VA breaks ground on I-64 Gap Widening between Richmond & Hampton
Monday, November 13, marked the groundbreaking for the $756 million I-64 Gap Widening Project.
The project’s goal is to improve travel between Richmond to Hampton Roads. To do so, the plan is to expand each side of the highway from two lanes to three lanes from mile marker 204.9 in New Kent County to mile marker 233.3 in James City County. Also, 10-foot-wide paved shoulders will be added in each direction.
Adjoining parts of I-64 are already have six or more lane, and that’s why this area is referred to as “the gap,” notes VDOT.
There is a lot of braking in the gap and the notorious congestion is growing, “disrupting one of Virginia’s most important thoroughfares,” the department adds.
Ultimately, the widening project aims to increase capacity and mobility, alleviate congestion...