In early May the governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, announced his intention to place a toll on Interstate 95 at the Virginia-North Carolina border.

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Blowing with hurricane-force winds of more than 80 mph in places, the storm hit hard along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor between New York City and Maine.

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