Fredericksburg is about fifty miles south of Washington D.C. located directly on Interstate 95 at exit 130. It is also one hour north of Richmond on Interstate 95.
Travel time from the north (Washington, DC) will vary due to traffic conditions (avoid rush hour). Between 2:30PM and 7:00PM, typical travel times to Fredericksburg are from an hour and a half to three and a half hours. Alternative routes include taking either State Highway 28 through Manassas to US Route 17, or by taking US Route 29 through Warrenton to US Route 17. Both routes take about an hour and a half, but the traffic is much more bearable and most of the trip consists of rural driving at full speed.
Another alternative to I-95 South from Fairfax is to take the following route:
Chancellorsville Battlefield
Fairfax County Parkway to Hwy 123
Hwy 123 South to right on Hwy 641 (Chapel Rd)
Hwy 641 to left on Hwy 610 (Wolf Run Shoals Rd)
Hwy 610 to right on Hwy 643 (Henderson Rd)
Hwy 643 to left on Hwy 612 (Old Yates Ford Rd)
Left onto Hwy 3000 (Prince William Parkway)
Right onto Hwy 642 (Hoadly Rd)
Left onto Hwy 234 (Dumfries Rd)
Right onto 619 (Joplin Rd)
Exit onto I-95 South
This way takes about one and a half hours, but you avoid the stop-and-go traffic from the mixing bowl (I-95/I-495 interchange) all the way to the HOV merge (Dale City). You also avoid the bottleneck on Hwy 123 at Occoquan. Joplin Road is especially fun as the road is very windy and hilly. It runs between Prince William Forest Park and the Quantico Marine base.
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