Contractor crews working with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) are planning overnight full closures of King Street at the I-64 overpass in Hampton, beginning as early as March 8. The closures will take place from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., and are necessary for installing girders as part of the bridge widening on I-64 for the Hampton Roads Express Lanes (HREL) Hampton Segment project.
All lanes on King Street will be closed overnight at the I-64 overpass starting Sunday, March 8, and Monday, March 9, with a backup date set for March 10. Signed detours will be in place during these hours. Local traffic will only be allowed between E. Mercury Boulevard and the I-64 overpass, and between E. Pembroke Avenue and the I-64 overpass. Southbound drivers will detour via E. Mercury Boulevard to E. Pembroke Avenue before continuing south on King Street; northbound drivers will use E. Pembroke Avenue to E. Mercury Boulevard to continue north.
The schedule may change depending on weather or other factors.
Motorists are reminded: “use caution when traveling near work zones, obey posted speed limits, follow lane markings and barrier guides, be alert to digital message signs and drive distraction-free.”
Drivers can check current road conditions using VDOT’s free 511 Virginia traffic tools or the Waze GPS app integrated with 511 services. The 511Virginia website and mobile app provide updates about construction activity, incidents, congestion levels, traffic cameras and weather impacts.
The HREL Hampton Segment project involves converting three existing eastbound and westbound general purpose lanes on I-64 into one Express Lane, one part-time Express Lane and two general purpose lanes in each direction for a two-mile stretch from west of Mallory Street (exit 268) to LaSalle Avenue (exit 265A). This includes widening I-64, repaving lanes, adding a new travel lane in each direction, work on six mainline bridges plus one pedestrian underpass, replacing two eastbound bridges over the Hampton River and widening/rehabilitating the westbound bridge.
This segment is part of an overall plan to create a continuous 45-mile high-occupancy toll Express Lanes network along I-64 from Newport News to Chesapeake’s Bowers Hill interchange.
VDOT is responsible for building, maintaining and operating roads across Virginia to ensure safe transportation (source). It manages one of America’s largest state highway systems covering tens of thousands of lane-miles (source) while providing services such as highway maintenance and real-time traffic management through systems like Virginia 511 (source). As a state agency headquartered in Richmond (source), VDOT oversees planning and construction efforts throughout Virginia’s expanding infrastructure needs (source).
For more information about this project or others managed by VDOT—including construction updates or how to sign up for alerts—visit 64expresslanes.org.
