interstate 95

Virginia likely to see push for right-lane truck restriction during snow

In the wake of what has been described as a snowbound traffic jam from hell on Virginia’s Interstate 95, a state senator is set to introduce legislation that would restrict trucks to the right lanes on much of the commonwealth’s interstate highways when frozen precipitation is falling.

David Marsden, a Democratic state senator from northern Virginia who also is chairman of the Senate’s transportation committee, told FreightWaves that the introduction of legislation would probably come next week....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/virginia-likely-to-see-push-for-right-lane-truck-restriction-during-snow

FreightWaves Classics: I-16 connects Georgia’s ports to the Southeast

A damaged overpass is demolished in order to re-open I-16. (Photo: Georgia Department of Transportation)

Last week, Interstate 16 (I-16) was closed in both directions between Exit 71 and Exit 78 following extensive damage to an overpass in Treutlen County. Early on the morning of July 15, a large dump trailer crashed into that bridge over the highway, creating a danger when the bridge deck shifted off its supports by 6 feet over the interstate below, the GDOT said in a news release.

The interstate could not be reopened between the two exits mentioned above until the entire bridge deck was removed,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classics-i-16-connects-georgias-ports-to-the-rest-of-the-state