Last week’s rain was still causing problems on Monday, with three Fairfax County bridges and six roads closed off Monday due to the flooding.
Now Virginia officials estimate that it could cost $10 million to make the repairs.
No, it wasn’t the earthquake that did it, nor Hurricane Irene that knocked them out of commission. It was rain, rain and lots of rain thanks to the tail end of Tropical Storm Lee that crept up on the region.
Transportation officials spent the weekend assessing more than 200 bridges in the wake of the deluge. The Virginia Department of Transportation said Monday that three bridges were destroyed in Northern Virginia and six roads were closed.
“We could even see more pavement and slope failures in the coming days, in addition to potholes,” said Garrett Moore, VDOT district administrator for Northern Virginia.
The bridges – Lorton Road over Giles Run, Beach Mill Road over Nichols Branch and Towlston Road – were all slated to replaced before the storm, but now crews will put up temporary structures until permanent replacements can be built.
The following roads were also closed:
- Sunrise Valley Drive eastbound between Glade Drive and Mercator Drive
- Hillside Road (both directions) between Moverly Court and Cameo Square
- Essex Avenue (both directions) at Middlesex Avenue
- Miller Road (both directions) at Westhurst Lane
- Hunter Mill Road (both directions) between Crowell Road and Chamberlain Drive
- Walker Road (both directions) between Colvin Run Road and Walker Mill Road
To find out current road conditions, call 511 or visit www.511virginia.org and click on Road Conditions.
