I-81 Virginia News Reports

A snowstorm that swept through the region Sunday and ended Monday evening caused numerous vehicle accidents and left many drivers stranded, as reported by local law enforcement and Virginia State ... Read More

VDOT is reporting a high impact incident related to a tractor trailer crash on I-81 at mile marker 6.9. All north lanes are closed. VDOT says drivers can expect delays. Read More

A Waynesboro man who hit a pedestrian last year on Interstate 81, killing him, was sentenced Friday in Augusta County Circuit Court. Read More

Traffic on Interstate 81 North near Buchanan is backed up roughly seven miles. VDOT says a tractor-trailer crashed at mile marker 172.5, and the north left shoulder and left lane are closed. Read More

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) - Interstate 81 northbound has been shut down in Bristol, Virginia after a tractor-trailer crashed across both lanes in that direction. Photo: VDOT According to the Virginia ... Read More

Interstate 81 northbound has reopened in Bristol, Virginia after a tractor-trailer crashed across both lanes in that direction Sunday afternoon. Photo: VDOT According ... Read More

Multiple crashes with injuries have shut down part of Interstate 81 in Lebanon County on Friday night, according to PennDOT. Read More

The super convenience store chain Buc-ee's has traffic management built into its development plans ahead of its Independence Day grand opening. Read More

The construction of Virginia's first Buc-ee's Travel Center off Interstate 81 in Rockingham County is on schedule for a summer 2025 opening. Read More

A school resource officer with the Smyth County Sheriff's Office was killed in a single vehicle accident early Saturday on Interstate 81. Read More

Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that happened around 3:06 a.m. this Saturday, Dec. 21 on Interstate 81 southbound at the 45-mile marker in Smyth County. According ... Read More

A school resource officer in Smyth County is dead after an early morning crash on Interstate 81 this morning. Earnest Atwell Jr., 60, of Atkins, was ejected from the vehicle and died from his injuries ... Read More

A fatal Interstate-81 crash has claimed the life of a Smyth County school resource officer. Virginia State Police are investigating the fatal single vehicle crash that occurred Saturday morning on ... Read More

StormTracker8 Forecaster Tyler Hall said that the westernmost portions of Virginia - such as the Blue Ridge Mountains region, around the Interstate 81 Corridor - have the best opportunity to ... Read More

MEADOWVIEW, Va. (WJHL) - The driver of a tractor-trailer suffered life-threatening injuries Saturday night during a crash on Interstate 81 in Washington County, the Virginia State Police (VSP ... Read More

LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Department of Transportation says improvements to Interstate 81 are moving forward ... and add five more including the S curves near Buchanan. Read More

Why not give them Microsoft Office? It arrives in seconds ROANOKE, VA - Interstate 81 is known for crashes and congestion. Reducing the danger isn't a simple fix. '?If I told you you were ... Read More

WEYERS CAVE, Va. (WHSV) - The Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded a contract to Branch Civil Inc. to build truck-climbing lanes on Interstate 81 near Weyers Cave. Truck-climbing lanes are ... Read More

BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va. - Two northbound lanes on Interstate 81 will close in Berkeley County from 6 p.m. to midnight on Thursday, Dec. 12, for pavement repairs, according to a news release. Read More