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Town of Highland Park in Henrico County was annexed by the City of Richmond in 1914. [3] Holland in Nansemond County was consolidated with the rest of the former county and the former county seat town and small city of Suffolk to form the present large independent city known as Suffolk. Town of Kecoughtan in Elizabeth City County was annexed by ...
Cities with populations of less than 50,000 are eligible to become towns through reversion. [2] The newest town and newest former town are Bedford in Bedford County, which ceased to be an independent city in 2013, and St. Charles in Lee County, which disincorporated in 2022. [3] For a complete list of independent cities, see List of cities in ...
I-295 is a bypass to the east of Richmond, from I-95 south of Petersburg, across I-64 east of Richmond and I-95 north of Richmond to I-64 west of Richmond. I-395 is a branch from Springfield north into downtown Washington, D.C. It was part of I-95 until 1977. I-495 is the Capital Beltway, a full loop around Washington, D.C. Since 1977, I-95 has ...
U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a transcontinental highway which stretches from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, California. In the U.S. state of Virginia, US 50 extends 86 miles (138 km) from the border with Washington, D.C. at a Potomac River crossing at Rosslyn in Arlington County to the West Virginia state line near Gore in Frederick County.
Richmond is often subdivided into North Side, Southside, East End and West End. The Greater Richmond area extends beyond the city limits into nearby counties. Descriptions of Richmond often describe the large area as falling into one of the four primarily geographic references which somewhat mirror the points of a compass: North Side, Southside, East End and West End.
A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.
Traffic, deaths and a futile goal of reducing congestion dog an ongoing construction project.
SR 33 in Richmond: 1938: current US 48: 14.26: 22.95 US 48 at the West Virginia state line: I-81 & SR 55 in Strasburg: 2002: current Signage not Posted until 2017 US 50: 86.00: 138.40 US 50 at the West Virginia state line: US 50 at the District of Columbia line 1926: current US 52: 85.00: 136.79 US 52 at the North Carolina state line