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Photo: US 340 north leaving the town of Shenandoah VA (photo by Mapmikey 10/21/08)
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US 11: 0 - 0 I-64 (Exit 94): 12.1 - 12.1 US 250: 2.3 - 14.4 US 250 WB: 1.2 - 15.6 US 250 EB: 0.2 - 15.8 US 33, US 33 Bus Begin: 30.3 - 46.1 US 33 Bus WB: 0.1 - 46.2 US 340 Bus Luray: 13.7 - 59.9 US 211 WB: 3.2 - 63.1 US 211 Bus: 6.1 - 69.2 US 211 EB, US 340 Bus: 1.6 - 70.8 US 522 SB: 24.2 - 95.0 I-66 (Exit 6): 2.5 - 97.5 US 522 NB: 7.5 - 105.0 US 17, US 50: 3.9 - 108.9 WV STATE LINE: 12.6 - 121.5 US 340 ALT: 14.6 - 136.1 VA STATE LINE: 1.4 - 137.5 MD STATE LINE: 0.6 - 138.1 US 15 SB: 12.0 - 150.1 I-70 (Exit 52): 4.2 - 154.3 US 15 NB, US 40: 0.6 - 154.9
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Creation: Appeared November 1926 (AASHO) as a late addition to the US Route System. It ran from US 50 (now SR 723) Millwood VA to US 15-40-240 (now Market St at Patrick St) Frederick MD. This is the 2nd US 340. US 340 was added to VA 251 from Millwood to Berryville; VA 376 in Berryville; VA 37 to WV; WV 50 to MD; new numbering in Maryland to Frederick.
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Adjustments: In July 1933 (CTB), US 340 was rerouted at Old Chapel to replace a piece of VA 54 to instead end at US 50 (now SR 723) in Boyce. A substantial VA 340 extension extended south from US 50 all the way to Augusta County. The old road to Millwood became VA 255. In July 1935 (per map), US 340 was rerouted at Berryville to instead follow VA 7 west to end at US 11 (Picadilly at Loudoun St) in Winchester. Berryville to Boyce became part of VA 12 (today this is SR 617 Old Chapel Rd, a bit of VA 255, some current US 340, SR 616 S. Church St, and 1 block of VA 7 Bus Main St in Berryville). Oddly, a 1952 AASHO document says this occurred in March 1934 but those CTB Minutes do not mention moving US 340. Further, this 1952 document says VA 340 was posted as US 340. There was a lot of confusion on Virginia Official maps regarding where US 340 ran. AASHO sent Virginia its list of routes with Millwood as the endpoint. Virginia did not question this. US 340 was not really mentioned again in AASHO records until January 1935, when Virginia questioned the American Highways log of US 340 going to Winchester while the map used by AASHO had it going to "Boyce as it always has." The Boyce reference further muddies the situation. The Virginia Highway Department may have been playing fast and loose, as Millwood and Boyce are very close to each other, but confusion occurs because a different state highway goes to each from the south of Berryville and Virginia appears to have rerouted US 340 twice already. Absence of signage photos keeps it all a mystery.
In 1936 (bridge date), US 340 was removed from SR 623 in Gaylord near the West Virginia line. About 1950, US 340 was rerouted out of Harpers Ferry WV to cross the Shenandoah River into Loudoun County VA then over to cross the Potomac River into Maryland. At the bridge locations this was a replacement for bits of VA 275 and VA 275Y. The old route: US 340 ALT into Harpers Ferry; Sandy Hook Rd in Maryland.
Originally approved in July 1952 (AASHO), but hung up with controversy about US 340 ALT, US 340 was rerouted at Berryville VA in July 1953 (AASHO) to again go south to Boyce, then continue south through Front Royal, Luray, Elkton, Waynesboro, and stuarts Draft before ending at US 11 near Greenville VA. This was a replacement of VA 12. The old route from Berryville to Winchester became US 340 ALT (now VA 7 Bus within Berryville and VA 7 for the rest) as well as a new US 340 ALT.
In March 1954 (CTB), US 340 was removed from SRs 667-668 west of Boyce. In August 1958 (CTB), US 340 was placed on its bypass of White Post VA, leaving behind SR 628 and SR 658. About 1961, US 340-522 was removed from SR 802 Ninevah VA. In June 1968 (AASHO), US 340 was placed on new freeway from the Potomac River to Frederick, leaving behind two segments of MD 180 (the southern piece is now Keep Tryst Rd in Weaverton); a piece of Himes Rd in Frederick; Jefferson St east of US 15-40. Note that the 1964 Washington and Frederick County maps showed this freeway as completed and official maps showed it completed in 3 stages.
In February 1969 (CTB), US 340 was approved to be placed on Page County VA SR 615 and the US 211 Luray Bypass when constructed, with the old route through Stanley and Luray VA becoming US 340 Business. When the Jan 1972 CTB placed US 211 on the bypass, it made no mention of US 340. The Dec 1971 AASHO approval of US 211 Bypass-Business does not mention US 340. Oddly, US 340 Bypass is explicitly shown on the 1972 and 1973 officials. In 1971, US 340 was placed on new construction east of Charlestown WV to near Harpers Ferry. This left behind CR 340/6 Somerset Blvd; CR 340/12 and CR 23 (now WV 230) through Halltown WV. In June 1975, AASHTO turned down Maryland's request to truncate US 340 north to the US 15 split near Jefferson MD. Between 1976-80, US 340 was removed from abandoned, CR 340/15, and more abandoned at the US 340 ALT junction area in Bolivar WV. In June 1991 (AASHTO), US 340 was given its bypass of Charlestown WV. The old route through town became CR 340/18 Augustine Ave and an extended WV 51.
US 340 Original routing through Jefferson County 1949 Jefferson County
US 340 revised routings through Jefferson County 2004 Jefferson County In June 1992 (AASHTO), US 340 was finally added to Page SR 615 and US 211 to Bypass Luray leaving behind US 340 Business.
About 2008, US 340 was removed from SR 665 Overall Rd in Overall VA About 2013, US 340 was removed from F1112 north of Rileyville VA. In 2026, US 340 was removed from Berryville Pike through Rippon WV. Comments: Much of US 340 is a scenic drive along the eastern side of the Shenandoah Valley. Previous US 340's:
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US 340 #1: Appeared in the 1925 plan for the US Highways, running from US 40 Limon CO to US 40 (now MLK Jr Ave at Poyntz) Manhattan KS via Cheyenne Wells CO, Russell KS and Salina KS.
| By December 1925 (AASHO), there was already considerable agitation in Kansas that towns were being wronged by US 340 going through them instead of US 40. In July 1926 (AASHO), US 340 was renumbered to US 40-S. Today the routing is abandoned routing south off Main St just west of Colorado Ave near I-70 Exit 361 to railroad; abandoned southeast north side of RR, becoming CR 3D.5, then more abandoned until it runs into US 40-287; US 40-287 for 1.6 miles; abandoned following the railroad until it gets back to US 40-287 for 0.7 miles; abandoned along railroad until it gets back to US 40-287 at CR 31 west of Hugo CO; US 40-287 through Hugo; abandoned along railroad starting a bit west of CR 2W and going to Clifford; CR 39 all the way to Arora, a little past CO 94; abandoned along the railroad until it returns to US 40-287 west of Wild Horse; US 40-287 for about 3.2 miles; CR R through Wild Horse/abandoned back to US 40-287 about 500 ft east of CR R; US 40-287 for 0.3 miles; abandoned down to and paralleling railroad to where US 40-287 starts to do the same; US 40-287 to Young St on east end of Kit Carson; abandoned east to cross RR about 800 ft northeast of the current crossing, then abandoned along RR to where US 40 comes to it; US 340 used US 40 to 4 miles past Weskan KS (except in Cheyenne Wells US 340 used W 6th St, S 1st St, E 5th St); abandoned along the railroad; Old US 40 to Sharon Springs; Carrie Ave and US 40 Service Rd through Sharon Springs; US 40 for 5 miles; abandoned east to railroad, then parallel along the west side becoming 2nd St to Wallace; Pebble Rd/US 40/Pebble Rd east; Logan CR 210 north; Quail Rd east; CR 140 north; Ute Rd east; CR 150 north to McAllaster; abandoned along east of railroad; CR 160 north; Zest Rd east; CR 170 north; Apache Acre Rd east/5th St in Winona/Apache Acre Rd east; CR 280 north through Page City; Day Dream Rd east/School St through Monument/Day Dream Rd east; CR 410 north; US 40 to just past US 83 north; abandoned/Front St north; 2nd St through Oakley; CR 450 south US 340 followed US 40, then Old US 40 through Grinnell to where it bends southeast to parallel the railroad; abandoned across RR, then DD Rd east; CR 46 south at Grainfield; Old Hwy 40 to Park; (I believe) CR 58 south; AA Rd east to Quinter (abandoned at the I-70 crossing area); Castle Rock Rd south; Y Rd/Golden Belt Rd east (some of this is abandoned now); 120 Rd south; 3rd St to Collyer; Anslie Ave north; Golden Belt Rd east; G Terrace through Voda to WaKeeney, becoming Railroad Ave; Main or 6th south; Barclay Ave/Old US 40 through Ogallah and Rigas; North Rd/Feedlot Rd east to Ellis; Washington St then 10th St/Old US 40 east; abandoned RR crossing/Rome Rd through Yocemento, becoming 12th St into Hays; Main St southwest, then 8th St/Old US 40 east; 3rd St through Victoria; Old US 40 through Walker, Gorham, and Russell (Wichita Ave) to Dorrance; 200th Blvd south; Plymouth Rd east; Old US 40 to Ellsworth County line; 1st Rd then 24th St through Wilson/Ave D east (no longer continuous); KS 14 south to Ellsworth US 340 followed KS 140 east through Carneiro, Brookeville, and Bavaria to 1/2 mile short of I-135; abandoned along north of railroad; Old US 40, then North Street into Salina; 9th to Lincoln to Santa Fe to Pacific Ave east out of Salina; Pacific Ct/cutoff by Ohio St/Old 40 Hwy Ct; Old Hwy 40 through New Cambria and Solomon (4th St) to Abilene; Van Buren St to 3rd St to KS 15 Buckeye Ave to 14th St east out of Abilene; Old Highway 40 through Detroit and Chapman to US 77; abandoned east then northeast across I-70; Goldenbelt Blvd; US 40 Bus into Junction City; Washington St north of downtown, then Old Grant Ave, then Grant Ave to Fort Riley; Huebner Rd through Fort Riley; 8th Ave through Ogden which used to connect directly to Skyway Dr which US 340 used to S Airport Rd; KS 18 ROW while it parallels railroad; abandoned along railroad; Skagg Hill Rd; KS 18 to Manhattan; Martin Luther King Jr Dr to Poyntz Ave where then-US 40 came in from the north and went east on Poyntz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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