VDOT News - Fredericksburg

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Department of Transportation will open Route 605 (Balls Neck Road) in Northumberland County on Monday, Feb. 20 after the completion of a bridge maintenance project. On the same day, a portion of Route 604 (Indian Valley Road) will close in Northumberland for similar work.

Both bridges are one of the multiple bridges scheduled to be repaired in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula to address bridge scour. Scour is the erosion of soil around a bridge’s foundation.

Indian Valley Road will close for approximately three months while work is underway.

The posted detour for Indian Valley Road will be along the following routes:

• Route 360 (Northumberland Highway)
• Route 201 (Courthouse Road)
• Route 604 (Indian Valley Road)

Click here to view an online map.

The signed detour route is approximately 9 miles. Drivers are encouraged to use the most convenient alternate route depending on their destination.

Message boards are posted to warn motorists about the upcoming road closure.

Weather permitting, Indian Valley Road is anticipated to reopen to traffic in May 2023.

For additional information and a full list of all the bridges scheduled for repair as part of this maintenance project, please visit the project page at virginiadot.org.

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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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