VDOT News - Culpeper

CULPEPER — The Virginia Department of Transportation will rehabilitate two bridges on Route 656 (Bremo Road) in Fluvanna County.

Beginning April 5, Route 656 will be closed to through traffic. Weather permitting, the road will reopen on July 5 when work on both bridges is complete.

Crews will first rehabilitate the bridge over Holman Creek, located about 0.3-mile east of Route 657 (Bremo Bluff Road). This bridge was built in 1932 and has a posted weight limit of 15 tons. 

Once work on the Holman Creek bridge is complete, crews will begin work on the second structure, located approximately 150-feet east of the first bridge. This bridge, which carries traffic over a branch of Holman Creek, was built in 1952 and has a posted weight limit of 18 tons.

When construction is complete in July, both bridges will be able to carry all legal weight vehicles. 

Motorists are advised to use alternate routes during the closure.

For more information about Virginia’s bridges and VDOT’s bridge inspection program, including current conditions of the state’s bridges, FAQs and video of a bridge inspection, visit VDOT’s website, http://www.virginiadot.org/info/Bridge.asp.

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