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Article: Much of I-85 now has 70 mph speed limit
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- Progress-Index, The Petersburg, Va.
- Article date:
- September 17, 2008
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DINWIDDIE -- Drivers on Interstate 85 this week needn't get their
eyes examined. The Virginia Department of Transportation raised the
speed limit to 70 mph south of the U.S. Route 460 interchange.
In 2006 the General Assembly passed legislation to designate I-
85 to 70 mph from Dinwiddie County to the Virginia/North Carolina
border.
The legislation was passed in part to shrink the gap between
people adhering to the then-posted 65 mph speed limit and the speed
of other motorists. Speed samples on the interstate show that
motorists currently average 73 mph.
I-85 is generally straight through its course in Virginia and the
speed limit is posted at 70 in much of North Carolina.
Although related ...