The Virginia Department of Transportation listed scheduled lane closures for road work in the Fredericksburg, Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas for Nov. 1–6, weather permitting.
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Route 1 traffic near Quantico will be reduced to two lanes overnight next week while crews install new bridge beams, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.
Starting Wednesday, Nov. 4 through early Friday, Nov. 6, Route 1 will be reduced to two travel lanes near Russell Road between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. each evening so crews can install the beams, weather permitting. The work is part of the replacement of the 93-year-old bridge over Chopawamsic Creek at the Stafford County and Prince William County line.
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VDOT listed scheduled lane closures for road work in the Fredericksburg District for Oct. 25–31, weather permitting, the agency said.
On I-95, mobile single lane closures to clean and wash bridges run Monday–Friday, 7 p.m.–6 a.m., between Exit 104 (Carmel Church) and Exit 148 (Quantico) in Caroline, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Counties. Other I-95 work includes pavement markers and rumble strips near Exit 143, soil sampling between Exit 126 and Exit 133, and paving with ramp closures at Exit 126 in Spotsylvania.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is closing the northbound I-95 ramp to westbound Dale Boulevard (Exit 156B) overnight Monday into Tuesday and a portion of northbound I-95 Exit 160B (Route 123 North to Occoquan and Lake Ridge) overnight Tuesday into Wednesday for asphalt patching, weather permitting.
The Dale Boulevard ramp is closed from 11:59 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, to 4 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. Traffic is detoured via northbound I-95 to westbound Prince William Parkway (Exit 158B), then left at the signal to southbound I-95 and back to the Exit 156B ramp.
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is inviting public comment on a proposed $14.3 million project to improve safety and traffic operations at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 624 (Layhill Road) in Stafford County.
An in-person design public hearing in open-house format is set for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Falmouth Elementary School, 1000 Forbes Street, Fredericksburg. A backup date of Wednesday, Nov. 4, is listed if needed. Project materials will be posted on the project page the day of the meeting.
On I-95, mobile northbound and southbound single lane closures run Monday–Saturday, 8 p.m.–5 a.m., between Exit 133 (Falmouth/Warrenton) and Exit 148 (Quantico) for bridge inspections in Stafford.
Other I-95 work includes soil sampling between Exit 130 and Exit 133, Rappahannock River bridge inspections near Exit 130–133, pavement marker and rumble strip installation near Exit 143, and noise barrier work near Exit 126 in Spotsylvania.
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Soil testing at the planned Potomac Shores Virginia Railway Express station has come back clean, clearing a long-standing hurdle so staff can schedule a public groundbreaking with the developer.
VRE Operations Board Chair Andrea Bailey and CEO Katie Choe told the board at its Sept. 18 meeting that work had been paused pending the soil check. With the tests clean, the next step is a groundbreaking ceremony.