UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Due to safety reasons, the 22nd Street Bridge was closed to motorists and pedestrians on August 1, 2018. The bridge will remain closed through the duration of the project. The
project will replace the existing bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The new bridge and roadway will include a bicycle lane and sidewalk in both directions.
IN DESIGN
This project will add two left turn lanes from Albemarle Drive onto Battlefield Boulevard, provide a new traffic signal at the intersection, add crosswalks and pedestrian signals, upgrade sidewalks and curb ramps, and provide drainage and utility improvements.
- Project Start: September 2018
- Projected Completion: Summer 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $1.35 million
CITIZEN INFORMATION MEETING - APRIL 11, 2019
Citizen Information Meeting Brochure
NOTE: This is a Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) project. For more information about this feasibility study, visit www.bowershillinterchange.com.
IN DESIGN
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), has initiated the environmental review process for the preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate potential transportation improvements at the Bowers Hill interchange. The Bowers Hill interchange includes a confluence of I-664, I-64, I-264, U.S. Route 460, U.S. Route 58, U.S. Route 13 and Jolliff Road (VA Route 191).
LOCATION PUBLIC HEARING -- MAY 9, 2019
5-7 p.m.
Jolliff Middle School
1021 Jolliff Rd, Chesapeake VA 23321
Click here to view hearing brochure
The hearing will feature a video presentation running throughout the evening as well as opportunities for the public to discuss the conceptual plans with VDOT representatives and provide feedback. The public comment period will close on Sunday, May 19, 2019, 10 days following the Location Public Hearing. VDOT will review and evaluate any information received as a result of the Location Public Hearing. You may submit comments by printing and mailing the comment form here or e-mailing your comments directly to Jennifer.Salyers@VDOT.Virginia.gov. Information must be postmarked, e-mailed or delivered to VDOT within 10 calendar days of the Location Public Hearing. This information will be available for review at the VDOT Hampton Roads District Headquarters located at 7511 Burbage Drive, Suffolk, VA 23435, 757-956-3000. Please call ahead to ensure the availability of appropriate personnel to answer your questions.
IN PROGRESS
This feasibility study will evaluate options for replacing the Centerville Turnpike Bridge with a fixed-span bridge over the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal that can also provide adequate vertical clearance for navigational activities and a wider bridge for the future roadway widening.
- Project Start: May 2019
- Projected Completion: Summer 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $500,000
PROJECTS PENDING
This project will provide for design and rehabilitation or replacement of several bridges in the area, including:
- Rt. 168 over Battlefield Blvd. bridge rehabilitation
- Fentress Airfield over Pocaty Creek
- Silverton Bridge replacement
- Great Bridge hydraulic hose repairs
- Great Bridge PLC replacement
This funding source is also being used to fund additional repairs at the Gilmerton Bridge.
- Funds Appropriated: $1.56 million
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Project includes a traffic signal, ditch and shoulder work along a portion of Bruce Road, and the installation of turn lanes at Bruce Road and Peppercorn Drive. The project includes VDOT revenue sharing funding. A citizen information meeting was held on October 27, 2016. View the brochure from the meeting here.
- Project Start: January 2019
- Projected Completion: August 2019
- Funds Appropriated: $1.5 million
IN DESIGN
Project will provide for the extension of turn lanes in the vicinity of the Butts Station Road intersection at Kempsville Road. This project will include the design and installation of pavement widening, associated improvements to the drainage system, and relocation of existing utilities.
- Project Start: April 2019
- Projected Completion: Spring 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $1.15 million
IN DESIGN
This project will provide for the addition of a new right turn lane on Campostella Rd. at Sunrise Ave. in the South Norfolk area. This project will also include improvements to the associated drainage system needed for the lane addition. Project will utilize annual services contractor for construction.
- Project Start: Spring 2019
- Projected Completion: To Be Determined
- Funds Appropriated: $150,000
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Provide design for structural, mechanical and electrical repairs to rehab the entire existing bridge structure.
Includes VDOT State of Good Repair funding of $4 million. Detour will be in place beginning late Summer 2019.
View the detour plan, sign up for traffic alerts, and learn more about the project at www.cityofchesapeake.net/centerville.
The City of Chesapeake will undertake a major rehabilitation project of the Centerville Turnpike bridge, which began in late May 2019 and will last approximately 16 months. Beginning on Aug. 24, 2019, a phase of the project will result in the complete closure of the Centerville Turnpike bridge to vehicle traffic for six months. This project is necessary to improve the infrastructure that allows the bridge to open for maritime traffic to pass, and will result in a more reliable, safer bridge for boat and vehicle traffic alike.
- Project Start: May 2019
- Projected Completion: Summer 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $10.5 million
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Design, furnishing and installation of 16,200 feet or high-tension cable guardrail along center median of the Chesapeake Expressway (Rt 168 from Mount Pleasant Road to Hillcrest Parkway.) Project will increase traffic safety along Expressway by reducing potential for head-on collisions from vehicles crossing center median.
- Project Start: June 2019
- Projected Completion: November 2019
- Funds Appropriated: $767,680
IN DESIGN
This project will provide for the addition of new right turn lanes in the Deep Creek Area, including the addition of new right turn lanes along Military Hwy. at the I-64 interchange, and along the westbound lanes of Moses Grandy Trail at Terwillinger Rd., with associated drainage system improvements.
- Project Start: To Be Determined
- Projected Completion: To Be Determined
- Funds Appropriated: $338,000
IN DESIGN
This VDOT-funded project includes paving of the existing parking area adjacent to the boat ramp, construction of a rest area facility, and associated improvements at the Ballahack Boat Ramp area of the Great Dismal Swamp.
- Project Start: August 2017
- Projected Completion: September 2019
- Funds Appropriated: $359,791
IN DESIGN
This project includes replacement of the bridge carrying Elbow Road over the Stumpy Lake Spillway and associated approach work. Project is funded through VDOT State of Good Repair program.
- Project Start: July 2019
- Projected Completion: Fall 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $6.54 million
IN DESIGN
This project will provide for construction of two 12-foot lanes with 4-foot paved shoulders, as well as stormwater ditch improvements from just east of Centerville Turnpike to the Virginia Beach city border. Right-of-way acquisition will allow future widening of the existing roadway to four lanes.
- Project Start: January 2019
- Projected Completion: Fall 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $20.2 million
IN DESIGN
Installation of new concrete sidewalk and handicap-accessible ramps within the existing right-of-way on the south side of Hanbury Rd. from Hanbury Shopping Center to Hillwell Rd., and on both sides of Etheridge Manor Blvd. from Cooper's Ditch bridge to River Gates Rd. The project will include pedestrian crossing improvements involving new pedestrian displays, push buttons, and stamped asphalt crosswalks at the two signalized intersections of Benson Rd. and Hillwell Rd.
- Project Start: July 2019
- Projected Completion: Spring 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $700,000
IN DESIGN
Project provides for counterweight track repair work on the Gilmerton Bridge. Additional work includes repairs to the freight elevator door and the bridge skew system. Work will require 26 overnight closures of the bridge, which will be announced once scheduled.
- Project Start: July 2018
- Projected Completion: To Be Determined
- Funds Appropriated: $1.4 million
IN DESIGN
This project will create an additional turn lane on Great Bridge Boulevard eastbound and widen the right turn southbound receiving lane on Battlefield Boulevard. Engineers are revisiting the original traffic study to explore possibility of reducing project limits based on community feedback.
- Project Start: October 2018
- Projected Completion: April 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $1.21 million
IN DESIGN
This project will provide for the extension of the right turn lane on Greenbrier Parkway at Kempsville Road. This project will include the design and installation of pavement widening, improvements to the associated drainage system, and relocation of existing utilities.
- Project Start: Spring 2019
- Projected Completion: To Be Determined
- Funds Appropriated: $350,000
IN DESIGN
This project will extend sidewalks on both sides of Volvo Parkway from Crossways Boulevard to Sam's Drive (crossing existing railroad tracks.)
- Project Start: July 2018
- Projected Completion: Fall 2019
- Budget: $1.2 million
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
This project, managed by VDOT, will include the addition of one proposed HOT lane in each direction in the median of the existing interstate, bringing the corridor to six lanes,and a new high-level High Rise Bridge with a fixed span.The City of Chesapeake continues to support VDOT and the project by reviewing plans and issuing permits as needed.
- Project Start: August 2016
- Projected Completion: February 2021
- Funds Appropriated: $600 million
NOTE: This is a Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) project.
A contractor for VDOT has begun work on a project to realign the I-64 west offramp at Exit 296 and George Washington Highway to improve safety for motorists. The project will add a signalized intersection and realign traffic movements at the end of the ramp, creating protected right and left turns for drivers exiting the interstate onto George Washington Hwy.
Completion is scheduled for late October 2019. Most of the work will be done behind construction barriers and will not require lane closures, with the exception of when the barriers are removed, possibly in June 2019, and for paving near completion of the project. A $917,850 contract was awarded to Bryant-Ritter Electric Corp. to perform the work.
For more information, contact VDOT Communications at hamptonroadspublicinfo@vdot.virginia.gov or call (757) 956-3032.
IN DESIGN
This project will add turn lanes on Hanbury Rd. to address increased traffic volume along the roadway. The project will also include intersection improvements at Hanbury Rd. and Johnstown Rd., such as the construction of dual left turn lanes toward Johnstown Rd. southbound. the project will include installation of associated traffic signal modifications at the intersections of Hanbury Rd. and Johnstown Rd., and Waters Rd. and Johnstown Rd., while widening the pavement on Johnstown Rd. from Hanbury Rd. to Waters Rd.
- Project Start: Spring 2019
- Projected Completion: TBD
- Funds Appropriated: $1.5 million
IN DESIGN
This project will widen Mount Pleasant Road by constructing a third (center) lane between the Route 168 Bypass interchange and Cooper's Ditch Bridge. Construction on this project will be delayed until early 2020 due to the Centerville Turnpike Bridge rehabilitation project bridge closure.
- Project Start: May 2018
- Projected Completion: To Be Determined
- Funds Appropriated: $2.3 million
CITIZEN INFORMATION MEETING -- MARCH 7, 2019
Citizen Information Meeting Brochure
NOTE: This is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project. For more information about this feasibility study, visit https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/NorthLandingBridge/
IN DESIGN
The North Landing Bridge is owned and operated by the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway project.
The bridge is a two-lane, double-swing draw span that crosses the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway connecting the cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach. It was opened in 1951 to serve rural traffic and has become functionally obsolete, carrying well in excess of its design capacity of 8,000 vehicles per day.
Replacement Study Scope
The general scope of the replacement study includes investigating the feasibility of replacing the bridge and turning it over to the local sponsor. The study will review the operation and maintenance of the existing bridge, examine alternatives and determine whether there is a feasible plan for replacement of the aging bridge. Funds to start the study were received in fiscal year 2017. The study started in September 2017 and is expected to culminate with a Chief’s Report in fiscal year 2020. The study authority is Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970. The Initial Appraisal was approved by the North Atlantic Division in June 2012. Based on the study authority, the study is being conducted at 100 percent federal cost, which is $3 million.
CITIZEN INFORMATION MEETING -- APRIL 10, 2019
5-7:30 p.m.
North Landing Elementary School
2929 North Landing Rd, Virginia Beach VA 23456
Comments may be provided at the meeting and/or submitted to the Corps of Engineers, at Kathy.S.Perdue@usace.army.mil or by mail to Ms. Kathy Perdue, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, 803 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510, until April 30, 2019. You do not have to be present at the meeting to submit comments. Hard copies of the report will be available at the Virginia Beach Public Central Library, located at 4100 Virginia Beach Blvd.
IN DESIGN
This project will replace the Number Ten Lane Bridge with multiple box culverts. Project is funded through VDOT State of Good Repair program, along with Federal funding.
- Project Start: April 2019
- Project Completion: Late 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $1.25 million
IN DESIGN
This projects includes rehabilitation of the Oaklette Bridge, which carries Indian River Rd. over Indian Creek. This project includes funding from VDOT's State of Good Repair program. This project is now scheduled to begin in Fiscal Year 2021.
- Project Start: To Be Determined
- Projected Completion: To Be Determined
- Funds Appropriated: $5.12 million
IN DESIGN
This projects includes the replacement of the Old Mill Road pipe culvert with a precast concrete pipe culvert. The project will also raise the grade of the road to prevent future flooding of the roadway. This project includes funding from VDOT's State of Good Repair program, along with Federal funding.
- Project Start: March 2019
- Projected Completion: Late 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $1.15 million
IN DESIGN
Project will provide 5-foot sidewalk from Bainbridge Blvd. to Elizabeth River Park at South Norfolk Jordan Bridge along the south side of the I-464 overpass at Poindexter St.
- Project Start: Summer 2019
- Projected Completion: Summer 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $548,000
IN DESIGN
This project will replace the Rotunda Avenue Bridge with multiple box culverts. This project is funded through the VDOT State of Good Repair program. Project is scheduled to begin in Fiscal Year 2021.
- Project Start: FY2021
- Projected Completion: To Be Determined
- Funds Appropriated: $1.19 million
IN DESIGN
This project will provide additional parking for Russel Memorial Library on the proffered lot adjacent to the existing building.
- Project Start: Fall 2018
- Projected Completion: Fall 2019
- Funds Appropriated: $500,000
IN DESIGN
This program will address existing deficiencies along the City's rural roads. The first project in this program will be the Shillelagh Road Ditch & Shoulder Improvement Project, which includes widening the shoulder to 15 feet and ditch to 4-foot bottom with 2-to-1 slopes on the west side of the road from Herring Ditch to 3,760 feet north of Herring Ditch. A property owners meeting was held May 23, 2018. As of July 2019, the City will send a letter to citizens in the project area describing updates to the project design.
- Project Start: Fall 2017
- Projected Completion: Summer 2019 (design)
- Funds Appropriated: $1.25 million
IN DESIGN
This project will provide a stormwater best management practice (BMP) for the area associated with the South Norfolk ForKids parking lot, and a new public parking area. As of July 2019, Public Works is coordinating park layout with Chesapeake Parks, Recreation & Tourism for the proposed facilities, the project schedule is delayed due to rescoping, and design is currently underway.
- Project Start: February 2018
- Projected Completion: To Be Determined
- Funds Appropriated: $85,984
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
This project will involve a complete superstructure replacement (improvements to approach slabs, back-wall replacement, and concrete repairs for abutments, caps and columns).
- Project Start: January 2019
- Projected Completion: January 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $4.4 million
TRAFFIC UPDATE (Jan. 29, 2019): In conjunction with the Sunray Bridge replacement project, which began Jan. 14, 2019, traffic between 4100 and 4500 S. Military Hwy. will shift to one northbound lane and one southbound lane beginning today, Jan. 29, 2019. These lanes are adjacent to each other, and are at a reduced width of approximately 9 to 10 feet per lane.
IN DESIGN
This project will provide design and construction for extensive repairs to the superstructure of the Triple Decker Bridge. VDOT approved both the Military Highway overpass and the Bainbridge Boulevard underpass repairs. Recently received VDOT State of Good Repair funding amounting to $7.3 million to cover construction costs.
- Project Start: Spring 2019
- Projected Completion: Summer 2021
- Funds Appropriated: $8 million
IN DESIGN
Phase 1 of the project will provide eastbound 1 right turn lane and re-striping to create 3 left turn lanes, 2 through lanes, and 1 exclusive right turn lane. Phase 2 will provide westbound 2 right turn lanes and restriping, creating 3 left turn lanes, 1 through lane, and 2 right turn lanes.
- Project Start: Summer 2019
- Projected Completion: Summer 2020
- Funds Appropriated: $1.35 million
IN DESIGN
This project will add a northbound left turn lane from Greenbrier Parkway to Volvo Parkway, and provide for the design and installation of a modified traffic signal. Other improvements include drainage system enhancements and the relocation of existing utilities.
- Project Start: Spring 2019
- Projected Completion: Winter 2019 (design)
- Funds Appropriated: $350,000
IN DESIGN
This is a VDOT-funded project. Phase 1 of the proposed 10-foot multi-use path is from the Portsmouth/Chesapeake city line to the terminal immediately east of I-664. The path is located on the abandoned railway.
- Project Start: Fall 2017
- Projected Completion: June 2019 (design)
- Funds Appropriated: $850,000
CITIZEN INFORMATION MEETING HELD APRIL 25, 2019
Citizen Information Meeting Brochure
IN DESIGN
This project will install an eastbound right turn lane on Woodlake Dr. to southbound Greenbrier Pkwy., and will include traffic signal improvements. The project will also include drainage improvements to the primary Greenbrier outfall and utility relocation within the right-of-way. Construction likely to begin in late Fall 2019.
- Notice to Proceed: Fall 2017
- Project Completion: Fall 2019 (design)
- Funds Appropriated: $2.16 million
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