The intersection of Beulah Street and the Springfield-Franconia Parkway has expanded in recent months. Three construction cranes fill the skyline for a new hospital across the intersection from a building project that will be the new home of Franconia District Supervisor Rodney Lusk as well as a library and area museum.
This new combined government facility will be approximately 90,000 square feet with better parking and access. The 28,000-square-foot Police Station and the 4,200-square-foot Franconia District Supervisor’s Office will share a space with the Franconia Museum and a 7,200 square-foot Active Adult Center. It will also have a new Childcare Center for infants to pre-kindergarten children and the Kingstowne Community Library will be expanded to a Regional Library. The current Kingstowne Library is in a bottom level space in the shopping center where Beulah Street meets Telegraph Road but it is not a “regional” library.
The total project estimate for the consolidated facility including the two associated parking garages is $79.5 million. Funding was approved in the 2015 Public Safety Bond Referendum. Funding for the library, to include the Active Adult Center, was approved in the 2020 Library Bond referendum. It is scheduled to be open in the summer of 2025.
Inova Franconia-Springfield Hospital
Across the intersection of Beulah and the Springfield-Franconia Parkway is the site of the new Inova Hospital. Currently there are three large cranes for the construction, and cranes this size are new to this part of the county so this gives a feeling for how big this hospital will be.
According to the Inova plans, the new Inova Franconia-Springfield Hospital will consist of a full-service hospital, inpatient hospital, outpatient center, expansion space, a parking garage and a walkway to the existing Inova Healthplex that has been in use for years. It will be bordered by Walker Lane, the Franconia-Springfield Parkway and Beulah Street. Construction is underway and is scheduled to be completed in 2028.