UPDATED 10:40 a.m. Tuesday: Traffic has been reopened on Dunbar Drive in Lynchburg.
The road had been closed to through traffic while crews demolished an old warehouse.
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Original story, Feb. 8
A demolition crew is tearing down one of Lynchburg's oldest buildings.
The four-story "Miller Building" is being knocked down with the help of a crane. The old tobacco warehouse has stood along Dunbar Drive in downtown Lynchburg since the mid-1800's.
City officials deemed the building unsafe after a back wall collapsed January 30. The building has been vacant for many years, but originally served as a hospital during the Civil War.
The building's owners are still deciding what to do with the vacant property, once the demolition is complete.
