Project managers have released the schedule for blasting this week that is taking place near the St. Albans interchange as part of the Interstate 64 project.
Blasting will happen each day this week at 12:30 pm, and 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 and the I-64 westbound on-ramp at the Nitro interchange. 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.