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Expect Traffic Delays Due to Patriot Center Graduations
Drivers should avoid Braddock and Route 123 near Fairfax City.
June marks the end of a school year, the start of summer, and a milestone in the lives of thousands of graduating high school students. But it also means a two-week-long traffic nightmare for those living around the area's popular center graduation venue.
Graduations at the often come with a car crawl along the edges of and long lines at the Braddock Road-Route 123 and Braddock-Patriot Circle, Braddock-Sideburn and Route 123-University Drive intersections.
Drivers should avoid these areas for at least an hour before and after the graduation start time. Those who live in the neighborhoods near GMU (hi Kelley Drive residents!) should try to get home early and, well, stay there.
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Note these upcoming graduations:
Friday, June 8
7:00 PM - Gar-Field
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Saturday, June 9
9:30 AM - Hylton
2:30 PM - Forest Park
7:00 PM - Freedom (PWC)
Sunday, June 10
3:00 PM - Freedom (LCPS)
7:30 PM - Stone Bridge
Monday, June 11
10:00 AM - Park View
2:00 PM - Briar Woods
7:00 PM - Broad Run
Thursday, June 14
9:30 AM - Robinson
2:00 PM - Herndon
7:30 PM - Lee
Friday, June 15
9:30 AM - Lake Braddock
2:00 PM - West Potomac
Saturday, June 16
7:00 PM - Thomas Jefferson
Monday, June 18
9:30 AM - Chantilly
2:00 PM – South County
7:30 PM - Westfield
Tuesday, June 19
9:30 AM - Centreville
2:00 PM – West Springfield
7:30 PM - Oakton
Wednesday, June 20
9:30 AM - Falls Church
Dates and times provided by GMU.
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