Talk:History of state highways in Virginia

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Details of the 1940 renumbering

Virginia	Other state
State Route 27 State Route 170	N.C. Highway 34 N.C. Highway 170
State Route 10 State Route 32	N.C. Highway 32
State Route 53 State Route 37	N.C. Highway 37
U.S. Route 158 U.S. Route 258	U.S. Highway 158 U.S. Highway 258
State Route 35	N.C. Highway 45 N.C. Highway 35
State Route 34 State Route 46	N.C. Highway 46
unnumbered (inside Virgilina) State Route 49 (and State Route 96?)	N.C. Highway 144/N.C. Highway 562 N.C. Highway 49/N.C. Highway 96
State Route 86	N.C. Highway 14 N.C. Highway 86
State Route 106 State Route 87	N.C. Highway 54 N.C. Highway 87
State Route 8	N.C. Highway 109 N.C. Highway 8
State Route 103	N.C. Highway 80 N.C. Highway 103
State Route 104	N.C. Highway 800 N.C. Highway 104
State Route 96 State Route 89	N.C. Highway 89
State Route 93	N.C. Highway 260 N.C. Highway 93
State Route 92 State Route 16	N.C. Highway 681 N.C. Highway 16
State Route 78 State Route 91	State Route 91
State Route 77 State Route 75	State Route 44 was to be State Route 75
State Route 64 State Route 70	State Route 70
State Route 65 State Route 66	Kentucky Route 66
State Route 67 State Route 160	Kentucky Route 160
State Route 84 State Route 4	Kentucky Route 4
State Route 59 State Route 83	West Virginia Route 83
State Route 81 State Route 16	West Virginia Route 12 West Virginia Route 16
State Route 311	West Virginia Route 81 West Virginia Route 311
State Route 501 State Route 39	West Virginia Route 39
State Route 271 State Route 84	West Virginia Route 84
State Route 259	West Virginia Route 58 West Virginia Route 259
State Route 261 State Route 59	West Virginia Route 59
State Route 275 State Route 259	West Virginia Route 23 West Virginia Route 259
State Route 7 U.S. Route 522	West Virginia Route 38 U.S. Route 522
State Route 238 State Route 9	West Virginia Route 9
State Route 234 State Route 17	Maryland Route 33 Maryland Route 17

Eventual fate of the two-digit routes

State Route 1 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 31 (Virginia 1923-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 2 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 32 (Virginia 1923-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 3 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 33 (Virginia 1923-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 4 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 34 (Virginia 1923-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 5 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 35 (Virginia), still exists
State Route 6 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 36 (Virginia 1923-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 7 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 37 (Virginia 1923-1933), State Route 3 (Virginia) (mostly - why?) still exists
State Route 8 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 38 (Virginia 1923-1933), mostly replaced by U.S. Routes and extensions
State Route 9 (Virginia 1918-1923), State Route 39 (Virginia 1923-1933), mostly replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 10 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 11 (Virginia 1918-1933), State Route 64 (Virginia 1933-1940), State Route 70 (Virginia) still exists (though it disappeared for a bit)
State Route 12 (Virginia 1918-1933), mostly replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 13 (Virginia) still exists (but shouldn't)
State Route 14 (Virginia 1918-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 15 (Virginia 1923-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes and extensions
State Route 16 (Virginia 1918-1940), State Route 27 (Virginia 1940-1953), eliminated
State Route 17 (Virginia 1918-1933), replaced by several routes
State Route 18 (Virginia 1918-1933), mostly replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 19 (Virginia 1918-1933), State Route 6 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 20 (Virginia 1918-1933), State Route 40 (Virginia) (why?) still exists
State Route 21 (Virginia 1918-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 22 (Virginia 1918-1933), replaced by U.S. Route extensions
State Route 23 (Virginia 1918-1933), State Route 8 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 24 (Virginia 1918-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 25 (Virginia 1918-1933), State Route 9 (Virginia 1933-1940), State Route 123 (Virginia) (mostly) still exists
State Route 26 (Virginia 1918-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 27 (Virginia 1918-1940), State Route 170 (Virginia 1940), absorbed by SR 168
State Route 28 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 29 (Virginia 1923-1933), State Route 14 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 30 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 40 (Virginia 1923-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 41 (Virginia 1923-1933), State Route 5 (Virginia) (why?) still exists
State Route 42 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 43 (Virginia 1928-1933), split up
State Route 44 (Virginia 1928-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes and part of SR 49
State Route 45 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 46 (Virginia 1928-1933), absorbed by SR 16
State Route 47 (Virginia 1928), absorbed by SR 48
State Route 47 (Virginia 1930-1933), State Route 97 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 48 (Virginia 1928), absorbed by SR 40
State Route 49 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 50 (Virginia 1928-1933), State Route 2 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 51 (Virginia 1928-1950), eliminated
State Route 52 (Virginia 1928-1933), replaced by U.S. Routes
State Route 53 (Virginia 1928-1933), absorbed by SR 30
State Route 54 (Virginia 1928-1933), State Route 7 (Virginia) (mostly - why?) still exists
State Route 55 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 56 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 57 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 58 (Virginia pre-1933), State Route 94 (Virginia) still exists
State Route 59 (Virginia pre-1933), absorbed by SR 49

1918 map

07-1922-01 has a map at the end, labeled Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918. Routes are split into primary and secondary. Numbers are not given; some I give here are post-1923. Concurrencies that are known to have existed are not shown.

1 primary NC (Virgilina) - DC
2 primary Wylliesburg - MD
3 primary NC - WV (northeast of Winchester)
4 primary Cape Charles - MD
5 primary Courtland - Petersburg
6 primary WV - DC
7 primary Winchester - Reedville
8 primary Fredericksburg - Mathews
9 primary WV (west of Monterey) - Hampton
- 9 primary? Williamsburg - Jamestown
- 9 primary? Williamsburg - Yorktown - Shacklefords (07-1921-03 3-4 groups it as Gloucester Point to Saluda)
- 9 primary?? West Point? - Saluda
- unknown (post-1928 605) secondary? Burgess - White Stone?
10 primary KY or TN (Cumberland Gap) - Virginia Beach
- 106 primary Abington - Dickensonville?
11 primary Pennington Gap - WV
- 11Z/114 secondary Coeburn - Grundy
  - 1141 secondary Clintwood - KY
12 primary Meadowview - Suffolk
- 12Z/15 secondary NC - Wytheville
13 primary Farmville - Richmond, secondary Richmond - Tappahannock
14 primary NC - WV
15/331 secondary WV - Woodstock
16 primary New Market - Madison Mills
17 secondary Covington - Gordonsville
18 secondary NC - Afton
19 secondary Dixie - Richmond
20 secondary Brookneal - Richmond
21 secondary? Manassas? - DC
22 secondary Salem - WV
23 secondary Meadows of Dan - WV
24 secondary NC - Emporia
25 ? (04-1922-01 18 has SR 25 in Manassas, with SR 21 still going via Vienna and the Chain Bridge, but earlier stuff has SR 21 there)
26 secondary Pulaski - Bland (numbered 26 by 11-1921-02 17)
27 NC - Norfolk (numbered 27 by 04-1921-02)

39 has a rather strange routing east of Richmond. --NE2 20:17, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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