
Heavy rain overnight causing flooding, mudslides in Central Virginia
Heavy rainfall overnight caused flash flooding in Albemarle County, mudslides that have closed Route 33 at Swift Run Gap, and swept away a vehicle and its two occupants.

Heavy rainfall overnight caused flash flooding in Albemarle County, mudslides that have closed Route 33 at Swift Run Gap, and swept away a vehicle and its two occupants.

Work on the CSX railroad crossing on Route 56 in the Wingina area of Nelson County near the Buckingham County line will require the closure of that portion of Route 56 for several days in early June.

Paving work at the Route 250 / Interstate 64 interchange at Shadwell will close the westbound entrance ramp overnight tonight. The work will begin at 8 p.m. and will be completed no later than 6 a.m. Thursday.

A portion of Route 638 (Howellsville Road) in Clarke County is scheduled to be closed Wednesday, May 30, for a pipe replacement. The work zone is 3.1 miles south of Route 50 (John Mosby Highway) in the Shenandoah Farms area.

The Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment, the Virginia Department of Transportation and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation are developing a plan to study the entire length of the Interstate 81 corridor in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton District during the coming weeks. The Staunton District consists of 11 counties from the Alleghany Highlands to the northern Shenandoah Valley.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

Part of Route 606 (River Road) in Clarke County is closed to through traffic while the Virginia Department of Transportation repairs recent storm damage.

Milling and paving continue tonight (Wednesday, May 23) along the on-ramp from Route 33 (East Market Street) to southbound I-81 at exit 247 in Harrisonburg. Inclement weather delayed this work earlier in the week.

The left lane of northbound Interstate 81 near mile marker 212 in Augusta County reopened early this morning (Wednesday, May 23). The lane had been closed for several hours while crews excavated and repaired a sinkhole near the northbound left shoulder.
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