2022 Culpeper District Transportation Update
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CULPEPER COUNTY<br />
U.S. 522 (Sperryville Pike) will be subject to a “road diet” from North West Street west. The project<br />
includes a mini-roundabout at Blue Ridge Avenue, in the foreground.<br />
In Design<br />
Roundabout at Route 3<br />
and McDevitt Drive<br />
A public hearing held in April <strong>2022</strong> focused on this $6.2<br />
million SMART SCALE project to construct a single-lane<br />
roundabout at Route 3 (Germanna Highway) and Route<br />
799 (McDevitt Drive) in the town of <strong>Culpeper</strong>.<br />
With a history of crashes at the intersection, this project<br />
aims to improve safety by slowing vehicle speeds<br />
and reducing conflict points that result from turning<br />
movements. Construction advertisement is expected<br />
fall 2024.<br />
Locally Administered<br />
U.S. 522 Road Diet<br />
Construction will begin by the end of the year on a<br />
project to improve bike and pedestrian accommodations<br />
on U.S. 522 (Sperryville Pike) from the intersection at<br />
North West Street to 0.8 mile west. A mini-roundabout<br />
will be constructed at the intersection of Blue Ridge<br />
Avenue and U.S. 522.<br />
Called a “road diet,” this project strategy converts a<br />
travel lane to another element, such as a turn lane or<br />
multi-use path, to help reduce speeding and improve<br />
bicycle and pedestrian safety. Road diets are also shown<br />
to reduce rear-end and turning-related crashes.<br />
TRANSPORTATION UPDATE // FALL 2020 29
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