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The state highway system of the U.S. state of Virginia is a network of roads maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). As of 2006, the VDOT maintains 57,867 miles (93,128 km) of state highways, [1] making it the third-largest system in the United States. [2]
Primary State Highways in the U.S. state of Virginia, are numbered and maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation as a system of state highways.Primary State Routes receive more funding than Secondary State Routes and are numbered as U.S. Routes or State Routes with numbers from 1 to 599.
The road is important not only because it is an inter-county connector, but it goes around the back of Dulles Airport, is part of the Loudoun County Parkway, and it provides a shortcut between the Reston / Herndon area and U.S. Route 50. Although the Herndon streets are not technically part of SR 606, they are signed as SR 606, and they connect ...
Outside cities, some towns, and two counties, every road is state-maintained. These roads are split into Primary and Secondary State Routes, and receive different levels of funding. Inside cities, most Primary State Routes are locally maintained. Highway names; Interstates: Interstate X (I-X) US Highways: U.S. Route X (US X) State
In 2003, Virginia Department of Transportation Commissioner Philip A. Shucet stated that "[s]ingle drivers could pay $1 to $4 to get off of the congested regular lanes." [ 26 ] By 2009, transportation planners in Washington estimated the projected rush-hour toll need to be $1.60 a mile. [ 27 ]
Under that special arrangement, VDOT maintained secondary routes in Suffolk until July 1, 2006. This arrangement eventually led to new conflicts over ownership and responsibility for the circa 1928 Kings Highway Bridge across the Nansemond River on State Route 125 , which was closed in 2005 by VDOT for safety reasons.
Map of Virginia's major cities and roads. The Virginia State Highway System is an integrated system of roads maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). As of 2005, the VDOT maintains 57,082 miles (91,865 km) of state highways — the third largest system in the United States, after Texas and North Carolina.
State Route 302 is the designation for the roads on the Grounds of the University of Virginia in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville that are maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation, including Copeley Road and Massie Road. The roads were added to the state highway system in 1932, and the number was in use by 1936.