Repair work will continue tonight on the westbound tube of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. A sudden, harsh storm and a malfunctioning water main pump inside the tube created havoc last week, causing traffic backups of more than 10 miles for much of the day Thursday. Crews from the Virginia Department of Transportation spent much of the weekend and last night overnight working on the repairs. The work will continue from 7:30 tonight until 5:30 a.m. tomorrow, depending on rush hour traffic.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says it’s going to do more work on the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.

More work is needed to repair a pump that closed the westbound tube of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, but authorities believe all lanes will be open today and tonight. “The last thing we want to do is close a lane on the tunnel on the Fourth of July evening,“ said Lauren Hansen, a Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman. Both lanes were open much of yesterday and traffic generally moved steadily compared with the massive jams that snarled the area Thursday. There were some backups of up to 6 miles near the bridge-tunnel.

More work is needed to repair a pump that closed the westbound tube of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, but authorities believe all lanes will be open today and tonight. “The last thing we want to do is close a lane on the tunnel on the Fourth of July evening,“ said Lauren Hansen, a Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman. Both lanes were open much of yesterday and traffic moved steadily.