NORFOLK The steel rails are the same. So are the overhead electric lines. But the vehicle? Randall Pike, who, at 91, might be the oldest living Norfolk streetcar driver, said the city's new light-rail vehicles feel like an airplane compared to the "box" he operated in the 1940s.

A crash inside the tube of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 for a while on Friday evening.

Traffic on I-64 east heading from the Peninsula to South Hampton Roads was detoured onto Interstate 664 south, said Lauren Hansen, a spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Transportation.

CHESAPEAKE

The North Landing Bridge at Mount Pleasant Road will be closed for two months, beginning Nov. 15, according to the city. The closure, expected to be finished by Jan. 15, 2010, will allow crews to replace the deck and make other repairs, a city news release says. The bridge crosses the Intracoastal Waterway.

WILLIAMSBURG One lane of Interstate 64 east will be closed today from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and again after 7 p.m. so that the Virginia Department of Transportation can replace about 500 feet of guardrail damaged by a crash on Thursday. The work will continue Friday night until it is completed, a VDOT spokeswoman said.

NORFOLK As construction of light rail progresses and the holidays approach, drivers can expect roadwork and lane closures to shift downtown. Monticello Avenue next to MacArthur Center mall re opens to all traffic between City Hall Avenue and Freemason Street at noon Friday.

RODANTHE, N.C.

Astronomical tides have caused periods of ocean overwash along N.C. 12 in north Rodanthe on Hatteras Island.

In the next few days, the road could be closed during and after high tide so that the road may be cleared of water and sand, according to a news release from Dare County.

High tides will occur about 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. today. 

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY One lane of U.S. 13 has reopened several hours after a crash involving a tractor-trailer that lost part of a load of lumber, authorities said today.

VIRGINIA BEACH

One person died and three were injured in a two-car crash Monday evening in the city's Pungo area.

COURTLAND

A 73-year-old man died today from injuries he sustained in a single-vehicle crash this morning.

About 8 a.m., Thomas Jackson Edmond of Courtland was driving south on Va. 35 when his 1998 GMC truck ran off the road to the right and struck a tree near the intersection with Va. 647, said Sgt. Michelle Cotten, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman.

CHESAPEAKE
A 29-year-old woman has died after being ejected from a car during a crash late Friday. Police identified her as Katie Young of the 3900 block of Rainbow Drive in Virginia Beach.