Beginning Tuesday, Sept.5, Elko Road (Route 156) will be closed weekdays from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. to through traffic between Elko Tract Road (Route 380) and White Oak Road for Richmond Gas Works utility lines. The road will reopen each evening for overnight travel. The work is expected to be complete by the end of October.
Drivers can use the posted detour during the daytime closures:
Northbound Elko Rd. (Rt. 156):
Take Elko Tract Rd. (Rt. 380) west
to Technology Blvd. south to
Portugee Rd. east back to Elko Rd.
(Rt. 156).
Southbound Elko Rd. (Rt. 156):
Take Portugee Rd. west to
Technology Blvd. north to Elko
Tract Rd. (Rt. 380) east back to Elko
Rd. (Rt. 156).