Crane arrival will cause road closures and traffic delays

Starting today (Monday, March 11), WVU Medicine will be hauling in and erecting a crane that will be used to construct a new employee parking garage along Willowdale Road.

Willowdale Road and Valley View Drive will experience intermittent closures of up to 30 minutes from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, March 11, and Tuesday, March 12 (in the case of inclement weather, these dates could change).

Flagmen will be in placed at two locations along Willowdale Road. WVU Medicine Security will be located at the top of Valley View Drive at the intersection of Valley View and Chestnut Ridge Road.

All Valley View traffic is urged to use Chestnut Ridge Road to enter and exit their residencies.

View the map for more details.

There also will be intermittent traffic delays starting on Thursday, March 14, through July, as precast parking garage structures are hauled to the site up to 35 times a day. All traffic, except for local traffic, is urged to use alternate routes in and around this location during this time frame.