
VDOT working to ease travel for busy Fourth of July holiday weekend
VDOT will suspend many highway work zones and lift most lane closures on interstates and other major roads in Virginia from noon Friday, July 1 until noon Tuesday, July 5.

VDOT will suspend many highway work zones and lift most lane closures on interstates and other major roads in Virginia from noon Friday, July 1 until noon Tuesday, July 5.

The Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run that occurred early Tuesday morning at the 142 mile marker on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County involving a VDOT contractor in the work zone.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is hosting a design public hearing for widening Interstate 81 to three lanes and associated improvements in the Harrisonburg area on Tuesday.

VDOT debris removal contractors have completed their work in the Culpeper and Richmond districts to clean up from the Jan. 3 winter storm.

It’s been a stormy last couple of weeks in the Shenandoah Valley, prompting the VDOT Staunton District to get to work cleaning up along roadways.

Update: Thursday, 10:35 a.m. A planned traffic pattern shift on Route 29 South/Route 460 West between Campbell Avenue and Concord Turnpike, due to ongoing bridge replacement work, has been delayed.

Update: Wednesday, 1:59 p.m. Interstate 81 sinkhole repairs scheduled for the night of Wednesday, June 8 into the day on Thursday, June 9 are postponed due to forecasted inclement weather.

VDOT invites the public to attend a Zoom webinar meeting on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. to learn more about the U.S. 29 corridor improvement study between Airport Road in Albemarle County and Deerfield Drive in Greene County.

The Virginia Department of Transportation Warrenton bridge crew in Fauquier County announced Thursday that it has replaced the superstructure on Route 610 a full week ahead of schedule.

Drivers are encouraged to plan ahead to make it to their destinations safely this Memorial Day weekend.
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