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View north along US 11, US 522, and west along US 50 (Cameron Street) at the northern terminus of US 17 in Winchester, Virginia. US 17 enters Virginia into the city of Chesapeake, running along the border of the Great Dismal Swamp.
In Virginia, the U.S. Highway runs 255.83 miles (411.72 km) from the North Carolina state line in Chesapeake north to its northern terminus at US 11, US 50, and US 522 in Winchester. US 17 is a major highway in the eastern half of Virginia. The U.S. Highway connects the Albemarle Region of North Carolina with the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
The current Virginia passenger vehicle license plate, introduced in 2002. Transportation in the Commonwealth of Virginia is by land, sea and air.Virginia's extensive network of highways and railroads were developed and built over a period almost 400 years, beginning almost immediately after the founding of Jamestown in 1607, and often incorporating old established trails of the Native Americans.
The Virginia General Assembly established the first State Highway Commission in 1906. In 1927, the Virginia Department of Highways (VDH) was established as a state agency. VDH became the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation (VDHT) in 1974, adding railroads and public transportation to its portfolio.
View east along US 33 just after entering Virginia from West Virginia in Rockingham County. US 33 enters Virginia at about 3,450 feet (1,050 m) elevation at Dry River Gap on top of Shenandoah Mountain at the West Virginia state line, having climbed steeply from the community of Brandywine, West Virginia, in the valley of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River.
U. S. Route 460 runs through downtown Georgetown, Kentucky. US 460 now begins when it splits from US 60 a few miles east of downtown Frankfort.It is a winding two-lane highway with no shoulders and intersects US 62 and I-75 at Georgetown.
State Route 267 (SR 267) is an expressway in the US state of Virginia.It consists of two end-to-end toll roads – the Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Greenway – as well as the non-tolled Dulles Access Road, [3] which lies in the median of Dulles Toll Road and then extends east to Falls Church.
Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Virginia runs east–west through the middle of the state from West Virginia to the Hampton Roads region, for a total of 299 miles (481 km). From the West Virginia state line to Chesapeake , it passes through the major cities of Lexington , Staunton , Charlottesville , the state capital of Richmond ...