Virginia State Route 75

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State Route 75

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Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length10.51 mi [1]  (16.91 km)
Existed1940–present
Major junctions
South endSecondary Tennessee 44.svg SR 44 near Holston Valley, TN
Major intersectionsI-81.svgUS 58.svg I-81  / US 58 in Abingdon
North endUS 11.svgAlternate plate.svg
US 58.svg
US 11  / US 58 Alt. in Abingdon
Location
Country United States
State Virginia
Highway system
Virginia 74.svg SR 74 Virginia 76.svg SR 76

State Route 75 (SR 75) is a primary state highway in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Virginia, running southwest from U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 58 Alternate in Abingdon to Tennessee's State Route 44.

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Route description

View north at the south end of SR 75 at SR 44 at the Tennessee state line 2017-06-12 18 58 39 View north along Virginia State Route 75 (Green Spring Road) near Painter Creek Road in southern Washington County, Virginia.jpg
View north at the south end of SR 75 at SR 44 at the Tennessee state line

SR 75 crosses the Tennessee state line from State Route 44 in the Holston Valley, formed by the South Fork Holston River. It crosses the low McConnell Ridge at Green Spring into the Watauga Valley, and after running through that valley for a while it turns north to cross the Great Knobs, mostly along a small creek. SR 75 enters the town of Abingdon and crosses Interstate 81/U.S. Route 58, at which point U.S. Route 58 Alternate begins along SR 75, and then ends at the intersection with U.S. Route 11 downtown.

History

The road from Abingdon northwest to Dickensonville (now part of U.S. Route 58 Alternate) was part of the original state highway system designated in 1918, [2] as a spur of State Route 10 (now U.S. Route 11). [3] It was assigned the number State Route 106 in the 1923 renumbering, and it was extended south and southwest five miles (8 km) towards the Tennessee state line in 1925. [4] In the 1928 renumbering, the whole of SR 106 became State Route 110, and extensions added 3.12 miles (5.02 km) in 1929 [5] and another 3.24 miles (5.21 km) in 1931. [6]

U.S. Route 19 was added from Abingdon northwest to Hansonville in the late 1920s. [7] Thus, SR 110 was split in the 1933 renumbering; the short piece northwest of Hansonville became part of State Route 71 (which mainly replaced State Route 107). The piece south of Abingdon became State Route 77, and, later that year, the final 0.14 miles (0.23 km) to the Tennessee state line were added. [8] In the 1940 renumbering, SR 77 was renumbered State Route 75, as Virginia expected Tennessee to renumber its State Route 44 to match, but this never happened. [9]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Washington County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00South plate.svg
Secondary Tennessee 44.svg
SR 44 south South Holston Dam
Tennessee state line; southern terminus
Abingdon 9.7315.66I-81.svgUS 58.svg I-81  / US 58  Bristol, Roanoke Exit 17 (I-81); eastern terminus of US 58 Alt.; southern end of US 58 Alt. concurrency
10.5116.91US 11.svgWest plate.svg
Alternate plate.svg
US 58.svg
US 11  / US 58 Alt. west (West Main Street) Barter Theatre
Northern terminus; northern end of US 58 Alt. concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 "2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Washington County" (PDF). (356  KiB)
  2. State Highway Commission of Virginia (July 5, 1922). Minutes of the First Meeting of the State Highway Commission Created Under the Acts of 1922 (PDF) (Report). Richmond, VA: Commonwealth of Virginia. Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918
  3. State Highway Commission of Virginia (December 15–16, 1922). Minutes of the Seventh Meeting of the State Highway Commission (PDF) (Report). Richmond, VA: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 5.
  4. State Highway Commission of Virginia (February 25, 1925). Minutes of Meeting (PDF) (Report). Richmond, VA: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 2.
  5. State Highway Commission of Virginia (August 15, 1929). Minutes of Meeting (PDF) (Report). Richmond, VA: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 15.
  6. State Highway Commission of Virginia (December 18, 1930). Minutes of Meeting (PDF) (Report). Lynchburg, VA: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 5.
  7. Virginia Highways Project: US 19
  8. State Highway Commission of Virginia (October 19, 1933). Minutes of Meeting (PDF) (Report). Richmond, VA: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 21.
  9. State Highway Commission of Virginia (October 10, 1940). Minutes of Meeting (PDF) (Report). Richmond, VA: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 12.

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