ROANOKE TIMES  
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, February 1, 1996             TAG: 9602010020
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY  
MEMO: ***CORRECTION***
      Published correction ran on February 2, 1996.
         A photo caption in Thursday's New River Current misidentified the 
      location of road construction in Christiansburg. The construction is at 
      the intersection of North Franklin and Depot Streets. The Virginia 
      Department of Transportation recommends that motorists bypass the 
      intersection to avoid delays.


FRANKLIN STREET FISSURE


LENGTH: Short :   25 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  GENE DALTON/Staff. A shovel digs into the middle of  

North Franklin Street in Christiansburg at the Cambria Street

intersection. The work begins a project to improve Cambria Street.

Motorists are being urged to take other routes during rush hours.

For the time being, North Franklin traffic in either direction is

not being allowed to make left turns. color.

by CNB