
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, June 11, 1994                    TAG: 9406110420 
SECTION: LOCAL                     PAGE: D4    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: HAMPTON ROADS 
DATELINE: 940611                                 LENGTH: Short

TUNNEL TO CLOSE FOR PART OF WEEKEND

{LEAD} The Midtown Tunnel will be closed for a significant portion of this weekend as workers resurface the Martin Luther King Freeway in Portsmouth.

The tunnel, which runs between Portsmouth and Norfolk, will be blocked in both directions until about 9 p.m. today. The tunnel was scheduled to be closed at midnight Friday.

{REST} Motorists should plan on using the Downtown Tunnel as an alternative route.

Signs noting the closing and detours will be posted.

by CNB