4:30 p.m.
Crews are working to repair guardrails along Joplin Road. Traffic will be shifted to one side of the roadway as the repairs are made, according to transportation officials.
3:40 p.m.
QUANTICO, Va. — Emergency road work will be conducted this afternoon at Joplin Road at Interstate 95.
It’s unclear what prompted the work, but officials with the Virginia Megaprojects office said the work will occur east of the highway. Two-way traffic will run as normal on Joplin Road on the west side of I-95.
This is the same area in which crews have been pile driving for a new bridge that will be a part of the I-95 Express Lanes project. That effort will extend HOV lanes form Dumfries to North Stafford, and when they’re open will allow carpoolers to ride free and single drivers the option to pay a toll to escape congestion on the main lanes of I-95.
The area is heavily traveled as the main gate to Quantico Marine Corps Base is located at Joplin Road and U.S. 1.
Also, a nearby work zone at the back gate of Quantico has been suspended for the holidays.
More in a press release from the Virginia Department of Transportation:
DOT is lifting a work zone lane closure on Interstate 95 southbound near mile marker 147, just south of Exit 148 at Quantico Marine Corps Base.
The right lane has been closed each weekday from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. since Monday, Dec. 10. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is repairing the slope of the roadway over approximately 200 yards.
Work on the project is temporarily suspending due to the year-end holidays. Work will resume on the project on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013.
This work zone is not related to the I-95 Express Lanes Project.
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