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Highway Work
Progressing
A portion of the Virginia Department of Highway's construction project for double-laning Route 211 will be completed soon. According to the Department’s recently released report on arterial construction, 3.1 miles of parallel roadway in the Amissville area will be usable by spring, 1979.
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