ALEXANDRIA, Va — Drivers and pedestrians near Alexandria Union Station should prepare for a string of weekend closures in May as Virginia Railway Express moves forward with replacing two aging rail bridges over King Street and Commonwealth Avenue — the latest visible phase of a sweeping, multi-year rehabilitation of the station at 110 Callahan Drive.
The announcement, released Wednesday, comes a day after VRE hosted a virtual community information session on the project. The Alexandria Brief did not attend the April 21 meeting but has requested a recording from VRE.
Under the plan, King Street will fully close between Russell Road and Daingerfield Road on three consecutive weekends: May 1-4, May 15-18 and May 29-June 1. Each shutdown is slated to begin at 7 p.m. Friday and finish by 10 p.m. Monday, with CSX restoring track service by 5 a.m. Tuesday…