
Bridge, sinkhole repairs will impact Interstate 81 traffic in Rockbridge, Rockingham next week
Drivers on Interstate 81 may experience delays beginning Dec. 1 during bridge repairs in Rockingham County and a sinkhole repair in Rockbridge County.

Drivers on Interstate 81 may experience delays beginning Dec. 1 during bridge repairs in Rockingham County and a sinkhole repair in Rockbridge County.

All construction work on the Route 29 Solutions projects that requires lane closures will be suspended over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will install flashing yellow arrow traffic signals at five intersections in the Staunton District beginning Dec. 1. The flashing yellow arrow is intended only for left-turning traffic, and indicates that drivers may turn left after they yield to oncoming traffic.

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

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties: Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.

Tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 20, the Virginia Department of Transportation will be painting the center lines on Interstate 64 west from mile marker 145 in Louisa County to mile marker 126 in Albemarle County.

Four years after agreeing to pay $3.475 million for 177 acres of scrub brush located off Interstate 64, Waynesboro City Council is only now reluctantly applying for money from the state to help pay for an access road to open up the property.

A portion of Route 854 (Carrsbrook Drive) in Albemarle County will be closed to through traffic for drainage pipe rehabilitation work beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 16.

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. (NEW) or (UPDATE) indicate revisions since last week’s report.

The extended lane closures at the Route 29-Rio Road grade-separated intersection project have been suspended due to an unforeseen conflict with a utility that has prevented pile-driving operations. For the remainder of this week the overnight closures will revert to the previous 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.schedule.
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