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Traffic Alert: Turn Lane from Seminary to Mark Center to Close This Week

The Virginia Department of Transportation will be installing concrete medians and doing drain work in the area.

Virginia Megaprojects released the following information about the closure of a turn lane from westbound Seminary Road onto Mark Center Avenue. The Virginia Department of Transportation will be constructing concrete medians and installing storm drains in the area. 

The lane closure will start this Monday, Jan. 14 and continue through next weekend. 

See the attached map to see the lane that will close and VDOT's suggested detour.

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According to Virginia Megaprojects: 

The turn lane will be closed each day, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14 thru Thursday, Jan. 17, and again each night, Monday thru Thursday, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Over that weekend, the turn lane will be closed on Friday and Saturday nights, Jan. 18 and 19, from 9:30 p.m. to 9 a.m., and Sunday night, 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday morning.

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Motorists will be detoured past Mark Center Avenue to make a left turn on N. Beauregard Street, then left on Mark Center Drive, and follow signs to Mark Center Avenue.

The project is part of the Mark Center Mid-Term Improvements Project, and you can find more information about it at markcenterroadproject.com


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