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VDOT warns of transportation impediments

August 9, 2009 12:36 am

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY

Interstate 95

Sunday-Monday, 9 p.m.-4:30 a.m.; crews will be milling and paving the on- and off-ramps at the U.S. 1/Spotsylvania (Exit 126) interchange. Motorists should expect delays and be alert to construction crews and equipment on the interstate ramps.

Tuesday-Thursday, 9 p.m.-4:30 a.m.; crews will begin milling and paving the southbound lanes on I-95 between Exit 126 (U.S. 1/Spotsylvania) and Exit 118 (State Route 606/Thornburg.) One lane and the shoulder will be closed to traffic in the work zone.

Monday-Thursday, 10 p.m.-4:30 a.m.; motorists will be periodically restricted to one lane on I-95 northbound and southbound between mile markers 122 and 126, located between Exit 126 (U. S. 1/Spotsylvania) and Exit 118 (State Route 606/Thornburg.) This is permit work associated with the new bridge over I-95 at U.S. 17.

Thursday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; motorists should be alert to crews and equipment on the shoulder of I-95 southbound at mile marker 123, located between Exit 126 (U.S. 1/Spotsylvania and Exit 118 (Thornburg.) Crews will be inspecting the new State Route 608 bridge over I-95. All travel lanes will remain open.

State Route 608 bridge over I-95

The new State Route 608 bridge over I-95 will be open to traffic on Monday. Motorists should be alert to the new traffic pattern.

Monday-Wednesday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; motorists should expect brief delays on State Route 608 as crews remove the temporary signals and add pavement markings at the new bridge over I-95. Flaggers will direct traffic through the work zone.

Thursday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; motorists will be restricted to one lane in each direction on State Route 608 at the new bridge over I-95. Crews will be inspecting the structure.

State Route 639 (Bragg Road/Fall Hill Avenue ongoing construction project)

Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; crews will begin hanging the new traffic signals on Bragg Road at Willis Way and at River Road. Motorists should be prepared to stop periodically in the work zone.

Monday-Friday, motorists are reminded to be alert to construction crews and equipment working along the shoulder along Bragg Road/Fall Hill Avenue as work continues on the Bragg Road/Fall Hill Avenue widening project. The estimated completion date for this project is summer 2011.

Spotsylvania Towne Centre entrance

Motorists are reminded to be alert to the change in traffic patterns on State Route 3 eastbound between Bragg Road and the entrance to Spotsylvania Towne Centre. The continuous right turn lane on Route 3 eastbound between Bragg Road and the Towne Centre entrance may be periodically closed to through traffic, as well as the right merge lane exiting the Towne Centre to Route 3 eastbound. To avoid delays, Towne Centre patrons should use the entrance located on Bragg Road Extended. Access to businesses located on Route 3 eastbound between Bragg Road and the Towne Centre will be maintained at all times.

CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG

Motorists are reminded that the intersection of Charles Street and Dixon Street in Fredericksburg is temporarily closed to traffic due to a major sewer-line failure near the intersection. If traveling south to Routes 2 and 17, motorists should take Lafayette Boulevard to the Blue and Gray Parkway. The intersection remains open for traffic traveling north from Routes 2 and 17 toward Caroline Street.

VIRGINIA TRAFFIC INFO

For traffic and travel information, dial 511 or visit 511virginia.org.





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