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U.S. Route 1 in Virginia

U.S. Route 1 marker

U.S. Route 1
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length: 197.3 mi[1] (318 km)
Existed: 1926 (1918 as SR 1, 1923 as SR 31) – present
Major junctions
South end: US 1 / US 401 near Norlina, NC
  US 58 in South Hill
I-85 in various locations
US 301 / US 460 in Petersburg
US 60 / US 360 in Manchester
US 33 / US 250 in Richmond
I-64 / I-95 in Richmond
I-295 in Glen Allen
US 17 in Fredericksburg
I-95 / I-495 in Alexandria
North end: US 1 / I-395 in Washington, DC
Location
Counties: Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg, City of Colonial Heights, Chesterfield, City of Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, Caroline, Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg, Stafford, Prince William, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, Arlington
Highway system
← SR 895 SR 2 →

U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of Virginia runs north–south through South Hill, Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria on its way from North Carolina to the 14th Street Bridge into the District of Columbia. It is completely paralleled by Interstate Highways in Virginia – Interstate 85 south of Petersburg, Interstate 95 north to Alexandria, and Interstate 395 into the District – and now serves mainly local traffic. At its north end, on the approach to the 14th Street Bridge, US 1 is concurrent with I-395; the rest of US 1 is on surface roads.

Contents

Route description

From the North Carolina state line to Petersburg, US 1 parallels Interstate 85 and is partly known as Boydton Plank Road. From Petersburg northward, US 1 parallels Interstate 95 and is known in most places as the Jefferson Davis Highway. In Richmond, the name of Route 1 changes from Jefferson Davis Highway to Cowardin Avenue; then changes to Belvidere Street, then Chamberlayne Avenue and finally Brook Road. There is a portion of Route 1 that changes names to Richmond Highway north of Woodbridge and ending at the Capital Beltway at Alexandria, becoming Henry/Patrick streets, then changing back to Jefferson Davis Highway in the Del Ray section of Alexandria and continuing with that name alongside the high-rise Crystal City office complex in Arlington. In the city of Fredericksburg, between Richmond and the District of Columbia, it borders the northwestern edge of the University of Mary Washington campus. Just before entering the District of Columbia, it runs along the Southwest Freeway at the 14th Street Bridge.

History

Route 1 in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Alexandria

What is now US 1 was added to the state highway system in 1918 as State Route 1, following the older Jefferson Davis Highway, which approximated at its northern end the route of the former Washington and Alexandria Turnpike.[2] The road was renumbered State Route 31 in the 1923 renumbering, and US 1 was applied to its whole length in 1926. SR 31 was dropped in the 1933 renumbering, and was immediately reused on its current alignment.

Prior to ca. 1924, SR 1/31 crossed the North Carolina state line with State Route 2/State Route 32 south of Clarksville on present U.S. Route 15. On the North Carolina side, it was North Carolina Highway 75. From Clarksville it ran east on present U.S. Route 58 to near South Hill.[3] The route continued east from South Hill to Edgerton on present US 58 and north to near McKenney on present State Route 712 until about the same time.[4] This alignment was defined as the Jefferson Davis Highway on March 17, 1922.[5]

By 1925, SR 31 was moved to the current alignment of US 1 south of McKenney[3] (previously State Route 122 south of South Hill[4] and State Route 314 north of South Hill[6]), but the Jefferson Davis Highway did not follow. This took SR 31 to the border at what was then North Carolina Highway 50. The old alignment remained State Route 32 south of Clarksville and State Route 12 from Boydton to Edgerton, and became State Route 201 from Clarksville to Boydton and a new State Route 122 from Edgerton to near McKenney.[3]

The preliminary plan for United States Numbered Highways was drawn up in 1925, and all of SR 31 was assigned US 1. The former SR 31 west and south from near South Hill into North Carolina became U.S. Route 401.[7] In late 1926, the final plan was adopted, and all of US 401 was renumbered to U.S. Route 15.[8] However, by April 1927, US 15 had been extended north from Clarksville, and the short piece from Clarksville to near South Hill was again U.S. Route 401.[9]

In 1975, the interchange between I-395 and U.S. 1 was rebuilt, and originally there were plans to upgrade US 1 to Interstate 595 southward to the connector road with Reagan National Airport. However, the upgrade as proposed was never built. Instead, US 1 is elevated with a diamond interchange over 15th Street South, but is a surface road with signaled intersections at 20th Street South and further south.[10][11]

Major intersections

County Location Mile Destinations Notes
Mecklenburg 0.0 North Carolina - Virginia state line
9.0 US 58 west – Clarksville South end of US 58 concurrency
South Hill 12.4
US 58 / US 58 Bus. (Danville Street) – Emporia		 North end of US 58 concurrency; south end of Business US 58 concurrency
15.4
US 58 Bus. east / SR 47 north (Atlantic Street) – Drakes Branch		 North end of Business US 58 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 47
17.6 SR 138 north (Union Mill Road) – Kenbridge Southern terminus of SR 138
17.9 I-85 – South Hill, Petersburg Exit 15 on Interstate 85
Brunswick Alberta 30.0 SR 46 (Christanna Highway) – Lawrenceville, Blackstone
31.2 I-85 – South Hill, Petersburg Exit 28 on Interstate 85
32.4 SR 136 west (Church Street) Eastern terminus of SR 136
Dinwiddie McKenney 45.8 SR 40 (McKenney Highway/Doyle Boulevard) – Blackstone, Stony Creek
64.6
US 460 Bus. west (Airport Street) to I-85 / US 460 west – Lynchburg		 South end of Business US 460 concurrency; Exit 61 on Interstate 85
66.2 I-85 / US 460 – South Hill, Roanoke, Waverly, Norfolk Exit 63A-B on Interstate 85
66.8 SR 319 (Albemarle Street) Central State Hospital
67.5 SR 226 west (Cox Road) – Sutherland Eastern terminus of SR 226
67.8 SR 319 (7th Avenue) Central State Hospital
City of Petersburg 70.3 SR 36 (Market Street) South end of eastbound SR 36 concurrency
70.5
US 301 Alt. south (Sycamore Street)		 South end of Alternate US 301 concurrency
70.6
US 460 Bus. east / SR 36 east (Wythe Street) – Hopewell		 North end of eastbound Business US 460 concurrency, north end of eastbound SR 36 concurrency
70.7
US 460 Bus. west (Washington Street)
71.0 US 301 south (Bank Street) / SR 36 west (Bollingbrook Street) – Templeton, Ettrick North end of Alternate US 301 concurrency; south end of US 301 concurrency
City of Colonial Heights 72.9 SR 144 south (Temple Avenue) – Fort Lee South end of SR 144 concurrency
Chesterfield 74.8 SR 144 north (Harrowgate Road) – Chester North end of SR 144 concurrency
Chester 79.7 SR 10 (Hundred Road) – Chester, Hopewell
81.0 SR 288 (World War II Veterans Memorial Highway) – Chesterfield
Bellwood 83.6 SR 145 west (Chester Road) Eastern terminus of SR 145
Bensley 85.9 SR 150 (Chippenham Parkway) – Meadowbrook
City of Richmond 88.1 SR 161 (Bells Road) – Lakeside
91.2 US 360 (Hull Street) – Burkeville, Mechanicsville
91.6 US 60 (Semmes Avenue) – Midlothian, Williamsburg
93.1 SR 147 east (Cary Street) / SR 147 west (Main Street/Ellwood Avenue) – Bon Air
93.4 US 250 (Broad Street) to US 33 west – Gum Spring, Montpelier
93.7 SR 33 east (Leigh Street) – Highland Springs
93.8 I-64 / I-95 – Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, Norfolk Exit 76A-B on Interstate 95
96.0 SR 197 (Laburnum Avenue) Eastern terminus of SR 197
97.2 US 301 / SR 2 (Chamberlayne Road) – Bowling Green North end of US 301 concurrency, southern terminus of SR 2
Henrico Lakeside 97.8 I-95 south – Petersburg Southbound exit only
98.6 SR 161 south (Hilliard Road) – Richmond Northern terminus of SR 161
Henrico 99.8 SR 73 east (Parham Road) Western terminus of SR 73
Glen Allen 101.3 I-295 to I-95 / I-64 west – Washington, Charlottesville Exit 43C-D on Interstate 295
Hanover Ashland 108.4 SR 54 (England Street) – Montpelier, Hanover
Doswell 114.6 SR 30 east (Kings Dominion Boulevard) – West Point Western terminus of SR 30
Caroline Ruther Glen 120.7 SR 207 east (Rogers Clark Boulevard/Jericho Road) – Bowling Green Western terminus of SR 207
Spotsylvania Fredericksburg 141.9 US 17 south (Mills Drive) – Tappahannock South end of US 17 concurrency
142.9 I-95 / US 17 north – Richmond, Alexandria, Warrenton North end of US 17 concurrency, exit 126 on Interstate 95
143.8
US 1 Bus. north (Lafayette Boulevard) / SR 208 west (Courthouse Road) – Spotsylvania Courthouse		 Eastern terminus of SR 208
City of Fredericksburg 146.6 SR 3 (Plank Road/William Street) – Culpeper, Warsaw
148.4
US 1 Bus. south / US 17 Bus. south (Princess Anne Street) to SR 2 south – Bowling Green		 South end of US 17 Business concurrency
Stafford Falmouth 148.8
US 17 Bus. north (Warrenton Road) / SR 218 east (Butler Road) – Dahlgren		 North end of US 17 Business concurrency, western terminus of VA 218
Aquia Harbour 159.8 I-95 / SR 610 (Garrisonville Road) – Washington, Richmond Exit 143A-B on Interstate 95
Prince William Dumfries 168.9 SR 234 north (Dumfries Road) – Manassas Southern terminus of SR 234
Woodbridge 174.9 SR 294 west (Prince William Parkway) – Gainesville Eastern terminus of SR 294
176.0 SR 123 north (Gordon Boulevard) – Occoquan, Fairfax Southern terminus of SR 123
Fairfax Colchester 177.2 I-95 north SR 611 north (Furnace Road) to I-95 south Exit 161 on Interstate 95
178.7 SR 242 east (Gunston Road) / SR 600 (Gunston Cove Road) – Mason Neck Western terminus of SR 242
Fort Belvoir 182.2 SR 286 north (Fairfax County Parkway) – Reston Southern terminus of SR 286
184.1 SR 235 north (Mt. Vernon Memorial Highway) – Mount Vernon Southern terminus of SR 235
186.9 SR 235 south (Mt. Vernon Memorial Highway) – Mount Vernon Northern terminus of SR 235
Huntington 190.1 SR 241 north (Kings Highway) – Alexandria Southern terminus of SR 241
191.3 I-95 / I-495 (Capital Beltway) – Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, MD Exit 177A-C on Interstate 95
City of Alexandria 192.2 SR 236 (Duke Street) – Fairfax
192.4 SR 7 (King Street) – Falls Church
Arlington Arlington 195.0 SR 120 north (Glebe Road) – Ballston Southern terminus of SR 120
Crystal City 195.4 SR 233 east (Airport Access Road) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; western terminus of SR 233
196.4 SR 110 north (Jefferson Davis Highway) – Rosslyn Southern terminus of SR 110
196.7 I-395 (Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway) Exit 8B on Interstate 395; south end of I-395 concurrency
Potomac River 197.3 14th Street Bridge
Virginia - District of Columbia boundary
Concurrent with I-395
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Closed/former
  •       HOV only
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Tolled/ETC
  •       Unopened

See also

Spurs of US 1 in Virginia
Spurs of State Route 31 between 1923 and 1928[12]

References

  1. ^ American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, United States Numbered Highways, 1989 Edition
  2. ^ Rose, C.B., Jr. (1976). Arlington County, Virginia: A History. Arlington Historical Society, Inc. p. 75.
  3. ^ a b c Virginia Highways Project: VA 31
  4. ^ a b Virginia Highways Project: VA 122
  5. ^ Virginia Route Index, revised July 1, 2003 (PDF)
  6. ^ Virginia Highways Project: VA 314
  7. ^ Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways, October 30, 1925
  8. ^ United States System of Highways, November 11, 1926
  9. ^ United States Numbered Highways, American Highways, April 1927
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ "Interstate 595". Kurumi.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  12. ^ Virginia Highways Project: VA 301 to 320


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