Exit 16 is how most people get into Martinsburg from Interstate 81. Route 9, also called West Queen Street, carries that traffic past shopping centers, restaurants, and offices. The speeds here are not high. The volume is, and that is the whole problem. Here is a closer look at why this stretch gives so many...
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The eight miles of Interstate 81 between Exit 8 at Inwood and Exit 16 in Martinsburg pack a lot into a short drive. Commuters use it every morning. Local drivers hop on for one exit and hop right back off. Tractor-trailers roll through all day. Few stretches of road in West Virginia carry as many....
Route 51 and Leetown Road meet right on the Jefferson and Berkeley County line. The corner they make was never built for the traffic it carries now. Route 51 links Charles Town, Kearneysville, and the I-81 area. Local trips, work trips, and truck trips all funnel through the same small crossing. Here is a closer...
If you have driven Interstate 81 through Berkeley County lately, you have sat in a work zone. As soon as one project wraps up, another one starts. This road carries huge daily traffic and a steady stream of tractor-trailers, so the work needs to happen. The trouble is that work zones create their own dangers....
If you drive in Martinsburg, West Virginia, you already know this intersection. Foxcroft Avenue and Apple Harvest Drive are one of the busiest spots in the whole Eastern Panhandle. Almost 27,000 cars and trucks use Apple Harvest Drive alone every day. Traffic studies have already marked this spot as a high-crash location. Engineers say it needs new...
Drivers in Harpers Ferry, WV, know that the intersection of WV Rt. 340 and Shipley School Road is a problem area. Located near the Harpers Ferry US Customs & Border Protection Training Center and close to a school, this crossroad has a confusing design and heavy traffic from a 4-lane highway that make it especially risky. For families, students,...
The intersection where Shenandoah Junction Road meets Charles Town Road is one of the Most Dangerous Intersections in Jefferson County, WV. Along with a lot of school traffic, many drivers speed through an intersection with a peculiar yield pattern. This makes the area unsafe for families, students, and people driving to and from work. Why...
We are proud to share some wonderful news about one of our own at Skinner Accident & Injury Lawyers. Elon University’s School of Law has chosen Attorney Alix Hazel to serve on its Advisory Board. This is an incredible honor, and we could not be more excited for her. Alix has always been a person...