Nelson County: Detour at 250/151 roundabout project postponed until Sept. 25
The traffic detour planned at the roundabout construction project at U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) and Route 151 (Critzer Shop Road) has been postponed a week.
The traffic detour planned at the roundabout construction project at U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) and Route 151 (Critzer Shop Road) has been postponed a week.

Two Nelson County roads damaged by rains and flooding on Aug. 20-21 remain closed.
The Rockfish River Rodeo comes to Nelson County on Labor Day weekend and features professional bull riders and bucking bulls from across the nation.

A two-vehicle crash on Lowesville Road in Nelson County on Sunday took the life of a Roseland man.

Construction is moving into a new phase on Thursday as contract crews with the Virginia Department of Transportation transform the intersection of U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) and Route 151 (Critzer Shop Road) into a roundabout.

A Charlottesville woman died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash on Route 29 in Nelson County on Saturday.

Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on Route 29 more than a quarter-mile north of Wilson Hill Road at 10 p.m. on Sunday.

Virginia State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer and a Dodge Charger on Route 29 in Nelson County at 1:02 p.m. Friday.

Virginia State Police responded to a crash in which a Honda Odyssey minivan traveling along Route 29 struck a deer near Route 617/Rockfish River Road at 6:06 p.m. on Christmas Eve.

VDOT plans to prune trees and remove small trees up to six inches in diameter within the VDOT right of way along approximately 29 miles of Route 151.
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