Here are 6 photos of Route VA-288 under construction, taken in September, 2003. Click the thumbnail photo for a larger photo (they range in size from 93 KB to 139 KB).

	Route 288 construction, looking south. The section of VA-288 from VA-76 Powhite Parkway to Lucks Lane, opened to traffic in November 2002. Concrete paving is about to begin on the mainline roadways, aggregate base has been placed and a 4 inch layer of asphalt base on top of the aggregate base. The already paved roadways are collector-distributor (C-D) roadways, and the roadways under construction are the mainline roadways.
	Route 288 construction, looking south. This photo was taken from the same vantage point as the previous photo, but it was taken with a 135mm (2.7x) telephoto lens, instead of the 50mm (1.0x) regular lens used previously.
	Route 288 construction, looking north, photo taken from Lucks Lane in Chesterfield County, a few minutes after the previous photo.
	Route 288 construction, looking north. This photo was taken from the same vantage point as the previous photo, but it was taken with a 135mm (2.7x) telephoto lens, instead of the 50mm (1.0x) regular lens used previously.
	A central mix concrete plant was set up on the southeast quadrant of the interchange between US-60 and VA-288. This will be utilized to produce the concrete for the VA-288 roadway between VA-76 Powhite Parkway and the Chesterfield-Powhatan county line.
	A closer view of the central mix concrete plant in the previous photo.

All photos taken by Scott Kozel.

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Lead article for Richmond Beltway (I-295 and VA-288)

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By Scott M. Kozel, Roads to the Future

(Created 11-1-2003)