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EspañolU.S. ROUTE 460 IN VIRGINIA
(Redirected from U.S. Route 460 (Virginia))
'U.S. Route 460 in Virginia' runs east-west through the southern part of the state. It has two separate pieces in Virginia, joined by a relatively short section in West Virginia. Most of US 460 is a four-lane divided highway.
US 460 from Interstate 81 at Christiansburg west to Pikeville, Kentucky, including the piece in West Virginia, is Corridor Q of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From West Virginia east to I-81, US 460 is also part of the proposed Interstate 73.
Most of present US 460 or its former alignments was part of the initial state highway system defined in 1918. Specifically, the following pieces existed:[1]
★ Claypool Hill to West Virginia (U.S. Route 19 concurrency): State Route 11
★ West Virginia to Christiansburg: State Route 23
★ Christiansburg to Petersburg (including the U.S. Route 11 concurrency): State Route 10
★ Suffolk to Norfolk (U.S. Route 58 concurrency): State Route 10
In late 1921, the State Highway Commission recommended that the General Assembly add the road from State Route 11 (now U.S. Route 19) at Claypool Hill northwest to Grundy to the state highway system as a spur of SR 11 to provide "an easterly outlet from Buchanan County".[2] This spur was assigned the designation 'State Route 11X' by 1923,[3] and later that year it became 'State Route 111'.[4] It was renumbered 'State Route 126' in the 1928 renumbering and 'State Route 84' in the 1933 renumbering. A 6.38-mile (10.27 km) extension from Grundy northwest towards Kentucky was added in 1932,[5] and the rest to the state line was added in 1936.[6] In the 1940 renumbering, SR 84 was renumbered 'State Route 4' to match Kentucky Route 4.[5]
In the early 1970s, the former Virginian Railway right-of-way along the north bank of the New River from Glen Lyn to Narrows was acquired by VDOT's predecessor agency from the Norfolk and Western Railway to enable four-laning of the highway through the narrow space between the river and rocky bluffs.
1. , Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918
2. , page 49
3. , page 12
4. , page 2
5. , page 8
6. , page 24
7. , page 8
'U.S. Route 460 in Virginia' runs east-west through the southern part of the state. It has two separate pieces in Virginia, joined by a relatively short section in West Virginia. Most of US 460 is a four-lane divided highway.
US 460 from Interstate 81 at Christiansburg west to Pikeville, Kentucky, including the piece in West Virginia, is Corridor Q of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From West Virginia east to I-81, US 460 is also part of the proposed Interstate 73.
| Contents |
| History |
| Kentucky to West Virginia |
| West Virginia to Norfolk |
| References |
History
Most of present US 460 or its former alignments was part of the initial state highway system defined in 1918. Specifically, the following pieces existed:[1]
★ Claypool Hill to West Virginia (U.S. Route 19 concurrency): State Route 11
★ West Virginia to Christiansburg: State Route 23
★ Christiansburg to Petersburg (including the U.S. Route 11 concurrency): State Route 10
★ Suffolk to Norfolk (U.S. Route 58 concurrency): State Route 10
Kentucky to West Virginia
In late 1921, the State Highway Commission recommended that the General Assembly add the road from State Route 11 (now U.S. Route 19) at Claypool Hill northwest to Grundy to the state highway system as a spur of SR 11 to provide "an easterly outlet from Buchanan County".[2] This spur was assigned the designation 'State Route 11X' by 1923,[3] and later that year it became 'State Route 111'.[4] It was renumbered 'State Route 126' in the 1928 renumbering and 'State Route 84' in the 1933 renumbering. A 6.38-mile (10.27 km) extension from Grundy northwest towards Kentucky was added in 1932,[5] and the rest to the state line was added in 1936.[6] In the 1940 renumbering, SR 84 was renumbered 'State Route 4' to match Kentucky Route 4.[5]
West Virginia to Norfolk
In the early 1970s, the former Virginian Railway right-of-way along the north bank of the New River from Glen Lyn to Narrows was acquired by VDOT's predecessor agency from the Norfolk and Western Railway to enable four-laning of the highway through the narrow space between the river and rocky bluffs.
References
1. , Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918
2. , page 49
3. , page 12
4. , page 2
5. , page 8
6. , page 24
7. , page 8
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