Road closure and detour near Thorne Stadium in Charlottesville, Charlottesville VA

Road Closure

Reported: 11/4/2025 04:56 AM

Piedmont Ave N, Charlottesville, VA 22903

A road near Thorne Stadium and North Piedmont Avenue in Charlottesville is closed due to construction or a planned event. Drivers are being redirected with a detour route. Nearby roads like Herford remain open for now, but may close later. Communication is ongoing to coordinate timing and ensure drivers are informed about the road closure and detour.

Audio|Source: Charlottesville and UVA Transit

01:56

Transcript:

00:00

So I turned Thorne Stadium.

00:02

They are closing the road,

00:04

and he wants me to turn on North Piedmont Avenue.

00:08

Um,

00:11

he said that he didn't know about notifying you of, you know, when they were about to close the road.

00:19

Thank you.

00:21

So they only notified me yesterday, but we have to wait today physically tell you that you can't go through so we could start the detour.

00:32

But Herfrey is still open as we speak, right?

00:35

I haven't even made it that far because he's stopped me right here at North Avenue, I mean, North Piedmont Avenue.

00:43

It looks like a car is going up that road, but I'm not able to go down to the stop sign.

00:51

So I have to turn on North Piedmont Avenue.

00:55

That's totally fine.

00:56

Are you able to ask her if her person about to close now as well?

01:01

10.4. Hold on one second.

01:08

One, I mean, block two to one.

01:11

So he said that Herford may not be closed down today, but probably definitely tomorrow.

01:19

But they are shutting down stadium right now.

01:25

So we need to start the detour.

01:27

1040 is the best thank you.

01:29

This is one to the green and gold line. Let me know if you copy that. We will now start the detour.

01:36

Please confirm that you copy.

01:40

Lock time, copy.

01:42

Okay, 4.

01:43

Block 12, copy.

01:45

And just a reminder, the detour that we're going to be doing was the same detour we did yesterday.

01:51

Herbert is still going to be your time stop until they let us know we're not able to get through anymore.

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Piedmont Ave N, Charlottesville, VA 22903

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