Home Lane closures on Interstate 81, Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County Oct. 18-19
Region/State

Lane closures on Interstate 81, Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County Oct. 18-19

Chris Graham

interstate 81interstate 64VDOT has scheduled overnight pavement repairs on portions of Interstate 64 and Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County during the night of October 18-19.

The work will require brief traffic restrictions as follows:

  • From 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, the ramp from eastbound I-64 to northbound I-81 will be closed, and the left lane of northbound I-81 will be closed from mile marker 191.3 to 191.8. Eastbound I-64 drivers who need to access northbound I-81 will detour on southbound I-81 to exit 188A (Route 60 East), then take the on-ramp to northbound I-81.
  • From 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, to 3 a.m. Thursday, October 19, the right lane of southbound I-81 will be closed from mile marker 191.3 to 190.7. The left lane will remain open during this time.
  • From 3 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Thursday, October 19, the right lane of northbound I-81 will be closed from mile marker 197.7 to 198.2. The left and center lanes will remain open during this time.

All work is weather permitting.

Traffic alerts and traveler information can be obtained by dialing 511. Traffic alerts and traveler information also are available at www.511Virginia.org.

The VDOT Customer Service Center can assist with reporting road hazards, asking transportation questions, or getting information related to Virginia’s roads. Call 800-FOR- ROAD (800-367-7623) or use its mobile friendly website at my.vdot.virginia.gov/. Agents are available 24 hours-a-day, seven days a week.

The Staunton District Twitter feed is at @VaDOTStaunton. VDOT can be followed on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. RSS feeds are also available for statewide information. The VDOT Web page is located at www.VirginiaDOT.org.

The VDOT Staunton District serves Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, Page, Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Alleghany and Bath counties.




Multimedia

 

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

Latest News

soccer
Go 'Hoos

Soccer: #11 Virginia falls to #16 High Point, 3-2, drops to 0-2 on the season

police court law
Football, Go 'Hoos

UVA Football: List of high-profile arrests of players dating back to the ’80s

The news of the arrest of a UVA Football player, Solomon Beebe, last week, got me to undertake an exercise that turned out to be more work than I would have imagined: chronicling the high-profile arrests of guys from our football program over the years.

dairy farms
State Politics

Spanberger goes where Ben Cline won’t, shaming Trump on efforts to kill beef industry

Donald Trump plans to import 300,000 metric tons of cheap ground beef, we can’t get our congressman, Ben Cline, to comment on how this will kill the local beef industry, but the governor, Abigail Spanberger, is going to bat for people who wouldn’t vote for a Democrat in a million years. “This policy will directly...

police arrest night crime accident
Region/State

Two women found dead at Bristol hotel; police arrest suspect after shootout

concert music
Arts & Culture

Waynesboro: A Band Called Honalee coming to the Wayne Theatre

canada
State Politics

New Trump tariffs on Canada will hit Virginia business, industry pretty hard

uva football
Football, Go 'Hoos

UVA Football: Free tickets for Charlottesville City Schools families, staff