Fredericksburg Safety Rest Area/Welcome Center

Location:Interstate 95 South at mile marker 131

This safety rest area/welcome center reopened Oct. 10, 2007.

It's one of three facilities that will be completely reconstructed as part of a $20 million effort to update 14 safety rest areas and welcome centers.

The new I-95 South Fredericksburg Welcome Center has approximately 14,500 square feet, additional restrooms, and ground and parking improvements that will better serve travelers. It replaces a facility built in 1967.

The new handicap-accessible safety rest area/welcome center features more rest room facilities (including family friendly stalls) than the old facility, plus vending machines and tables.

Outside, visitors will find:

• Additional car, truck and bus parking
  
• New landscaping
  
• Well-lit secure walking paths
  
• New picnic shelters and tables

The new facility was designed and constructed to meet the United States Green Building Council’s LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification. LEED™ construction practices minimize environmental impacts, feature conservation measures, promote recycling and provide an energy-efficient facility that will help the commonwealth save money and better serve travelers. Details > (PDF, 847 KB)

In the Fredericksburg facility, those practices include:

• Saving $8,000 annually in electricity costs and using 25 percent less energy through high-efficiency lighting and heat pumps, an energy recovery unit and occupancy sensors
  
  

• Recycling, reusing or otherwise diverting from a landfill 2,200 tons, or 75 percent, of the old building, site structures and construction waste

• Using recycled materials in 20 percent of the construction products including steel, roofing, terrazzo flooring and drywall

• Using 45 percent less water and conserving 900,000 gallons of potable water by using innovative plumbing fixtures

• Retaining 75 percent of the existing habitat around the building and using only native plants and trees to replace what was disturbed
  
  
• Using only low-emitting adhesives, sealants and paints in the building for a safer indoor environment for staff and visitors

 

Car Spaces – 59

Car handicapped spaces – 4

Truck/bus spaces – 21

Handicapped bus spaces - 2

State Police spaces - 1


Return to Rest Areas and Welcome Centers
Contact the Virginia Department of Transportation's Safety Rest Area and Welcome Center coordinator at 1-800-FOR-ROAD (1-800-367-7623).