ON THE BRAKES: Road Work Projects for the Week of March 2, 2026
Pothole repairs, road improvements, and ongoing road projects will touch many parts of the Fredericksburg region this week.
By Hank Silverberg
CORRESPONDENT
If you commute the Fredericksburg region or just go out for a few errands there is a good chance you will run across some road work this week.
Interstate 95
Overnight Hours
The ongoing mobile pothole patching will close alternating lanes during the overnight hours between mile markers between Exit 104 in Carmel Church and Exist 148 in Quantico in both directions.
9 AM to 3 PM
VDOT will be taking soil samples at the bride across the Matta River in Thornberg as part of a future construction project that will create some alternating lane closures.
Caroline County
Route 1
Expect single lane closures Monday to Friday between Ladysmith Road and Rogers Clark Boulevard for utility work.
Route 207 (Bowling Green Bypass)
VDOT is installing new guard rails near the Mattaponi River that will produce alternating one-way traffic between 9 AM and 3:30 PM all week.
Fredericksburg
Route 1
Ongoing intersection improvement projects near Fall Hill Avenue will continue mid-day with alternating lane closes.
Als, intersection improvement projects on Fall Hill between Bridgewater Street and Wallace Street will continue.
Finally, the improvement project between Princes Anne Street, Route 1 and Amaret Street will also continue.
King George
Rokeby Lane
Between 9 AM and 3:30 PM there will be single lane closures for guardrail installation.
Route 301 (Northbound)
At mid-day there will be single lane closures.
Spotsylvania
Route 1 between Southpoint Parkway and I95 South Ramp
Monday to Thursday between 8 PM and 5 AM the right lane of Route 1 will be closed for on-ramp improvements. This project will also produce intermittent full traffic stops for up to 30 minutes on Route 1 overnight Wednesday and Thursday near on ramp to southbound exit 126 of I-95.
Benchmark Road and Lee Drive
Intermittent lane and shoulder closures have been extended for fiber optic installation.
Loriella Park Subdivision
Between 9 AM and 7 PM from Wednesday to Friday there will be mobile lane closures for pavement patching for upcoming road resurfacing.
Stafford
Route 1
Monday to Thursday overnight there will be single lane closures in the following areas for guardrail repairs:
Route 1 northbound (Cambridge Street) near Route 624 (Morton Road/Forbes Street)
Route 1 northbound (Richmond Highway) at Accokeek Creek
Route 1 southbound (Richmond Highway) near Route 628 (American Legion Road/Eskimo Hill Road)
Route 1 southbound (Richmond Highway) near Centreport Parkway
Route 1 Monday – Friday, 9 am-3 pm, single Lane closures northbound and southbound between Corporate Drive and Russell Road in Prince William County. Construction for bridge replacement over Chopawamsic Creek.
All these projects are subject to weather conditions.
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