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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 .
The highest speed limit for undivided roads is 75 mph (121 km/h) in Texas. Undivided road speed limits vary greatly by state. Texas is the only state with a 75 mph (121 km/h) speed limit on 2 lane undivided roads, while most states east of the Mississippi are limited to 55 mph (89 km/h).
The top speed limit in most residential/urban and business district areas is at 30 mph, and state law prohibits speed limits below 25 mph on most common residential areas, though a speed limit of 25 is mainly only used in the New York City area and rarely seen outside of said area.
Maximum posted speed limits by state. Updated Utah with 80 MPH maximum posted speed limit (on I-15), Louisiana with 75 MPH maximum posted speed limit (on I-49), and Maine with maximum posted speed limit of 75 MPH (on I-95). Updated by [[:en:User:Wxstorm] 03:49, 28 June 2011: 1,300 × 593 (482 KB) Shadowlink1014~commonswiki
US 33 at the West Virginia state line: 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 220 enters Virginia just north of the community of Price, North Carolina. From the state line to Roanoke, US 220 is a four-lane mix of freeway bypasses and 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) [citation needed] at-grade rural highway. Some high traffic areas and non-divided stretches have speed limits of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) or lower.
The road had in previous years held a speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h), but had been decreased to 45 mph (72 km/h) north of Arcola sometime in the last 20 years, and has always been 35 mph (56 km/h) through the town of Arcola. The speed limit remains 45 mph (72 km/h) south of Arcola on Gum Spring Road all the way to Route 234.
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, [8] and the rest to the state line was added in 1936. [9] In the 1940 renumbering, SR 84 was renumbered State Route 4 to match Kentucky Route 4. [10]