US 13 
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From:  NC State Line near Whaleyville (City of Suffolk)
To:  MD State Line, near New Church (Accomack County)
Total Length:  138 miles
Nationally US 13 runs from I-95 Eastover, NC to US 1 Falsington, PA
Business Routes:  Accomac/Onley (since 1967), Exmore (since 1967), Eastville (since 1967), Cheriton (since 1967), Norfolk/Va. Beach/Chesapeake (existed from 1970 to 1981), Suffolk (since 2003) 
ROUTE LOG
NC STATE LINE: 0 - 0
VA 32 SB: 13 - 13
US 13 Bus, VA 32 Bus: 2 - 15
US 58 WB, US 58 Bus: 3 - 18
US 460 WB, US 460 Bus: 4 - 22
VA 10, VA 32 NB, VA 32 Bus: 1 - 23
US 13 Bus, US 58 Bus, US 460 Bus: 4 - 27
CHE-SUF LINE: 3 - 30
I-664 (exit 13), US 58 EB, US 460 ALT, VA 191: 3 - 33
I-64 (exit 297): 3 - 36
US 17: 1.5 - 37.5
VA 196: 1 - 38.5
US 460 EB, VA 166: 2.25 - 40.75
I-464 (exit 2): 0.25 - 41
VA 168: 1 - 42
VAB-CHE LINE: 3 - 45
NOR-VAB LINE: 2 - 47
I-264 (exit 14): 1 - 48
US 58: 1 - 49
VA 165 NB, VA 166 SB: 1.25 - 50.25
VA 165 SB: 0.25 - 50.5
I-64 (exit 282): 0.5 - 51
VAB-NOR LINE: 0.25 - 51.25
VA 166 NB: 1.25 - 52.5
VA 225: 2 - 54.5
US 60: 1 - 55.5
NO-AC LINE: 4 - 59.5
US 13 Bus, VA 184: 24.5 - 84
US 13 Bus: 2 - 86
US 13 Bus: 3 - 89
US 13 Bus: 2 - 91
US 13 Bus: 12 - 103
VA 183: 1 - 104
AC-NO LINE: 0.5 - 104.5
VA 178: 0.5 - 105
US 13 Bus: 0.5 - 105.5
VA 181: 0.5 - 106
VA 182: 3 - 109
VA 180 WB: 3 - 112
VA 180 EB: 1 - 113
VA 389: 2 - 115
US 13 Bus: 2 - 117
VA 179: 2 - 119
US 13 Bus: 1 - 120
US 13 Bus: 1 - 121
US 13 Bus: 2 - 123
VA 176: 2 - 125
VA 187: 5 - 130
VA 175: 9 - 139
MD STATE LINE: 4 - 143
 Creation:  US 13 appeared in Virginia as an original US Highway in 1927. It was routed over VA 34 in its entirety from Cape Charles to Maryland near New Church. I have seen no evidence that original VA 34 or early versions of US 13 were assigned south of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry.
Adjustments:  In 1932, US 13 made a minor adjustment where Exmore to Painter became a direct connection. Until then, US 13 went Exmore to Belle Haven, then jogged east then north to Painter. The old alignment may have gone unnumbered after that, but today it is part of VA 178 and most of VA 181.
US 13 was extended to exist south of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry between 1942-44, promoting the state highway extension of VA 13 to US 58-460 ALT Bowers Hill. US 13 followed Diamond Springs Rd. (curr secret VA 166) from Little Creek to today's Northampton Blvd. to Military Hwy to Bowers Hill.
In 1951, Instead of going to Cape Charles from Cheriton, US 13 went further south to where Kiptopeke State Park is, replacing part of VA 186. The stub to Cape Charles became US 13 ALT. Today that stub is VA 184.
In 1952, US 13 was extended south again to its current NC border crossing: It was multiplexed with US 58-460 to Suffolk, then with part of VA 32, and it replaced all of VA 37 #4.
In 1958, US 13 was rerouted within Suffolk to follow VA 337 from Downtown Suffolk east to Magnolia.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) was completed in 1964, so US 13 was routed further south to Kiptopeke, leaving behind SR 704.
Also in 1964 as part of the CBBT opening, US 13 started utilizing Northampton Blvd, swapping alignments with VA 166 (which pre-1964 used mostly Shell Rd and Pleasure House Rd).
In 1970, US 13 was placed onto I-64 from Northampton Blvd. to Bowers Hill. The Military Hwy alignment became US 13 Bus.
In 1981 US 13 was put back onto Military Hwy.
On March 19, 2003, US 13 was rerouted to go around the west side of Suffolk as new constructed freeway, although posting of the original Suffolk Bypass with US 13 shields took a couple months longer.
Posting:  Fully posted;  some lingering cutouts in Northampton County (SRs 620 and 617) were replaced early 2004; cutouts still exist in Eastville and Cheriton. As late as 1993 there were still a couple US 13 Bus signs on Military Hwy.
Comment:  US 13 now (since mid-2004) has mile markers from the north end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (MM 70) to the Maryland State Line (MM 138).
Westbound along VA 166/Princess Anne Rd has TO US 13 trailblazers.  This may not seem like much, except that it's moving away from US 13 at the Princess Anne Rd/Northampton Blvd/Military Hwy intersection (where US 13 meets with VA 166).
L. Corsaro and E. Smith have a US 13 expressway site
From Dave:
The main drag of the Delmarva Peninsula, which I became familiar with as a child on my family's biannual trips to my great aunt's home in Jarvisburg, NC.  Highlights include: one of my favorite town names - Mappsville, Owl Restaurant in Accomac, and, of course, the famous Bridge-Tunnel.

I would like to add Formy's Restaurant (BBQ) in Painter...US 13 is multilane throughout except for below VA 32 and the tunnels under Chesapeake Bay.  The bridge portions on the bay are now twin spans that have merges at the tunnel entrances.  The eastern Shore portion was about half upgraded to 4-lane by 1953.
US 13 ALT  Decommissioned
Previous US 13 ALT's: US 13 ALT #1: Appeared in 1951 as a renumbering of mainline US 13 from Eastville to Cape Charles. After US 13 was routed to catch the ferry to Norfolk further south, there was still a ferry from Cape Charles to Old Point Comfort (Hampton). This ferry was gone by 1956, though US 13 ALT was still there. US 13 ALT was renumbered as VA 184 in 1958. US 13 ALT #2: Appears in March 1958 CTB Minutes as a proposal by City of Hampton and endorsed by a member of the CTB to establish this to run from Old Point Comfort (via Ferry from Kiptopeke - there were 2 ferries from Kiptopeke then) over US 258 to Benns Church, then down VA 10 to meet US 13 again in Suffolk. Further study determined that this designation was unwise due to a second toll at James River Bridge and the route would be mostly 2-lane.

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