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“Roads?” a famous, fictional scientist once asked. “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” When it comes to the Meadowcreek Parkway, however, Albemarle County disagrees. During a recent 10-hour traffic transplant, cars on East Rio Road were directed to a new two-lane bridge that crosses above the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The Virginia Department of Transportation says that the old bridge will be replaced by a second two-lane section. “Once completed, the bridge will extend the four-lane alignment of East Rio Road east across the railroad bridge, where it will tie into the new alignment of East Rio Road and the Meadowcreek Parkway,” says the VDOT website. Work on the county’s $11.8 million portion of the parkway is slated for an October 2011 completion date. As for the fate of the city’s portions? Back to the future, doc.