West Virginia Department of Transportation

11/06/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/06/2024 07:14

As construction season extends into November, WVDOT urges drivers to pay attention in work zones

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As construction season extends into autumn West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) is urging drivers to continue to be vigilant and safe in the state's plentwork zones.

Ordinarily, cold weather means an end to paving. Asphalt plants typically shut down in winter but West Virginia Department of Highways (WVDOH) and its contracting partners are taking advantage of warmer weather and a construction season already in motion.
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But contractors and WVDOH road crews continue to pave statewide, as well as conduct other work, as long as the weather allows. In addition to major projects like Interstate 64 widening in Cabell County, work on Interstate 79 through northcentral West Virginia, the Berkeley Springs Bypass in the eastern panhandle, and work along Interstate 470 in the northern panhandle, contractors and WVDOH repair crews are working on bridges and fixing slips all over the Mountain State.

Work zones are ongoing on smaller projects throughout the state as well. In Kanawha County, work continues widening WV 622 in Cross Lanes. Crews are working on culverts in Lincoln and Mingo counties, while bridge work is ongoing on US 52, McComas-Martha Road, Shoals Bridge Road, and Lick Creek Road.

WVDOH crews are working on culverts on Husk Ridge Road in Calhoun County and Longridge Road in Roane County. In Harrison County, work is being done on four separate bridges on Interstate 79.

In the eastern panhandle, work is being done on WV 45, Apple Harvest Drive, in Martinsburg. In Marshall County in the northern panhandle, crews are repairing three separate slips.

Paving work continues on I-79 from Big Otter to Frametown in Clay and Braxton counties. Paving is underway on Pecks Run Road in Upshur County, and Klee arm Road in Webster County.

In southern West Virginia, bridge work is underway on US 19, WV 6, and US 60 in Fayette County. Paving is also underway on US 55 in Nicholas County and WV 3 in Summers County.

In McDowell County, crews are repairing a slip on Loop Seven Highway, and another on Franklin Street. A replacement project is also underway on the Beartown Bridge.

Four workers were struck in West Virginia's work zones in 2024, one fatally.

Imagine, if you will, we're sitting here in my office working away, answering emails, taking care of documents and that kind of thing, and a semi-truck goes through this office at 70 miles an hour," said Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston, P.E. "That's exactly what our workers are experiencing each and every day.

"When you go through these work zone, you have GOT to slow down."