U.S. Route 29 in Virginia
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Virginia | |||
| Counties | City of Danville, Pittsylvania, Campbell, City of Lynchburg, Amherst, Nelson, Albemarle, City of Charlottesville, Greene, Madison, Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William, Fairfax, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church, Arlington | |||
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U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a major north–south route in the
Since 1928, when the
For most of its route through Virginia, US 29 has been constructed to be at least four lanes along its route, with the two short exceptions being where the highway passes through Manassas National Battlefield Park, where it is two lanes wide for approximately three miles (4.8 km), and through Fairfax and Arlington counties, where it is sometimes wider. It can also be six and eight lanes in much of northern Albemarle County.
US 29 in Virginia has 11
and Arlington.Route description
North Carolina to Lynchburg
US 29 enters Virginia in
Lynchburg to Charlottesville
US 29 then continues north where it has business routes for Chatham, Gretna, and Hurt while bypassing them before entering Campbell County.
The next major city is
Charlottesville to Warrenton
For the next few miles of US 29's route north of Lovingston, it enters mountainous terrain in the far western Piedmont close to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Several miles later, the route then continues north to Charlottesville, intersecting I-64 and bypassing downtown Charlottesville. US 29 rejoins its congested business route just north of downtown, continuing north as a six-lane road through Charlottesville's business district. Past Charlottesville, it converts back to four lanes and continues through Greene and Madison counties and then turns northeast toward Culpeper. US 15 joins US 29 around Culpeper and heads to Warrenton, entering Northern Virginia.
Warrenton to Washington DC
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US 29/US 15 is joined by
History
US 29 originated in 1931 as a replacement of
The portion of what is now US 29 from the North Carolina state line to Warrenton was named the Seminole Trail by an act of the
In an October 4, 2006, meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, the University of Virginia athletic department and basketball coach Dave Leitao suggested that Seminole Trail in Charlottesville should be renamed Cavalier Way. The board did not act on this suggestion.[8]
Gainesville Interchange
The Gainesville Interchange project took place at the interchange between the Lee Highway (US 29) and I-66 at the junction with Linton Hall Road (SR 619) starting in July 2011, with board planning on it dating back to 2006. The project was worth $230 million (equivalent to $307 million in 2023[9]) and included interchanges at many other heavily traveled roads in the area due to the rapid growth in development in Gainesville and Haymarket, along with it being a major area drivers departure off of I-66 to travel towards other major cities along the Lee Highway, such as Charlottesville. The reasoning for this inclusion of other interchanges is because of the lack of road development to accommodate the new heavy traffic in the area. The plan included a single-point urban interchange design and bridges over train tracks to ease traffic flow on the Lee Highway onto I-66. The Lee Highway was also widened around the interchange to combat this issue. What was once a two-lane country road is now a four-lane suburban highway. Land was acquired by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) at the intersection of US 29 and Linton Hall Road/SR 619. The entire project was completed and opened to the general public on July 9, 2015.
Charlottesville Interchange (Rio Road)
The Charlottesville Interchange project took place at the intersection of US 29 and Rio Road/SR 631, with construction starting in mid-2015 and ending in December 2016.[10] A diamond interchange was built, with two lanes from each direction of US 29, deemed the "local lanes", exiting from main traffic and meeting Rio Road at a traffic signal. The project cost $69.7 million (equivalent to $86.8 million in 2023[9]).
Lynchburg Interchange
The Lynchburg Interchange project took place at the intersection of US 29/US 460/US 501 and Odd Fellows Road, with construction starting in January 2016 and ending in August 2018. A diamond interchange was constructed at a cost of about $30 million (equivalent to $35.9 million in 2023[9]). The interchange was built to reduce congestion on Candlers Mountain Drive/US 501 and to make access to Mayflower Drive/SR 128 easier.[11][12] As part of the construction, roundabouts were constructed on Odd Fellows Road at its intersection with Mayflower Drive, west of the interchange, and Top Ridge Road, east of the interchange.[13]
Charlottesville Bypass
A western US 29 bypass around Charlottesville was originally proposed in 1979. Engineering and environmental work on the project began in late 1984, and the location was approved by the Commonwealth Transportation Board in 1990.
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Acquisition of right-of-way for the project began in 1991 and continued until 2001. No additional right-of-way has been purchased since then. VDOT owns 36 properties that are currently leased and occupied.
The bypass was projected to be 6.2 miles (10.0 km) long, from the US 250 bypass to current US 29 north of the South Fork Rivanna River. It would have been two lanes in each direction with no other exits, to decrease possible interruption of commercial and residential growth in the area.
In 1998, a lawsuit was filed challenging the project, alleging that the environmental impact review of the project violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In 2001, the federal court ruled in favor of VDOT on the suit but required the agency to complete a supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) addressing the road's impacts on the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir and the mitigation to minimize those impacts. That document was completed and accepted by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 2003.
In 1996, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) inserted language into its Transportation Improvement Program that prevented additional funds from being allocated to construction of the Western Bypass. That language was removed by the MPO Policy Board in July 2011.[14]
All activities on the US 29 Charlottesville Bypass project were suspended in March 2014 following notification from the FHWA that a new supplemental EIS would be required before the environmental process could be completed. The new supplemental EIS was required due to the history of litigation and controversy associated with the project.[15]
Future
Charlottesville Interchange (Hydraulic Road)
The Charlottesville City Council voted on May 6, 2018, to add a long-range development plan for a diamond interchange at the intersection of US 29 and Hydraulic Road/SR 743 at an estimated cost of $63 million to $80 million (equivalent to $75.3 million to $95.6 million in 2023[9]).[16]
Major intersections
All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| City of Danville | 0.0 | 0.0 |    Future I-785 / US 29 south – Greensboro | Continuation into North Carolina; SR 785 begin | ||
| 0.1 | 0.16 | – |     US 58 west – Danville, Martinsville | South end of US 58 overlap | ||
| 0.7 | 1.1 | – | Corning Drive | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 1.3 | 2.1 | – | Elizabeth Street | |||
| 3.7 | 6.0 | – |  Chapel Hill | |||
| 5.6 | 9.0 | – |  SR 737 (Goodyear Boulevard) | |||
| 6.4 | 10.3 | – | River Park Drive – Dan Daniel Memorial Park | |||
| 7.2 | 11.6 | – |   | North end of concurrency with US 58; future northern terminus of I-785; SR 785 end | ||
| Pittsylvania | | 9.6 | 15.4 | — |    SR 41 (East Franklin Turnpike) to SR 360 – Danville, Halifax | |
| | 15.4 | 24.8 | — |  | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| | 16.0 | 25.7 | — | | North end of freeway; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
US 29 Bus. north – Chatham | South end of expressway; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||||
| | 24.8 | 39.9 | — |  SR 57 – Chatham, South Boston | ||
| | 25.7 | 41.4 | — |  SR 685 – Chatham | ||
| | 27.0 | 43.5 | — | | North end of expressway | |
| | 33.0 | 53.1 | — | US 29 Bus. north – Gretna | South end of expressway; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| | 35.0 | 56.3 | — |  SR 40 – Gretna, Rocky Mount | ||
| | 37.2 | 59.9 | — | US 29 Bus. south – Gretna | North end of expressway; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| | 41.6 | 66.9 | — | US 29 Bus. north – Hurt | South end of expressway | |
| | 44.7 | 71.9 | — |  SR 924 – Hurt | ||
| Campbell | | 48.6 | 78.2 | — |  SR 43 – Altavista, Leesville | |
| | 49.5 | 79.7 | — |  SR 714 – Altavista | ||
SR 711 (Clarion Road) | ||||||
| | 51.9 | 83.5 | — | US 29 Bus. south – Altavista | North end of expressway | |
| Yellow Branch | 61.3 | 98.7 |  SR 24 (Colonial Highway) – Evington, Rustburg, Smith Mountain Lake | |||
| | 67.9 | 109.3 |  | South end of freeway section; south end of concurrency with US 460 | ||
| City of Lynchburg | 68.6 | 110.4 | University Boulevard | Southbound entrance only | ||
| 69.4 | 111.7 | — |  To SR 670 (Candlers Mountain Road) – Liberty University | University Blvd. not signed northbound; SR 670 not signed southbound | ||
| 70.0 | 112.7 | — |  US 501 north (Candlers Mountain Road) – Buena Vista | South end of concurrency with US 501 | ||
| 71.2 | 114.6 | — | Odd Fellows Road | |||
| 72.3 | 116.4 | — | US 501 Bus. north (Campbell Avenue) – South Boston | North end of freeway section; north end of concurrency with US 501 | ||
| Campbell | | 74.3 | 119.6 | — | US 460 east (Richmond Highway) – Appomattox | South end of freeway; north end of concurrency with US 460 |
| Amherst | | 76.0 | 122.3 | — |  SR 210 west – Madison Heights, Downtown Lynchburg | |
| | 80.0 | 128.7 | — |  SR 130 west – Madison Heights | ||
US 29 Bus. – Madison Heights, Amherst | ||||||
| Amherst | 88.9 | 143.1 | — |  US 60 – Amherst, Lexington, Richmond | ||
| 90.3 | 145.3 | — |  SR 739 north (Boxwood Farm Road) – Amherst | North end of freeway; SR 739 is former southern terminus of SR 150 | ||
| | 92.2 | 148.4 |  SR 739 south (Napier Loop) | Former northern terminus of SR 150 | ||
| Nelson | Colleen | 100.7 | 162.1 |  SR 56 west (Tye Brook Highway) – Piney River | South end of concurrency with SR 56 | |
| North end of concurrency with SR 56 | ||||||
| 105.8 | 170.3 | US 29 Bus. south (Northside Lane) – Lovingston | ||||
| Woods Mill | 112.3 | 180.7 |  SR 6 west (River Road) – Afton, Wintergreen | South end of concurrency with SR 6 | ||
| | 116.2 | 187.0 | SR 6 east (Irish Road) – Scottsville, Schuyler | North end of concurrency with SR 6 | ||
SR 230 north | ||||||
| | 134.2 | 216.0 | — |  | South end of freeway; I-64 exit 118 | |
| | 134.8 | 216.9 | — |  US 29 Bus. north – Charlottesville, University of Virginia Health System | ||
| | 136.2 | 219.2 | — |  | South end of concurrency with US 250 | |
| | 136.5 | 219.7 | — |  To SR 601 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| | 136.9 | 220.3 | — | Leonard Sandridge Road – University of Virginia | Northbound exit and entrance only | |
| | 137.7 | 221.6 | — |  SR 654 (Barracks Road) | ||
US 29 Bus. south (Emmet Street) – Richmond, University of Virginia | North end of freeway; north end of concurrency with US 250 | |||||
SR 631 (Rio Road) – Charlottesville | Interchange | |||||
| 144.3 | 232.2 |   Charlottesville Albemarle Airport, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital | ||||
| Greene | Ruckersville | 152.1 | 244.8 |  US 33 (Spotswood Trail) – Harrisonburg, Richmond | ||
SR 243 west | ||||||
SR 626 (Gibbs Road) – Stanardsville | South end of concurrency with SR 230 | |||||
| | 161.9 | 260.6 |   SR 230 east / SR 231 south (Orange Road) – Gordonsville, Orange | North end of concurrency with SR 230; south end of concurrency with SR 231 | ||
| | 163.3 | 262.8 | US 29 Bus. north / SR 231 north (South Main Street) – Madison, Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, Historic Downtown Madison | North end of concurrency with SR 231; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| | 163.4 | 263.0 |  SR 27 | |||
| | 164.2 | 264.3 |  SR 230 | |||
| | 165.3 | 266.0 |  | |||
SR 299 south – Culpeper | South end of expressway | |||||
| | 179.9 | 289.5 | — |  | South end of concurrency with US 15 | |
| | 181.4 | 291.9 | — |   | ||
| | 183.7 | 295.6 |  SR 666 – Culpeper | |||
US 29 Bus. south – Culpeper, Brandy Station | North end of expressway | |||||
| | 192.1 | 309.2 | US 29 Bus. north (Remington Road) – Remington | |||
US 29 Bus. south (James Madison Street) – Remington | ||||||
| | 194.8 | 313.5 |   Warrenton-Fauquier Airport | |||
I-95 – Fredericksburg | Interchange; south end of concurrency with US 17 | |||||
| | 203.6 | 327.7 |   Lord Fairfax Community College Fauquier Campus | |||
SR 643 (Meetze Road / Lee Street) – Warrenton | Interchange | |||||
| 206.5 | 332.3 |      | Interchange; north end of concurrency with US 17 | |||
| Buckland | 213.0 | 342.8 |  SR 215 east (Vint Hill Road) – Vint Hill Farms Station, Lake Brittle | |||
| Prince William | | 214.0 | 344.4 | US 15 north (James Madison Highway) – Leesburg | North end of concurrency with US 15 | |
| Gainesville | 217.0 | 349.2 |   SR 55 west (John Marshall Highway) / SR 619 east (Linton Hall Road) – Haymarket, Front Royal | Interchange | ||
| 217.8 | 350.5 | I-66 – Front Royal, Washington | Interchange; I-66 exit 43 | |||
NVCC, Manassas | ||||||
| Fairfax | Bull Run | 224.7 | 361.6 |  SR 609 (Pleasant Valley Road) | ||
I-66 – Washington, Front Royal | I-66 exit 52 | |||||
| 227.2 | 365.6 |  Dulles Airport, Manassas | ||||
| Willow Springs | 228.6 | 367.9 |  SR 645 (Stringfellow Road / Clifton Road) – Clifton | |||
| | 230.3 | 370.6 |   I-66 | Interchange | ||
I-495 / SR 123 south – George Mason University | ||||||
Old Town Fairfax | South end of concurrency with US 50 | |||||
| 234.0 | 376.6 |  Old Town Fairfax, George Mason University | ||||
| 235.8 | 379.5 |   traffic circle with cut-through); north end of concurrency with US 50; south end of concurrency with SR 237 | ||||
SR 655 (Blake Lane) to SR 236 (Pickett Road) | ||||||
I-66 – Vienna/Fairfax-GMU Station | ||||||
| 238.7 | 384.2 |   I-495 | ||||
| | 239.0 | 384.6 |   I-495 Express south | |||
| City of Falls Church | 241.5 | 388.7 |  SR 338 east (Hillwood Avenue) | |||
| 241.8 | 389.1 |  SR 7 (Broad Street) | ||||
I-66 west | North end of concurrency with SR 237 | |||||
Glebewood | 244.6 | 393.6 |  SR 120 (North Glebe Road) – Chain Bridge, Alexandria | |||
Waverly Hills | 244.7 | 393.8 |  SR 309 west (Old Dominion Drive) to SR 120 – McLean | South end of concurrency with SR 309; no left turn northbound | ||
| 244.8 | 394.0 | SR 309 east (Cherry Hill Road) / to Lorcom Lane | North end of concurrency with SR 309 | |||
| Cherrydale | 245.5 | 395.1 | SR 309 west (Cherry Hill Road) / Military Road / Quincy Street | Eastern terminus of SR 309 | ||
Dulles Airport | I-66 exit 72 | |||||
| 246.2 | 396.2 |  SR 124 east (Spout Run Parkway) / Kirkwood Road | Western terminus of SR 124 | |||
I-66 west to SR 267 | I-66 exit 74; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||||
| 247.6 | 398.5 |  I-395 | I-66 exit 74 | |||
| 247.7 | 398.6 | I-495 | No southbound entrance | |||
District of Columbia | ||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||
See also
References
- ^ "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- Pittsylvania County and City of Danville (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Campbell County and City of Lynchburg (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Amherst County (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Nelson County (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Albemarle County and City of Charlottesville (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Greene County (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Madison County (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Culpeper County (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Fauquier County (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Prince William County, City of Manassas, and City of Manassas Park (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Fairfax County, City of Fairfax, and City of Falls Church (PDF) Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Arlington County and City of Alexandria (PDF) Archived December 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Gross Domestic Product deflatorfigures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
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- ^ "NEW US 29/460 INTERCHANGE at ODD FELLOWS ROAD to OPEN - Newsroom | Virginia Department of Transportation". virginiadot.org. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Route 29: Hydraulic Road Intersection". www.route29solutions.org. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
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