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The Virginia Department of Transportation is lowering the speed limit to 60 miles an hour on part of Interstate 81 northbound and southbound in Frederick County. This change is in the work zone for the exit 310 interchange modification project. Contractors are installing new speed limit signs this week, and the reduction is scheduled to take effect on the afternoon of Friday, October 23.
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Waynesboro leaders voted four years ago to pay $3.475 million for what is now 177 acres of scrub brush located off Exit 96. And it will remain scrub brush if Waynesboro City Council member Frank Lucente gets his way.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation will close a portion of Route 649 (Proffit Road) from Oct. 19 to Nov. 20 to make repairs to the one-lane bridge over Norfolk Southern Railway. The bridge is located approximately 0.3 mile north of Route 643 (Polo Grounds Road).
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Nightly lane and ramp closures at the Interstate 64 interchange at exit 91 (Route 285/Tinkling Spring Road) in Augusta County are scheduled for the week of Oct. 19-23. These are overnight closures in the Fishersville area for milling and paving. All work is weather permitting.
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Overnight closures at the I-64 interchange at exit 91 (Route 285/Tinkling Spring Road) in Augusta County near Fishersville have been rescheduled for Oct. 18-20. These closures will allow contractors to perform milling and paving of the eastbound on-ramp and the westbound off-ramp.
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The Route 29 Project Delivery Advisory Panel will hold its biweekly meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Virginia Department of Transportation’s Staunton District Headquarters, 811 Commerce Drive, Staunton.
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With traffic deaths on Virginia highways on the increase for the first time in two years, the Virginia State Police is hoping a new collaborative campaign with two of the Commonwealth’s flagship universities will help bring much needed attention to the necessity for all Virginians to make traffic safety a priority.
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Overnight closures are scheduled tonight and next week at the Interstate 64 interchange at exit 91 (Route 285/Tinkling Spring Road) in Augusta County near Fishersville. These closures will allow contractors to perform milling and paving of the eastbound off- and on-ramps and the westbound off-ramp.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation has scheduled an overnight lane closure for Interstate 81 northbound in Augusta County near Weyers Cave. The left lane will be closed from 8 p.m. tonight (Thursday, October 8) until 7 a.m. Friday morning.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation will close part of Route 867 (North River Road) in Rockingham County near Mount Crawford beginning at 8 a.m. on Thursday. This closure is for repairs to the Pleasant Run bridge and adjacent guardrail, which were damaged by an apparent vehicle strike.
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