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US 321
From:  Monticello Crossing (James City County)
To:  College of William & Mary, City of Williamsburg
Total Length:  at least 5.23 miles  

Creation:  It appears VA 321 was created around 1938. Appears on official state maps back to 1988, but is explicitly shown in the 1943 VDOT County Atlas. Originally served the college, with a west entrance out to SR 615. This is the 3rd VA 321.
Adjustments:  In Oct 1947, April 1955, March 1958 and Oct 1967 (CTB Minutes) VA 321 received additional mileage. By 1991, VA 321 extended out to SR 615.
Around 2000, VA 321 was extended to the new VA 199 freeway and over to SR 613.  The 2000-01 official map shows part of this extension as VA 5 ALT, which apparently did not pan out.
VA 321 (1988 Official)
VA 321 (2002 Official)

Posting:  Some posting outside campus, including the western end and reassurance markers at VA 199; also a reassurance marker east of SR 615 Ironbound Road (which according to Dave Montuori was still a cutout in the early 1980s)
Comment:  Includes all the roads in the college.
In January 2003 I got some info about VA 321's west end (thanks to Dan Ehlke):

Having just graduated from William & Mary in 2001, I recall many drives I took around the greater Williamsburg area. During my time down there, SR 321 (Monticello Avenue) was being extended out past SR 199. At the time of my graduation, it came to an abrupt end just past News Road (secondary 613), depositing drivers onto a small neighborhood street called Powhatan Secondary. There was another, shorter section of Monticello Avenue (which presumably would also take the 321 numbering) constructed from Centerville Rd/secondary 614 a little ways toward the east. Latest maps indicate that this section will eventually join up with the main route, and that it will all be extended past 614, finally ending at SR 5. Indeed, as of late 2001, construction had begun on the intersection with 5.


Dan updated the situation in July 2003:

The entire stretch of Monticello Avenue (part of which is signed VA 321) appears to now be complete between VA 199 and VA 5. However, about a half mile south/west of the junction with 199, signs have appeared marking the (new) roadway as secondary highway 5000.


Dave Montuori sent a message in June 2005 (previously verified by Froggie in 2004) that VA 321 definitely ends at SR 613 and SR 5000 picks up from there.

Previous VA 321's:

1926 ROUTE LOG
BEGIN VA 321: 0 - 0
US 15, VA 32: 2 - 2
END VA 321: 51 - 53



1933 ROUTE LOG
US 501, VA 18: 0 - 0
US 501, VA 18: 2 - 2
VA 321 #1:  Created in 1923 as a renumbering of VA 2 CONN, which was created by legislative action. Ran from VA 32 (probably the intersection of SR 615-631) Zion to Oilville.
In March 1924, VA 321 was extended east 4 miles towards Richmond as new routing.
In January 1925, VA 321 was extended east another 6 miles towards Richmond as new routing.
In May 1926, VA 321 was extended 2 miles west toward Keswick from VA 32 and east 7.5 more miles towards Richmond.
In October 1926, VA 321 was renumbered as an extended VA 41. Today it is the US 250 corridor - there are innumerable loops and "Three Chopt Roads" between Zion and Richmond which would be VA 321's routing.
VA 321 #2:  Appeared in December 1930 (CTB) as a newly numbered route. Was a loop from US 501 South Boston to US 501 near Halifax. In July 1933, this became US 501 (which had been using current VA 129).
VA 321 (1924 Official)
Original VA 321
VA 321 (1932 Official)
VA 321 #2
From:  Williamsburg (James City County)
To:  Williamsburg (James City County)
Total Length:  3.95 miles  

Creation:  Eastern State Hospital received state mileage in 1932 covering 1.297 miles. However, a number was not assigned until around 1938. Appears on official issues back to 1961 (except oddly 1975), but is shown on the 1943 VDOT County Atlas. This is the 3rd VA 322.
VA 322 (1961 Official)
Adjustments:  Additional mileage was given in March 1970 (CTB).
Posting:  Fully posted at both SR 615 intersections.
Comment:  Includes collection of driveways for Eastern State Hospital; VA 322 appears in Rand McNally insets of Williamsburg.

From Dave Mantuori:
I was still living in Williamsburg when VDOT and the county built the road that separates Eastern State from the "James Blair Terrace / Dillard Complex" area of William & Mary. They installed a traffic light at the intersection (which they had just made into a 4-way cross street). Diagram:
N SR 615 | |
^ Longhill | | W&M Dillard
| Connector | | Complex
W <-+-> E Road | | (dorms)
| | |
v | |
S | | Plumeri Park
| | (W&M baseball
| | stadium)
| |
| |
VA 322 | | Ironbound Road
(Eastern State Hosp Rd?) | | (unnumbered city street)
---------------------------+ +---------------------------
---------------------------+ +----- ------------------ | | / / | | / / | | / / | | / / | |/ / | / / | / | / SR 615 | / Ironbound | / Road | | Note that Ironbound Road is the street on the EAST and SOUTH sides of the intersection, as Ironbound has always made a sharp turn here. This is also on the Williamsburg city line, with the city on the east side of the north-south road. SR 615 used to officially end here, but now it continues north on Longhill Connector Rd to its new terminus at SR 612, Longhill Road. The signage at the diagrammed intersection is interesting. Coming west on Ironbound past the W&M dormitories and the baseball stadium, the sign assembly reads: South North SR 615 VA 322 SR 615 (left arrow) (straight-ahead arrow) (right arrow) Coming north on Ironbound, before the little ramp, it looks like: North TO VA 322 SR 615 US 60 (left arrow) (straight-ahead arrow) (arrow for ramp) and there is another sign assembly at the light heading north, identical to the previous one ecept that the "TO US 60" signs are not there at all. Coming south on Longhill Connector one unsurprisingly sees: TO South US 60 SR 615 VA 322 (left arrow) (straight-ahead arrow) (right arrow) Note that in none of these signs is a direction for VA 322 ever given. Prior to the new road and the intersection's reconstruction, the sign assemblies used the small 1950s-ish cutouts. On Ironbound heading north it had "VA 322" and a left arrow, and "TO US 60" with a right-up diagonal arrow. On Ironbound heading west there was a "SR 615" and a left-up diagonal arrow, and "VA 322" with a straight-ahead arrow. I do not know what the signs look like coming OUT of Eastern State. The other end of VA 322 is at SR 612, Longhill Road. Oddly enough, SR 615 crosses VA 322 in the middle for some reason. It's been quite some time since I've been that far out Longhill so I don't know what the signs look like, only that there are VA 322 signs on that end. (But prior to the construction of the Longhill Connector there might NOT have been.)
Mapmikey drove the main part of VA 322 in October 2005. There was only one reassurance sign
- just north of SR 615's cross-through near the northern end, which announces VA 322 from both directions, complete with a Virginia-rare "JCT" assembly. VA 322 is not posted at all as far as I could tell at its northernmost point at SR 612.
Previous VA 322's:

1926 ROUTE LOG
VA 14: 0 - 0
END VA 322: 4 - 4
GAP IN ROUTE
BEGIN VA 322: 0 - 4
VA 18: 10 - 14
END VA 322: 11 - 25
GAP IN ROUTE
VA 104: 0 - 25
US 15 SB, VA 32 SB: 9 - 34
US 15 NB, VA 32 NB: 2 - 36
VA 13: 13 - 49



1933 ROUTE LOG
CR 4: 0 - 0
END VA 322: 1 - 1
VA 322 #1: Created May 1923 (CTB) as an upgrade to CR 1. Ran from VA 32 (curr US 15) Sprouse Corner west to Buckingham CH.
In March 1924, a separate segment of VA 322 was created running from 3 miles west of VA 18 (current US 29 Bus) Amherst to 5 miles east of Amherst (replacing parts of CR 4 and CR 1); Additionally, a third segment was created running 3 miles from VA 14 (current SR 608-699 jct) McCormick's Gate east to Buena Vista, replacing CR 8.
In January 1925, VA 322 was extended as new routing 8 miles east from VA 32 towards Cumberland CH (upgrading CR 4); also, VA 322 was extended 3.4 miles further west of Amherst towards Buena Vista and 6 miles further east from Amherst
In April 1926 (CTB), a fourth piece of VA 322 was created from VA 13 (current US 60-VA 45) Cumberland CH west 5 miles towards Sprouses (upgrading CR 4); also, VA 322 was extended west 4 more miles away from Amherst to Forks of Buffalo (upgrading CR 4).
VA 322 (1924 Official)

All four segments were renumbered as part of VA 13 in October 1926. From west to east today this is SR 608 and SR 745 to Buena Vista; US 60 and SRs 616/689 to Amherst; US 60 to Bent Creek area; SR 742 and US 60 in the Buckingham Area; mostly SR 690 from Buckingham to Sprouses; US 60 in the Cumberland area
VA 322 #2: Created in June 1931 as a new route: a spur from CR 4 (curr SR 852) at SCL South Boston to the South Boston Airport. In July 1933 this became VA 152. Today it is part of SR 852.
VA 322 (1932 VDOT County Atlas)
From: (Nottoway County)
To: (Nottoway County)
Total Length: 2.11 miles  

Creation: The Piedmont Sanitorium received 1.27 miles of state mileage in 1932 but did not receive a number until around 1938. VA 323 is not on official state maps. Serves the State Hospital east of Burkeville. This is the 3rd VA 323.
Adjustments: Mileage was added in August 1947 (CTB)
Posting: Shields exist at both US 360 & US 460. A third entrance, off US 460 has a rectangle.
Comment: VA 323 is a 2-lane divided route at its northern end.
Previous VA 323's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 15, US 501, VA 20, VA 32: 0 - 0
VA 201 SB: 14 - 14
VA 201 NB: 3 - 17
VA 10: 20 - 37



1933 ROUTE LOG
US 501, VA 18: 0 - 0
CR 9: 5.8 - 5.8
VA 323 #1: Appeared in 1923 as a renumbering of VA 20 CONN and was in 1918 part of a convoluted VA 20. Ran from VA 32 (curr US 15) Keysville to VA 10 (curr US 460 Bus) Blackstone via Lunenburg and Kenbridge. VA 323 was renumbered as four routes in 1929: VA 47 from Keysville to Lunenburg, part of VA 44 from Lunenburg to Victoria, VA 401 from Victoria to Kenbridge, and VA 48 from Kenbridge to Blackstone. Today all of these are part of VA 40.
VA 323 #2: Created June 1932 (CTB Minutes) as an unidentified new primary route, upgrading part of CR 9. The 1932 VDOT County Atlas shows VA 323 to run from VA 18 (current US 501) Gladys west to Long Island. In July 1933 this was renumbered as part of VA 126. Today it is SR 761.
VA 323 (1924 Official)
Original VA 323
VA 323 (1932 VDOT County Atlas)
VA 323 #2
Bon Air Library, Richmond (Chesterfield County)
Total Length: 1.14 miles

Creation: The Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls was given 1.42 miles of state mileage in 1932. However, it didn't receive a number until about 1938. Does not show up on state official maps but is shown in the 1943 VDOT County Atlas. This is the 3rd VA 324.
Adjustments: VA 324 lost some mileage in March 1959 (CTB).
Posting: Not posted (verified Oct. 2005)
Comment: Per Dave, this public road is signed as "private".  Another VA 318.  Shown on the same Gousha map.
Mapmikey was able to drive some of this in October 2005. A good bit is accessible without crossing through any gates or guards.
Previous VA 324's:

1926 ROUTE LOG
VA 32: 0 - 0
VA 12: 11 - 11



1933 ROUTE LOG
VA 305: 0 - 0
CR 7: 0.88 - 0.88
VA 324 #1: Created in 1923 from VA 32 (curr US 15-VA 49) Clarksville to VA 12 (curr US 58 Bus-VA 92 jct) Boydton. This was a renumbering of a piece of VA 1.
In October 1926, VA 324 was renumbered as part of VA 201. Today it is part of US 58 and SR 756. Note that US 58 Business west of VA 92 in Boydton is NOT old VA 324 as the route used SR 756 Jefferson St into Boydton, then jogged north a block on today's SR 707 Washington St to the US 58 Bus-VA 92 jct. This route was also used by mainline US 58 until at least 1936.
VA 324 #2: Created in June 1932 (CTB Minutes) as an unidentified new primary route upgrading part of CR 7. The 1932 VDOT County Atlas shows VA 324 to run from VA 305 (current SR 692-658 jct) south to Hampton Sydney. In July 1933 this became VA 134. Today it is SR 692.
VA 324 (1924 Official)
Original VA 324
VA 324 (1932 VDOT County Atlas)
VA 324 #2
From: Hanover (Hanover County)
To: Barrett Learning Center, Hanover County
Total Length: 0.95 mile  

Creation: The Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls received 0.80 miles of state routing. The facility did not receive a number until about 1938. This is the 3rd VA 325.
Adjustments: None
Posting: There is a reassurance marker in a shield at SR 651.
Comments: Does not appear of VDOT official maps, though there has been room; Barrett is still a girls' facility
Previous VA 325's:

1926 ROUTE LOG
BEGIN VA 325: 0 - 0
VA 36 WB: 5 - 5
VA 36 EB: 1 - 6
VA 376: 6 - 12
VA 32: 26 - 38
GAP IN ROUTE BEGIN VA 325: 0 - 38
VA 25: 2.4 - 40.4



1933 ROUTE LOG
VA 43: 0 - 0
Bedford-Campbell Line: 2 - 2
VA 325 #1: Created in June 1923 as an upgrade to CR 4; Originally ran from VA 32 (curr US 15 Bus) Leesburg west to Purcellville.
In January 1924, a second segment was created running from VA 37 (current US 340-VA 7 Bus jct) Berryville east to the Shenandoah River, another upgrade to CR 4.
In March 1924, the two pieces were connected. Also, sometime in 1924, VA 325 was extended south from Berryville to VA 36 (current SR 723) Millwood, replacing VA 361. This extension created the 1 block long VA 376 in Berryville as today's SR 616 was the route south from Berryville.
In January 1925, a new piece of VA 325 was created running from VA 25 (current VA 123) Tyson's Corner northwest 2.6 miles along what was CR 2.
In May 1926, VA 325 was extended west along VA 36 to Boyce, then south as new routing (upgrading CR 2) 5 miles to south of White Post.
In October 1926, VA 325 was replaced by the original VA 251. Today it is parts of SR 658, US 340, SR 616, VA 7 Bus Berryville, VA 7 over the mountain and the VA 7 Business's in Purcellville and Leesburg.
VA 325 is erroneously shown as VA 328 on the '27 Clasons Atlas.
VA 325 (1924 Official)

VA 325 #2: Created in June 1932 (CTB Minutes) as an unidentified new primary route. The 1932 VDOT County Atlas shows VA 325 running from VA 43 (current VA 24-SR 811 jct) Evington northwest to the Bedford County Line. In July 1933 this became part of VA 24.
VA 325 (1932 VDOT County Atlas)
From: Hanover
To: Hanover Learning Center, Hanover County
Total Length: 1.34 miles  

Creation: The Virginia Manual Labor School received 0.90 miles of state mileage in 1932. A number was assigned about 1938. This is the 3rd VA 326.
Adjustments: Mileage was added in Sept 1938 (CTB) before a number was assigned.
Posting: Reassurance marker in a shield at SR 605.
Comment: This is a boys' facility; Has been on most (if not all) official VDOT maps since 1941. Some major mapmakers show this one, though they make it look like it connects directly to US 301-VA 2, which it does not.
Previous VA 326's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 15, VA 326: 0 - 0
END VA 326: 0.5 - 0.5



1933 ROUTE LOG
US 60, VA 10: 0 - 0
CR 203: 0.8 - 0.8
VA 326 #1: Created March 1924 (CTB) as a 0.5 mile spur from VA 32 (probably SR 1001) to the courthouse in Palmyra. Appears on the 1924, 1927 and 1928 Official maps but not 1926.
It is unclear what happened to VA 326 in August 1928. It may have been decommissioned as a state route; It may have become the routing of US 15/VA 32 in the transition from US 15 running through Palmyra to the east edge. This theory fits with the fact that the Rivanna River bridge is dated 1931, meaning US 15 cut over via the courthouse to its new alignment from 1928-31.
VA 326 definitely did NOT become a VA 7xx in the 1928-33 system.
VA 326 #2: Created in June 1932 (CTB Minutes) as an unidentified new primary route. The 1932 VDOT County Atlas shows VA 326 as a stub running 0.8 miles from US 60/VA 10 (current US 460) to Evergreen. In July 1933 this became VA 132. Today it is part of SR 630.
VA 326 (1928 Official)
Original VA 326
VA 326 (1932 VDOT County Atlas)
VA 326 #2
Virginia State University, Ettrick (Chesterfield County)
Total Length:
3.22 miles

Creation: The Virginia State College for Negroes received 1.59 miles of state mileage in 1932. This received a number around 1938. This is the 3rd VA 327.
Adjustments: Virginia State University received additional mileage in May 1959 and April 1965.
Posting: Did not see any kind of markings on VA 36 in October 2001; I visited the campus in April 2007 -- I did not see any 327 postings anywhere.
Comment: VA 327 does not appear on any official maps. VA 327 has 3 main endpoints - VA 36, SR 1102 and SR 1107. Ettrick is right across the river from Downtown Petersburg
Previous VA 327's:

1926 ROUTE LOG
VA 32: 0 - 0
END VA 327: 7 - 7
GAP IN ROUTE
Fauquier-Stafford Line: 0 - 7
VA 31: 12 - 19



1933 ROUTE LOG
VA 306: 0 - 0
US 60, VA 10: 0.20 - 0.20
VA 327 #1: Created in January 1925, in two pieces: 1. VA 32 (curr US 15-29) Opal southeast for 3 miles. 2. VA 31 (curr SR 607) Falmouth northwest for 4 miles over CR 6.
In May 1926, VA 327 was extended 8.4 miles towards Bealton and 5 miles towards Falmouth.
In October 1926 VDOT Route Log shows 327 becoming VA 314 then both sections became part of the original VA 38. Today it is part of the US 17 corridor. Stafford and Fauquier County have a bunch of SR loops that constitute much of what original VA 327 followed.
VA 327 #2: Created in June 1932 (CTB Minutes) as an unidentified new primary route. The 1932 VDOT County Atlas shows VA 327 running as a tiny route on Church St from VA 309 (current VA 131) to US 60/VA 10 (current US 460 Business) within Appomattox. In July 1933 this became part of VA 26. Today it is SR 727. VA 327 was the highest 3xx route in the 1928-33 system.
VA 327 (1924 Official)
Original VA 327
VA 327 (1932 VDOT County Atlas)
VA 327 #2
Longwood College, Farmville (Prince Edward County)
Total Length: 0.26 mile

Creation: The Virginia Teachers College in Farmville was considered for state mileage in 1932, but nobody came to request it; It cannot be older than 1939. This is the 2nd VA 328.
Adjustments: Mileage was added in Oct 1958 and Oct 1964.
Posting: I drove this in December 2006 and saw no 328 postings.
Comments: Longwood College is right in downtown Farmville. It appeared during my visit that some roads on campus were removed. VA 328 does not appear on official maps.
Previous VA 328's:

1939 ROUTE LOG
VA 168: 0 - 0
END VA 328: 0.5 - 0.5
VA 328 #1: Briefly existed as the number for the Virginia Colored School for the Blind/Deaf in Newport News. It is mentioned in the CTB minutes and was decommissioned in 1939.
However, it was still shown explicitly in the 1943 VDOT County Atlas. The location for this institution was below the Shell Rd/Aberdeen Rd intersection at the time (then VA 168-SR 611).
From: Goochland (Goochland County)
To: Virginia Correctional Center for Women, Goochland (Goochland County)
Total Length: 1.73 miles  

Creation: I know of no other modern VA 329, and the prison looks old enough to have been around in 1938 when this number would've been assigned.
Adjustments: Mileage was added in March 1958 (CTB).
Posting: No VA 329 signs of any kind, but VA 6 is identified at the intersection.
Comment: The publicly drivable (0.25 mile) portion of VA 329 that is not within barbed wire gates is very small.
Keems Mountain Correctional Facility, Oakwood (Buchanan County)
Total Length: 0.34 mile
ROUTE LOG
SR 624: 0 - 0
SR 800: 0.34 - 0.34
Creation: This facility was opened in 1990; this is the 2nd VA 330.
Adjustments: Likely none
Posting: Rush Wickes reports that VA 330 is posted entering the outer parking area of the prison.
Comment: Mailing address says it is on SR 629, which runs east of US 460. I found this in the VDOT route log, and had never noticed it in the county atlas books before.
Previous VA 330's: VA 330 #1: The 0.44 miles of roads within Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg were designated as VA 330 from 1938-1980, according to CTB minutes.
James Madison University, City of Harrisonburg
Total Length: 2.99 miles

Creation: The Virginia Teachers College in Harrisonburg received 0.52 miles of state mileage in 1932 and probably received a number in 1938. Appears on VDOT maps in 1988 (first year Harrisonburg insets returned to official state maps), which show VA 331 in campus areas west of I-81; This is the 2nd VA 331.
Adjustments: In May 1940 (CTB) a separate section off SR 659 (now VA 253) near Port Republic serving what is now the JMU farm was created.
Mileage was added in Nov 1970 (CTB).
In 1994, VA 331 was expanded east of I-81, on University Blvd. from SR 659 to US 33.
VA 331 (1988 Official)
modern VA 331
VA 331 (1994 Official)
VA 331 east of I-81

Posting: No postings in the Harrisonburg area (see comment); I drove by the Port Republic section on 4/21/02, and there were 331 mini-circle signs (similar to how SR's are posted out there). It was still posted this way in January 2007.
Comment: The farm segment is still not paved.
Information from TS Smith:
VA 331 in the independent city of Harrisonburg does not have an interchange with I-81. This route is not marked in Harrisonburg. Also, VA 331 appears south of Harrisonburg, just north of the unincorporated town of Port Republic, leading west from SR 659. This route IS marked by a rectangular sign. This route leads to a farm associated with JMU. As to why they used the same number, I'm not sure.

This is the only example I can think of where a college route number is used at a remote location of some unit of the campus. For instance, the Virginia Arboretum (Blandy Farm) in Boyce is part of UVA, but its road is SR 750. Community Colleges with multiple campuses get different numbers at each campus.
Kevin MacNutt offered this comment in February 2005:
To give some further information on VA 331 for James Madison University, for as long as I can remember the farm route had always been marked with the county style 331 sign. In the 1980's a similar sign existed within the city of Harrisonburg back when University Blvd. ended at Reservoir Street, before it was extended to US 33 in 1988 (incidentally, that section of Reservoir Street was a one lane road running though farm fields back then; it is now four lanes wide as well as being urban sprawl central). From US 33 until about a 1/2 mile South of Reservoir Street, VA 331 has been swallowed by the city of Harrisonburg as well as the continuous eastward movement of urban sprawl.
Previous VA 331's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
WV STATE LINE: 0 - 0
US 11, VA 33: 18 - 18
VA 331 #1: Created in 1923 as a renumbering of the original VA 15.. Ran from VA 33 (curr US 11) Woodstock west to WV.
This was renumbered as VA 824 in August 1928. Today it is VA 42 out to Columbia Furnace, and SR 675-717-691 and Forest Road 252 which turns to a jeep trail to WV just west of the WV CR 59 state line crossing.
If one were following old WV 59 east to the Virginia line the gravel road in Virginia across the ridges that descends to SR 691 is NOT the original VA 15/331/824.
VA 331 is shown erroneously on the 1923 Official as VA 15.
VA 331 (1924 Official)
From: Diamond Springs Road, City of Virginia Beach
To: Virginia Beach Agricultural Station
Total Length: 0.14 mile  

Creation: The Virginia Truck Experimental Station received a small state mileage allotment in 1932. It received the number 332 about 1938. This is the 2nd VA 332.
Adjustments: None
Posting: Ha ha ha ha ha ha....VA 166 in this area isn't even posted in Virginia Beach.
Comment: Very poor pavement on this route. Barely makes a decent driveway, of which there are 2 off of VA 166.
Previous VA 332's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 11, VA 33: 0 - 0
END VA 332: 15.5 - 15.5
VA 332 #1: Created March 1924 as an upgrade to CR 2 and CR 3. Ran from VA 33 (curr US 11) Lacey Springs west 9 miles through Broadway to Cootes Store.
In May 1926, VA 332 was extended west 4 more miles.
In March 1927, VA 332 was extended 2.5 miles more towards Lost City, WV.
In August 1928 this was renumbered as VA 817. Today it is part of VA 259 except in Broadway VA 332 used today's VA 259 ALT.
VA 331 (1927 Official)
Western State Hospital, City of Staunton
Total Length: 0.26 mile  

Creation: The Western State Hospital and Western State Sanitorium received 1.2 miles of state mileage in 1932 but did not receive a number until around 1938. This is the 2nd VA 333.
Adjustments: I have seen one VDOT County atlas map that I swore showed the access road to the Museum of Frontier Culture off US 250 as being part of VA 333. If so, this was added in the 70's
Posting: None
Comment: Western State Hospital is a very picturesque facility at the intersection of US 11-250, which looked largely unused last time I drove by there in 2006.
Near the Frontier Museum are a few abandoned buildings that look just like the ones at the Western State Hospital.
VA 333 does not appear on official maps.
Previous VA 333's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 11, VA 17 EB, VA 33: 0 - 0
VA 17 WB: 0.25 - 0.25
END VA 333: 11.25 - 11.5
VA 333 #1: Created March 1924 as an upgrade to CR 4. Ran from VA 17-33 (curr US 11-33 jct) at the Courthouse Square in Harrisonburg west 5 miles.
In January 1925 VA 333 was extended west 5 more miles.
In May 1926 it was extended another 1.5 mile to Rawley Springs.
VA 333 was renumbered as VA 814 in August 1928. Today it is part of US 33.
VA 333 (1927 Official)
From: Madison Heights (Amherst County)
To: Central Virginia Training Center (Amherst County)
Total Length: 2.08 miles  
ROUTE LOG
VA 210: 0 - 0
SR 1013: 2.08 - 2.08
Creation: The State Colony for Epileptics and Feeble-Minded received 0.85 miles of state mileage in 1932 but did not receive a number until at least 1938. Appears on VDOT maps since 1944. Initially ran only on the facility property, connecting to VA 130. This should be the 2nd VA 334.
Adjustments: In January 1966 (CTB) VA 334 underwent numerous additions/deletions.
In 2005, VA 334 was extended out of the facility to meet the rerouted VA 210. This replaced a piece of VA 210.
Posting: Full shields at VA 210 plus one a its original north end; white rectangles throughout the facility.
Comment: VA 334 is fully drivable within the facility. There are other roads in the facility posted as SR 1xxx routes. Note that VA 311 #2 was not part of VA 334s inital routing as VA 311 only led to the facility. At the end of VA 210.
VA 334
VA 334 in 1949.
Previous VA 334's:

1926 ROUTE LOG
BEGIN VA 334: 0 - 0
VA 33 NB: 4 - 4
VA 33 SB: 1 - 5
END VA 334: 9 - 14
VA 334 #1: Created in March 1924 as an upgrade to CR 14. Ran from VA 33 (curr US 11) near Greenville westward to 2 miles short of Middlebrook.
In January 1925, VA 334 developed a brief VA 33 duplex south, then was extended 5 miles east over CR 15 towards Stuarts Draft.
In May 1926, VA 334 was extended 4 more miles east towards Waynesboro.
In October 1926 all of VA 334 became part of the original VA 251. Today it is part of US 340 and SR 701.
VA 334 (1925 Official)
Eastern Shore Experimental Station, Painter (Accomac County)
0.18 mile loop off
ROUTE LOG
SR 614: 0 - 0
SR 613/614: 0.18 - 0.18
Creation: VA 335 was christened February 1959 (CTB). However it does not appear on the 1961 Accomack County Map. This is the 3rd VA 335.
Adjustments: None
Posting: Posted with white rectangles at both ends.
Comment: This is the only VA state hwy on the eastern shore to not touch part of US 13 or US 13 BUS.
Previous VA 335's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 311, VA 33: 0 - 0
Bedford-Franklin Line: 21 - 21
VA 10: 21 - 42



1949 ROUTE LOG
VA 6: 0 - 0
Nelson-Albermarle Line: 0.80 - 0.80
SR 617: 0.80 - 1.6
VA 335 #1: Created March 1924 as a 2 piece route. Ran from VA 33 (curr US 220 Bus) Rocky Mount northeast 5 miles (over CR 6) and also from VA 10 (curr US 221-460 Bus) Bedford southwest 5 miles over CR 4.
In January 1925, both pieces received extensions: 6.4 miles toward Bedford and 6.3 miles towards Rocky Mount.
In May 1926, both pieces received 8 miles each, making the route continuous from Rocky Mount to Bedford.
VA 335 was renumbered as VA 204 in August 1928. Today it is part of VA 122 Bus, VA 122 (except used SR 901-903 through Moneta) and VA 40 into Rocky Mount.
VA 335 (1925 Official)
VA 335 initially
VA 335 (1926 Official)
VA 335 connected

VA 335 #2: Created in 1938 as a renumbering of VA 6Y #1. A spur from VA 6 (near current SR 602-800 jct) to Schuyler. VA 335 was downgraded to SR 800 in April 1949 as VA 6 was rebuilt to its modern alignment and the CTB decided to downgrade VA 335 rather than extend it north.
VA 6Y (1937 Official)
VA 6Y stub to Schuyler
VA 335 (1938 Official)
VA 335 stub to Schuyler
State Police Station, Fort Chiswell, Wythe County
Total Length: 0.35 mile  

Creation: Appeared August 1960 (CTB). This is the 3rd VA 336.
Adjustments: VA 336 may have been shortened when I-77/81 was completed through here in 1987.
Posting: Posted with a shield at its end
Comment: A spur off of F-043. Is on '95 VDOT County Map book.
Previous VA 336's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 11,VA 33: 0 - 0
END VA 336: 10.2 - 10.2



1941 ROUTE LOG
US 1, US 301: 0 - 0
US 360: 4.2 - 4.2
VA 336 #1: Created January 1925 as a newly numbered route, running from VA 33 (curr US 11) Mt. Jackson west 7 miles.
In May 1926, VA 336 was extended west 3.2 miles to near Orkney Springs.
VA 336 was renumbered as VA 820 in August 1928. Today it is VA 263.
VA 336 (1925 Official)
VA 336's initial routing
VA 336 (1926 Official)
VA 336 extended west

VA 336 #2: Created May 1938 (CTB). Began at US 360 and ran on 10th St/Commerce Ave in South Richmond 4.2 miles to the terminal. It appears VA 336 did connect to US 1 on Belle Meade.
VA 336 was decommissioned between 1942-44 to no number, but was eventually VA 416 #2. Today it again carries no number.
VA 336 (1941-42 Official)
VA 336 #2
VA 336 (1941-42 Official)
VA 336 #2 inset
From: City of Suffolk
To: City of Norfolk
Total Length: 35.85 miles  
ROUTE LOG
US 58 Bus: 0 - 0
US 13 Bus, VA 10, VA 32 Bus: 1.13 - 1.13
US 13 Bus, US 58 Bus, US 460 Bus: 2.87 - 4.00
VA 125: 6.44 - 10.44
Chesapeake-Suffolk Line: 2.52 - 12.96
VA 191: 0.72 - 13.68
I-664 (exit 11): 0.68 - 14.36
Portsmouth-Chesapeake Line: 2.0 - 16.36
VA 239: 2.11 - 18.47
US 58, US 460 ALT WB: 0.23 - 18.70
VA 337 ALT: 0.10 - 18.80
I-264 (exit 4), US 460 ALT EB: 0.15 - 18.95
US 17: 1.45 - 20.40
VA 141: 1.11 - 21.51
VA 239: 0.72 - 22.23
Chesapeake-Portsmouth Line: 0.55 - 22.78
I-464 (exit 4): 0.50 - 23.28
US 460, VA 166: 0.56 - 23.84
Norfolk-Chesapeake Line: 0.74 - 24.58
I-464 SB (exit 5): 0.81 - 25.39
I-264 WB (exit 8), I-464 END (exit 6), US 460 ALT WB: 0.25 - 25.64
US 460 ALT EB, VA 337 ALT: 0.25 - 25.89
I-264 EB (exit 10): 0.22 - 26.11
US 460 WB, VA 168: 0.80 - 26.91
US 460 EB: 0.10 - 27.01
US 460 ALT: 0.31 - 27.32
US 58 EB, VA 337 ALT: 0.20 - 27.52
US 58 WB, VA 337 ALT: 1.38 - 28.90
VA 247: 1.12 - 30.02
VA 165: 2.78 - 32.80
VA 406: 0.18 - 32.98
I-564: 2.85 - 35.83
Creation: The earliest explicit reference to VA 337 is the April 1939 CTB Minutes referencing Hampton Blvd railroad underpass. The first official map to show the 337 number was the 1944 issue. I believe the initial routing of VA 337 was given state mileage in 1932 without number as 6.5 miles within the city of Norfolk. It ran from VA 170 (current US 460) Granby St west along 21st St to Hampton, then north to the 98th St ferry to Newport News (now within Norfolk Naval Base). Ran nearly as it does today. VA 337 from Suffolk to Portsmouth replaced an older alignment of US 460. VA 337 from Downtown Norfolk out to Norfolk Naval Base using Hampton Blvd. was not numbered immediately before, though it was once part of US 17 before 1931.
Adjustments:About 1942, VA 337 was extended south with VA 170 to central Norfolk, then replaced US 460's route through South Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Suffolk. VA 337 west ended at today's VA 10-32 which still carried US 58 then.
1941-42 Official
US 460 Portsmouth to Suffolk



1944 Official
VA 337 Portsmouth to Suffolk



VA 337 west was extended from VA 10-32 over old US 58 to its current end with US 58 Bus in March 1953 (CTB).
In May 1953 (CTB), VA 337 in South Norfolk was routed on Bainbridge Ave, instead of Liberty St. The Bainbridge route had been VA 337 ALT.
In November 1962 (CTB), VA 337 was rerouted in Norfolk to its current use of Brambleton Ave to Hampton Blvd, replacing VA 599. Until then, VA 337 used 21st St to get to Hampton Blvd.
In 1980, VA 337 was extended east from Hampton Blvd to the terminus of I-564, replacing a piece of VA 170.
Around 1991, VA 337 was moved onto I-464's northernmost quarter-mile.
VA 337 (1961 Official)
VA 337 using 21st St
VA 337 (1963 Official)
VA 337 using Brambleton
VA 337 (1992 Official)
VA 337 routings after 1991

Improvements:  Paved since inception; The first official map to show any VA 337 multilaning was the 1955, on its Granby St piece.
In 1956, Hampton Blvd was multilaned.
In 1957, Portsmouth Blvd was multilaned from US 58 east to Elm St.
VA 337 was multilaned on Brambleton Ave when it opened in late 1962 or so, as well as its crossing into South Norfolk.
VA 337 is shown as multilane west of US 58 out to nearly Western Branch in 1966.
VA 337 was multilaned when it took over the short piece of VA 170 at the Norfolk Naval Base.
VA 337 was multilaned past the Western Branch in 1985 or 1986.
VA 337 was multilaned out to VA 191 in 1992.
Posting: Fully posted; cutouts existed in Suffolk until 2004.
Multiplexes:  US 460 ALT (0.25 mi)
I-464 (0.25 mi)
I-264, US 460 ALT (0.25 mi)
I-264 (0.22 mi)
US 460 (0.10 mi)
US 58 (1.38 mi)
Legislative names:  NONE
Other names:  Washington St. (inner Suffolk); Nanesmond Pkwy (remainder of Suffolk); Portsmouth Blvd (Suffolk line to Elm Ave Portsmouth); Elm Ave. (Portsmouth Blvd to Jordan Bridge); Poindexter St. (Jordan Bridge to US 460/VA 166); Bainbridge Blvd/Main St/Liberty St/State St (US 460 to I-464); Tidewater Dr (I-264 to VA 168); Brambleton Ave. (VA 168 to US 58 WB); Hampton Blvd. (US 58 to Norfolk Naval Base); Admiral Taussig Blvd (Hampton Blvd to I-564)
Scenic Byway:  No segments
Comment: Takes a convoluted route through the Hampton Roads area.  Runs over the Berkley Bridge with I-264 and Alt. US 460, and also includes the toll Jordan Bridge over the south branch of the Elizabeth River.
Previous VA 337's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 311, VA 33: 0 - 0
NC STATE LINE: 5.5 - 5.5
VA 337 #1: Appeared January 1925 as an upgrade to CR 7. Ran from VA 33 (curr US 220 Bus) Ridgeway to then-NC 709. In August 1928 this became VA 201.
Today it is a tiny part of VA 87 which has been rebuilt. VA 337 followed today's SRs 750 and 835.
VA 337 #1 (1928)


From: City of Portsmouth
To: City of Norfolk
Total Length: 4.69 miles  
ROUTE LOG
US 460 ALT, VA 337: 0 - 0
US 17: 1.05 - 1.05
US 58 WB, VA 141: 1.24 - 2.29
VA 164: 0.77 - 3.06
NOR-POR LINE: 1.16 - 4.22
US 58 EB, VA 337: 0.47 - 4.69
Creation: Appeared March 1968 (CTB) as a renumbering of US 58 ALT. This is the 3rd VA 337 ALT.
Adjustments: None
Improvements:  Paved since inception; Began life with multilaning with US 58 from VA 141 to the Midtown Tunnel.
Posting: Fully posted from US 58-VA 141 jct south and west. No postings in Norfolk.
Multiplexes:  US 58 (2.4 mi)
Legislative names:  NONE
Other names:  Turnpike Rd. (solo 337 ALT); Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway (US 58 duplex)
Scenic Byway:  No segments
Comment: The VDOT route log says 337A ends at the 58-141 jct. VA 337 ALT does not appear on VDOT Officials at all. US 58 ALT was shown through the 1974 issue
Previous VA 337 ALT's: VA 337 ALT #1: Created in July 1946 (CTB Minutes) and appears on 1952 and 1953 official maps. Was a loop off VA 337 in South Norfolk, using Bainbridge Ave and South Main St. By 1955, VA 337 was routed along this way.
VA 337 (1951 Official)
VA 337 in South Norfolk 1942-51
VA 337 (1952 Official)
VA 337 ALT in South Norfolk
VA 337 (1954 Official)
VA 337 in South Norfolk after 1954

VA 337 ALT #4?: A. Froehlig reports a VA 337 ALT sign exists on US 460/VA 166 EB at the VA 246 intersection (Librty St.). No other 337 ALT postings are known. I saw this in 1991, but thought it was somewhere slightly different when I first wrote about it in this site. Following this route would bring you back to I-464/VA 337 in South Norfolk near I-264.


From: City of Norfolk
To: City of Norfolk
Total Length: 1.49 miles  
ROUTE LOG
I-264 (exit 9), US 460 ALT, VA 337: 0 - 0
US 58, VA 337: 1.49 - 1.49
Creation: First appears on Official maps in 1988 when the Downtown Norfolk inset was first included.
Adjustments: None
Posting: None
Comments: Duke/Boush Sts. and Waterside Dr. in downtown Norfolk. Curiously, the Norfolk route effectively "overlaps" the Portsmouth route.
VA 337 ALT #3 (1988)
From: City of Falls Church
To: Seven Corners (City of Falls Church)
Total Length: 1.08 miles  
ROUTE LOG
US 29, VA 237: 0 - 0
Fairfax-Falls Church Line: 1.02 - 1.02
VA 7: 0.06 - 1.08
Creation: Appeared in 1938 as a renumbering of US 50. This is the 2nd VA 338.
Adjustments: None
Posting: Fully posted at Seven Corners; As of Feb 2002, only a cutout reassurance sign exists at VA 338 EB from US 29/VA 237.
Improvements:  Paved since inception; Multilaning shown starting with the 1968 Official.
Multiplexes:  NONE
Legislative names:  NONE
Other names:  Hillwood Ave (all)
Scenic Byway:  No segments
Comments: VA 338 is shown but not labeled on 1938-41 Officials and is not shown at all on the 1961-67 Officials.
US 50 (1938 Official)
US 50 Falls Church
VA 338 (1941-42 Official)
VA 338 in Falls Church
Previous VA 338's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 60, VA 14: 0 - 0
VA 17 WB: 38 - 38
VA 17 EB: 8 - 46
US 11, VA 33: 19 - 65
VA 338 #1: Appeared in October 1926, running from US 60-VA 14 Covington to Warm Springs, then east to Goshen and south to US 11-VA 33 Lexington. From Covington to Millboro Springs had been the original west end of VA 17. Goshen to Lexington had been the original VA 172.
In August 1928, Covington to Warm Springs became part of VA 800, Warm Springs to Millboro Springs was part of VA 804, Millboro Springs to Goshen remained part of VA 17, and Goshen to Lexington became all of VA 805. Today this is US 220 and VA 39.
VA 17 (1924 Official)
VA 17 prior to 1926
VA 338 (1926 Official)
VA 338 appears

 
From: (just west of ), Chesterfield County
To: State Police HQ and Radio Station
Total Length: 1.18 miles nbsp;

Creation: Appeared around 1940. This is the 2nd VA 339.
Adjustments: None
Posting: None at US 60, none internally
Comments: Appears on VDOT officials (on the main map, NOT in insets) from 1941-1959.
Mapmikey drove this in October 2005. Only a very short segment is accessible to the public - enter, circle the first parking area (behind unmanned gate) and exit back to US 60. Outside normal business hours VA 339 is probably even shorter - a tight circle 50 feet off US 60.
VA 339 (1941-42 Official)
Previous VA 339's:

1928 ROUTE LOG
US 11, VA 33: 0 - 0
END VA 339: 4 - 4
VA 339 #1: Created March 1927 (CTB) as an upgrade to CR 11, running from US 11/VA 33 Winchester (at the corner at Picadilly and Braddock) northwest 4 miles to the Gainsboro area.
In August 1928 this was renumbered as VA 822. Today it is part of US 522.
VA 339 is shown only on the Winchester inset on the 1927 Official but is shown on the main side of the 1928 Official.
VA 339 #1
VA 339 in 1928.
US 340
VA 340  not currently assigned
Previous VA 340's:

1935 ROUTE LOG
SR 620: 0 - 0
US 11 NB: 5 - 5
US 11 SB: 1 - 6
VA 273: 12 - 18
VA 5 WB: 4 - 22
VA 5 EB: 1 - 23
VA 4 WB: 28 - 51
VA 4 EB: 9 - 60
VA 258: 10 - 70
VA 258: 6 - 76
VA 231: 5 - 81
US 211, VA 266: 7 - 88
VA 280: 2 - 90
VA 3, VA 55: 25 - 115
GAP IN ROUTE
BEGIN VA 340: 0 - 115
VA 277: 5 - 120
US 50, US 340: 4 - 124
VA 340: Appeared in July 1933 as an extension of US 340. 1. from today's VA 252 Middlebrook to US 11 near Greenville to VA 3 (curr US 522) in Front Royal, and followed today's US 340 for all of that except between Grottoes and Elkton where it used today's SR's 825,659,672, and US 33. This replaced VA 809 from Middlebrook to Montivideo and VA 815 from Elkton to Front Royal. Montivideo to Elkton had been part of VA 17. 2. Rockland to Berryville (today's SR 658 to White Post and US 340 to Berryville), replacing VA 825. Greenville to White Post became VA 12 in July 1936. The piece from Middlebrook to US 11 became part of VA 292 #1 (curr SR 701).
VA 340Y: Formed triangle at US 11-US 340 jct. Was US 340 SB and probably went back to when this was still VA 12 (VA 12Y?). Was not posted. Was physically destroyed in 1999 when intersection was reconfigured. VDOT route log erroneously shows this as still active.

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