Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews are prepared for a major winter storm expected to bring snow and ice across most of the Commonwealth, creating the potential for widespread major impacts starting late Wednesday and continuing through Friday morning.
Route 29 (Lee Highway) in Centreville will be reduced to a single lane in each direction under I-66 for demolition of the remaining bridge pier of the old I-66 bridges over Route 29 during the overnight hours Friday, February 19. Two-way traffic will run on Route 29 South during this period.
This work is part of the Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project.
Crews with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) worked all day to remove downed trees and utility lines to reopen as many roads as possible in the hardest hit areas of the Fredericksburg District, including Caroline, Lancaster, Northumberland, Essex, King and Queen, King William and Middlesex counties.
Nearly 30 roads remain closed in the Fredericksburg District. Many of these roads are closed due to downed trees and branches entangled with power lines.
A 26-year-old Stafford man was pulled from a wrecked car Tuesday and was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
The victim, Sean O’Driscoll, was driving a vehicle on Shelton Shop Road, near the Stafford Regional Airport, which struck a tree and collided with a fence. He was extricated from the vehicle and was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Virginia State Police Trooper M.D. Brill is investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash in Fauquier County. The crash occurred on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 2:35 p.m. along Route 616 (Bristerburg Road) 9 tenths of a mile west of Route 806 (Elk Run Road).
A 1998 Jeep Cherokee was traveling east on Rt. 616 when it was unable to maneuver a curve, ran off the right side of the roadway, and collided with a tree.
Construction is progressing on a project to replace the Route 1 bridge over Potomac Creek in Stafford County, and northbound drivers can expect a slight traffic shift in the work zone beginning Monday, Feb. 15.
Both northbound travel lanes will remain open. But as construction enters the next phase, northbound traffic will be shifted around 20 feet to the right to cross Potomac Creek. This shift allows crews to build the northbound lanes on the new bridge.
Snow is forecast for the Fredericksburg area starting early Sunday morning, and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews are preparing for this weekend’s inclement weather.
On Saturday, motorists in the Fredericksburg area should be alert for a mobile VDOT operation to pre-treat Interstate 95 and interstate ramps with a salt brine solution in advance of the storm. Pre-treatment will begin Saturday morning.
