The Virginia Department of Transportation says drivers should expect periodic road closures and delays tonight on Temple Avenue and Oaklawn Boulevard in the Fort Lee area because of the delivery of a huge C-17 cargo aircraft fuselage that will be used for training.

Q:I was traveling southbound on Interstate 95 the other week, just south of Richmond in the middle lane of a three-lane section. A trucker sped up to me and flashed his lights trying to make me move over to let him pass. I was traveling 5 mph over the speed limit. The left lane was wide open, and I have always been taught that the middle lane is “safe” and that you really don’t have to move over for anyone in that lane.

It’s a safe bet to say at least one person didn’t pass the road portion of their driver’s license examination yesterday at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles main office in Richmond. Richmond police were called to the DMV’s rear parking lot about noon for a report of a three-vehicle wreck. Police said someone apparently drove into two parked vehicles in the 2300 block of West Broad Street while taking their driving test.

It’s a safe bet to say at least one person didn’t pass the road portion of their driver’s license examination yesterday at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles main office in Richmond. Richmond police were called to the DMV’s rear parking lot about noon for a report of a three-vehicle wreck. Police said someone apparently drove into two parked vehicles in the 2300 block of West Broad Street while taking their driving test.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says this morning the right lane and shoulder on Interstate 295 south in Henrico County are closed at mile marker 27 after a tractor-trailer hit an overpass and spilled diesel fuel.

Q:Regarding your recent comment about being unaware of any “unnecessary” repairs being done, I know of two areas, totaling at least 5 miles, where old pavement was entirely removed and total repavement done where it wasn’t necessary. Considering how bad the Shockoe Valley bridge and Interstate 295 are, I was surprised to see this being done. One was the area over the Chickahominy Swamp on U.S. 360 East into Mechanicsville, and another area on Acquinton Church Road in King William County. Both areas of pavement showed no wear at all, no multiple patches, no potholes, nothing. Can the Virginia Department of Transportation give a good explanation of why these two areas were chosen when there are so many more roads that need much more attention?—Vicki W.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says this afternoon it will close all but one lane in each direction on Interstate 64 between mile markers 185 (Staples Mill Road) and 181 (Parham Road) tonight and tomorrow night from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. for overhead sign maintenance. VDOT warns to expect major delays.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says this afternoon that I-64 East at Nine Mile Road in Henrico County has reopened after having been closed because of an overturned dump truck that spilled its load of gravel.

The National Park Service says a section of the Colonial Parkway will be closed for at least four months while a bridge damaged by a boat is repaired.

Traffic delays of more than two hours forced the concert to start more than an hour late so people could get to their seats. Cars backed up in parking lots for several hours after the show, too. And there were plumbing problems inside FedEx Field.

Q:Per your response in the July 5 Street Beat column regarding my frustration with the roundabout or circle or whatever the heck it is at Midlothian Turnpike and Winterfield Road. Were you able to find out anything about what’s going on with the development (or lack of development!), and whether there might be a chance that the “roundabout” can go back to being a “straightabout”?—Gail C.

The Virginia Department of Transportation says today the ramp from Interstate 95 north to Route 288 (Exit 62) in Chesterfield County remains closed because of an overturned tractor trailer. Crews are in removing the trailer from the ramp, which is expcted to reopen about 1 p.m.

The choke point where West Broad Street intersects Pump Road-Pouncey Tract Road in western Henrico County may loosen its grip in two years. The Henrico County Board of Supervisors voted last night to authorize construction of the North Gayton Road extension from Broad Street to Pouncey Tract. Tim Foster, director of public works, said the project is expected to open in 2011 with 9,600 vehicles per day.

The Exit 76 ramp on southbound Interstate 95 south is now open after an earlier granite and fuel spill from a tractor-trailer wreck, the Virginia Department of Transportation says this afternoon.

Two train cars carrying used railroad ties caught fire in Richmond this afternoon, prompting the engineer to disconnect the locomotive, authorities said. About 40 firefighters hurried to the scene just north of the intersection of Hermitage Road and West Leigh Street shortly before 3 p.m., dousing the flames as a cloud of smoke billowed above.