{"id":58981,"date":"2017-12-07T23:50:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T23:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=58981"},"modified":"2017-12-08T00:01:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T00:01:14","slug":"public-works-announces-road-closures-on-st-croix-for-bridge-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=58981","title":{"rendered":"Public Works Announces Road Closures On St. Croix For Bridge Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ST. CROIX &#8212; The Department of Public Works on Thursday announced two road closures on St. Croix as the department moves forward with bridge repairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The bridge on Route 72, or Midland Road, at the Calquohoun intersection as well as the bridge on Route 64 North (on the approach to VI Paving, Inc.), will be closed to vehicular traffic until further notice, D.P.W. said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">According to the release, the road closures are due to severe deterioration of the bridge structures, rendering them unsafe. In the interim, motorists are urged to use alternate routes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Alternate routes for intersection of Route 72 and Calquohoun intersection:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Route 65 \u2013 Through Castle Burke trailer park<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Route 652 &#8211; National Guard Road<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Route 73 \u2013 Heading toward John Woodson School<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Alternate routes for Route 64, North of Melvin Evans Highway at East Airport Intersection:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"\">Route 669 \u2013 road leading to Depatment of Public Safety<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"\">Route 663 \u2013 Kingshill Road<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Nelson M. Petty, Jr., the department&#8217;s commissioner-nominee, is urging motorists to comply with the road closure notice while the repairs are ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; The Department of Public Works on Thursday announced two road closures on St. Croix as the department moves forward with bridge repairs. The bridge on Route 72, or Midland Road, at the Calquohoun intersection as well as the bridge on Route 64 North (on the approach to VI Paving, Inc.), will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[628],"tags":[2797],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Public Works Announces Road Closures On St. Croix For Bridge Repairs - V.I. 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