VDOT News - Staunton

STAUNTON – Part of Route 765 (Buttermilk Creek Road) in Rockingham County will be closed to through traffic on Friday, September 3, during emergency repairs to a Norfolk Southern Railway crossing. The location is between Route 42 (Harpine Highway) and Route 753 (Kratzer Road). Route 765 is scheduled to close about 8:30 a.m. Friday and reopen by the end of the day. All work is weather permitting.

Signs will direct Route 765 traffic on one of these detours:

• East of the work zone, drivers will go north on Route 753, west on Route 721 (Linville Edom Road) and then south on Route 42 to return to Route 765.
• West of the work zone, drivers will go north on Route 42, east on Route 721 and then south on Route 753 to return to Route 765.

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The VDOT Staunton District serves Frederick, Shenandoah, Clarke, Warren, Page, Rockingham, Augusta, Highland, Rockbridge, Alleghany and Bath counties.

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