Bristol District Newsletter oct.dec 2020

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The tallest bridges in Virginia, located in Buchanan County, opened to traffic November 16. The opening marks a major milestone in the effort to build a new transportaon corridor in the Appalachian region. Located near Breaks Interstate Park, Route 460 Connector Phase I is the first poron of federallydesignated Corridor Q in Virginia between Grundy and Kentucky to open to traffic. The twin bridges over Grassy Creek are 265-feet high and 1,733-feet long. In addion to the bridges, the project includes an access ramp and bridge over Hunts Creek and Route 768 to access Route 80 and nearby Breaks Interstate Park. The project began as a design-build project in 2009, awarded to Bizzack Construcon, LLC, Lexington, Ky. Construcon concluded in 2015. VDOT and the Kentucky Transportaon Cabinet coordinated the opening of the Route 460 Connector with the opening of a poron of Kentucky’s Route 460 work between the state line and Beaver, Ky. Including Phase I, just under 10 miles of Corridor Q in Virginia has been constructed to rough grade, with three addional miles of construcon underway on the Route 460/121 Poplar Creek Phase A project in Buchanan County. In 2023, all the projects currently completed to rough grade will be paved and open to traffic from the state line to Route 744 at Southern Gap. The 2021 VDOT Safety Calendar is a special one, featuring artwork from the children of VDOT employees across the state including two Bristol District employees. Abingdon Residency’s Mahew Lewis submied the artwork of his 3rdgrade daughter, Piper Lewis, and her artwork is featured for the month of April. Taylor Trent, the 7th-grade daughter of Jordan Fields from the Wise Residency, earned the August spot. Each month of the calendar holds a different safety message, with Piper’s focusing on Work Zone Safety and Taylor’s focusing on Summer Heat Safety. Special thanks to all who parcipated and congratulaons to Piper and Taylor, as well as their parents. (Le to right) Todd Repass, Brian Plummer and Derick Dodson on Todd’s cale farm in Wythe County.
VDOT and Phillips Construcon, LLC, Henderson, Ky., will begin a project to improve traffic flow at Interstate 81 exit 17 in Abingdon in February. The $13 million construcon project includes improvements to the exit 17 northbound on and off ramps, improvements to a segment of Route 75, reconstrucon and relocaon of Gravel Lake Road, and relocaon of the frontage road located adjacent to the northbound exit 17 off ramp (Commerce Drive). Bundled with the planned exit 17 project is an Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program (CIP) project that extends the southbound acceleraon lane at exit 17. The overall value of the project, including design, right of way and construcon, is approximately $35 million ($3 million from the I-81 CIP). The majority of the project was funded through VDOT’s Smart Scale program. The project is ancipated to be completed Fall 2022. Retirements Steven Sheets - Traffic, 44 years Roscoe Trent – Equipment, Abingdon, 21 years Ricky Dotson – Fremont AHQ Maint. Supv., 27 years Dwayne Bloodgood - Wise/Dickenson Bridge Crew, 39 years Kathy Taylor - Bristol Administraon Inventory Specialist, 21 years Jessie Asbury – Lebanon Res. Sign Supv, 32 years Eddie Edwards – Paonsville AHQ Maint. Supv., 37 years Norman Howell – TO II, Springville AHQ, 33 years Transfers/Promotions/Role Changes Jared Salts - promoted to Construcon Inspector Sr., Bristol Construcon East C. David Osborne - promoted to Maintenance Crew Leader, North Bristol AHQ Ryan Owens – promoted to Construcon Inspector Sr., Bristol Construcon Central Jimmy Mitchell – promoted to Maint. Supt., Ewing AHQ Craig Mullins – promoted to Maint. Crew Leader, Highpoint AHQ Kevin Lawson – promoted to Maint. Operaon Mgr., Wytheville Res. Barry Vaughn – promoted to Maint. Operaons Mgr., Wytheville Res. Richard Skeens – transferred to Wytheville AHQ, TOII Kevin Hurt – transferred from Salem to Bristol, Construcon Inspector Bristol Construcon Central Jusn Oscar – promoted to Sr. Construcon Inspector, Bristol Construcon East Shane Morrison – promoted to Engineer Supervisor Sr., Structure and Bridge Roger Barton – transfer to Lebanon Residency, Deskins AHQ, TOII Jeff Campbell – transfer to High Point AHQ, Maintenance Supervisor Harvey Honaker – transfer to Lebanon AHQ, Maintenance Supervisor Lane Farm Jonathan Henegar – transfer to Lebanon Residency, Construcon Manager William Counts – promoon to Residency Administrator New Hires Jay Phipps – TO II, Volney AHQ Kevin Cox – TO II, Bland AHQ Bradley Osborne – TO II, Speedwell AHQ Edward Langley – TO II, Ft. Blackmore AHQ Daniel Rollins – TO II, East Stone Gap AHQ Richard Parks – TO II, Volney AHQ Gregory Gibson – Construcon Inspector Sr., Bristol Construcon East Jonathan Coleman – TO II, Big Rock AHQ Rusty Bevan – Incident Manager Coordinator, Abingdon Residency The Repass
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