Thursday is the Only Blasting Day This Week for the I-64 Project

Only one day of blasting has been scheduled this week near the St. Albans interchange as part of an Interstate 64 project. The blasting is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11 and five to 10 minutes before the 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.