Sunday, June 28, 2009
Route 50 Detours Planned Near Gilbert's Corner
Beginning on Wednesday, Route 50 drivers must take a detour around the intersection at Route 15 (Gilbert's Corner), as the Virginia Department of Transportation continues to build roundabouts along the two corridors.
The change will last 10 to 12 weeks and is expected to add five minutes to non-rush-hour trips and up to 15 minutes during rush hour.
Route 50 will be closed between Route 15 and a newly built connector road, Howsers Branch Drive, about a quarter of a mile south of Gilbert's Corner. Drivers will be detoured to Howsers Branch Drive and a new roundabout on Route 15. Another detour is planned for Watson Road this summer.
The $15.8 million project is scheduled to be completed late this year. Gilbert's Corner is the second of three Route 50 traffic-calming projects along a 20-mile corridor from Paris in Fauquier County to Lenah in Loudoun County. Improvements in Upperville were finished in October, and a project in Aldie is expected to begin in 2010.
Information about the Gilbert's Corner project is available at www.virginiadot.org and www.route50.org.
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