Travel

Motorists are advised that the bridge over Little Fox Creek on Route 711 in Grayson County will be closed to through traffic to allow VDOT to replace a pipe that was washed out during recent inclement weather.

VDOT estimates that the bridge will reopen by Feb. 15, sooner if weather and other conditions permit. Motorists should use alternate routes of travel during the closure and use caution when traveling in the area.

RICHMOND – AAA projects 43.6 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, an increase of 0.7 percent over the 43.3 million people who traveled last year. This increase marks the fourth consecutive year of growing holiday travelers since 2008 when Thanksgiving travel fell by 25 percent. The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 25.

There were no speeches or any kind of ceremony when the new Carico Memorial Bridge opened last Friday but everyone there was happy with the completion of the new bridge and to finally see vehicles crossing the New River again.
With the lights flashing on his Ford Bronco, Carl Chapman, who lives on River View Lane near the new bridge, decked out in his own hard hat, was the first to cross the new bridge.
“It’s great to see the new bridge finally completed,” Chapman said.

U.S. 58 bridge over Big Wilson Creek: Signals are controlling one 10-foot-wide travel lane at the Route 58 bridge over Big Wilson Creek due to bridge repairs. (Completion: mid-June 2011)