[MR] Fwd: War of the Wings - Traffic Report - I 81 construction

[Michelle Cock]

Hi!

The I-81 closure is due to blasting between 10 a.m. and noon daily.
If you are coming through in the evening, it is open.  If it is backed
up in the evening, you can take the detour around it (U.S. 460 from
mile marker 137 to 118), which is mostly 4-lane, 55mph road.

But if you are headed through there on the middle of the day Friday,
I'd go the way Glynis said.

~Wenllyan who commutes from exit 137 to exit 109 daily with no issues,
except today when she tried to do it at noon.

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Glynis Knibb (Glynis Gwynedd)
<ylandra at gmail.com> wrote:
> According to Lady Elena, who is enroute to WoW at this time, I 81 is
> shut down from exit 132 (in Virginia) until Christiansburg.
> Looking at Google maps, it appears that a better route would be to
> follow the instructions below from I-81 south. (Please note these
> directions originated from my house in Highland Foorde - and I start
> on I81 at the MD/WV line.)
>
> From I 81 South (In Virginia)
>
> 5. Slight left onto US-220 S (signs for I-581 S/Airport/Roanoke)
> 0.4 mi
> 6. Continue onto I-581 S
> 9.7 mi
> 7. Take the VA-419 N/US-220 BUS/Franklin Rd exit toward Salem
> 0.2 mi
> 8. Keep right at the fork, follow signs for VA-419 N and merge onto
> VA-419 N/Electric Rd
> 2.2 mi
> 9. Turn left onto Brambleton Ave
> 1.5 mi
> 10. Continue onto US-221 S/Bent Mountain Rd
> Continue to follow US-221 S
> 60.3 mi
> 11. Turn right onto E Stuart Dr
> 1.2 mi
> 12. Continue onto US-221 S/US-58 W/Carrollton Pike
> 1.6 mi
> 13. Turn left to merge onto I-77 S
> Entering North Carolina
> According to Lady Elena, it took them half an hour to get off the exit
> at exit 132, not including the time they spent in traffic getting TO
> the exit.
> If you look at google maps, you'll see the route I'm describing.
> http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=20+E+Sunset+Ave,+Williamsport,+MD+21795&daddr=37.19806,-80.0573+to:2239+Center+Rd,+Boonville,+NC+27011&hl=en&ll=36.745487,-80.774231&spn=1.518559,3.35083&sll=37.201894,-80.009308&sspn=0.754747,1.675415&geocode=FZksXAId7Y9c-ykt5dL-5fPJiTGJFeEy9jSoaA%3BFeyYNwIdLGw6-ymVonCCH3VNiDHqLbg6yvgqqw%3BFU7xJwIdvDQw-yk1jlJ2BtRTiDHQ52UWPlYFfA&vpsrc=6&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=10&via=1&t=h&z=9&layer=t
>
> Good luck, and see you there!
> Glynis Knibb
> aka
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