VDOT News - Staunton

STAUNTON – The Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District continues to clear roads from the January 16 snow event and will have crews monitoring roads tonight, January 18.  Clear conditions are reported on all interstate roads and clear to minor conditions on primary roads.  Minor to moderate conditions are reported on secondary roads.

Beginning on the night of January 18, travelers in the Hot Springs area of Bath County should be alert for activities to haul snow away from roads in the downtown area on Route 615 (Main Street) and Route 220 (Sam Snead Highway). Roads have been plowed but in Hot Springs snow is limiting lane width to one and a half lanes. To provide full two-lane traffic VDOT crews will be hauling snow away from this area.  Travelers should be alert for trucks loading and hauling snow away. This work will only occur during nighttime hours and is expected to take two days to complete.

For winter weather road conditions go to http://www.511Virginia.org, look at the orange bar on the top of the page and click on “Text Views” and then click on “Road Condition Table”. Look at the pull down box that lists all jurisdictions.  In this box individual counties can be chosen to view.

The Staunton District Twitter feed is at @VaDOTStaunton. VDOT can be followed on Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. RSS feeds are also available for statewide information. The VDOT Web page is located at http://www.VirginiaDOT.org. 

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

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Road condition definitions:

Severe – drifting or partially blocked road. 

Moderate – snow or ice on major portions of the roadway. 

Minor – bare pavement except for isolated spots of snow, ice or slush. 

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