Mar 11 2015
Officials Estimate Road to Open By Wednesday Repairs are underway to repair a section of Route 65/72 that collapsed last week due to extreme weather. A section of Route 65/72 between Fort Blackmore and Dungannon in Scott County was closed last Wednesday evening due to a section of the road collapsing. The closure is located …
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Mar 05 2015
BRISTOL – A section of Route 65/72 between Fort Blackmore and Dungannon in Scott County is closed due to a section of the road collapsing. The closure is located about 2.7 miles east of Fort Blackmore. Vehicle traffic should detour using Routes 71 and 680 to access Route 65. It is recommended truck traffic use …
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Feb 25 2015
Commonwealth agencies continue to support local governments and citizens following a week of freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall, treacherous driving conditions and dangerously low wind chill values. Forecasters are predicting additional snow and wintry precipitation across Virginia this week. As part of the state of emergency issued by Gov. Terry McAuliffe Feb. 16, the following …
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Jan 23 2015
Approximately 30 persons stopped by to view some proposed changes to Wadlow Gap Highway during a public hearing held last week. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) held the design public hearing Jan. 13 at the Wadlow Gap Ruritan Bingo Building to display plans for a proposed curve improvement project on Route 224 in the …
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Jul 03 2013
A bridge that spans the North Fork of the Holston River in the Hiltons on Route 58 has been replaced and is now open to vehicles. And even though the project wasn’t expected to be completed until later this month, officials with the Virginia Department of Transportation are happy to report it finished ahead of …
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