
Trucker dead in Interstate 81 accident
Virginia State Police responded to a fatal crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 near the 220 mile marker in Augusta County, Wednesday (June 11).

Virginia State Police responded to a fatal crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 near the 220 mile marker in Augusta County, Wednesday (June 11).

Both southbound lanes of Interstate 81 have reopened in Augusta County. Shortly after 3 p.m., Virginia State Police led traffic on a “slow roll” from exit 220, where vehicles had been detoured since this morning’s tractor trailer accident.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has modified the overnight lane closures on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County.

All lanes are reopened on Interstate 81 southbound in Rockbridge County. Earlier today a dump truck carrying fertilizer crashed and overturned along Interstate 81 southbound at mile marker 193, north of Lexington.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has revised the overnight lane closures on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County. These closures are for pavement work on the truck climbing lane project.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has scheduled overnight lane closures on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County to accommodate pavement work on the truck climbing lane project.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has scheduled overnight lane closures on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County to accommodate guardrail work on the truck climbing lane project.

Rain and expected low temperatures have forced schedule changes over the next two weeks at the Interstate 81 truck climbing lane project in Rockbridge County.

Drivers using parts of Interstate 81 and Interstate 66 should be alert for mobile left-lane closures on Saturday, April 5. This will accommodate a Virginia Department of Transportation mapping vehicle, along with several escort trucks for safety and traffic control.

A Lexington woman was killed in a fiery accident on Interstate 81 near the 210 mile marker in Augusta County at 9:01 a.m. Tuesday.