Trucks delivering new bridge beams for the reconstruction of Chatham Bridge will briefly stop traffic near the Sophia Street and William Street intersection in the City of Fredericksburg on several dates in February and March.
Traffic will be stopped for no more than 15-minute intervals, and for no more than several intervals on each delivery day. All deliveries will occur between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
OmniRide is running limited service today during the winter storm impacting our region.
This morning under its emergency service plan, OmniRide took passengers from points in Prince William and Stafford counties, and Manassas to Metro stations in Springfield and Tyson’s Corner.
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.
