List of former primary state highways in Virginia

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The following is a partial list of former primary state highways in the U.S. state of Virginia. Long-distance routes are listed here, while those entirely or mostly within one VDOT district are at the following pages:

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Historic numbers for current routes are listed at list of primary state highways in Virginia.

SR 14

Virginia 14.svg
State Route 14
Location Danville Crows
Existed1918–1933

State Route 14 was a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was formed as part of the initial system in 1918, and always ran from the North Carolina state line through Danville, Lynchburg, and Lexington to West Virginia. In 1926, this was designated as U.S. Route 170 from North Carolina to Lynchburg and U.S. Route 60 from Lynchburg to West Virginia (except between Glasgow and Lexington, where US 60 used State Route 141 and State Route 33 via Natural Bridge). In the 1933 renumbering, the piece from Lynchburg to Lexington, including the Glasgow-Lexington section, became U.S. Route 501, as US 60 was rerouted to the north east of Lexington; all of SR 14 was removed in the 1933 renumbering.

Spurs of State Route 14 between 1923 and 1928

SR 27

Virginia 27.svg
State Route 27
Location Powhatan Sperryville
Existed1940–1953

State Route 27 was a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. At its peak, it ran from near Powhatan to Sperryville via Columbia, Louisa, Orange, and Madison. The route was never continuous, with gaps filled by secondary routes. The route was at first known as State Route 16 from 1918 to 1940; the State Route 16 designation was needed in the 1940 renumbering to match other states, and so the road was SR 27 from 1940 to the final decommissioning in 1953.

The former SR 27 now carries the following designations:

In the initial 1918 state highway system, State Route 16 ran from State Route 2 (now U.S. Route 15) at Madison Mills to State Route 3 (now U.S. Route 11) at New Market via Madison and Luray, crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains at Fishers Gap. [1] North of Madison, this was the path of the Blue Ridge Turnpike. In 1921, the State Highway Commission recommended that the legislature relocate SR 16 to run via Sperryville and Thornton Gap rather than Stanley to "eliminate a very difficult and expensive crossing of the Blue Ridge" and provide "a direct connection with the Lee Highway at Sperryville". [2] By 1923, SR 16 was truncated to Sperryville; the piece from Sperryville west to New Market became an extension of State Route 21. [3]

Major intersections
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Powhatan US 60.svgCircle sign 601.svg US 60 (Anderson Highway) / SR 601 (Lockin Road)
Cumberland North plate.svg
Virginia 45.svg
Circle sign 600.svg SR 45 north (Cartersville Road) / SR 600 (Deep Run Road)
south end of SR 45 overlap
Hamilton South plate.svg
Virginia 45.svg
SR 45 south (Cartersville Road)
north end of SR 45 overlap
Duncans Store Circle sign 610.svg SR 610 (Duncan Store Road)
Fluvanna Columbia East plate.svg
Virginia 6.svg
Circle sign 667.svg SR 6 east (St. James Street) / SR 667 (Old Columbia Road)
south end of SR 6 overlap
West plate.svg
Virginia 6.svg
SR 6 west (St. James Street)
north end of SR 6 overlap
Louisa Ferncliff US 250.svg US 250 (Three Notch Road) Charlottesville, Richmond
Louisa East plate.svg
US 33.svg
East plate.svg
Virginia 22.svg
US 33 east / SR 22 east (East Main Street) Cuckoo, Mineral
south end of US 33 / SR 22 overlap
West plate.svg
US 33.svg
West plate.svg
Virginia 22.svg
US 33 west / SR 22 west (East Main Street) Trevilians
north end of US 33 / SR 22 overlap
Brocks Bridge Circle sign 665.svg SR 665 (Ellisville Drive)now SR 669
Gap in route
Madison US 15.svg US 15 (James Madison Highway) Culpeper, Madison Mills, Orange
Pratts South plate.svg
Virginia 231.svg
Circle sign 687.svg SR 231 south (South Blue Ridge Turnpike) / SR 687 (Fairground Road) Somerset, Gordonsville
south end of SR 231 overlap
South plate.svg
US 29.svg
West plate.svg
Virginia 230.svg
US 29 south / SR 230 west (South Seminole Trail) Charlottesville, Stanardsville
south end of US 29 / SR 230 overlap
Madison East plate.svg
Virginia 230.svg
SR 230 east (Washington Street)
north end of SR 230 overlap; now SR 634
North plate.svg
US 29.svg
US 29 north (North Main Street) Culpeper
north end of US 29 overlap
Banco North plate.svg
Virginia 231.svg
SR 231 north (Old Blue Ridge Turnpike) Criglersville, Syria, Graves Mountain, White Oak Canyon
north end of SR 231 overlap; now SR 670
Rappahannock Revercombs Corner East plate.svg
Virginia 232.svg
Circle sign 606.svg SR 232 east (Slate Mills Road) / SR 606 (Sharp Rock Road) Slate Mills
now SR 707
East plate.svg
Virginia 246.svg
SR 246 east (Hawlin Road)
now SR 618
US 522.svgVirginia 3.svg US 522  / SR 3 (Sperryville Pike) Sperryville, Culpeper, Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, Luray Caverns
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

SR 33

Virginia 33.svg
State Route 33
Location Ridgeway Rest
Existed1923–1933

State Route 33 was a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It was first formed as part of the initial system in 1918; it was State Route 3 until 1923. SR 33 existed until 1933, when it was deemed redundant to the U.S. Routes that used it - U.S. Route 311 (now U.S. Route 220) from North Carolina to Roanoke, and U.S. Route 11 from Roanoke to West Virginia. The number was immediately reused for another route in southeastern Virginia, and in the late 1930s the current State Route 33, an extension of U.S. Route 33, was formed.

From Staunton to Winchester, SR 33 was the Valley Turnpike, taken over by the state in 1918. North of Winchester towards Martinsburg, West Virginia, SR 33 used the Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike. [4] Tolls were removed in 1919 when the turnpike company gave the road to the state. [5]

Spurs of State Route 33 between 1923 and 1928

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virginia State Route 231</span> State highway in Virginia, United States

State Route 231 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 49.82 miles (80.18 km) from SR 22 in Cismont north to U.S. Route 522 near Sperryville. SR 231 forms part of the connection between Charlottesville and Gordonsville, where the highway meets US 15 and US 33. The state highway also serves as the main north–south highway of Madison County, connecting the county seat of Madison, where the highway intersects US 29, with Gordonsville to the south and passing through the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains to the north.

References

  1. 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: Commonwealth of Virginia., Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918
  2. State Highway Commission of Virginia (November 29 – December 3, 1921). "Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission and an Inspection Trip" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 49.
  3. State Highway Commission of Virginia (May 21–24, 1923). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 3.
  4. "Minutes of Special Meetings of the State Highway Commission held at Venter School House, King William County, and Richmond, Va., July 29th and 30th, 1920" (PDF). (120  KiB)
  5. State Takes Over Winchester Pike. Special to The Washington Post Winchester, Va, February 12, 1919: "Stockholders of the Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike Company have accepted a proposition made by State Highway Commissioner Coleman to transfer the nine miles of turnpike in Virginia to the State without cost. The commissioner has a right to continue the one toll gate until September 1, 1919, but it is planned to abolish it sooner. By that time it is stated, there will be no toll gates on any trunk line highway extending from Pennsylvania."