The following 8 photos show various aerial views of the Springfield Interchange Improvement Project (SIIP) construction, of the reconstructed interchange between I-95 Shirley Highway and VA-644 Old Keene Mill Road / Franconia Road.

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	I-95/VA-644 interchange, reconstruction completed, looking east. I-95 runs left-right, and VA-644 runs lower-left to upper right. The expansion of VA-644 Franconia Road near the Springfield Mall was part of the SIIP, and it included elevated 2-lane each way express roadways with the grade separation of two intersections, that over Loisdale Road and Frontier Drive, with outer local 3-lane each way VA-644 roadways intersecting the cross streets at grade. This section of VA-644 and the Mall is in the upper right of the photo.
	I-95/VA-644 interchange, looking north. I-95 runs bottom to top, and VA-644 runs left to right. The Beltway interchange (I-95/I-395/I-495) is visible in the distance.
	I-95/VA-644 interchange, (reconstruction completed except for I-95 southbound roadway which is part of Phase 6 & 7 now under construction), looking north. I-95 runs bottom to top, and VA-644 runs left to right. The Beltway interchange (I-95/I-395/I-495) is visible in the distance. The 4-lane arterial which runs up-down along the left edge of the photo, is Backlick Road, and it has a grade separation over VA-644 Old Keene Mill Road.
	I-95/VA-644 interchange, looking north. I-95 runs bottom to top, and VA-644 runs left to right. The Beltway interchange (I-95/I-395/I-495) is visible in the distance.
	I-95/VA-644 interchange, looking northwest. I-95 runs lower-left to upper-right, and VA-644 runs left to right. The Beltway interchange (I-95/I-395/I-495) is visible in the distance. Loisdale Road is visible in the lower right of the photo, and that road was expanded in the SIIP.
	I-95/VA-644 interchange, looking west. I-95 runs left to right, and VA-644 runs up-down. The overpass of Backlick Road over VA-644 Old Keene Mill Road, is visible in the distance.
	I-95/VA-644 interchange, looking west. I-95 runs left to right, and VA-644 runs up-down. The bridge to the right is the Commerce Street bridge over I-95, and Commerce Street was one of the local roads upgraded in the SIIP, and Commerce Street loops around the lower part of the photo as it passes under the new bridge where VA-644 Franconia Road passes over Commerce Street, and Commerce Street becomes Loisdale Road south of VA-644.
	I-95/VA-644 interchange, looking southwest. I-95 runs upper-left to lower-right, and VA-644 runs lower-left to upper-right. The entire arc of the widened Commerce Street / Loisdale Road is visible in this photo.

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