Dave Dildine

Aug 8, 2024 | wtop.com | Dave Dildine

This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker. In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. Erratic driving and crashes on the Southeast-Southwest Freeway at the 3rd Street Tunnel could continue for several more years as D.C.’s interstate renumbering plan stalls. At the Southeast-Southwest Freeway’s midpoint, the quirky divergence of Interstate 395 at Interstate 695 contributes to a flurry of eastbound weaving and swerving.

Feb 16, 2024 | wtop.com | Ivy Lyons |Dave Dildine |Thomas Robertson

The driver who led Maryland troopers on a chase along Route 29 and through the surrounding suburban neighborhoods in a stolen state highway truck has been arrested. Officials said the man struck more than a dozen drivers in the state’s CHART vehicle before being arrested at 6:30 p.m. — more than an hour after the incident began.

Feb 16, 2024 | wtop.com | Dave Dildine |Thomas Robertson

A driver in a state highway truck led police in Maryland on a chase along Route 29 and through the surrounding suburban neighborhoods, ramming into several vehicles along the way. The WTOP Traffic Center reported the pursuit started on the Capital Beltway at I-95 in College Park, Maryland. The person leading police on the chase was driving a stolen Maryland State Highway Administration truck.

Jan 29, 2024 | wtop.com | Dave Dildine

Overnight closures of North Glebe Road near the Chain Bridge in Arlington, Virginia, are scheduled through late February as the county rehabilitates a drainage area scoured after a large water main break. The placement of large boulders and other riparian safeguards require nightly closures of Glebe Road between Route 123 and Military Road from about 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.During the closure, drivers are detoured to Route 123, Kirby Road and Chesterbrook Road.

Oct 31, 2023 | wtop.com | Dave Dildine

A twisty section of Route 1, originally numbered Va. Route 31, was straightened through Stafford County during the late 1930s. Fractured segments of the old highway would later become residential streets such as Jumping Branch Road and State Shop Road. An old two-lane bridge above Accokeek Creek marks the spot where Route 1 used to be. Thick vines have latched onto the structure’s walls and mature trees grow from its abutments. Remarkably, it has remained upright for nearly 90 years.