Highway work requiring road/lane./structure closures is scheduled in the VDOT Lynchburg District, weather permitting. Traffic may be restricted. Items in italics contain new/updated information. For up-to-date information, call 511 or visitwww.511Virginia.org.
Amherst County: Don Austin, Residency Administrator
Route 29 Bypass over Route 659 – Bridge painting 7/2-9/1: Lane closures on bypass and Rt. 659. Signs and other traffic control devices will be in use.
Paving operations –Crews will pave Route 677, 778, 655, and 739. Est. comp. mid-August.
Various – Crews will respond to customer concerns and mill and pave. Signs and other traffic control devices will be in use. Minor delays expected through 12/5/14.
Appomattox County: Don Austin, Residency Administrator
Various – Crews will respond to customer concerns and mill and pave. Signs and other traffic control devices will be in use. Minor delays expected through 12/5/14.
Buckingham County: Kevin Wright, Residency Administrator
Route 15/60, Sprouse’s Corner – Milling and paving underway. Traffic controlled by police, traffic signals and flaggers.
Route 671 over Hunts Creek – Road closed 7/7 –9/19/14 for bridge replacement. Detour available.
Andersonville area – Crews will conduct ditch maintenance and boom axe.
Various – Crews will make surface repairs, mow and respond to customer concerns.
Campbell County: Don Austin, Residency Administrator
Route 460 East over 29 Bypass & Opossum Creek – One lane closed at a time over the next several weeks for work on the bridge deck. Traffic control devices will direct motorists.
Various – Crews will respond to customer concerns and mill and pave. Signs and other traffic control devices will be in use. Minor delays expected through 12/5/14.
Charlotte County: Kevin Wright, Residency Administrator
Route 47 and other secondary routes – Crews will work surfaces.
Craftons Gate – Crews will do ditch work.
Phenix – Crews will clean ditches and pipe.
Various – Crews will boom axe, mow and respond to customer concerns.
Various secondary routes–Milling and paving until 12/5/14. Signs and other traffic control devices in use.
Cumberland County: Kevin Wright, Residency Administrator
Various – Crews will work surface/shoulders, clean pipe/ditches, cut brush, mow and respond to customers.
Halifax County: Kenneth Martin, Residency Administrator
Route 58 (751-658), and other locations – Crews will work surfaces.
Route 58, 501, and various locations – Crews will mow.
Route 642 – Grading, temporary seeding and work on asphalt will take place.
Volens –Crews will boom axe.
Various – Crews will respond to customer concerns.
Nelson County: Don Austin, Residency Administrator
Route 623 over Rockfish River– Closed for bridge replacement at intersection of 617/623. A signed detour in place. Estimated completion – 9/ 30/14.
Route 739 over Tye River– Bridge painting -: Lane closures on Route 29 and Route 739. Signs and other traffic control devices will be in use.
Various – Crews will respond to customer concerns and mill and pave. Signs and other traffic control devices will be in use. Minor delays expected through 12/5/14.
Pittsylvania County: Kenneth Martin, Residency Administrator
Route 40 and other locations – Crews will work surfaces.
Route 676 (674-689) – Road closed 8/11/14 – 11/18/15, for replacement of Whitethorn Creek bridge. Detour : Routes 903, 687, 649, 886 and 689. Signs and other traffic control devices in use.
Route 685 (686-690) – Road closed for bridge replacement. Est. comp. 9/12/14. Detour: 686, 683 to 649.
Route 924– Road closed 6/30-9/19/14 for structure replacement; detour via Routes 665 & 638.
Gretna, Kentuck, and Mt. Airy– Crews will boom axe at various locations.
Kentuck– Crews will ditch at various locations.
Various – Crews will mow, clean roadsides and respond to customer concerns.
Prince Edward County: Kevin Wright, Residency Administrator
Route 623 –Bridge replacement over NS and Buckingham Branch Railroads. Est. comp. 6/30/15.
Route 633 (15 – 360) –Bridge replacement project. Estimated completion – 10/14.
Route 658 and other locations– Crews will make shoulder repairs.
Various – Crews will pick up trash, cut brush, mow, make surface repairs, conduct surface treatment operations and respond to customers.
District-wide activities:
Bridge and guardrail maintenance – Crews will perform bridge/guardrail maintenance, including bridge washing. Signs, flaggers and other safety devices will be used to alert motorists to these operations.
Latex schedules –Motorists should be alert to latex paving and, subsequent, line marking.
Message boards – Work is continuing on the installation of message boards at various locations. Be alert.
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