
VDH releases 2021 County Health Rankings: Where does your locality rank?
The five healthiest counties in Virginia are Arlington, Loudoun, Falls Church City, Fairfax and Alexandria City.

The five healthiest counties in Virginia are Arlington, Loudoun, Falls Church City, Fairfax and Alexandria City.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is developing design plans for a new auxiliary lane that would be located between the junction of westbound I-64 at exit 221 and Route 262 at exit 220.

A portion of Route 703 (Hewitt Road) in Augusta County is scheduled to close for about a year beginning Thursday, April 1, to allow VDOT to replace a 90-year old bridge over Eidson Creek.

Overnight lane closures and a morning slow roll are scheduled for three different weekends in March and April 2021 along Interstate 81 in Augusta County near Staunton.

VDOT is hosting a public survey for a transportation planning study of Route 33 (Spotswood Trail) in Rockingham County.

Mohawk Industries Inc. will invest $22.5 million to expand its operation in Carroll County. The company will add 19,000 square feet to its facility at 351 Floyd Pike in Hillsville and install new extrusion and loom equipment to increase production speed.

A new traffic signal has been installed at the intersection of Route 11 (Martinsburg Pike) and Route 761 (Old Charles Town Road) in Frederick County. The signal will be put into flash mode for seven days around Jan. 20.

VDOT will hold a design public hearing on Jan. 26 from 4-6 p.m. for the replacement of the Route 17/50/522 (Millwood Pike) bridge over Interstate 81 in Frederick County.

New bridges on Route 698 (Orchard Drive) and Route 620 (Smith Creek Road) in Shenandoah County are both set to open to traffic this week.

Both northbound lanes of Interstate 81 are closed in Rockingham County due to bridge damage from a vehicle strike near mile marker 249.
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