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The Little River Turnpike was built between 1801 and 1806, and the road was a privately owned and operated toll road during the 19th century running from Alexandria to Aldie in Loudoun County, Virginia. Toll houses were placed at five mile intervals along the road for collection of fees. The road was a paved ("macadamized") road 20 feet wide.
Virginia State Route 7 (VA 7) is a major primary state highway and busy commuter route in northern Virginia, United States.It travels southeast from downtown Winchester to SR 400 (Washington Street) in downtown Alexandria.
View south at the north end of SR 402 at I-395 on the border of Arlington and Alexandria View north along SR 402 just north of SR 7 in Alexandria. SR 402 begins at an intersection with SR 420, which heads west as Seminary Road and east as Janneys Lane. Quaker Lane continues south as an unnumbered street past the Clarens mansion to SR 236 (Duke ...
The United States Army Corps of Engineers conducted the survey, and in its report agreed that a superior, no-expense-spared road from Alexandria to Mount Vernon was necessary. However, construction of the Washington, Alexandria, and Mount Vernon Railway (an inexpensive commuter trolley/streetcar system) between 1892 and 1896 dealt a serious ...
U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a major north–south U.S. Route that serves the East Coast of the United States.In the U.S. state of Virginia, US 1 runs north–south through South Hill, Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria on its way from North Carolina to the 14th Street bridges into the District of Columbia.
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third-largest principal city of the Washington metropolitan area, which is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
labeled "Lynchburg and Pannils Bridge Road" on 1860s Campbell County map, but definitely existed as a turnpike; note toll gate just south of the modern Lynchburg Expressway on 1860s Lynchburg map 1848 map shows it going over Ward's Bridge instead! Pittsylvania, Franklin and Botetourt Turnpike BPW 613 (on 1848 map) Fincastle to Danville (1838 ch ...
At Winchester, the northern end of the Valley Pike, another historic trail, turnpike and toll road pathway steeped in history, intersected US 50 and several other important older roads. (The Valley Pike ran up the Shenandoah Valley southward and was operated in its later years by future Virginia governor and U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd before ...