/Virginia State Police
CULPEPER U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) remains closed between the top of Afton Mountain and Route 151 (Critzer Shop Road) due to a rock slide that partially blocked the road Monday afternoon. On Monday evening rocks and trees continued to slide down the slope to the roadway.
Geologists and engineers with the Virginia Department of Transportation met on-site Tuesday morning to assess the extent of the slide and how to remove the material from the road. The slope must also be stabilized before the road can be reopened to traffic.
At this time it is not known how long U.S. 250 will be closed, but motorists should anticipate using Interstate 64 as the only route over Afton Mountain at least through May 11, according to the department’s Lou Hatter. More information about the duration of the closure will be provided once an assessment of the situation is completed.
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CULPEPER (WINA) – Wednesday, April 28 is “Go Orange Day” as VDOT urges you to wear orange to support National Work Zone Awareness Week… which it is through Friday… in solidarity with highway workers. VDOT’s Lou Hatter says work zones increase in the spring, to do some of the work that cannot be properly done in the winter. The work includes temporary zones such as pothole repair to go with longer-term zones. Hatter says a lot of work over the past year has gone into repairing pipes underneath roads as frequent heavy rains have compromised some of them.
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