The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is beginning work to widen Interstate 64 east of Richmond, with the intent to complete a six-lane superhighway connection to Hampton Roads.
Crews will be adding a third lane in each direction on I-64 in New Kent County and the northern reaches of James City County.
The wider highway would connect with the recently expanded section of I-64 between Newport News and Williamsburg to the south of the new project area.
Each of those projects, along with the two new tunnels under way next to the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, will tackle the chronic traffic jams that frustrate shippers moving cargo between Interstate 95 in Richmond and port facilities in Hampton Roads, according to VDOT.
The first highway work will carve away at the median between mile marker 205, by the Bottoms Bridge exit, to mile marker 215, just east of the exit for Va. Highway 155 and Providence Forge.
Work on this segment of the freeway is slated to finish in July 2027 at a cost of $210 million.
Construction work on a second segment, between mile markers 215 and 224, and located 4 miles east of the exit for Va. 33 and the town of West Point, is set for completion in April 2028. VDOT estimate's it will cost $244 million.
VDOT will seek bids next spring for the third segment, between mile markers 224 and 233, where the already-widened portion of I-64 begins. This construction is due to be finished in November 2027 and cost $231.8 million.
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Source: Construction Equipment Guide
