VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel

Status: Existing

Description: The East River Mountain Tunnel is a 5,412–foot (1,649 m) vehicular tunnel that carries Interstate 77/US 52 through/under East River Mountain between the communities of Rocky Gap, Virginia and Bluefield, West Virginia.

Stakeholder: VDOT Bristol District Operations

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel:

• VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel VDOT Big Walker Mountain Tunnel
• VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel Field Equipment
• VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel VDOT Southwestern TOC/ATMS

Architecture Flows
to/from the VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel:

VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel VDOT Big Walker Mountain Tunnel

• emergency plan coordination


• emergency traffic control information


• emergency traffic coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• road network conditions


• traffic images

VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel Field Equipment

• roadway dynamic signage data


• signal control commands


• signal control device configuration


• signal control plans


• signal system configuration


• traffic detector control


• traffic metering control


• video surveillance control

VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel VDOT Southwestern TOC/ATMS

• emergency plan coordination


• emergency traffic coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• road network conditions


• traffic images

VDOT Big Walker Mountain TunnelVDOT East River Mountain Tunnel

• emergency plan coordination


• emergency traffic control information


• emergency traffic coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• road network conditions


• traffic images

VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel Field EquipmentVDOT East River Mountain Tunnel

• roadway dynamic signage status


• signal control status


• signal fault data


• traffic detector data


• traffic images


• traffic metering status

VDOT Southwestern TOC/ATMSVDOT East River Mountain Tunnel

• device control request


• device data


• device status


• emergency plan coordination


• emergency traffic coordination


• evacuation coordination


• incident information


• incident response coordination


• resource coordination


• road network conditions

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel:

• Archived Data User System Terminator
• Emergency Management Center Subsystem
• Traffic Management Center Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with VDOT East River Mountain Tunnel:

• TM24 - Tunnel Management (Tunnel Guide Lights for Speed Management) -- (Graphic)