Next, an interchange with Frontier Drive provides access to Springfield Town Center and the Franconia–Springfield Metro station.

It was soon expanded, by 1978, to include most of what is now the Fairfax County Parkway, which had been originally planned as part of the unbuilt Outer Beltway.

[7][8] The Commonwealth Transportation Board approved final plans on July 16, 1987 for the 33-mile (53 km) road, including the spur to Franconia providing access to the Shirley Highway HOV lanes and the Franconia–Springfield Metrorail station.

[11] By 1989, the permanent Franconia–Springfield Parkway name had been applied to the portion west of State Route 613 (Beulah Street); the rest of the road was not built as part of the project, and now carries the Manchester Boulevard and Kingstowne Boulevard names.

[13] The rest of this spur to Beulah Street (SR 613) in Franconia opened on June 8, 1992, along with the reversible HOV ramps to the Shirley Highway (I-95/I-395).