Drivers advised to avoid U.S. 29 in Gainesville this weekend

Credit: Roger Snyder/InsideNoVa.com

This December 24 east-looking aerial shows the temporary new lanes now marked for traffic that will soon detour motor vehicles around the site where new grade-separated lanes will bridge over the railroad. The new Va. 29 lanes run from top to bottom in the center while Linton Hall Road (right) and Gallerher Road (left) meet at an intersection with Va. 29 in the lower center.

By: InsideNoVA Staff | Inside NoVA
Published: January 04, 2012

GAINESVILLE, Va. --

Virginia Department of Transportation officials said driver should avoid U.S. 29 in Gainesville this weekend.

Construction crews will be shifting traffic onto recently completed detour roads in the area of U.S. 29 and Linton Hall Road on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 7 and 8, according to a VDOT press release.

From 7 a.m. Saturday until noon Sunday one of two lanes in each direction on U.S. 29 between Interstate 66 and Virginia Oaks Drive will be closed, VDOT officials said.

Drivers will not be able to make left turns at U.S. 29 and Linton Hall Road, but will be allowed to make u-turns at Heathcote Boulevard and Virginia Oaks Drive, according to the press release.

Prince William County police will be directing traffic at the intersections.

VDOT recommends that motorists heading south use I-66 west to U.S. 15 south and those heading north use U.S. 15 north to I-66 East to avoid U.S. 29 in the area.

The construction is part of VDOT’s project to build two overpasses, one carrying U.S. 29 over the railroad tracks and one carrying Linton Hall Road and Gallerher Road over both U.S. 29 and the railroad tracks.

The entire road project, which also includes widening portions of U.S. 29 to six lanes, is scheduled to be complete in 2015.