The Vermont Agency of Transportation announces that today they have opened five (5) bridges in Bennington and Rutland Counties, and twenty (20) segments of downed roadways throughout the state in response to Hurricane Irene.
These road improvements are spread across the state system, extending from the North on Route 242 in Westfield to as far south as Vermont Route 103 in Ludlow and Chester. The five bridges are in Bennington and Rutland Counties, including two bridges in Manchester on US Route 7, one in Mount Tabor on US Route 7, one in Pawlet on Vermont 149, and one in Sunderland on US Route 7.
‘We continue to deploy all our state resources to the effort of responding to and recovering from this emergency situation,’ stated Brian Searles, Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Transportation. ‘Our top priority continues to be establishing emergency access to the isolated communities, while simultaneously developing plans for temporary and permanent repairs throughout the system,’ he said.
VTrans is establishing two Regional Incident Command Centers in Dummerston and Rutland which will be activated at 6 am, Wednesday, August 31st. This new structure enables a fully coordinated effort between state, regional, local and federal partners. These centers will bring VTrans resources directly to the affected areas. National Guard and FEMA resources will also be deployed from these Command Centers.
VTrans has also enlisted assistance from the private sector contractors and federal agencies to meet the needs of this emergency and is redeploying personnel from all sectors of the agency to address the challenge.
A current listing of closed and re-opened roads on the state system is below and updates will be provided again tomorrow as available. We continue to gather information on the town road system and will provide when available.
STATE HIGHWAY SEGMENT CLOSURE UPDATE 08/30/2011 6:15PM
Road
FromMM
ToMM
Town
Status
I 89 NB
90.90700000
97.87300000
Colchester
REOPENED
I 89 SB
90.90700000
97.87300000
Colchester
REOPENED
I 91 SB
28.40200000
35.33400000
Rockingham
ROAD CLOSED
US 2
0.00000000
5.66900000
Bolton
REOPENED
US 2
0.00000000
6.37900000
Richmond
REOPENED
US 2
0.00000000
4.93100000
Waterbury
REOPENED
US 302
0.00000000
7.90400000
Groton
1 LANE OPEN
US 4
0.00000000
5.92800000
Mendon
ROAD CLOSED
US 4
0.05900000
1.23400000
Rutland Town
ROAD CLOSED
US 4
0.00000000
8.49500000
Killington
ROAD CLOSED
US 4
0.00000000
5.64500000
Woodstock
ROAD CLOSED
US 5
0.00000000
4.32000000
Burke
REOPENED
US 5
0.00000000
7.01200000
Lyndon
REOPENED
US 5
0.00000000
7.32900000
Sutton
REOPENED
US 7
0.00000000
7.52000000
Manchester
REOPENED
US 7
0.00000000
7.30000000
Brandon
ROAD CLOSED
US 7
1.23900000
3.96100000
Rutland Town
ROAD CLOSED
US 7
5.83500000
7.09400000
Wallingford
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.48000000
0.50000000
Waitsfield
1 LANE OPEN
VT 100
2.00000000
2.60500000
Waitsfield
REOPENED
VT 100
0.00000000
9.68700000
Granville
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.00000000
3.96900000
Killington
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.00000000
1.14900000
Moretown
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.00000000
3.59300000
Jamaica
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.00000000
7.37300000
Wardsboro
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
2.46900000
7.30200000
Wilmington
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.00000000
0.96700000
Bridgewater
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.00000000
8.43700000
Ludlow
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.00000000
9.72600000
Plymouth
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100
0.00000000
8.39900000
Weston
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100A
0.00000000
4.76200000
Plymouth
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100B
0.00000000
0.10400000
Middlesex
ROAD CLOSED
VT 100B
0.00000000
7.81800000
Moretown
ROAD CLOSED
VT 103
0.00000000
7.68300000
Mt. Holly
REOPENED
VT 103
0.00000000
3.17000000
Shrewsbury
REOPENED
VT 103
0.20400000
2.13200000
Wallingford
REOPENED
VT 103
0.00000000
9.73000000
Chester
REOPENED
VT 103
0.00000000
1.82200000
Ludlow
REOPENED
VT 103
0.00000000
1.97900000
Clarendon
ROAD CLOSED
VT 105
1.45000000
5.16700000
Enosburg
REOPENED
VT 105
4.32000000
5.95800000
Brighton
ROAD CLOSED
VT 105
0.00000000
3.70000000
Berkshire
ROAD CLOSED
VT 107
0.00000000
4.27300000
Bethel
ROAD CLOSED
VT 107
0.00000000
6.70000000
Stockbridge
ROAD CLOSED
VT 108
0.00000000
13.14100000
Cambridge
1 LANE OPEN
VT 11
0.00000000
8.33700000
Chester
ROAD CLOSED
VT 116
0.00000000
12.26500000
Bristol
ROAD CLOSED
VT 116
0.00000000
6.58700000
Middlebury
ROAD CLOSED
VT 117
0.00000000
4.43100000
Essex
REOPENED
VT 117
0.00000000
2.89300000
Jericho
REOPENED
VT 117
0.00000000
0.74800000
Richmond
REOPENED
VT 118
0.00000000
10.49800000
Montgomery
REOPENED
VT 12
0.00000000
7.93200000
Elmore
REOPENED
VT 12
0.00000000
6.69000000
Berlin
ROAD CLOSED
VT 12
0.00000000
7.85300000
Worcester
ROAD CLOSED
VT 12
0.00000000
9.61500000
Barnard
ROAD CLOSED
VT 12
0.00000000
1.38300000
Bethel
ROAD CLOSED
VT 12
0.00000000
1.38300000
Pomfret
ROAD CLOSED
VT 12
0.71000000
4.00800000
Woodstock
ROAD CLOSED
VT 122
0.00000000
4.35300000
Lyndon
1 LANE OPEN
VT 125
0.00000000
5.78600000
Ripton
EV ONLY
VT 125
0.00000000
7.24600000
Hancock
ROAD CLOSED
VT 125
1.01300000
4.10700000
Middlebury
ROAD CLOSED
VT 12A
0.00000000
7.18900000
Braintree
ROAD CLOSED
VT 12A
0.00000000
4.07500000
Northfield
ROAD CLOSED
VT 12A
0.00000000
4.07500000
Roxbury
ROAD CLOSED
VT 131
0.00000000
7.65200000
Cavendish
ROAD CLOSED
VT 131
0.00000000
1.30000000
Weathersfield
ROAD CLOSED
VT 140
0.00000000
6.34300000
Wallingford
REOPENED
VT 149
0.00000000
1.30200000
Pawlet
REOPENED
VT 155
4.28200000
7.60300000
Mt. Holly
ROAD CLOSED
VT 155
0.00000000
0.14300000
Wallingford
ROAD CLOSED
VT 16
1.28000000
2.36900000
Barton
REOPENED
VT 17
2.20000000
2.31300000
Bristol
DAYTIME CLOSURE
VT 17
0.00000000
0.10000000
Starksboro
DAYTIME CLOSURE
VT 242
0.00000000
5.09200000
Jay
1 LANE OPEN
VT 242
0.00000000
3.65200000
Westfield
1 LANE OPEN
VT 242
0.00000000
2.13300000
Montgomery
ROAD CLOSED
VT 3
0.00000000
3.28300000
Proctor
ROAD CLOSED
VT 30
5.43000000
6.56600000
Castleton
ROAD CLOSED
VT 30
0.00000000
5.15500000
Hubbardton
ROAD CLOSED
VT 30
2.00000000
3.00000000
Orwell
ROAD CLOSED
VT 30
0.00000000
0.29700000
Sudbury
ROAD CLOSED
VT 5A
0.00000000
0.65700000
Burke
REOPENED
VT 73
0.00000000
3.61000000
Goshen
ROAD CLOSED
VT 73
3.11500000
7.51200000
Brandon
ROAD CLOSED
VT 73
0.00000000
3.00400000
Brandon
ROAD CLOSED
VT 73
0.00000000
3.19400000
Sudbury
ROAD CLOSED
VT 73
0.00000000
8.78200000
Rochester
ROAD CLOSED
VT 7B
0.00000000
0.91500000
Clarendon
ROAD CLOSED
VT 7B
0.00000000
0.77400000
Wallingford
ROAD CLOSED
VT 9
6.13000000
6.85000000
Bennington
ROAD CLOSED
VT 9
0.00000000
5.53800000
Searsburg
ROAD CLOSED
VT 9
0.00000000
9.47000000
Woodford
ROAD CLOSED
VT 9
0.00000000
3.20000000
Brattleboro
ROAD CLOSED
VT 9
0.00000000
8.30000000
Marlboro
ROAD CLOSED
VT 9
0.00000000
7.16000000
Wilmington
ROAD CLOSED
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