VDOT NEWS

PLAIN DEALING ROAD CLOSED MARCH 13 FOR DEBRIS REMOVAL
The Virginia Department of Transportation will close Route 630 (Plain Dealing Road) at the bridge over Byrd Creek in Fluvanna County March 13 for debris removal.
VDOT crews will use heavy equipment to remove debris that has washed against the bridge to reduce the risk of flooding during future storms.
The road will be closed to through traffic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Access will be maintained to all commercial and private entrances off Route 630 on both sides of the bridge, but traffic will not be able to travel across the bridge.
Drivers are advised to use alternate routes during the closure. 
For more information about Virginia’s bridges and the Virginia Department of Transportation’s bridge inspection program, including current conditions of the state’s bridges, FAQs and video of a bridge inspection, visit VDOT’s web site, www.virginiadot.org/info/Bridge.asp.
 
RT. 629 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT BEGINS MARCH 6
The Virginia Department of Transportation will close the Route 629 (Deep Creek Road) bridge over Middle Fork Kent Branch in Fluvanna County for approximately seven months for replacement. The bridge, located 0.2-mile east of Route 631 (Dogwood Drive), will be closed beginning March 6. Weather permitting, the road is expected to reopen to traffic on Oct. 4. During the closure, motorists will use Route 631 to Route 601 (Venable Road) to Route 659 (Kents Store Way) to Route 626 (Jordan Store Road), which carries traffic back to Deep Creek Road. The bridge carries about 130 vehicles daily, according to a 2014 traffic count. Message boards are in place to notify the public of the closure. Under a $1.07 million construction contract, VDOT contractor Crossroads Bridge, Inc. of Rural Retreat will replace the existing timber deck, steel girder bridge. The bridge was built in 1969 and has a 3-ton weight restriction. After construction, the bridge will be open to all legal-weight vehicles. For more information, visit:  www.virginiadot.org/projects/culpeper/629bridge.asp