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Tractor-trailer crash causing delays on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County

Crash happened near Dixie Caverns exit

Screenshot taken from the VDOT camera at mile marker 132 on Interstate 81 at 5:54 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2021. (VDOT)

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Traffic was backed up on part of Interstate 81 following a tractor-trailer crash on Wednesday evening.

At one point, all southbound lanes were closed at mile marker 132.9, which is just north of the Dixie Caverns exit.

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VDOT reports that as of 11:55 p.m., traffic backups are three miles and southbound lanes are open.

Both Roanoke County Fire & Rescue and Virginia State Police are responding to the crash.

Below is an approximate location of the crash:


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