The region’s transportation agencies will study running Metrorail along the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, along with a host of other possible uses for the newly opened span.

The second phase of a joint Maryland-Virginia study of the south side of Interstate 495 is slated to begin in the firstquarter of next year. It will look at getting more out of a stretch of the Capital Beltway that includes the bridge, said Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project Manager Ronaldo Nicholson.