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Photo: US 60 was recently moved to Main St. in Richmond, forming a multiplex with VA 5. (photo by Mapmikey 10/18/05)

From:  Just below Rudee Inlet Bridge City of Virginia Beach To:  West Virginia State Line west of Callaghan (Alleghany County) Total Length:  312 miles Nationally US 60 runs from Virginia Beach to I-10 near Quartzite, AZ - about miles Business Route:  Clifton Forge (since 1971)
ROUTE LOG BEGIN US 60: 0 - 0 US 58 Bus: 0 - 2 US 58: 1 - 3 VA 343: 2 - 5 VA 343: 7.5 - 12.5 VA 279: 1.5 - 14 US 13: 3.25 - 17.25 VA 225: 1 - 18.25 VA 166: 1.75 - 20 NOR-VAB LINE: 0.25 - 20.25 VA 170: 1 - 21.25 VA 194: 4.25 - 25.5 US 460: 0.5 - 26 VA 168: 0.75 - 26.75 I-64 EB (exit 273): 0.25 - 27 HAM-NOR LINE: 3.75 - 30.75 VA 169: 2 - 32.75 I-64 WB (exit 267), VA 143 SB: 1 - 33.75 VA 134: 1 - 34.75 VA 143 NB: 0.5 - 35.25 NNS-HAM LINE: 3 - 38.25 I-664 (exit 6): 2 - 40.25 VA 351: 1 - 41.25 US 17, US 258, VA 32: 2.25 - 43.5 VA 152: 1.25 - 44.75 VA 306: 1.5 - 46.25 VA 312: 1.25 - 47.5 VA 173: 5 - 52.5 VA 105: 4 - 56.5 VA 238: 1.5 - 58 JC-NNS LINE: 1.75 - 59.75 YO-JC LINE: 3 - 62.75 VA 199: 2.5 - 65.25 WIL-YO LINE: 1.25 - 66.5 VA 5 WB: 0.5 - 67 VA 5 EB: 0.5 - 67.5 VA 132: 0.5 - 68 JC-WIL LINE: 0 - 68 WIL-JC LINE: 1 - 69 JC-WIL LINE: 1.5 - 70.5 VA 199: 3.5 - 74 VA 30: 6 - 80 NK-JC LINE: 6 - 86 VA 155: 8 - 94 VA 106: 6 - 100 VA 33 EB, VA 249: 4 - 104 HR-NK LINE: 1 - 105 VA 156 SB: 2 - 107 I-295 (exit 28): 2 - 109 VA 33 WB, VA 33Y: 1.5 - 110.5 VA 156 NB: 1.5 - 112 RIC-HR LINE: 4 - 116 VA 5: 2 - 118 US 250: 0.5 - 118.5 US 360 EB: 0.5 - 119 US 360 WB: 0.5 - 119.5 VA 147: 0.5 - 120 US 1, US 301: 1 - 121 VA 161: 2.25 - 123.25 VA 150: 2.25 - 125.5 CH-RIC LINE: 0 - 125.5 VA 339: 0.5 - 126 VA 76: 2 - 128 VA 147: 3 - 131 VA 288: 4 - 135 PO-CH LINE: 4 - 139 VA 13: 10 - 149 VA 300: 1 - 150 US 522: 2 - 152 CU-PO LINE: 11 - 163 VA 45 NB: 5 - 168 VA 13: 2 - 170 VA 45 SB: 3 - 173 BK-CU LINE: 4 - 177 US 15: 8 - 185 VA 56: 6 - 191 VA 24: 2 - 193 AP-BK LINE: 10 - 203 VA 26: 3 - 206 NL-AP LINE: 1 - 207 AM-NL LINE: 5 - 212 US 29: 9 - 221 US 29 Bus: 1 - 222 BLUE RIDGE PKWY: 22 - 244 RO-AM LINE: 0 - 244 BVA-RO LINE: 4 - 248 US 501: 2 - 250 RO-BVA LINE: 1 - 251 I-81 (exit 188): 4 - 256 US 11: 2 - 258 LEX-RO LINE: 0 - 258 US 11 Bus: 1 - 259 RO-LEX LINE: 1 - 260 I-64 EB (exit 50): 5 - 265 AG-RO LINE: 10 - 275 VA 269: 2 - 277 VA 42, VA 269: 6 - 283 US 60 Bus, US 220 SB: 2 - 285 US 60 Bus, US 220 Bus, VA 384: 3 - 288 I-64 WB (exit 16): 8 - 296 VA 18: 0.5 - 296.5 COV-AG LINE: 0.5 - 297 US 220 NB: 0.5 - 297.5 VA 154: 0.5 - 298 AG-COV LINE: 1 - 299 I-64 EB (exit 10), VA 159: 3 - 302 WV STATE LINE: 10 - 312		Creation:  US 60 appeared in Virginia as an original US Route in 1927. It was attached to the original VA 14 from WV to Crows, Covington, Clifton Forge, and Lexington. From Lexington US 60 was paired with US 11-VA 33 to Natural Bridge. US 60 was paired with VA 141 from Natural Bridge to Natural Bridge Station, where it picked VA 14 back up to Glasgow and Lynchburg. From Lynchburg US 60 was attached to VA 10 to Appomattox, Farmville, and Burkeville. From Burkeville, US 60 was attached to VA 20 to Amelia and Richmond. From Richmond US 60 was attached to VA 39 to Williamsburg and Newport News, where US 60 originally ended at a ferry to Norfolk. Adjustments:  In 1929, US 60 was assigned in Norfolk. It ran to downtown Norfolk, then multiplexed with US 117 (curr US 58) Virginia Beach Blvd. to end at VA 501 (curr US 60) at the Oceanfront. Also, all state multiplexes with routes 14, 141, 10, and 39 were removed. By 1931, US 60 was rerouted in Newport News over VA 39 to run through Hampton to Old Point Comfort (Ft. Monroe), where a ferry carried US 60 to Ocean View. US 60 continued along the shore as it does now, and ended at Camp Pendleton, below Rudee Inlet. This was a replacement for VA 500 and VA 501 #1. The old route through Norfolk remained US 17 and US 117. In July 1933, US 60 was significantly rerouted west of Richmond. It was changed to go due west to Powhatan, Tobaccoville, Cumberland, Amherst, Buena Vista (replacing VA 13), then to Lexington (replacing VA 14). The old US 60 alignment became US 360 from Richmond to Burkeville, US 460 from Burkeville to Lynchburg, US 501 from Lynchburg to Glasgow, and VA 249 from Glasgow to Natural Bridge (curr VA 130). Around 1935, US 60 was given a straighter alignment between Cumberland and Powhatan (new construction). The old route through Powhatan and Tobaccoville became today's violating VA 13. By 1937, US 60 was routed around Williamsburg as it is now. The old route through town went unnumbered, but became US 60Z in the mid-40's and VA 162 later on. Today this is a tiny part of VA 5 but mostly not numbered. Between 1939-41, US 60 was rebuilt to avoid Cape Henry and Fort Story in Virginia Beach. The old way along the shore became VA 305 a couple years later. Today it is not numbered, but is still posted VA 305 by Virginia Beach. Between 1948-50, US 60 was given a straighter route from Callaghan to West Virginia, replacing US 60 ALT. The old route to West Virginia via Crows became VA 159 and an extended VA 311. In 1957, US 60 was moved onto the new Hampton Roads Tunnel, along with I-64 and VA 168. The section that ran further east to Ft. Monroe became an extended VA 143. In 1963 or 1964, US 60 east in Virginia Beach was truncated to Rudee Inlet. The part to Camp Pendleton went (and remains) unnumbered. In 1966, US 60 was added to I-64 between Covington and Clifton Forge In 1967, US 60 was added to I-64 from the WV Line to today's Exit 7. The old routing is F-046. In 1971 or 1972, US 60 was moved onto I-64 from today's Exit 7 to VA 159, leaving behind SR 661. Also, US 60 was extended on I-64 to the east side of Clifton Forge, leaving behind US 60 Bus. US 60 was moved onto I-64 from there to VA 42 in 1980, leaving behind SR 632. In 1982, US 60 was added to I-64 from VA 42 to SR 623 west of Lexington. The old route became all of VA 269 and SR 880. Around 1992, US 60 was moved onto I-64 over Willoughby Bay, leaving behind an unnumbered route. VDOT maps do not show this explicitly, but US 60 signs went up on I-64 around that time, if memory serves. Adam Froehlig reports that US 60 in Ocean View undewent a slight change in July 2004: WB US 60 traffic wishing to get onto 4th View St and on to I-64 (and US 60 West) must turn left onto Mason Creek Rd (via a new traffic signal), then make a right turn from Mason Creek onto Tidewater Dr, and then on to 4th View. There is no longer a direct connection/turn from WB Ocean View onto 4th View. Furthermore, the city made it to where traffic coming up Tidewater Dr can no longer directly continue onto WB Ocean View...they can only turn left onto 4th View. Traffic on Tidewater wanting to take Ocean View onto the Willoughby Spit must use Mason Creek Rd to make the connection. In 2004 or 2005, US 60 was rerouted in Eastern Richmond - US 60 no longer runs on any part of Broad St. Instead, US 60 leaves Government St. and Stony Run Dr, heads south to Williamsburg Rd and then west to VA 5 Main St. US 60 follows Main St. to 8th St as before. The old routing is no longer primary routing (in fact several 4-way stops were added on Broad St. east of 25th St (where VA 5 had ended for many years). Posting:  Fully posted, except in Virginia Beach Oceanfront Area. Cutouts in Covington, Clifton Forge (though possibly not this 1995 assembly), E. Richmond. Error VA 60 signs have come and gone on I-64 at the VA 30 exit, the frontage road off I-64/US 60 just east of Hampton Roads Tunnel, and a strange VA 60 cutout west of US 13. Error SR 60 signs in circles existed near VA 279 (A. Froehlig reports these have been removed). On August 29, 2003 I spotted a new VA 60 error shield on a green sign just before VA 168 on US 60 WB in Ocean View (also reported in July 2004 by A. Froehlig as gone). One of the strange things about US 60 is how poorly it is posted in Virginia Beach. According to Doug Smith, in the 70's there was a US 60 END sign at the south side of the Rudee Inlet Bridge. When I lived there '91-'93, the easternmost sign with US 60 was at US 58 Laskin Rd. There were a couple reassurance signs west of this (including a now-removed cutout where Atlantic Ave and Pacific Ave come together), but true full posting didn't occur until US 60 became Shore Dr. US 60 also has a Virginia Beach SR posted - SR 651 - at Pleasure House Road. Odd because SR's there went away about the same time part of Pleasure House Road was still VA 166. US 60 is also home to the erroneous SR 305 signs near Cape Henry. A US 60 END sign appeared during summer 2004 just past the south end of the Rudee Inlet Bridge. Comment:  The logical precursor to I-64 in VA (even though 64 follows US 250 more closely between Richmond and Staunton). US 60 today is not a major route even where it is nowhere near I-64. That privilege went to its earliest routing, current US 360-460. US 60 from Amherst to Powhatan passes through some empty space in Central Virginia. From Doug Smith I learned that from the 1930's to the 1970's, a marker for the end of the Daniel Boone Trail (national predecessor to US 60) sat near the US 58-60 jct.

From:  Ocean View (City of Norfolk) To:  Ocean View (City of Norfolk) Total Length:  2 miles
ROUTE LOG US 60, BEGIN US 460: 0 - 0 US 460 WB, VA 168 SB: 1 - 1 US 60, END VA 168: 1 - 2		Creation:  Appeared late August 2004. This is the 4th US 60 ALT in Virginia.  First reported by Froggie. Adjustments:  None Posting:  Fully posted at the east endpoint from US 60 and where it switches from Granby to Tidewater Dr.  Per Froggie there are no current reassurance markers anywhere. Comments:  I guess this is part of the reconfiguring of how Ocean View wants people to move from US 60 to I-64.
Previous US 60 ALT's:		US 60 ALT #1:  Appears in July 1938 and January 1940 CTB Minutes as Virginia Avenue, between 34th and. 25th Streets, and 25th Street between Virginia and Jefferson Avenues. There is no Virginia Ave in Newport News today, so this may have been Warwick Ave. US 60 ALT #2:  Appeared between 1942-44 as an upgrade to SR 662. Ran from US 60 Callaghan west to West Virginia. Between 1948-50, US 60 ALT became mainline US 60. Today it is I-64/US 60 and associated fronage roads. US 60 ALT #3:  Existed at most 1960-61 (appears only on 1961 official map). Shown as the bottom most part of Warwick Ave. The map does not show how mainline US 60 ran during this time. Before and after, this piece was mainline US 60.

From:  City of Danville To:  Reedville (Northumberland County) Total Length:  230 miles Business Routes:  Amelia (since 1966), Keysville (since 1966), Burkeville (since between 1968-70), Mechanicsville (since 1968)
ROUTE LOG US 58 Bus WB, VA 293, VA 360: 0 - 0 US 29, US 58 WB, US 58 Bus END, VA 785: 1.75 - 1.75 PI-DAN LINE: 2 - 3.75 VA 62: 4 - 7.75 HX-PI LINE: 2 - 9.75 VA 119: 5 - 14.75 US 501: 16 - 30.75 US 58 EB: 1 - 31.75 VA 304: 0.75 - 32.5 VA 34: 0.5 - 33 VA 344, VA 360: 7 - 40 VA 92: 5 - 45 CH-HX LINE: 2 - 47 VA 92: 2 - 49 US 15 SB: 5 - 54 VA 47: 4 - 58 US 15 Bus, US 360 Bus: 7 - 65 US 15 Bus, US 360 Bus: 1 - 66 VA 40: 2 - 68 US 15 Bus, US 360 Bus: 2 - 70 LU-CH LINE: 0 - 70 PE-LU LINE: 6 - 76 NT-PE LINE: 8 - 84 US 360 Bus, US 460 WB, US 460 Bus: 3 - 87 US 360 Bus, US 460 EB, US 460 Bus: 1 - 88 VA 323: 1 - 89 VA 49 NB: 2 - 91 AM-NT LINE: 5 - 96 VA 307: 0 - 96 US 360 Bus: 9 - 105 US 360 Bus: 3 - 108 VA 153: 4 - 112 CH-AM LINE: 1 - 113 VA 288: 15 - 128 VA 150: 7 - 135 RIC-CH LINE: 0 - 135 VA 161: 2.25 - 137.25 VA 10: 0.25 - 137.5 US 1, US 301: 1 - 138.5 US 60 WB: 1.5 - 140 US 60 EB: 0.5 - 140.5 US 250: 0.25 - 140.75 HR-RIC LINE: 1.5 - 142.25 I-64 (exit 192): 0.5 - 142.75 HN-HR LINE: 3.75 - 146.5 US 360 Bus: 0.5 - 147 VA 156: 0.5 - 147.5 US 360 Bus: 0.25 - 147.75 I-295 (exit 37): 0.25 - 148 KW-HN LINE: 14 - 162 VA 30: 6 - 168 KQ-KW LINE: 4 - 172 VA 14: 2 - 174 ES-KQ LINE: 5 - 179 US 17 SB: 8 - 187 US 17 NB: 2 - 189 RI-ES LINE: 1 - 190 VA 3 Bus WB: 5 - 195 VA 3, VA 3 Bus END: 1 - 196 NB-RI LINE: 8 - 204 VA 202: 3 - 207 VA 201: 9 - 216 VA 200: 7 - 223 END US 360, SR 644: 7 - 230		Creation:  US 360 was created in 1933. It ran from Danville to Reedville, via Halifax and Wyliesburg. US 360 replaced: from Danville to Halifax, VA 12; from Halifax to Burkeville, US 501; from Burkeville to Richmond, US 60; from Richmond to Callao, VA 13; from Callao to Reedville, VA 607. Adjustments:  Between 1948-50, US 360 was rerouted in Richmond (east of US 60) to its current 17th St-Fairfield-Mechanicsville Tpk route. Originally US 360 used 21st St-Mosby St-Mechanicsville Tpk. US 360 was straightened out to bypass both Clover and Wyliesburg between 1968-70. The old route became part of VA 92 and remained a piece of US 15. In 1984, US 360 was rerouted between Danville and VA 344 to its current alignment along US 58 to South Boston, then north to VA 344. The segment from US 58 to VA 344 had been VA 304. The old alignment from Danville to VA 344 via Halifax became VA 360. Posting:  Fully Posted; cutouts remain in S. Richmond; Reedville cutouts looked like they were being phased out in 1996. In April 2004 A. Smith reports that there is a "C360" in a white rectangle along US 360 Bus in Mechanicsville. Comments:  The US 360 Bridge over the James River dates back to at least the 20's. US 360 is one of the two intrastate US highways remaining in VA.  Mostly a four-lane divided highway.  Ends in Reedville at a side-road intersection with CR 644.  CR 644 continues for exactly 0.43 mile before ending in a cul-de-sac.  This is the closest Virginia comes to having a dead-end US highway.  The west end of US 360 is also a bit odd.  See VA 360. Other than the greater Richmond area, US 360 remains a good thoroughfare to travel south central Virginia.

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