Areas · Prince William County
Reels and spools in Manassas: overlay campuses and the battlefield edge
MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas, ZIPs 20109 to 20112 with Bristow in 20136, takes in the independent cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and the county land around them, where several of Prince William's data-centre campuses sit. The desk collects reels from those campuses and the area's contractor yards and delivers spools.
From the reel desk · Checked 9 November 2026
Schematic line map, not to survey: Manassas marked, with Route 28, I-66 drawn heavier. The Potomac, the Anacostia, the District line and the Beltway are drawn for bearings.
Fact box: Manassas
- ZIPs
- 20109, 20110, 20111, 20112, 20136 (Bristow)
- Jurisdictions
- City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park, Prince William County
- Data-centre overlay
- Created 2016; 29 of 33 county data centres inside it (2022)
- Main roads
- Route 28, I-66, Prince William Parkway, Route 234
Three jurisdictions, one place
Manassas is two independent cities, Manassas and Manassas Park, with Prince William County land around them, all sharing the Manassas postal name. The old city has a historic downtown and a commuter rail station on the Virginia Railway Express. Around it are neighbourhoods, industrial parks along Route 28 and the airport, and, to the north and west, the open land around Manassas National Battlefield Park.
Overlay campuses
Prince William created a Data Center Overlay District in 2016. In 2022 Data Center Frontier counted 33 data centres in the county, 29 inside the overlay, with 13 more under construction, and named campuses belonging to Amazon Web Services, CloudHQ, Iron Mountain and QTS. The overlay covers land in several parts of the county, including areas around Manassas. Each building leaves hundreds of reels during its fit-out, the same mix as Loudoun’s: building wire, feeders, medium-voltage cable and fibre, wood and steel.
The Digital Gateway
The largest proposed project near Manassas, the Digital Gateway on about 2,100 acres next to the battlefield, has ended. Virginia Business reported in July 2026 that a judge voided its rezonings in August 2025, the Court of Appeals affirmed that on 31 March 2026, and QTS withdrew. It will not be a reel source.
Yards and industrial parks
Industrial parks along Route 28 and around Manassas Regional Airport hold contractor yards, flex buildings and supply businesses. These yards have room to sort, and the desk clears them on a schedule or at the end of a job.
How pickups work
- Campus sites: gate, badging and hours with the request; steel reels set aside.
- Yards: counts by flange size and build; forklift for reels over 42 inches.
- Small jobs in town: photos and sizes, collected on a run through the area.
Buyers
Buyers here are homeowners, event venues around Bristow and Nokesville, and farms toward the Fauquier line.
Getting here
Route 28 runs north to Centreville and the Dulles corridor. I-66 passes north of the city. Route 234 and the Prince William Parkway connect toward Woodbridge and I-95.
Sending a request from Manassas
- 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
Is the Digital Gateway still being built?
No. Its rezonings were voided and the ruling was upheld; QTS withdrew in 2026.
Does the desk cover Manassas Park and Bristow?
Yes, along with the City of Manassas and the county land around them.
Sources
Each opened and read on 9 November 2026.
- Data Center Frontier, Prince William County weighs proposals that could accelerate data center growth (8 August 2022): 33 existing data centres, 5.49 million sq ft, 13 under construction, 29 in the Data Center Overlay District created in 2016
- Virginia Business, Prince William Digital Gateway data center project officially dies (6 July 2026): rezonings voided in August 2025, affirmed 31 March 2026; QTS withdrew its appeal