
Citizen information meeting on I-81 widening project set for Sept. 14
VDOT will host a citizen information meeting for the planned widening of Interstate 81 in the Harrisonburg area.

VDOT will host a citizen information meeting for the planned widening of Interstate 81 in the Harrisonburg area.

VDOT has begun a $4.7 million project to reduce traffic congestion and enhance safety at the interchange of Interstate 81 and Route 606 (Raphine Road) at Exit 205 in Rockbridge County.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a citizen information meeting on Tuesday beginning at 4 p.m. for the planned widening of Interstate 81 in Augusta County near Staunton.

VDOT will hold a citizen information meeting from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24, in the auditorium of the VDOT Staunton District office, 811 Commerce Road, Staunton, for the planned widening of Interstate 81 in Augusta County near Staunton.

Virginia State Police Trooper H. Kelly is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash in Rockingham County that occurred on Thursday at 4:12 a.m. along Interstate 81 at the 262 mile-marker.

Both northbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Augusta County have reopened, following cleanup from a multi-vehicle crash at mile marker 228. The detour at exit 227 (Verona) has been lifted.

The proposed auxiliary lane would extend from the I-81 southbound on-ramp from I-64 westbound at exit 221 to the I-81 southbound off-ramp to Route 262 at exit 220 in Augusta County south of Staunton.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is applying an innovative solution that will help reduce the amount of time that drivers sit in crash-related congestion in the Interstate 81 corridor.

Three suspects wanted in connected with a homicide investigation in Anderson, S.C., are in custody after a pursuit on Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County.

The interstate highway system launched in the 1950s as the most ambitious public works project in the world. Spanning 48,000 miles, the system aimed to connect cities and towns throughout the nation.