MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Department of Transportation have awarded the contract for additional I-81 upgrades through Berkeley County.
The project is part of Justice’s Roads to Prosperity program passed by voters in 2017. The project has been awarded through a general obligation bond to A.L.L. Construction, Inc. of Mount Storm. A.L.L.’s bid was $49,456,139.
The work will widen the highway to six lanes total on a 3.6-mile section between the Apple Harvest Drive (mile 12) and Tabler Station Road (mile 8) interchanges. Work is scheduled to start this fall and tentatively run until August 2020.
Construction continues on a separate portion of I-81 between Falling Waters (mile 23) and the Maryland state line. That project includes replacing two bridges crossing the Potomac River. Maryland and West Virginia are splitting the cost of the bridge project.