Article Photos: New Beltway lanes seek to break gridlock in DC



  E-Z-Pass readers are affixed over the express lanes on Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway, in Fairfax County, Va., Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. The four express lanes, two northbound and two southbound, supplement the existing eight lanes on the Virginia side of the Beltway. The $2 billion, 14-mile, decade-in-the-making Express Lanes are set to open Nov. 17. The four Express Lanes, two northbound and two southbound, supplement the existing eight lanes on the Virginia side of the Beltway. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

E-Z-Pass readers are affixed over the express lanes on Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway, in Fairfax County, Va., Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. The four express lanes, two northbound and two southbound, supplement the existing eight lanes on the Virginia side of the Beltway. The $2 billion, 14-mile, decade-in-the-making Express Lanes are set to open Nov. 17. The four Express Lanes, two northbound and two southbound, supplement the existing eight lanes on the Virginia side of the Beltway. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)