CULPEPER – Crews from the Virginia Department of Transportation are plowing and treating secondary roads across Central Virginia this afternoon and expect to finish snow-removal operations early Wednesday evening.

Interstates 64 and 66, major primary highways and most high-volume secondary roads across the district are reported clear of snow, although many of the rural secondary routes still have accumulations of hard-packed snow and ice. Crews are spreading abrasives on gravel roads to aid traction on the remaining packed snow.

VDOT’s area headquarters across the Culpeper District will be open all night with crews completing the plowing of secondary routes and responding to reports of refreezing or slick spots. Motorists who are traveling overnight should expect to encounter patches of frozen water and hard-packed snow, particularly on rural secondary roads and in the crossovers and turn lanes on primary highways. Bridges, overpasses, roads at high elevations and near bodies of water are particularly prone to freezing and icing.

Drivers should continue to use caution while traveling Wednesday evening and during the early morning hours Thursday; allow extra time for the trip, reduce speed, and leave extra distance between their car and other vehicles. For the latest information on road conditions, incidents and weather forecasts, call 511 from any telephone in Virginia, or on the Web at www.511Virginia.org.


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