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The Virginia Department of Transportation has nine districts: Bristol, Culpeper, Fredericksburg, Hampton Roads, Lynchburg, Northern Virginia, Richmond, Salem and Staunton.
The Virginia Department of Transportation divides the state into nine districts, each of which oversees maintenance and construction on the state-maintained highways, bridges and tunnels in its area.
Counties: Albemarle, Culpeper, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock. Cities: Charlottesville.
Counties: Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Westmoreland. Cities: Fredericksburg.
Counties: Bedford, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Henry, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski and Roanoke. Cities: Galax, Martinsville, Radford, Roanoke and Salem.
Counties: Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren. Cities: Buena Vista, Covington, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Staunton, Waynesboro and Winchester.
Counties: Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Cumberland, Halifax, Nelson, Pittsylvania and Prince Edward. Cities: Danville and Lynchburg.
Counties: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William. Cities: Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park.
Counties: Amelia, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, New Kent, Nottoway, Powhatan and Prince George. Cities: Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond.
Counties: Accomack, Isle of Wight, James City, Northampton, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, York and Greensville. Cities: Chesapeake, Emporia, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg.
Counties: Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise and Wythe. Cities: Bristol and Norton.
The Virginia Department of Transportation divides the state into nine districts, each of which oversees maintenance and construction on the state-maintained highways, bridges and tunnels in its area.
1. Culpeper
2. Staunton
3. Salem
4. Fredericksburg
5. Lynchburg
6. Northern Virginia
7. Richmond
8. Hampton Roads
9. Bristol
Districts are divided into residencies and area headquarters in order to efficiently provide service to their geographically assigned areas. VDOT Central Office is in Richmond where the Commissioner’s Office and engineering, maintenance, operations and business support divisions are located.
Note: Arlington and Henrico counties maintain their own roads, as do cities and many towns. If you have questions, contact your VDOT district office or the public works department of the individual town or city.
The Bristol District includes more than 7,400 miles of roads in 12 counties. The district also supports highways in two cities and many towns in the region.
Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Culpeper District comprises of nine counties and the city of Charlottesville. The district, which covers approximately 3,650 square miles and is home to about 415,000 people, is largely rural with denser population centers in Warrenton and Charlottesville. It rests primarily in the Piedmont foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains but includes major mountain passes on Route 522 at Chester Gap and Interstate 66 at Thoroughfare Gap. Two other mountain passes, Route 33 at Swift Run Gap and I64 and Route 250 at Afton Mountain, provide access to Shenandoah National Park and the Skyline Drive. Culpeper District is responsible for 10,620 lane miles of roads and more than 1,700 bridge structures.
Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Fredericksburg District comprises 14 counties and the city of Fredericksburg. The district includes Interstate 95 in Stafford, Spotsylvania and Caroline counties, and stretches east along the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula to border the Chesapeake Bay. It has a population of around 500,000 people, based on the 2020 census.
Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Hampton Roads District is comprised of nine counties, 11 cities, and two islands, with roughly 10,000 lane miles. Together, these cover 4,125 square miles of the Southeastern and Eastern Shore areas of Virginia and is home to 1.8 million people.
Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Lynchburg District is comprised of 10 counties and the cities of Lynchburg and Danville, which cover 5,385 square miles in the southcentral portion of Virginia and is home to approximately 425,000 people. The district is located along the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Located in the northeastern corner of Virginia just outside of the nation’s capital, the Northern Virginia District comprises the three most populous counties in the state: Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, as well as the sixth most populous, Arlington. While Northern Virginia covers about 4 percent of the state’s land area, it is home to about a quarter of the state’s population at more than 2 million.
Open Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Richmond District covers 14 counties and eight cities of the Commonwealth Capital Region. The district covers approximately 5,122 square miles of Central Virginia and serves as home to about 1.4 million people. It is divided by the James River, stretches between Virginia’s Piedmont and Tidewater regions, and is bounded by Lynchburg, Fredericksburg and Hampton Roads Districts and the North Carolina state line.
Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Salem District maintains more than 9,200 miles of roads in southwestern Virginia. The district serves more than 650,000 residents in 12 counties and the 14 cities and towns in its boundaries.
Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Staunton District serves 11 counties and eight cities, which cover 5,088 square miles of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and is home to 362,000 people. The district rests on the mountains and valley floor that comprises the Shenandoah Valley.
Open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Last updated: May 3, 2024
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