Overnight slow rolls are set to take place next week on Interstate 81 near exit 247 in Harrisonburg as crews work to improve and replace bridges and ramps along the highway.

Next week’s work is contingent upon good weather and is subject to change. Crime

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The slow rolls are planned to occur Monday through Thursday and into the early morning hours of Friday. The Virginia State Police is to supervise the slow-roll closures between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. each day.

A slow roll creates a traffic gap by reducing approaching vehicle speeds to as low as 10 mph. This gap enables large cranes to place multiton steel beams without vehicles traveling beneath them. A slow-roll operation typically lasts no more than 15 minutes at a t

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