Army Navy Drive Complete Street

Completion DateOctober 29, 2025

Status

Complete

Construction of the Army Navy Drive Complete Streets project started in October 2022 and was completed in October 2025.

About the Project

The project rebuilt Army Navy Drive within the existing right-of-way as a multimodal complete street featuring enhanced bicycle, transit, and pedestrian facilities. The completed project improves the local connections between the Pentagon and the commercial, residential and retail destinations in Pentagon City and Crystal City.

Watch the Ribbon Cutting Video

Phase 1 - Demolition of Medians and Roadway Pavement

Status: Complete

Crews have demolished the medians on Army Navy Drive between South Joyce Street and 12th Street South. The demolished medians were rebuilt in Phase 3.

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Phase 2A & 2B - Sidewalks, Streetlights, Protected Bike Lanes

Status: Complete

Phase 2A: Crews worked on streetlights, drainage, and curb & gutter, along the sidewalks on Army Navy Drive in the project area, and replaced traffic signal equipment at the five signalized intersections.

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Phase 2B: A new median provides a physically separated two-way protected bicycle lane facility along the south side of Army Navy Drive, shortens pedestrian crossing distances at intersections.

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Phase 3 - New Medians

Status: Complete

Crews installed new striped medians as part of the reconfigured Army Navy Drive.

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Phase 4 - Road Surface Work

Status: Complete

The reconstructed Army Navy Drive features improved intersections that are safer for people walking and biking, and improved infrastructure for buses.

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Phase 5 - Striping, Markings, Signage and Landscaping

Status: Complete

New markings and signage distinguish lanes for driving, bus service, and biking.

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See the Before and After

The project began working through a detailed traffic operations analysis that evaluated the multimodal travel impact of the proposed improvements to the Pentagon City and Crystal City street network. The traffic analysis was approved by the Virginia Department of Transportation in December 2017. Based on the recommendations and results in the final analysis, the project’s working concept plan was updated to enhance the multimodal access and mobility of the Army Navy Drive project corridor.

Connections to Other Projects

This project links to the future two-way bicycle lane facility planned for South Clark Street between 12th Street South and 15th Street South and the future South Eads Street protected bike lanes .

Public Process

The County engaged with the public at different phases of the planning process for the Army Navy Complete Street project. See archived documents and comments below.

October 2025 - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Arlington County Department of Environmental Services hosted a ribbon cutting event on October 29, 2025 to celebrate the completion of the Army Navy Drive Complete Street project.

Press Release

October 2022 - Groundbreaking Ceremony

On October of 2022, Arlington County officials, representatives from state and regional transportation agencies, and business organizations broke ground to mark the beginning of construction on the Army Navy Drive Complete Street project.

November 2020 - Design Public Meeting

The County held a design public hearing on November 18, 2020. The hearing was held as a virtual/online meeting via Microsoft Teams.

Public comment on the project was collected by phone, email, mail, and in-person by appointment.

Public comments summary

June 2019 - Open House

An open house was held on June 25, 2019, at the Aurora Hills Branch Library. The online feedback form closed on July 12, 2019.

Public comments summary

Open House Materials

30% Design Plan - includes street cross sections and summaries of changes from the 15% design
Exhibit 1 - Bike Network
Exhibit 2 - Design Features
Exhibit 3 - Existing Conditions
Exhibit 4 - Crash Summary
Exhibit 5 - 2040 AM Traffic Data
Exhibit 5 - 2040 PM Traffic Data
Exhibit 6 - Schedule
Exhibit 7 - What We Heard

January 2018 - Design Work Shop

A public design workshop was held on January 31, 2018, at the Aurora Hills Branch Library. A comment period was open from the time of the meeting through February 16, 2018.

January 2018 Design Workshop

Design workshop materials
Army Navy Drive Traffic Analysis Report 2017
Army Navy Drive Supplemental Traffic Analysis Memorandum
Exhibit 1 - Bike Network
Exhibit 2 - Design Features
Exhibit 3 - Proposed Future Layout
Exhibit 4 - Crash Summary
Exhibit 5 - 2020 AM Traffic Data
Exhibit 5 - 2020 PM Traffic Data
Exhibit 5 - 2040 AM Traffic Data
Exhibit 5 - 2040 PM Traffic Data

Community Briefings

Staff introduced the project to the Arlington County Bicycle Advisory Committee in December 2017 and the Crystal City Business Improvement District in January 2018 to solicit feedback on the design.

In June 2019, staff presented the 30 percent design plan to the Bicycle Advisory Committee.

BAC Presentation

Funding

Project funding included local and federal sources, regional funds from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, and private developer contributions.