U.S. Route 11 in Virginia
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| North end |  US 11 at Rest | |
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Virginia | |
| Counties | City of Bristol, Washington, Smyth, Wythe, Pulaski, City of Radford, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem, City of Roanoke, Botetourt, Rockbridge, City of Lexington, Augusta, City of Staunton, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg, Shenandoah, Warren, Frederick, City of Winchester | |
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U.S. Route 11 (US 11) is a north–south
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia from Frederick County. Most of the route closely parallels I-81. From south to north, US 11 serves the cities and towns of Bristol, Abingdon, Wytheville, Pulaski, Radford, Christiansburg, Roanoke, Lexington, Staunton, Harrisonburg, Strasburg, and Winchester. As one of the original U.S. Highways, it was first designated through Virginia in 1926 and has largely followed the same route since. Prior to the construction of the Interstate Highway System, it was the primary long-distance route for traversing the western part of the state. Much of it roughly follows the Great Wagon Road, a colonial-era road that followed the Appalachian Mountains
from Georgia to Pennsylvania.
Route description
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Virginia's portion of US 11 begins at the four-way intersection of east–west Euclid Avenue and north–south Commonwealth Avenue in Bristol. At this intersection, a pair of
I-381
, a spur south from I-81.
US 460 Alt.
in Salem
US 11 and US 19 head east as a two-lane divided boulevard through a residential area. The street becomes undivided shortly before the U.S. Highways reach the northern end of
SR 140 (Jonesboro Road), a connector between the U.S. Highways and I-81 that also serves Virginia Highlands Community College. The U.S. highways continue east as Main Street, which passes under the Norfolk Southern Railway line before US 19 turns north onto Porterfield Highway. US 11 becomes four lanes and then two at its intersection with US 58 Alternate (US 58 Alt.; Russell Street), which leads to the William King Museum of Art, in downtown Abingdon. The alternate route runs along Main Street for a short distance before turning south with SR 75 (Cummings Street) to rejoin US 58 at I-81. US 11 passes Barter Theatre. At the east end of town, US 11 crosses over the rail line and meets I-81 at a partial cloverleaf interchange
. US 11 has a short concurrency with US 58 east of the interchange before US 58 splits to the east as Jeb Stuart Highway.
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US 11 meets the southern end of SR 80 (Glenbrook Avenue) south of the communities of Meadowview and Emory; the latter village is the home of Emory and Henry College. The U.S. Highway intersects SR 91 (Maple Street) south of Glade Spring before the highway closely parallels I-81. US 11 has an interchange with I-81 where the highway crosses to the north side of the Interstate shortly before entering Smyth County.
History
What is now US 11 was added to the state highway system in 1918 as portions of
SR 33
in 1923, and US 11 was applied to its present alignment in 1926. SR 10 and SR 33 vere dropped in 1933.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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I-81 | US 11 splits into US 11E and US 11W; south end of US 19 overlap | |||||||
| 1.0 | 1.6 |    SR 113 south) | ||||||
| 2.8 | 4.5 |   | I-81 exit 5 | |||||
| Bonham Road | former SR 76 south | |||||||
| 13.4 | 21.6 |  US 19 north (Porterfield Highway) – Hansonville, Bluefield | North end of concurrency with US 19 | |||||
| 14.2 | 22.9 |    US 58 Alt. west (Russell Road) to US 19 north | South end of concurrency with US 58 Alternate | |||||
| 14.5 | 23.3 |    I-81 | North end of concurrency with US 58 Alternate; no left turn northbound | |||||
| | 17.1 | 27.5 | | I-81 exit 19; south end of concurrency with US 58 | ||||
| | 17.4 | 28.0 | US 58 east (J.E.B. Stuart Highway) – Damascus | North end of concurrency with US 58 | ||||
I-81 | ||||||||
| | 29.3 | 47.2 | | I-81 exit 32 | ||||
I-81 – Saltville | former SR 79 south | |||||||
| I-81 exit 39 | ||||||||
| | 41.3 | 66.5 |  I-81 south – Abingdon | I-81 exit 44 | ||||
I-81 | South end of concurrency with SR 16 | |||||||
| 44.5 | 71.6 |  SR 16 north (Park Boulevard) | North end of concurrency with SR 16 | |||||
I-81 – Wytheville, Bristol | I-81 exit 47 | |||||||
I-81 – Rural Retreat | ||||||||
| | 65.4 | 105.3 | I-81 south – Bristol | I-81 exit 67 | ||||
US 21 south (Main Street) | South end of concurrency with US 21 | |||||||
| 69.2 | 111.4 |   I-81 | North end of concurrency with US 21 | |||||
 SR 365 north – Wytheville Community College | ||||||||
| 71.1 | 114.4 |   | south end of concurrencies with I-77, I-81, and US 52; US 11 south follows exit 73 | |||||
| see I-81 | ||||||||
| north end of concurrency with I-81; US 11 north follows exit 89B | ||||||||
| Pulaski | 92.1 | 148.2 |  SR 99 south (Main Street) | south end of SR 99 south overlap (southbound only) | ||||
| 92.2 | 148.4 | SR 99 north (Third Street Northwest) | ||||||
| Fourth Street Northwest | north end of SR 99 south overlap (southbound only) | |||||||
SR 373 east) | ||||||||
| 99.1 | 159.5 |  | interchange | |||||
| Fairlawn | 106.0 | 170.6 |  SR 114 east (Peppers Ferry Road) | |||||
I-81 | ||||||||
| 108.1 | 174.0 |  I-81 | former SR 102 south | |||||
I-81 | ||||||||
| 116.6 | 187.6 |   US 460 Bus. west (North Franklin Street) | South end of concurrency with US 460 Business | |||||
| 117.8 | 189.6 |  SR 111 west (Depot Street) | ||||||
| 118.6 | 190.9 | | interchange; US 460 exit 2 | |||||
| 119.6 | 192.5 | | I-81 exit 118C; north terminus of US 460 Business overlap; south end of concurrency with US 460 | |||||
| Roanoke |
No major junctions | |||||||
I-81 | ||||||||
| 141.0 | 226.9 | I-81 | ||||||
| 141.8 | 228.2 | US 460 east (East Main Street) | East end of concurrency with US 460 | |||||
| 142.1 | 228.7 |  I-81 | ||||||
| 142.4 | 229.2 | US 460 Alt. (East 4th Street) | ||||||
| 143.8 | 231.4 |    SR 419 (Electric Road) to US 220 / US 221 | ||||||
| City of Roanoke | 145.5 | 234.2 |  SR 117 north (Peters Creek Road) | |||||
| 147.2 | 236.9 |  US 221 south / SR 116 south (Williamson Road) | South end of concurrency with US 221 and SR 116 | |||||
| 149.4 | 240.4 |  | I-581 exit 5; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||||
| 149.8 | 241.1 | | North end of concurrency with US 221 and SR 116 | |||||
| 152.5 | 245.4 |  Roanoke Regional Airport | ||||||
| 152.6 | 245.6 |  Roanoke Regional Airport | ||||||
I-581 – Salem | ||||||||
| 154.9 | 249.3 |  I-81 / US 220 | ||||||
SR 670 (Trinity Road) – Fincastle | former SR 294 north | |||||||
| | 170.9 | 275.0 | | I-81 exit 162 | ||||
| Buchanan | 175.1 | 281.8 |   SR 43 south (Parkway Drive) / SR 1305 (Lowe Street) – Blue Ridge Parkway | South end of concurrency with SR 43 | ||||
| 175.9 | 283.1 |  SR 43 north (First Street) / SR 1318 (Old Mill Road) – Eagle Rock | North end of concurrency with SR 43 | |||||
| | 177.0 | 284.9 | I-81 south – Roanoke | south end of I-81 overlap; southbound exit and northbound entrance; US 11 south follows exit 167 | ||||
| | 177.4 | 285.5 |  SR 614 – Arcadia | I-81 exit 168 | ||||
I-81 north – Lexington | north end of concurrency with I-81; US 11 north follows exit 175 | |||||||
| Natural Bridge |  SR 130 east (Wert Faulkner Highway) – Natural Bridge, Glasgow, Lynchburg, Cave Mountain Lake | |||||||
| I-81 exit 180 | ||||||||
| | 198.5 | 319.5 |  | |||||
| | 199.3 | 320.7 |  I-81 – Lexington, Buena Vista | interchange | ||||
US 11 Bus. south – Lexington | interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||||
I-81 – Charleston, Staunton | I-64 exit 55 | |||||||
| 201.8 | 324.8 |  SR 39 west (Maury River Road) – Rockbridge Baths, Goshen, Virginia Horse Center | ||||||
| | 205.4 | 330.6 |  | I-81 exit 195 | ||||
I-81 – Raphine | ||||||||
| Augusta | 216.4 | 348.3 |   SR 56 east (Tye River Turnpike) / SR 851 (Midway School Road) – Vesuvius | |||||
| |  SR 56 west | |||||||
| | 224.1 | 360.7 |  US 340 north (Stuarts Draft Highway) – Stuarts Draft, Waynesboro | |||||
| | 224.2 | 360.8 | | I-81 exit 213 | ||||
| |  SR 701 (Howardsville Road) – Middlebrook | former SR 292 north | ||||||
| interchange | ||||||||
SR 261) to US 250 | ||||||||
| 234.3 | 377.1 |  I-81 | South end of concurrency with US 250 | |||||
| 234.4 | 377.2 |  US 11 Bus. north (Greenville Avenue) / SR 254 west (South Coalter Street) – Historic District | North end of concurrency with US 250; south end of concurrency with SR 254 | |||||
| 235.0 | 378.2 | SR 254 east (New Hope Road) | Interchange; north end of concurrency with SR 254 | |||||
| 235.2 | 378.5 | SR 261) to US 250 east | south end of US 250 Truck overlap | |||||
| 237.1 | 381.6 | US 11 Bus. south (Augusta Street) | southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||
| 237.6 | 382.4 |  I-81 / SR 254 – Waynesboro | north end of US 250 Truck overlap | |||||
| |   SR 256 west | |||||||
I-81 – Winchester, Roanoke | I-81 exit 243 | |||||||
| 258.2 | 415.5 | To Maryland Avenue / Port Republic Road ( I-81 / SR 42 | ||||||
| 259.3 | 417.3 |  traffic circle around Rockingham County Courthouse ) (northbound only) | ||||||
| I-81 exit 251 | ||||||||
| Mauzy | 269.9 | 434.4 |  SR 259 west (Mayland Road) – Broadway, Timberville | |||||
| 269.9 | 434.4 | I-81 – New Market, Harrisonburg | I-81 exit 257 | |||||
 SR 259 east | ||||||||
I-81 | South end of concurrency with US 211 | |||||||
| 277.4 | 446.4 |  | North end of concurrency with US 211 | |||||
| |  SR 767 (Quicksburg Road) to SR 42 – Quicksburg | former SR 262 west | ||||||
| Mount Jackson | 284.0 | 457.1 |  SR 263 west (Bryce Boulevard) – Basye, Orkney Springs | |||||
| 285.3 | 459.1 |   SR 703 – Conicville | ||||||
I-81 / SR 42 – Lantz Mill | ||||||||
I-81 – Columbia Furnace | former SR 59 west | |||||||
| Court Street | former SR 59 east | |||||||
| Strasburg | 308.1 | 495.8 |  SR 55 east (King Street) / to Industrial Access Road – Front Royal | South end of concurrency with SR 55 | ||||
| 308.3 | 496.2 | SR 55 west (John Marshall Highway) – Lebanon Church | North end of concurrency with SR 55 | |||||
| | 309.9 | 498.7 |   I-66 east – Woodstock, Winchester | I-81 exit 298 | ||||
| Warren |
No major junctions | |||||||
I-81 | ||||||||
Martinsburg | interchange | |||||||
I-81 | south end of US 17 / US 50 / US 522 overlap | |||||||
 US 50 west (East Cork Street) | north end of US 17 / US 50 overlap | |||||||
| 326.8 | 525.9 |  SR 7 east (East Piccadilly Street) | ||||||
 US 522 north (Commercial Street) | north end of US 522 overlap | |||||||
US 522 north / US 50 west | interchange | |||||||
| | 329.3 | 530.0 | I-81 – Martinsburg, Roanoke | I-81 exit 317 | ||||
| |  SR 274 east | |||||||
| Rest | 335.7 | 540.3 | US 11 north (Winchester Avenue) – Martinsburg | West Virginia state line | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Spurs of US 11 in Virginia
- U.S. Route 11E, c. 1930 to present
- U.S. Route 11W, c. 1930 to present
- U.S. Route 211, 1926 to present
- U.S. Route 220
- U.S. Route 58
- U.S. Route 411, mid-1930s to late 1970s, now U.S. Route 11E
- U.S. Route 511, 1926 to c. 1930, now U.S. Route 11E
- U.S. Route 11 Business(Virginia)
References
- ^ a b "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- Washington County and City of Bristol (PDF)
- Smyth County (PDF)
- Wythe County (PDF)
- Pulaski County (PDF)
- Montgomery County and City of Radford (PDF)
- Roanoke County, City of Roanoke, and City of Salem (PDF)
- Botetourt County (PDF)
- Rockbridge County, City of Buena Vista, and City of Lexington (PDF)
- Augusta County, City of Staunton, and City of Waynesboro (PDF)
- Rockingham County and City of Harrisonburg (PDF)
- Shenandoah County (PDF)
- Warren County (PDF)
- Frederick County and City of Winchester (PDF)
External links
KML is from Wikidata
Media related to U.S. Route 11 in Virginia at Wikimedia Commons- Virginia Highways Project: US 11
- US 11 in VA at AARoads
