Evening star., 1940-08-18
81 Primary Routes
In Virginia Still
Closed by Floods
Route ! May Be Open
Today; Bridges. Fills
Out in Many Places
~ the Associated Press.

4y the Associated Press
RICHMOND. Va. Aug. 1.-THE
State Highway Department ex-
pressed hope today it would be able
to reopen U. S. Route l at the Me-
herrin River by tomorrow. but flood
waters of the Roanoke River and a
creek still blocked the thoroughfare
In two other places.
All told, 81 primary routes were
still closed by flood waters tonight,
though conditions were improving
rapidly where crests had passed.
Among important roads open were
Route II, throughout; 10, Suffolk to
the North Carolina line; 20, 80, SO,
so and $50.
On Route l at the Meherrin,
the department said water subsidized
but 80 to 40 feet of pavement was
washed out and the current re-
manned too swift to make repairs
today. The route was opened at the
Nottoway River. but the Roanoke
still blocked it south of South Hill
with 7-foot inundation and two
miles north of the Roanoke Miles
Creek and Blackwater blocked 1t
again.
Route 10 Detour Advised.
On Route 10, seven miles of soil
road between Hopewell and Route
was muddy during the continued
rain and the department advised
motorists to go by Petersburg to
get on Route 10.
A detour that had been used north
of Alta Vista was eliminated about
noon today and all traffic went
through thereafter on Route 20. A
section of Route 80 between Pamp-
lin and Wylliesburg also has been
repaired and this route also is open
throughout. No trouble was expect
ed on Route so, running east-west
from Richmond, and $50 to Char
lottesville and Staunton also was
clear.
Route 312, Ivor to Courtland, was
open, though the Nottoway River
threatened to close it during the
night at CORTLAND.
On Route SOL, north of Halifax,
the Bannister River washed out two
spans Of the bridge and one abut-
ment, but detour is available over
hard-surfaced secondary roads.
Other Blocked Points.
Blocked points on other routes in
cluded:
70, at South River north of
Waynesboro.
Is, at Roanoke River. Clarksville,
and 5 miles north of Clarksville by
a small stream; the rest is open.
80, between Boykins and Branch
vile, Branchville and Emporia and
Emporia and Purdy.
81, at Meherrin River, Lawrence
VILE.
IS, at Assamoosic Creek, north of
Courtland, near bonneville, south of
CORTLAND toward Boykins and at
Nottoway River at CORTLAND.
38, at Deep Greek, between Peters,
burg and Amelia.
40, at Nottoway River, between
bonneville and Stony Creek, and be-
tween Lunenburg and Keysville
where 2oo-foot fill washed out, and
between Charlotte Courthouse and
Phenix. Open Stony Creek to Nc
Kenney, McKenney to Blackstone
and Blackstone to Victoria and Lu-
nenburg, as we'll as Keysville to
Charlotte Courthouse.
Eggleston Bridge Out.
AZ. 534-foot bridge over New River
washed out at Eggleston.
49, at James River. at Appomattox
River, near Tobaccoville Expected
to be open here tomorrow. between
Burkeville and Victoria by washout
OF l0O-foot bridge and fill, between
Lunenburg and Chase City, where
nils to three bridges were washed
out, and at Clarksville by the Ro-
anoke River. It is hoped to have
one-way traffic established by to-
morrow night.
90, at Franklin by the Blackwater
River; at CORTLAND by the Notto-
way; at Emporia by the MeheTrin:
between Emporia and Edgerton,
Ready Creek fill washed out and traf-
nc is detoured by Smoky Ordinary:
Edgerton to Lawrenceville open;
LaWrenceville to South Hill blocked
at Meherrin River, where fills out
at both ends of bridge: South Hill
to Clarksville, closed at Roanoke
River; the Dan River was falling at
South Boston and expected to per-
init traffic through tonight; Sandy
River approach west OF Danville re-
paired. and bridges between Hills
vile and Galax now open.
Bridge Out Beyond GaIax.
96, Bridge and approaches out
south of Galax; closed 10 days.
100, several bridges out near
Allisonia.
301, south of Stony Creek by Not
toway River and et Emporia by
Meherrin; probably not open at Me-
herrin tomorrow.
36O closed between Richmond and
Burkeville by Appomattox River.
which still was rising: between
Barnes Junction anc Glover the
Staunton River took out several hun
dred feet of fill and the road may
not be open for a week; at Halifax
traffic could get through from Hall
fax, but could not get into Clover.
460. Petersburg to Suffolk closed
at Blackwater River and water still
rising; Petersburg west is open, but
construction just west of Petersburg
Is muddy.
2 Innate Cl-.