A portion of US 58/US 360 EB is closed near the Pittsylvania-Halifax County line due to a sinkhole (http://www.godanriver.com/news/danville/sinkhole-shuts-down-parts-of-u-s-detour-may-last/article_4171c678-8e51-11e6-b55b-2bff821f1b6a.html) until maybe the end of the week.
(Note that the detour should be VA/NC 62 to NC/VA 119 back to US 58/360 EB)
EDIT: VDOT's website (http://virginiadot.org/newsroom/lynchburg/2016/storm_clean_up_continues107940.asp) shows the correct detour of VA/NC 62 to NC 57 to NC/VA 119 back to US 58/360 EB.
Glad I don't go that way. The last time I drove through there was when I went to Norfolk last year for a funeral. It was a mind-numbing drive that seemed to go on forever. I've never been so glad to see I-64 signs in my life.
It doesn't surprise me that Danville's newspaper got the highway labels wrong. :pan:
Quote from: LM117 on October 09, 2016, 04:08:10 PM
It doesn't surprise me that Danville's newspaper got the highway labels wrong. :pan:
I was scratching my head over that one. U.S. 19 and (for a short distance) U.S. 219 can be found in the Commonwealth, but (from memory and then the U.S. 119 Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_119)), not U.S. 119.
Quote from: LM117 on October 09, 2016, 04:08:10 PM
Glad I don't go that way. The last time I drove through there was when I went to Norfolk last year for a funeral. It was a mind-numbing drive that seemed to go on forever. I've never been so glad to see I-64 signs in my life.
I actually clinched this in 2014 in the snow while heading to my parents' house for Spring Break. I clinched US 58 from I-77 to I-85 that night. (I did not get it completely finished east of I-77 until this past July though.)
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 09, 2016, 03:18:57 PM
A portion of US 58/US 360 EB is closed near the Pittsylvania-Halifax County line due to a sinkhole (http://www.godanriver.com/news/danville/sinkhole-shuts-down-parts-of-u-s-detour-may-last/article_4171c678-8e51-11e6-b55b-2bff821f1b6a.html) until maybe the end of the week.
(Note that the detour should be VA/NC 62 to NC/VA 119 back to US 58/360 EB)
Instead of putting two-way traffic in the westbound lanes?
QuoteInstead of putting two-way traffic in the westbound lanes?
Would probably take less time to fix the sinkhole than it would to build crossovers to allow two-way traffic.
That's crazy, I was just in Danville for work on the 5th. Glad I went when I did.
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on October 10, 2016, 09:26:05 PM
That's crazy, I was just in Danville for work on the 5th. Glad I went when I did.
Sorry about that! :-D
Quote from: LM117 on October 11, 2016, 09:39:55 AM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on October 10, 2016, 09:26:05 PM
That's crazy, I was just in Danville for work on the 5th. Glad I went when I did.
Sorry about that! :-D
Trust me, I wasn't there long. :-D
There will be another closure for US 58 EB (about 2 weeks) (http://pilotonline.com/news/local/transportation/traffic/sinkhole-in-southampton-county-caused-by-damaged-pipe/article_a3343b45-85ab-5a42-a629-13fc1d5d88f4.html) near the Southhampton County-Suffolk Line (Blackwater River Bridge) on the Franklin Bypass due to a sinkhole.
This is due to a damaged pipe that must be replaced. Currently just the right lane is closed.
EDIT: Work to replace the pipe begins December 15th for at least 8 weeks closing both eastbound lanes (http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2016/12/09/work-to-begin-on-sinkhole/). Traffic will be two-way along the west bound lanes.
US 58 on the Franklin Bypass is completely back to four lanes. (http://www.13newsnow.com/traffic/sinkhole-that-opened-during-hurricane-matthew-filled-us-58-back-open/424642650)