Editing Springfield, Virginia (section)

===Roads===
Central Springfield is dominated by the [[Springfield Interchange]], popularly known as the "Mixing Bowl" or the "Melting Pot", a name taken from an earlier interchange near [[the Pentagon]]. The interchange includes three [[Interstate Highway System|Interstates]] ([[Interstate 95 in Virginia|I-95]], [[Interstate 395 (District of Columbia-Virginia)|I-395]], and [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|I-495]]), with two exits less than a half mile apart, with two roads (Commerce Street and [[Virginia State Route 644 (Fairfax County)|Route 644]] (Old Keene Mill Road / Franconia Road)) going over or under I-95 within less than a half mile, and is further complicated by the presence of a separate, reversible [[high-occupancy vehicle lane]] passing through the center of two of the interstates.

Built between 1999 and 2007 at a cost of $676 million, the Springfield Interchange Improvement Project was finished on time and on budget, according to the [[Virginia Department of Transportation]], and dedicated on July 18, 2007, by Virginia Governor [[Timothy M. Kaine]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Bowl-ed over|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jul/19/bowl-ed-over/|access-date=15 April 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]|date=19 July 2007}}</ref>