During Mountain Valley Pipeline’s first month of operation, erosion along its path through Southwest Virginia continued to sweep muddy water and sediment onto adjacent property and into nearby streams.
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From the Archives: Interstate 64
07-19-1967 (cutline): Ready to roll--Beauty queens and convertibles were on hand July 19, 1967, when a section of Interstate 64 near Richmond opened. The lead car drove over a traffic counter cable.
08-13-1971 (cutline): Interstate 64
09-06-1966 (cutline): This permanent truck weighing station is on Interstate 64 about eight miles east of Richmond. Virginia Highway Department Officials expect the station to bring in $350,000 each year.
10-01-1972 (cutline): Roads such as Interstate 64 have cut Richmond commuting time to about 20 minutes.
03-02-1990 (cutline): The westbound lanes of Interstate 64 are closed as workers repair damage to the highway's Shockoe Valley bridge.
03-02-1990 (cutline): Traffic stop--This fracture in the Interstate 64 bridge over Shockoe Valley stopped traffic yesterday and today. C.F. Wallace (left), assistant resident engineer, and information officer Andy Farmer stood near the depression caused by damage to the bridge's substructure. Workers were trying to find out what caused the damage to the westbound span.
03-01-1990 (cutline): Bad break--State Transportation Department information officer Andy Farmer got up close yesterday to get a video record of damage to the Interstate 64 bridge over Shockoe Valley. The westbound span was closed to traffic.
Interstate 64--Highway Commissioner H.H. Harris said yesterday the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads has decided that Interstate Rt. 64 should be built along the northern route (heavy line). He said there is some question of the location between Lexington and Clifton Forge (see lines), but this should be cleared up in a letter of confirmation from the bureau. The Virginia Highway Commission selected the southern route in June, 1959. Harris couldn't recall that the federal agency has ever before reversed a decision of the highway commission.
10-13-1967 (cutline): Interstate 64 looking west as it crosses Staples Mill Road.
05-20-1967 (cutline): Stretch of Interstate 63 West of Richmond gets steel mesh reinforcement. New construction technique is designed to prevent problem encountered on Interstate 95.
01-14-1966 (cutline): This stretch is part of the 10-mile section of Int. Rt. 64 which opened today. View is Eastward at Bottoms Bridge, with overpass carrying State Rt. 33 in the background.
10-18-1967 (cutline): Interstate 63 (foreground) as it crosses Mechanicsville Pike. Rear left is 64 viaduct, running parallel to 5th bridge.
