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

DATE: THURSDAY, August 17, 1995                   TAG: 9508170021
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: BETTY HAYDEN
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                 LENGTH: Short

SMOOTH SAILING ON 460 - JUST IN TIME FOR SCHOOL

Those pesky bumps on U.S. 460 near Southgate Drive can almost be relegated to the collective memory of local motorists, just in time for college students to return this weekend.

The latest inconvenience - delays during the morning minirush to work Wednesday - may be the last in a highway headache that's lasted most of the summer.

David Clarke, assistant resident engineer for the state Department of Transportation, said Wednesday repairs should be completed no later than today after crews lay a smooth coat of asphalt.

Motorists encountered two bumps in eastbound lanes and two bumps in westbound lanes. The settling of backfill packed around culverts, installed beneath the highway last summer, can be blamed for the bumps.

Clarke said the bumps should be fixed, and the settling seems to have stopped.

by CNB