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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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At 11:12 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 6), Virginia State Police Trooper S.A. Simmons was called to the scene of a single-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 at the 223 in Augusta County. A southbound tractor-trailer ran off the left side of the road, struck the guardrail and overturned. The impact of the crash caused the trailer to rupture and spill its load.
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At 3:01 p.m. Monday, Virginia State Police Trooper A.J. Wouters was called to the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 at the 243 mile marker for a tractor-trailer crash. A southbound tractor-trailer ran off the right side of the road, struck the guardrail, continued up an embankment, struck a utility pole, and then struck a sign before finally coming to rest.
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When people picture a bad wreck on Interstate 81, they imagine the dramatic stuff: the closed lanes, the helicopter, the line of brake lights stretching back miles.
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An Alabama man died in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County on Monday.
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The Interstate 81 widening project in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham County area is scheduled to begin overnight construction activities on Monday evening.
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Virginia State Police has installed speed safety cameras in the work zone between the 221 and 235 mile markers on Interstate 81 in Augusta County.
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