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Plan ahead: VDOT releases list of weekly lane closures

VDOT has announced their weekly lane closures for the I-64 widening project. (HNNDaily staff photo/ Troy Jefferson)
VDOT has announced their weekly lane closures for the I-64 widening project. (Troy Jefferson/HNNDaily)

Those on Interstate 64 next week should expect a series of nightly lane closures — and possibly some delays.

Some lanes and ramps will close between June 10 and June 14. Crews contracted by VDOT will be performing work related to Segments I and II of the I-64 widening project between Route 199 and Yorktown Road.

A full list of scheduled closures is as follows:

Ramp closures:

  • I-64 east and west to Route 60/Busch Gardens (exit 243A), as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • I-64 east and west to Route 143 (exit 243B), as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • Route 60 on-ramp to I-64 west, as early as 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • I-64 east and west to Route 199 west (exit 242A), as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • I-64 east and west to Route 199 east (exit 242B), as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • Route 199 west on-ramp to I-64 east and west, as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • Route 199 east on-ramp to I-64 east and west, as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • I-64 east and west to Lee Hall/Jefferson Avenue (exit 247), as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • Jefferson Avenue (Route 143) on-ramps to I-64 east and west, as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
  • Yorktown Road (Route 238) on-ramp to I-64 east, as early as 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Lane closures:

  • Lane closures under flagger control on Yorktown Road, Penniman Road and Jefferson Avenue at the I-64 overpasses on June 10-16, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
  • Alternating single-lane closures on I-64 east and west from Colonial Parkway to Lee Hall (exit 247) June 10-14, starting as early as 8 p.m. until 5 a.m.
  • Single-lane closures on I-64 east and west from 1 mile east of Route 199 Lightfoot exit 234 (mile marker 233) to Route 199 Humelsine Parkway (exit 242), June 10-14, starting as early as 7 p.m. until 5 a.m.
  • Lane closures under flagger control on Rochambeau Drive at the I-64 overpasses on June 11-15, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m

Signed detours will be in place.

Beginning the morning of June 12, motorists should be aware of a new traffic pattern on the Jefferson Avenue (Route 143) on-ramp to I-64 west, as traffic is shifted right to a new outside lane.

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