STAUNTON DISTRICT TRAFFIC ALERT FOR OCTOBER 4 – 8, 2021 Highway Work Zones in the VDOT Staunton District STAUNTON – The following is a list of highway work that may affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton District consists of 11 counties from the Alleghany Highlands to the […]
Afton Mountain / Route 250 Near the Albemarle / Nelson County Line, Virginia Verbatim update from VDOT below 4:44PM / 5.6.21 Work to remove loose rocks and debris, stabilize slope will require extended road closure U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) will remain closed for an extended period between Route 6 (Afton Mountain Road) east […]
Lynchburg, Virginia “Five roads in Nelson County will be closed temporarily while Norfolk Southern Railroad (NSRR) replaces crossings. Closures will last up to two days each with traffic being detoured. On Monday, March 8, 2021, work will begin on River Road (VA route 56) near the Shipman community and will continue north to the […]
FROM VDOT – LYNCHBURG Current forecasts indicate that most of the Commonwealth of Virginia will be covered by mixed precipitation at various times into early next week and the Lynchburg District of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is prepared to respond. Rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow are forecast to occur during […]
VDOT LYNCHBURG Another round of winter weather is in the forecast and crews with the Lynchburg District of the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) are prepared to respond. Because the storm is anticipated to start as rain no pretreatment of primary roads is currently taking place in the Lynchburg District; however, changes in the forecast […]
RELEASE VIA VDOT – LYNCHBURG “Economic development within Nelson and Augusta counties has led to increased truck traffic on Beech Grove/Reeds Gap Road (state route 664), a very mountainous route connecting these locations. As a result, tractor trailers are regularly becoming stuck due to the road curvature and steepness and impeding traffic, including emergency response. […]
VDOT – LYNCHBURG, Va. After a taste of winter weather earlier this week, motorists should anticipate a more significant storm beginning as early as Saturday, January 30 and lasting into next week. Lynchburg District crews with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) are taking steps to prepare and hope you are too. Currently, crews are […]
Reeds Gap Blue Ridge Parkway Near The Nelson-Augusta County Line, VA By Tommy Stafford If you’re keeping count, this makes 6, yes, 6, semi trucks in the past 10 days that have gotten stuck and blocked the area near Reeds Gap on Route 664 where it crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway. The latest happened Thursday […]
PIPE FAILURE CLOSES ONE LANE ON ROUTE 6 NEAR SCOTTSVILLE Update : Temporary repairs to the pipe on Route 6 (Irish Road) are complete and all lanes are open to traffic. Crews are preparing to make emergency repairs CULPEPER — Crews with the Virginia Department of Transportation are on the scene of a […]
Via VDOT – Culpeper District: Comments invited in person on June 11, via mail or email by June 21 The Virginia Department of Transportation invites the public to attend an upcoming design public hearing for the proposed project to construct a roundabout at the intersection of Route 240 (Three Notched Road), Route 250 (Rockfish Gap […]
