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The History of State Highways in Virginia begins with Virginia's State Highway Commission, which was formed by the General Assembly in 1906. In 1918 the General Assembly designated a 4002-mile (6441 km) state highway system to be maintained by the commission.
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 .
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.
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.
The following is a partial list of former primary state highways in the U.S. state of Virginia. Long-distance routes are listed here, while those entirely or mostly within one VDOT district are at the following pages: Bristol District: 59–98 (1933), 65 (1940), 77 (1940), 78 (1940), 289 (1934) Salem District: 99–124 (1933), 245 (1940), 294 ...
United States Numbered Highways in the state of Virginia are numbered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation as part of the system of state highways. In Virginia, U.S. Highways are treated, for funding purposes, as identical to primary state ...
The Interstate Highways in Virginia are a total of 1,118 miles (1,799 km) of Interstate Highways in the U.S. state of Virginia. Virginia consists of six primary interstate highways, and 10 auxiliary interstates. In addition, 3 more primary and one auxiliary route are planned or under construction.
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.