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Overnight detours on eastbound Interstate 64 set to begin this week have been postponed. As crews continue preparing, traffic will shift to the north side of the bridge for the demolition of bridge’s south portion.
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Demolition work on the Mallory Street bridge near the Hampton VA Medical Center will cause nighttime detours on Interstate 64 beginning Tuesday, city officials said.
For one week from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., motorists traveling east on I-64 can use the on and off ramps to pass through, but highway traffic will not be allowed under the bridge.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane approaching the exit. It will then be detoured onto the eastbound off-ramp to Mallory Street, and then directed back to the interstate eastbound using the on-ramp from Mallory Street.
A flagger will help with traffic crossing Mallory Street.
Replacing the Mallory Street Bridge, which passes over I-64, is being done in phases as crews continue with the $3.8 billion expansion of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. When demolition work shifts to the other side of the bridge near Phoebus, detours will be in place for westbound drivers.
The expansion will cause weekly lane closures, a Virginia Department of Transportation release said.
Last month, the Hampton City Council endorsed a plan to temporarily shut access to the eastbound Mallory Street and Settlers Landing Road entry ramps from 3 to 6 p.m. daily.
Closures are not schedule to begin until next year. They’ll only be closed during the expansion and the coming express toll lanes in Hampton. Both projects are not expected to be finished until 2025.
Lisa Vernon Sparks, 757-247-4832, lvernonsparks@dailypress.com
