PROJECT UPDATE
April 2017
Latest I-64 Widening Video
(VIDEO) New pavement: A familiar sight for residents and travelers of I-64 on the Peninsula. Your patience during construction is appreciated. 
Clearing continues along I-64 median of Segment II to add one travel lane lane and shoulder lane in each direction.
Traffic Shifts Throughout the I-64 Widening Project

In the next month, traffic shifts will occur on Segment I. The shifts will move the two existing concrete patravel lanes to the left onto the new travel lanes in the median. These shifts are in no particular order.

Traffic Shift: I-64 WB from Industrial Park Drive to Fort Eustis Boulevard.

Traffic Shift: I-64 EB from Industrial Park Drive to Denbigh Boulevard.

Traffic Shift: I-64 EB from Fort Eustis Boulevard to Industrial Park Drive.
Under Construction
Segment I Work Activities

Recently Completed
  • Relocation of DMS signs to new overhead structures.
  • Paved base for eastbound median.
  • Completed concrete placements for Industrial Park Bridge deck.

Current Status:

  • Sound Barrier Wall work including construction of foundation and footings, installing drainage.
  • Pavement construction at bridge approaches (Fort Eustis Blvd. and Industrial Park Drive).

Upcoming Work Activities

  • Continued sight distance clearing at Fort Eustis Boulevard ramps.
  • Relocation of ITS systems.The ITS systems are the buried electric and communications cables usually associated with traffic cameras.
  • Continue asphalt paving.
  • Traffic shifts left into new median travel lanes.

Segment II Work Activities

Recently Completed

  • Completed installation of temporary concrete barriers.
  • Completed installation of Contrast Pavement Markings.
  • Completed survey work for installation of MOT (Maintenance of Traffic) items.
  • Layout of safety fence
  • Removal of concrete curb island at Yorktown underpass.

Current Status:

  • Continued clearing and grubbing operations throughout Segment II including the median in both east and west directions.
  • Start installation of lane shifts and temporary pavement markings at bridge underpass locations on Jefferson Avenue, Yorktown Road, and Penniman Road.
  • Continued installation of construction signs at bridge underpass locations on Jefferson Avenue, Yorktown Road, and Penniman Road.

Upcoming Work Activities:

  • Continuing installation of MOT including construction signs and temporary pavement markings on bridge under-pass locations on Jefferson Avenue, Yorktown Road, Penniman Road, and Burma Road.
  • Start bridge widening work
  • Start work on existing and new drainage culverts
  • Continuing installation of MOT including construction signs and temporary pavement markings on bridge underpass locations on Jefferson Avenue, Yorktown Road, Penniman Road, and Burma Road.
    Alternate Routes:
    Avoid the backups and find alternate routes around the work zone by viewing the Alternate Routes Map now available on the I-64 Widening web site. 
    REDUCED SPEED AHEAD
       Please obey the reduced 55mph speed limit which is in effect 24/7 in both the east- and westbound work zones of the project between Jefferson Avenue (exit 255) and Busch Gardens (exit 243).