Areas · Fairfax County
Reels and spools in Springfield: the interchange, Fort Belvoir and NGA
SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Springfield, ZIPs 22150 to 22153, sits at the interchange of I-95, I-395 and the Beltway, with large federal campuses nearby at Fort Belvoir and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Its reels come from federal, retail and housing work, and the desk collects them and delivers spools.
From the reel desk · Checked 9 November 2026
Schematic line map, not to survey: Springfield marked, with I-95 drawn heavier. The Potomac, the Anacostia, the District line and the Beltway are drawn for bearings.
Fact box: Springfield
- ZIPs
- 22150, 22151, 22152, 22153
- Main roads
- I-95, I-395, Capital Beltway, Franconia–Springfield Parkway, Route 644
- Transit
- Franconia–Springfield (Metro, VRE)
- Federal sites
- Fort Belvoir; NGA campus
The interchange town
Springfield grew around one of the busiest highway junctions in the region, where I-95, I-395 and the Beltway meet. The junction itself was rebuilt over most of a decade into the layout it has today. Around it are neighbourhoods from the 1950s on, a remodelled regional shopping centre, warehouses along the rail line, and the Franconia–Springfield transit station.
Federal campuses
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s headquarters campus is in Springfield, part of the Fort Belvoir area, and Fort Belvoir itself is a few miles south. Federal sites are built, renovated and extended on long cycles, and they are heavily wired. Contractors on that work follow strict site rules, and the desk follows them too: badging, escort and approved removal.
Retail, housing and warehouses
Springfield’s town centre redevelopment, apartments near the transit station, and warehouses along the rail corridor and Loisdale Road add to the reel supply: building wire on small reels, feeders on mid-size ones, plywood reels from building wire makers.
Pickups at the junction
Springfield traffic is the main thing to plan around. The desk times pickups outside rush hours and combines them with Lorton, Alexandria and the Route 1 corridor. For a federal site, send the access rules with the request. For a yard or a warehouse, send counts by flange size and say whether a forklift is on hand.
Buyers
Springfield, Burke and West Springfield homeowners ask for table and patio reels. Community gardens ask for hose reels. Small contractors ask for working reels for their own cable.
Getting here
I-95 runs south to Lorton and Woodbridge; I-395 runs north to the District; the Beltway runs east to Alexandria and west to Tysons. The Franconia–Springfield Parkway runs east and west; Backlick Road and Route 644 serve the town centre.
Sending a request from Springfield
- Count and measure. Count the reels and measure the largest flange edge to edge across the face. A photo with the tape in it is better than a guess.
- Check the build. Nailed lumber, plywood sheet, steel or plastic. Look for a stencil or tag naming the maker and the reel number.
- Set aside steel and tagged returnables with their serial numbers. Those go back to the maker, not to the desk.
- Say where they stand: yard, dock, garage level, alley or curb, plus clearance, gate hours, badging or escort a driver needs.
- Say what loads them: forklift, pallet jack, loader, ramp, or only people. Reels over 42 inches weigh more than 100 lb empty.
- Say how often: one time, weekly, monthly or at each job close-out.
- Buying instead? Give the flange and height you want, how many, and how the reel gets from the truck to where it will sit.
- No form handy? Email info@dcwoodenspools.com with the same details and a few photos.
Reels you are likely to have
| Reel | Build | Flange | Traverse | Drum | Lb | Usually carries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-5 | Nailed wood | 23 | 17 | 12 | 34 | Copper building wire, grounding |
| A-10 | Nailed wood | 30 | 22 | 16 | 66 | Service drop, bare aluminium |
| N-24 | Nailed wood | 36 | 28 | 14 | 83 | Insulated and multiplex cable |
| A-29 | Nailed wood | 42 | 28 | 21 | 154 | Overhead conductor, feeders |
| A-38 | Nailed wood | 48 | 28 | 24 | 212 | Aluminium and ACSR, large feeders |
| A-62 | Nailed wood | 60 | 28 | 28 | 397 | Utility conductor |
| A-76 | Nailed wood | 66 | 28 | 30 | 473 | Heavy conductor |
| S-120 | Steel, returnable | 84 | 36 | 42 | 895 | Transmission and medium voltage |
Other makers' reels differ by an inch or two. All flange sizes · How to measure
Questions the desk gets
Can the desk collect from a federal site near Springfield?
Yes, under the site's access rules. Send badging and escort requirements with the request.
When are Springfield pickups scheduled?
Outside rush hours, and usually combined with Lorton, Alexandria or the Route 1 corridor.
Sources
Each opened and read on 9 November 2026.
- Virginia DHCD, federal approval of Virginia's BEAD Final Proposal (19 November 2025): over $545 million to 23 providers for more than 133,000 unserved locations
- Southwire, Reel Packaging Information (CableTech Support): reel series, wooden reel dimensions and weights, steel reel dimensions and charges, tag contents; cites NEMA WC26