Here are this week’s traffic hot spots in the Stafford County and Fredericksburg area provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation:
I-95 Northbound
Exit 130 (Route 3) to Exit 133 (Route 17)
Monday – Tuesday, 9 p.m. – 4:30 a.m. Guardrail installation. Single northbound lane closure for the I-95 Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing project.
Exit 130 (Route 3) to Exit 133 (Route 17)
Tuesday – Thursday, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Work zone barrier installation. Single northbound lane closure for the I-95 Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing project.
I-95 Southbound
Exit 148 (Quantico) to Exit 143 (Garrisonville Road)
Thursday – Friday, 9 p.m. – 6 a.m. and Friday – Saturday, 10 p.m. – 7 a.m. Work on project construction entrances. Single southbound lane closure near mile markers 148-146 for the I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.
Exit 140 (Courthouse Road) to Exit 133 (Route 17)
Wednesday – Thursday, 9 p.m. – 10 a.m. and Thursday – Friday, 9 p.m. – 6 a.m. and Friday – Saturday, 10 p.m. – 7 a.m. Work on project construction entrances. Single southbound lane closure near mile markers 138-135 for the I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.
Exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) to Exit 133 (Route 17)
Tuesday – Wednesday, 9 p.m. – 10 a.m. and Thursday – Friday, 9 p.m. – 6 a.m. and Friday – Saturday, 10 p.m. – 7 a.m. Work zone barrier installation. Single southbound lane closure near mile markers 136-134 for the I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.
Stafford County
Route 17 Northbound and Southbound
Tuesday – Friday, 8 p.m. – 7 a.m. Expect alternating lane closures on Route 17 northbound and southbound between Sanford Drive and Short Street, near the I-95 interchange. Overnight demolition work will continue to remove the former I-95 southbound overpass.
Route 630 (Courthouse Road) and Hospital Center Boulevard
Tuesday – Thursday, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Single lane closures on Route 630 (Courthouse Road) and Hospital Center Boulevard between Route 1 and Austin Ridge Drive. Crews will be taking soil samples as part of the I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension.
Route 1 at Potomac Creek
Construction began June 1 on a project to replace the Route 1 bridge over Potomac Creek in Stafford County. Route 1 will continue to have four travel lanes open during the project, with only periodic single lane closures required. The new bridge will be complete in July 2022.
City of Fredericksburg
Route 3 Business at Chatham Bridge
The Chatham Bridge is closed to traffic for an improvement project. Drivers should follow the posted detour signs directing traffic around the bridge closure. The bridge will reopen to traffic in October 2021, and all construction work will be complete by April 2022.
