Temporary Closure of Colonial Parkway Williamsburg Tunnel Yorktown, Virginia -
The National Park Service (NPS) will close the Williamsburg Tunnel on the Colonial Parkway from 9 am on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 through 5 pm on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 for an in-depth assessment of the lighting system. Detours will provide a through route in both directions during the closure.
Detour signs will divert Jamestown-bound traffic at the Parkway traffic circle, along Visitor Center Drive (RT 132Y) to South Henry Street, to the Newport Avenue interchange with the Parkway. Signs at all turns will indicate “Colonial Parkway Jamestown Detour". Yorktown-bound traffic will follow the detour in the opposite direction and signs at all turns will indicate “Colonial Parkway Yorktown Detour." The England Street ramp will remain open.
The NPS encourages everyone who chooses to visit Colonial National Historical Park during the COVID-19 pandemic to adhere to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and local public health authorities to protect visitors and employees. Updates about NPS operations will be posted on www.nps.gov/coronavirus. Please check with individual parks for specific details about park operations.
About Colonial National Historical Park: Colonial National Historical Park was established in 1930 to preserve important 17th and 18th century sites that tell the story of English colonization and the struggle for American independence. Jamestown’s legacy includes representative government, but also slavery, a brutal institution that spread throughout the colonies. At Yorktown, Virginia colonists fought in the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. The 23-mile Colonial Parkway links the sites and is recognized as an “All-American Road". Learn more online.
Colonial National Historical Park
US National Park Service
P.O. Box 210
Yorktown, VA 23690
(757) 898-3400
www.nps.gov/colo
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
