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Triangle man dies in crash
Virginia State Police Senior Trooper C. Scally is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Fauquier County. The crash occurred Sunday, April 4th at 2:40 a.m. along Interstate 66 at the 34 mile-marker.
A new interstate overpass on Route 652 (Truslow Road) in Stafford County will open to traffic on Friday, April 9. The new structure is longer and slightly wider, with two travel lanes and expanded road shoulders.
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At 10:29 a.m. Sunday, April 4, Virginia State Police were called to a two-vehicle crash in Fairfax County.
A motorcycle and pickup truck collided in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 at the 162-mile marker, just north of the Occoquan River.
Construction crews are preparing to place the final new bridge beams in April for an improved Chatham Bridge over the Rappahannock River between Stafford County and Fredericksburg, and river traffic will be briefly stopped on weekdays for public safety when beams are lifted over the water.
River traffic may encounter brief, intermittent stops between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. starting the week of Monday, April 5 – Friday, April 9, and on weekdays for the remainder of April.
Good news for commuters: the Joplin Road bridge over Quantico Creek will reopen to through traffic on Friday, April 2, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
The bridge was completely rebuilt after historic flooding on Aug. 13 required its closure.