VDOT delays lane closures on Route 42 bridge over Buckingham Branch Railroad in Alleghany County

STAUNTON – The Virginia Department of Transportation will delay by several weeks the installation of temporary signals on the Route 42 bridge over Buckingham Branch Railroad, located just northwest of Morgan Drive in the Nicelytown area of Alleghany County. This is about 1.5 miles north of Interstate 64 exit 29.

Crews are performing bridge maintenance and paving.

Contractors for the signal work will be unavailable for the rest of April.  A new schedule will be announced when signal work is ready to begin.

Until the signals are installed, the bridge will continue to have two travel lanes open to all traffic. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane once the signals are installed and become active.

All work is weather permitting.

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The VDOT Staunton District serves Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, Page, Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Alleghany and Bath counties.

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