7. There are shops/stores on two different levels there so the deck is kind of like an overhang providing extra parking. The Home Depot is on the lower level with a ramp leading from it to the top of the deck. Parking is available on top of or under the deck.

IIRC (it's been more'n 10 years since I have been at that plaza - and it was much smaller with no deck then), 50 runs beneath the Seven Corners intersection itself, while 7 is up top. 50 has no lights there, just offramps, but 7 has lights - is this correct?

If so, and if the car left headed east on 50, my impression of this guy having intimate knowledge of the DC area highway system would inch closer toward a realistic issue.

[USNA74]

Going E or W on Rt 50 from that HD parking lot there are lights, but yes . . . 50 does go beneath 7 with no lights. In fact, the first light E of the shopping mall is Patrick Henry (I think), but whatever it is, it's a fairly long light. Relatively fewer lights on 50 (and faster speed) limit than on 7. Either give many options to dive off onto remote surface streets and just park for 7 hours before leaving in the dark of night.