The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has announced that a portion of Virginia route 201 (Courthouse Road), on the regularly used route from Mallard Bay to Heathsville, will be closed to through traffic for repairs for 75 days sometime in the summer of 2010.
At a public hearing at the Northumberland County Courthouse on December 2, 2008, Mr. Sean Trapani, Administrator of the VDOT Northern Neck Residency Office advised that two culverts on low-lying areas on route 201 between Williams Corner and Heathsville have collapsed and must be replaced.
Using the ordinarily traveled route, the one that will be closed, the distance from the entrance to Mallard Bay into Heathsville is 5.1 miles. During the construction period, two detour alternatives will be offered:
1) From the entrance to Mallard Bay, turn right and take route 642 to Howland, then route 201 to Bryant Corner, then turn right on route 604 to Horse Head, then left on US 360, into Heathsville. Total distance - 9.3 miles.
2) From the entrance to Mallard Bay, turn right and take route 642 to Howland, then route 201 through Bryant Corner to Williams Corner, then left on route 604, then right on 601 to Gillick Corner, then right on route 779 to US 360, then right into Heathsville. Total distance - 8.4 miles.
During the hearing, the public was offered the opportunity to make verbal or written comments.
Click here for a complete copy of the brochure handed out at the hearing. It goes into much greater detail.