More blasting is happening this week near the St. Albans interchange as part of the Interstate 64 project. Scheduled blasting for Monday was canceled but it will resume today (Tuesday) at 12:30 p.m., according to city officials from Nitro. Blasting will take place at 12:30 p.m. each weekday through Friday.
Five to 10 minutes before each blast traffic will temporarily be paced on both I-64 eastbound and westbound. Traffic will temporarily be held at the I-64 eastbound/westbound on-ramps at the St. Albans interchange (Exit 44) (WV817 area) and the I-64 westbound on-ramp at the Nitro interchange (Exit 45) (W.Va. 25 area). The West Virginia Division of Highways plans to build a new bridge beside the existing Nitro-St. Albans Bridge to carry westbound traffic, then build a new bridge on the site of the existing structure using a portion of the existing bridge piers to carry eastbound traffic.