2-Way Traffic Restored On Downtown Fredericksburg Street

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Drivers can travel in both directions again on George Street in downtown Fredericksburg after the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) removed a temporary one-way traffic pattern in place between Caroline and Sophia streets.

In January, VDOT announced traffic on George Street would remain restricted to one-way westbound traffic for an additional month as utility relocation work continued. The street was reduced to a single lane last November to allow crews to relocate telecommunications utilities ahead of construction work for a VDOT renovation of the Chatham Bridge.

Work was originally estimated to be finished by mid-January, but work crews required several additional weeks to bore through rock and earth to create a new channel to carry utility lines underneath the Rappahannock River, extending the need to retain the one-way westbound traffic on George Street for the staging of crews and equipment.

Traffic disruptions will continue in downtown Fredericksburg, though, as VDOT does other work to prepare for the start of the Chatham Bridge renovation project. During the next two weeks, motorists should be alert for several work zones for utility relocation that will require temporary lane closures.

• March 6, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Westbound lane closure on George Street for utility work between Caroline Street and Sophia Street. The eastbound travel lane will remain open.
• March 11, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Single lane closures on William Street between Caroline Street and Sophia Street, and on Sophia Street between William Street and Amelia Street. Crews will be preparing for overnight work zone to relocate telecommunications utilities.
• March 11-13, 9 p.m. – 5 a.m. (ending early March 13): Overnight single lane closures on William Street between Caroline Street and Sophia Street, and on Sophia Street between William Street and Amelia Street. Crews will be moving telecommunications utilities.