A Woodbridge man and three others escaped injury in a crash that sent another to a hospital in serious condition.
Virginia State Police Senior Trooper D.J. Mabie is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Fauquier County. The crash occurred April 25, 2019, at 7:53 p.m. on Interstate 66 at the 23.8-mile marker.
A Manassas Park woman has died after she was involved in a crash.
Virginia State Police S.K. Burke-Smith is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Culpeper County that occurred Friday, April 26, 2019 at 2:53 p.m. on (Route 802) Springs Road at 50 feet east of Fair Oaks Drive.
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WOODBRIDGE — When Metro shuts down its Blue and Yellow lines this summer, OmniRide will step in with an alternative to help commuters get where they’re going.
HAYMARKET — Route 15 (James Madison Highway) between Logmill Road (Route 701) and the Prince William/Loudoun county line will have overnight mobile lane closures Monday, April 29 for rumble strip installation along the shoulders.
The mobile single-lane closures will occur along northbound and southbound Route 15 between 10 p.m. Monday night and 5 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, according to a Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman.
Children will ride free on Virginia Railway Express for “Take our Daughters and Sons To Work Day.”
Children between the ages of 11 and 18 years old will free on Thursday, April 25 when accompanied by a paying adult. Children 10 and under can ride free every day.
FREDERICKSBURG — Here’s a look at your Interstate 95 traffic hot spots for the coming week.
With projects to extend the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes from North Stafford to Route 17, and a separate project to build a new bridge over the Rappahannock River to separate I-95 local traffic from long-distance drivers, you’ll want to keep alert on the highway.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — (Press release) Bike to Work Day is coming up on May 17, and the event will give people the opportunity to ditch their cars for a day to celebrate biking as a clean, healthy and fun way to get around.
George Phillips, a county transportation planner who is helping coordinate Bike to Work Day in Prince William County, said the event is designed to get people thinking about alternative modes transportation. “Bike to Work is to get people to focus and look at the possibility of another way to get to work, to realize there are other options out there other than taking their cars.”
FAIRFAX — (Press release) Drivers should expect lane closures on the Interstate 395 general purpose lanes beginning the weekend of April 26-28, and continuing for at least four consecutive weekends, depending on the weather.
The weekend closures, which will occur from Friday nights until Monday mornings, are needed for crews to safely rehabilitate five bridges along I-395 between the Springfield interchange and Washington, D.C. line. Motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes. If travel in this area is unavoidable, drivers should use caution and plan extra travel time.
DUMFRIES — Springtime means street paving in Dumfries.
Every spring the Dumfries Public Works Department begins its annual paving of streets throughout the town.
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY — Virginia State Police are investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash in Spotsylvania County that took the life of a Woodbridge man, and woman from Locust Grove.
The crash happened Sunday at 10:10 p.m. on Courthouse Road in Spotsylvania County, about half a mile south of Route 628, Smith Station Road.
