
Warren County: Interstate 81 Exit 300 improvements begin Sunday
Construction is scheduled to start Sunday night, July 17, at Interstate 81 exit 300, the interchange with I-66 in Warren County.

Construction is scheduled to start Sunday night, July 17, at Interstate 81 exit 300, the interchange with I-66 in Warren County.

Reports of up to six inches of rain in Buchanan County Tuesday night led to severe flooding and initial accounts of dozens of missing individuals.

A project to rehabilitate the bridge on Route 240 over Lickinghole Creek south of Crozet, in Albemarle County, is almost finished.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has chosen additional key administration appointments including two individuals with ties to the Harrisonburg area – Valley Renovators, Inc. VP J.M. Snell II and James Madison University professor Marshall Pattie.

Northbound Interstate 81 motorists can expect single left-lane closures and a possible closure of all northbound lanes July 12-13 for sinkhole repairs in Shenandoah County.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.

Drivers on Garth Road (Route 614) in Albemarle County should be aware that temporary traffic signals are coming July 11 on both sides of the bridge over Mechums River.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a design public hearing on July 27 concerning the construction of truck climbing lanes on Interstate 81 in Augusta and Rockingham counties.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.

Part of Route 601 (Free Union Road) in Albemarle County remains closed this afternoon after Virginia Department of Transportation crews discovered a failed pipe in the 6800 block on Monday.
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