
Updated I-81 lane closures in Rockbridge County
The Virginia Department of Transportation has revised the lane closure schedule on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County for June 16 to 19.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has revised the lane closure schedule on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County for June 16 to 19.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has scheduled lane closures on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County as follows.

Both southbound lanes of Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County are blocked due to a tractor trailer accident at exit 279 (Edinburg). The southbound side of the interstate is expect to be closed for at least two hours. There is currently a 10-mile backup.

Northbound traffic on I-81 in Shenandoah County is limited to the right lane due to a charter bus accident near mile marker 294 just south of Strasburg. It is expected to take at least two hours to remove the wrecked vehicle and reopen the left lane.

Both southbound lanes of Interstate 81 have reopened in Augusta County. Shortly after 3 p.m., Virginia State Police led traffic on a “slow roll” from exit 220, where vehicles had been detoured since this morning’s tractor trailer accident.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has launched a new interactive portal, www.Virginiaroads.org, that provides a one-stop information source to VDOT data and projects.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has modified the overnight lane closures on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County.

All lanes are reopened on Interstate 81 southbound in Rockbridge County. Earlier today a dump truck carrying fertilizer crashed and overturned along Interstate 81 southbound at mile marker 193, north of Lexington.

A state historical marker issued by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources highlighting the years that Anna Mary Robertson Moses – known to the world as Grandma Moses for her Primitive American style of painting – spent with her husband and children in Augusta County will be dedicated this week.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has revised the overnight lane closures on northbound Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County. These closures are for pavement work on the truck climbing lane project.