
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 24, 1990                   TAG: 9003242436
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: AFTON                                LENGTH: Short

WESTBOUND LANE OF I-64 REOPENED

State police Friday night reopened one of the two westbound lanes of Interstate 64 that had been blocked by a rock slide on Afton Mountain earlier in the week.

The decision to open one lane at 6:30 p.m. was based on the possibility of inclement weather descending on the region in the coming days, said Charles Wright, a maintenance superintendent with the state Department of Transportation.

Wright said predicted rain and snow could cause more problems with the amount of traffic being rerouted up Afton Mountain on U.S. 250 because of the closure of westbound I-64.

The rock slide occurred about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday and damaged two vehicles on the interstate. Neither driver was injured.

by CNB