
Rockingham County: New Route 11 bridge over I-81 at Exit 257 opens Thursday
Travelers will begin using the new Route 11 bridge over Interstate 81 at exit 257 on Thursday. This is the Mauzy/Broadway/Timberville interchange in Rockingham County.

Travelers will begin using the new Route 11 bridge over Interstate 81 at exit 257 on Thursday. This is the Mauzy/Broadway/Timberville interchange in Rockingham County.

Motorists should expect alternating lane closures and a brief interchange off-ramp closure on southbound Interstate 81 in Rockingham County.

Repairs on Interstate 81 are scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 2, to deal with a sinkhole located northbound on the left shoulder at mile-marker 237.02 near the Augusta and Rockingham County line.

Drivers are urged to use caution next week in the area of Port Republic Road and Interstate 81, as crews remove unnecessary traffic signals following the recent opening of the new I-81 North Exit 245 off-ramp.

Alternating lane closures are scheduled during overnight hours along a roughly 10-mile stretch of Interstate 81 northbound in Augusta County.

Contractors for the Virginia Department of Transportation have begun ramp improvements at four interchanges along Interstate 81 in Shenandoah and Frederick counties.

Repairs to a sinkhole on the shoulder of Interstate 81 are scheduled for Monday, May 11. The sinkhole is located southbound at mile-marker 203.85 in Rockbridge County.

The on-ramp from Route 11 (Valley Pike) and Route 259 (Mayland Road) onto southbound Interstate 81 at exit 257 in Rockingham County will be closed 24/7 during the week of May 4-8.

A Virginia State Police Trooper investigating a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 narrowly missed being struck by a third vehicle on Interstate 81 in Augusta County Monday afternoon.

Southbound Interstate 81 is scheduled to be closed from about 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday for Virginia State Police to investigate a recent crash in southern Augusta County.