
Second series of meetings set on Interstate 81 corridor plan
VDOT continues to study the entire length of the Interstate 81 corridor in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in accordance with Senate Bill 971.

VDOT continues to study the entire length of the Interstate 81 corridor in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in accordance with Senate Bill 971.

Both southbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County have reopened following this morning’s tractor trailer crash at mile marker 196 near Lexington. The detour at exit 200 (Fairfield) has been lifted.

At 8 p.m. Friday the bridge on Route 250 (Ivy Road) over Little Ivy Creek near Ivy west of Charlottesville will close to traffic.

The right lane of southbound Interstate 81 has reopened in Rockbridge County. Crews have finished a hazardous-material removal operation near mile marker 204, about a mile south of exit 205 (Raphine).

VDOT is making upgrades at three Interstate 81 interchanges in Augusta County near Staunton. This project includes extensions of seven ramp acceleration and deceleration lanes at I-81 exits 220, 221 and 222.

VDOT and the Commonwealth Transportation Board will hold a public hearing concerning adding a line item in the 2019-2024 Six Year Improvement Plan for proposed replacement of the Route 17/50/522 (Millwood Pike) bridge over Interstate 81 in Frederick County.

Motorists should expect significant traffic delays through the Easter holiday weekend on northbound Interstate 81 in Frederick County due to emergency bridge work in West Virginia.

Several Interstate 81 paving projects in the northern Shenandoah Valley will have weekend nighttime work July 7 – 9.

Interstate 81 will have some lane and ramp closures between June 25-28 in Rockingham and Frederick counties.

Work is beginning on the Route 696 (Selma-Low Moor Road) project at Interstate 64, Exit 21 in the Low Moor area of Alleghany County.