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ROUTE LOG US 60, VA 45: 0 - 0 PO-CU LINE: 8 - 8 VA 300: 13 - 21 US 60: 2 - 23 |
Creation: Appeared around 1935, when US 60 was moved to a new,
straighter alignment. This is the 2nd VA 13, although there has been a
3rd VA 13 that came and went while this one was active.
Adjustments: None. Posting: Fully posted. Comments: This has been a numbering violation since its inception. There is no logical reason to have assigned 13 to this route, unless VDOT was slow to remove 13 signs at the 1933 Great Renumbering II and chose to keep them up, a possibility since the 1933 map said that the old signs would remain up for a period of time. |
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| Previous VA 13's: |
VA 13 #1: An original state highway. The 1922-23 Auto Trails shows
VA 13 starting at the WV line (curr VA 311 crossing) as a multiplex with VA 14.
It went to Covington, Clifton Forge, Collierstown, Lexington, Natural Bridge,
and Lynchburg (all while attached with VA 14). It then hooked up with VA 10 (curr
US 460) from Lynchburg to Appomattox to Farmville. Finally VA 13 was alone as it
progressed east to Cumberland, Powhatan, and Richmond and ended at VA 8 (curr US
17) Brays Fork.
In 1923, VA 13 west was truncated to VA 10-32 (curr US 15 Bus, US 460 Bus) Farmville, leaving behind its former mates VA 14 and VA 10, except for Lexington-Natural Bridge-Glasgow, which became part of VA 33 and all of the first VA 141. In 1925, VA 13 was extended east through Tappahannock, to end at VA 371 (curr US 360) in Lottsburg. This was not numbered in 1924, but was part of original VA 7 briefly. In 1928, the eastern end was moved to Callao. The western end was extended to the original VA 14 west of Buena Vista (curr US 60-SR 608 jct), over what was mostly unnumbered roads, although it did swallow the original VA 322. There were some gaps in VA 13 in this western extension initially. 
The section from Cumberland to Farmville became the 1st VA 133. Note that this routing went directly through Dillwyn (via SR 629) until 1930-31, unlike the modern version of US 60. This VA 13 was eliminated in 1933 when US 60 was moved to its familiar routing, and US 360 was christened for the section east of Richmond. VA 13 #3: Without changing the VA 13 in place in central Virginia, VDOT created this VA 13 as a US Hwy extension in 1938. It ran from the ferry landing at Little Creek down Diamond Springs Rd to end at US 460 (curr US 13 Northampton Blvd). This was a replacement of a piece of VA 165. By 1941, VA 13 was extended along today's VA 166 through Norfolk and South Norfolk to Military Hwy (curr US 13-460), then west to Bowers Hill where it ended at US 58. It replaced all of the original VA 299, and was cosigned with US 460 and VA 170 for much of its non-Military Hwy alignment. This VA 13 was upgraded to US 13 by 1944 on Diamond Springs Rd. The road into Norfolk became one of the VA 13Y's. South of Norfolk became US 460, and Military Hwy was also US 13. VA 13Y #1: Ran from US 58-460 in Norfolk to US 13 along Princess Anne St. Today this is VA 166. Created between 1942-44. Replaced some of VA 13 and was changed to VA 166 when decommissioned in 1956. VA 13Y #2: Appeared between 1942-44, running from US 13 to US 60 in Virginia Beach, on today's Shell Rd. from Diamond Springs Rd. (was US 13 at the time) to Pleasant House Rd then along that to Shore Dr. Was previously the last part of US 460. VA 13Y was renumbered to VA 166 in 1956. Today, most of VA 13Y #2 is not primary routing, as Shell Rd. was bypassed by Northampton Blvd. in 1964. However, Northampton Blvd.'s bridge of Lake Smith may have been on VA 13Y's alignment. Today's VA 225 altered the track of the Shell Rd. to Pleasant House Rd connection. Pleasant House Rd is known today because it is still posted as SR 651 at US 60, 40 years after SRs were removed from the Tidewater area. For some reason, both VA 13Y's are shown as US 13Y on VDOT official maps from 1952, 1953, and 1954. |
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| Previous VA 13 ALT's: | VA 13 ALT: Appears in some CTB Minutes in 1931 and 1932 as the proposed new construction between Cumberland and Powhatan. By the time this was completed, US 60 was using the original VA 13, so VA 13 ALT was never actually signed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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US 360: 0 - 0 VA 33 WB: 29 - 29 VA 33 EB: 2 - 31 GL-KQ LINE: 4 - 35 US 17 NB: 1 - 36 US 17 SB, Begin US 17 Bus: 7 - 43 US 17 Bus SB, Begin VA 3: 1 - 44 MT-GL LINE: 7 - 51 VA 3 WB: 1 - 52 VA 198 WB: 7 - 59 VA 198 EB: 2 - 61 END VA 14: 8 - 69
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Creation: Appeared in July 1933 as a replacement for part of VA 38 from Bayside to Mathews, all of VA 600 from Mathews to Gloucester, and all of VA 29 from Adner to Bowling Green. This is the 2nd VA 14.
| Adjustments: North end was truncated to US 360 between 1954 and 1956. The downgraded section became SR 721. Posting: Fully posted Comments: VA 14 is the main road in two of Virginia's most obscure counties: King & Queen and Mathews. Some maps show VA 14 ending in Bayside, but "Bayside" appears to consist of a muddy cul-de-sac with the ruins of some unidentifiable structure next to a rickety boardwalk leading off into the marsh. Actually, there is a driveway leading probably to some houses, but this is the most bizarre end of any VA route I've seen so far (not including the 3xx state facilities series, which are rather bizarre to begin with). A. Froehlig notes that the pavement of VA 14 gets narrower and narrower (VDOT mileage tables have it at 14' total width at its end approach) as you approach its southern end. When you turn right at SR 600 it has no pavement stripes of any kind, and is posted "Road ends 1000 ft" David Thompson has provided some insight into this mystery: Bayside was a wharf landing, packing house, etc. of some importance, so it was a logical place to end a state route. Until August 1933. The hurricane washed all that away, just leaving the pilings and some other odds and ends laying around. 14 is still signed all the way down there, so I'd be inclined to leave it as the endpoint. This means VA 14 was up only a month before its end was destroyed. SR 721 is a much easier drive than the VA 14 section below US 360, which is very twisty. | Previous VA 14's: |
VA 14 #1: An original state highway. It ran from NC 14 (curr NC 86) below Danville north to Chatham, Gretna, Alta Vista, Evington-Lawyers, Lynchburg, Glasgow, Lexington, Collierstown, Clifton Forge, Covington, and Crows before exiting as WV 3 (curr WV 311).
By 1927, VA 14 was straightened out between Alta Vista and Lynchburg. The old route through Evington-Lawyers became unnumbered (today it is SR's 626, 682, and 683). Also, VA 14 was rerouted between Lexington and Clifton Forge to avoid Collierstown, replacing part of the original VA 172 and leaving behind what I believe was an unnumbered route (curr VA 251 and SR 770). Also in 1927 VA 14 was saddled with all of Virginia's portion of US 170 Danville to Lynchburg, US 60 from Lynchburg to Glasgow, and US 60 again from Lexington to WV. This means VA 14 was taken off these parts in 1929. This left a small piece that ran from Glasgow to Lexington via Buffalo Forge (but not Buena Vista). In 1930-31, VA 14 was rerouted to go from Glasgow to Buena Vista, then to Lexington, over new construction and replaced a couple miles of VA 13. The old alignment to Lexington went unnumbered (today it is SR 683 and SR 608). VA 14 met its demise in July 1933 when US 501 was routed this way, and US 60 assumed today's routing east of Lexington. VA 14Y: Appears in VDOT Route Logs from at least 1949-57, described as running from VA 14 east to the intersecion of US 17 east of Gloucester. Thre doesn't seem to be a road that currently does this unless Edgehill St once connected to today's VA 3-14. |
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Cumberland, Cumberland County 
St. Stephens Church (King and Queen County)| U.S. 15 |
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| Previous VA 15's: |
VA 15 #1: An original 1918 legislative route to run from VA 33 (current US 11) Woodstock west to Calvary, Columbia Furnace, to the West Virginia Line. For an unknown reason this was renumbered as VA 331 in 1923. Today this is part of VA 42, SR 675, SR 717, and SR 691. This VA 15 is erroneously shown on the 1923 Official Map (VA 15 #2 below is also shown as 15).
VA 15 #2: Appeared in 1923 as a renumbering of a VA 10 SPUR legislatively defined in 1918. It began at VA 10 (curr. US 11) in Ft. Chiswell and proceeded SE through Hillsville to NC towards Mt. Airy, where it became then-NC 66. All of this is currently US 52. In 1927 it was paired up in its entirety with US 121. Thus, in 1929, VA 15 became 100% hidden. in June 1931 (CTB Minutes) VA 15 was extende from Ft. Chiswell north to Max Meadows. VA 15 was dropped from the US 121 duplex and north of US 11 was renumbered as current VA 121 in July 1933. |
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NC STATE LINE: 0 - 0 US 58 EB: 4 - 4 US 58 WB: 4 - 8 SM-GY LINE: 8 - 16 I-81 (exit 45): 17 - 33 VA 217: 0.5 - 33.5 US 11 SB: 1 - 34.5 VA 217: 0.5 - 35 US 11 NB: 1 - 36 VA 348: 5 - 41 VA 42 WB: 11.5 - 52.5 VA 42 EB: 0.5 - 53 TZ-SM LINE: 6 - 59 US 19 Bus SB, US 460 Bus WB: 11 - 70 VA 16 ALT: 1 - 71 US 19 Bus NB, US 460 Bus EB: 1 - 72 US 19, US 460: 1 - 73 VA 61: 0.5 - 73.5 VA 16 ALT: 0.5 - 74 WV STATE LINE: 10 - 84
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Creation: Appeared in 1941 as part of the state line renumbering, as the 2nd VA 16. It replaced all of the original VA 88, VA 92, 10 miles of the original US 58 alignment, and the part of original VA 81 north of Tazewell. It was a 2-piece discontinuous route, as there was no road over Brushy Mtn. The southern piece dead-ended 3 miles north of VA 42 and the northern piece at SR 601.
| Adjustments: The two sections were connected between 1947 and 1953. Postings: Fully posted. Many cutouts were present up and down VA 16 as late as 1993, including Marion, and cutouts still exist as of summer 2004 in Tazewell and North Tazewell. Error US 16 signs existed in Marion, though I believe they were gone when I passed through in 2000. Comments: Dave Strong accurately pointed out that one of the delights of doing a page like this is finding a road like Route 16. What looks like a fairly nondescript route on the VDOT map is actually an epic three-state highway which very nearly goes through 5 states. It begins in St. Marys, WV near a bridge which Ohio has unfortunately chosen to number OH 807. From there it goes to the bottom of West Virginia, nipping the western part of Virginia, before entering North Carolina. It heads down through Charlotte before ending a couple miles from the SC line. Pretty cool. As late as 1939, none of the 3 states had this road numbered 16 at the state lines (WV 12, VA 81, VA 92, NC 681), so some coordination took place to get this thing numbered as one route. One thought that occurred to me is that MSR 16 would be a natural extension for US 521, not that I really want 3-state 16 to disappear... | Previous VA 16's: |
VA 16 #1: An original state highway. Its 1922 routing began at VA 2 (curr. US 15) in Madison Mills, ran to Madison, Syria, then Stanley and ended at VA 21 (curr US 211 Bus) Luray. Thus, original VA 16 crossed the mountain and avoided Sperryville.
In 1923, VA 16 was rerouted north of Madison to end at VA 37(curr. US 522) in Woodville. The old crossing of the mountain went unnumbered for a while, but was the 1933 version of VA 231. Today it is SR 670, a trail over the mountain, SR 689, and US 340 Bus. By 1927, VA 16 was rerouted to end at Sperryville. The piece to Woodville went unnumbered but eventually became VA 723 and VA 246. Today it is SR 618. In July 1933 it became a 5-piece discontinuous route: 1. the Madison Mills to Sperryville piece 2. North Anna River to Ferncliff, replacing a piece of the original VA 46 (today this is last western piece of VA 208 plus SR 669) 3. from 8 miles North of Columbia to 2 miles south of VA 6 Columbia (curr SR's 605 and SR 690) 4. a short stub off VA 45 below Cartersville (also curr SR 690) 5. US 60 near Powhatan west to the Cumberland County Line replacing another part of VA 46 (curr SR 684). Pieces 2-5 all replaced pieces of original VA 46. By 1937, pieces 3-5 became continuous. When 16 was needed in Southwestern Virginia during the state line renumbering of 1940-41, all 3 pieces of VA 16 were renumbered as the 2nd VA 27. |
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US 19 Bus, US 460 Bus, VA 16: 0 - 0 US 19, US 460: 1 - 1 VA 16: 1 - 2
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Creation: Appears to be in place by 1956. Explicitly shown and numbered on the Jan 1961 Tazewell County Map. This was unnumbered previously. | Adjustments: None Posting: Fully posted; Cutouts exist in Tazewell and North Tazewell. Comment: Runs on Fairground Rd. just west of VA 16, as a bypass around central Tazewell. As of October 2003 there is an early 1920's bridge still in use at its northern end.
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