（美国有线电视新闻网）周一至周二，由于严重的冬季风暴，当局争先恐后地清理道路，让许多驾车者在弗吉尼亚州东部的 95 号州际公路上滞留，其中一些人滞留时间超过 12 小时。
弗吉尼亚州交通部表示，这些车辆被困在里士满和华盛顿特区之间的弗雷德里克斯堡地区 50 英里长的 I-95 州际公路的一部分，部分原因是残疾卡车在下雪和结冰的条件下挡住了去路。
驾车者描述了将发动机打开一段时间以加热，将它们关闭以节省燃料，并在工作人员无法在冰雪中继续行驶后试图清除挡路的卡车时彼此分享食物和补给品。
到周二上午 11 点，Susan Phalen 和她的四只狗已经被困在斯塔福德以南的 I-95 州际公路上超过 15 个小时。
“我本可以比这更快地走回家，”法伦通过电话告诉 CNN。
滞留在该地区的人中有：弗吉尼亚州的美国参议员蒂姆凯恩，他说他在周二早上 8 点 30 分仍然被堵在路上——在他开车 19 小时后。
他没有具体说明当时他在哪条路上，但第二条推文表明至少有一部分时间——几个小时——他在 I-95 上被拦住了。他写道，一个从佛罗里达州出发的家庭正在外面“半夜分发橙子”给他和其他被困的驾驶者。
“我昨天下午 1 点开始了正常的 2 小时车程到华盛顿。19 小时后，我仍然没有靠近国会大厦，”凯恩在推特上说，从挡风玻璃后面张贴了一张照片，显示前方有三辆卡车。
驾驶者们在社交媒体上表达了沮丧，他们坐在 I-95 上的车辆中，无法移动，并担心在弗雷德里克斯堡地区的一场风暴降下超过一英尺的雪并留下超过 400,000 名顾客后，夜间和早晨的温度低于冰点在没有电力的中大西洋和东南部。
被困在 I-95 州际公路上过夜的人中有詹妮弗·特拉维斯（Jennifer Travis），她与丈夫和 12 岁的女儿从佛罗里达州开着一辆出租汽车返回弗吉尼亚州的家——因为他们的回程航班已被取消两次。
周二早些时候，他们被困在 I-95 州际公路上几个小时——有足够的燃料供暖，但没有水或食物。到上午 10 点，这家人已经能够离开了——但现在正在行驶的道路没有被犁过。
当局表示，该地区的许多二级道路被倒下的树木或寒冷的条件所阻塞——因此即使是那些能够从 I-95 下车的人也面临着艰难的旅行。
“树木倒塌，汽车随处可见。......这太危险了，”特拉维斯通过电话告诉美国有线电视新闻网。
来自 CNN 附属机构 WJLA 的航拍视频显示，在弗雷德里克斯堡以南的卡罗琳县 I-95 的四个车道上停着许多车辆。一些人，包括孩子，站在车外。一名男子用皮带牵着他的狗。
再往北，被困在弗雷德里克斯堡以北的法伦说她在晚上 8 点左右离开了她在弗雷德里克斯堡的家。周一的行程，她预计只持续一个小时。
她说她从一箱油开始，并且一直能够保持她的汽车运行以获取热量。该地区的气温一夜之间下降到十几度。
“很多人......在我所在的附近，他们一直在关闭汽车以节省汽油，然后他们会重新打开汽车以加热它，”她通过电话告诉我们。
VDOT 表示，当局关闭了那段 50 英里的路段——介于 Ruther Glen 附近的 104 号出口和 Dumfries 附近的 152 号出口之间——这样工人们就可以移除停着的卡车并处理道路上的积雪和结冰。
VDOT 表示，在拥挤的路段，工作人员正试图引导驾车者前往附近的交汇处。 VDOT 表示，自周一早上以来，一些旅客一直被困。
“请提供您车辆的品牌和型号，以及最近的英里标记。请留在车内，”VDOT 发推文。
Motorists have been stranded on a major interstate in Virginia since last night
(CNN)Numerous motorists have been stranded from Monday into Tuesday on Interstate 95 in eastern Virginia -- some for more than 12 hours -- because of a severe winter storm that has sent authorities scrambling to clear paths to get them out.
The vehicles were stuck on portions of a 50-mile stretch of I-95 in the Fredericksburg area, between Richmond and Washington, DC, partly because of disabled trucks blocking the way in snowy and icy conditions, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.
Motorists have described turning their engines on for a time to heat up, turning them off to conserve fuel, and sharing food and supplies with one another as crews try to clear trucks blocking the way after they were unable to continue in ice and snow.
By 11 a.m. Tuesday, Susan Phalen and her four dogs had been stuck on I-95 just south of Stafford for more than 15 hours.
"I could have walked home faster than this, pretty much," Phalen told CNN by phone."
Among those stranded in the area: US Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who said he was still stuck in traffic at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday -- 19 hours after starting his drive.
He did not specify what road he was on at the time, but a second tweet indicated that at least part of the time -- for hours -- he was stopped on I-95. A family that had departed from Florida was walking outside "in the middle of the night handing out oranges" to him and other trapped motorists, he wrote.
"I started my normal 2 hour drive to DC at 1pm yesterday. 19 hours later, I'm still not near the Capitol," Kaine tweeted, posting a picture from behind a windshield, showing three trucks ahead.
Motorists expressed frustration on social media as they sat in vehicles on I-95, unable to move and worried about below-freezing overnight and morning temperatures after a storm that dropped more than a foot of snow in the Fredericksburg area and left more than 400,000 customers in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast without power.
Among those trapped on I-95 overnight was Jennifer Travis, who with her husband and 12-year-old daughter were driving a rental car back to their Virginia home from Florida -- because their return flight had been canceled twice.
They were stuck on I-95 for hours early Tuesday -- with enough fuel for heat, but with no water or food. By 10 a.m., the family had been able to take an exit -- but now were driving a road that hadn't been plowed.
Many secondary roads in the region were blocked by downed trees or wintry conditions, authorities said -- so even those able to get off I-95 have faced difficult travels.
"Trees are down, cars are just everywhere. ... It's treacherous," Travis told CNN by phone.
Aerial video from CNN affiliate WJLA showed numerous vehicles stationary on four lanes of I-95 in Caroline County, south of Fredericksburg. A few people, including children, were standing outside cars. One man was walking his dog on a leash.
Further north, Phalen -- stuck north of Fredericksburg -- said she had left her home in Fredericksburg around 8 p.m. Monday for a trip that she expected to last just an hour.
She said she started with a full tank of gas, and has been able to keep her car running for heat. Temperatures in the area dipped into the teens overnight.
"A lot of people ... in the vicinity where I am have been turning their cars off to save gas, and then they'll turn the car back on to heat it up a bit," she told CNN by phone.
Authorities closed that 50-mile stretch -- between exit 104 near Ruther Glen and exit 152 near Dumfries -- so workers could remove stopped trucks and treat the road for snow and icing, VDOT said.
In the jammed stretches, workers are trying to guide motorists to nearby interchanges, VDOT said. Some travelers have been stuck since Monday morning, VDOT said.
"Please provide the make & model of your vehicle, as well as the nearest mile marker. Please stay inside the vehicle," VDOT tweeted.
