Full Notification

Interstate 81 – Exit 17: Motorists should be alert to workers in the Interstate 81 exit 17 area work zone, staging equipment, and installing work zone signage as part of a project to improve the interchange. The project includes improvements to the exit 17 northbound on and off-ramps, improvements to a segment of Route 75, reconstruction and relocation of Gravel Lake Road, lengthening the I-81 southbound on-ramp, and relocation of the frontage road located adjacent to the northbound exit 17 off-ramps. (Completion: Fall 2022)

Interstate 81 – Exit 19: Be alert to the following activities on the I-81 exit 19 safety improvement project in Abingdon: nighttime work on Route 11 and utility work in the work zone during the day and nighttime hours. The project includes realigning a portion of Empire Drive, widening a curve along the southbound off-ramp, and adding traffic signals at the intersection of newly aligned Empire Drive and Route 11 and where Route 11 intersects with the end of the exit 19 southbound ramps. (Completion: Summer 2022)