The Virginia Department of Transportation announced on Mar. 24 that Route 620 (Harrison Road) in Spotsylvania County will be closed to through traffic each day from March 30 to April 3, between Route 627 (Gordon Road) and Route 610 (Old Plank Road), from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., weather permitting.
This closure is part of ongoing construction work to widen Harrison Road, which aims to improve traffic flow and safety for drivers in the area. The project began in September 2024 and is expected to be completed by late summer of 2026.
During the closure, residents and emergency responders will still have access to homes along Harrison Road between Gordon Road and Old Plank Road as well as Route 1196 (Stansbury Drive). Residents are advised to enter Harrison Road from the Gordon Road intersection since no access will be available from Old Plank Road during the closure period. All other through traffic will be detoured via Gordon Road and Old Plank Road, while Old Plank Road itself remains open at its intersection with Harrison.
Construction crews will pave Harrison between Gordon and Old Plank ahead of a planned shift that will move motorists onto the newly paved section once it is ready. The $11.2 million project also includes building a center turn lane along Harrison, adding more travel lanes at both intersections, extending existing turn lanes, constructing sidewalks along the road, and installing pedestrian crossing signals and crosswalks at key intersections.
According to the official website, Virginia Department of Transportation manages one of the nation’s largest state highway systems with tens of thousands of lane-miles across Virginia. The agency oversees planning, construction, maintenance operations for roads, bridges, tunnels—and provides services such as highway maintenance and traffic management through systems like Virginia 511 according to VDOT.
VDOT’s headquarters are located at 1221 East Broad Street in Richmond according to their official website. The department has evolved since its founding as the State Highway Commission in 1906 into its current role managing transportation infrastructure statewide as reported by VDOT.
