VDOT News - Fredericksburg

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Motorists should continue to avoid travel on Interstate 95 in the Fredericksburg area, with southbound traffic stopped and northbound traffic significantly delayed as Virginia Department of Transportation crews work to clear major incidents in Stafford County involving disabled or crashed tractor-trailers.

Interstate 95 southbound remains closed near exit 136 (Centerport Parkway) in Stafford County due to a crash involving multiple tractor-trailers.

Interstate 95 northbound is partially blocked near exit 140 (Courthouse Road) in Stafford due to multiple disabled tractor-trailers.

VDOT has more than 50 trucks deployed along I-95 in the Fredericksburg area, and VDOT and towing crews continue to work reach the scene of these incidents to remove the trucks, plow travel lanes, and treat the road.

"We know many motorists have been stopped on I-95 for hours, and we bringing resources to the scene as quickly as possible to reopen the interstate. We will reach everyone and reopen these lanes, and we will not stop until traffic is flowing again," said Marcie Parker, P.E., VDOT Fredericksburg District Engineer.

The latest information on lane reopenings and traffic will be available on 511Virginia.

Call 511, visit 511virginia.org, or download the free mobile 511Virginia app.

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VDOT’s 14-county Fredericksburg District includes the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford in the Fredericksburg area; Northumberland, Richmond, Lancaster and Westmoreland counties in the Northern Neck; Essex, Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Mathews and Middlesex counties in the Middle Peninsula.

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