The Virginia Department of Transportation and its contractor will begin to mobilize Monday on a project to replace the Route 17 northbound bridge over Dragon Run at the Gloucester/Middlesex county line. The $14.6 million project will replace the existing bridge on Route 17 northbound. The new bridge will be wider, taller, and longer than the existing bridge, which was built in 1931. Route 17 northbound will remain reduced to a single lane at the bridge over Dragon Run while crews begin to construct crossovers for the traffic diversion planned in summer 2026. Work zone barriers will continue to separate the left and right lanes of Route 17 northbound. The right lane closed in December 2025 after a vehicle crash damaged the bridge rail and guardrail. Crews will close the Route 17 northbound bridge this summer and it will remain closed until project completion in December 2027, weather permitting. During construction, Route 17 northbound and southbound will both be reduced to a single lan...