Under Construction

Meadowcreek Parkway

New roadway from East Rio Road to Melbourne Road

Project at a Glance

Begin Date
February 2009

Est Completion Date
October 14, 2011

Cost
$11.8 million

Lengths and Limits
1.4 miles, from East Rio Road to Melbourne Road

Contractor
Faulconer Construction Company, Inc.

Locality
Albemarle

District
Culpeper

Contact
Satish Airi
434-962-4714

Construction of the Meadowcreek Parkway will provide a new two-lane parkway running for 1.4 miles from East Rio Road south to the Charlottesville city limits at Melbourne Road. The parkway will provide additional capacity and an alternate route for traffic headed toward Charlottesville from the north.

The Meadowcreek Parkway will connect with McIntire Road Extended at the Charlottesville city line, which will extend the new roadway alignment south to the Route 250 Bypass. East Rio Road will also be improved in the vicinity of the new roadway, including a new and wider bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad and new entrances to the Charlottesville-Albemarle Technical Education Center and the Dunlora and Belvedere residential communities. The improvements to East Rio Road will enhance safety for motorists using that road as well as those entering and leaving the school and nearby businesses and communities.

Project Updates

The following activities are scheduled during the next two weeks (Nov. 23 through Dec. 5):

Grading on north side of Meadow Creek near storm water management basin
Work on Meadow Creek bridge piers continues
Seeding and dressing slopes to stabilize for the winter
Maintenance of erosion controls to ensure integrity following recent storms

Rivanna Trail Detours During Construction

When site work began in mid-February the segment of the Rivanna Trail between Melbourne Road and East Rio Road was closed to the public. When the Meadowcreek Parkway is completed, a linear park that includes a 10-foot wide multi-use trail will roughly parallel the new parkway and tie into the Rivanna Trails network.

VDOT is working with the Rivanna Trails Foundation and Albemarle County to provide alternate trail routes that will maintain connections with the Rivanna Trails while also ensuring the safety of trail users by detouring them around the construction area. The following alternate paths have been established around the closure. Maps of the detour routes will be placed in boxes at the locations where the trail has been closed.

From Park Street to Hydraulic Road: Follow the sidewalk on Melbourne Road. Left down the steps behind the CHS Baseball field. Left across the bridge into McIntire Park. Right onto the trail at the end of the bridge. Follow the trail to Meadwbook Heights Road. Right on Meadowbrook Heights and Left on Grove Road. Right onto sidewalk to Hydraulic Road.

From Park Street to Greenbrier Park: Follow the sidewalk on Melbourne Road to Kenwood Lane. Right on Kenwood to Jamestown Drive. Left on Jamestown to the end. Enter Greenbrier Park.

From Greenbrier Park to Park Street: Exit the park at the bridge to the circle at the end of Jamestown Drive. Follow Jamestown to Kenwood Lane. Right on Kenwood and Left on Melbourne Road. Follow the sidewalk along Melbourne to Park Street.