U.S. Route 460

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I-95 in Petersburg, VA
I-295 in Petersburg, VA
East end US 60 in Norfolk, VA
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesKentucky, West Virginia, Virginia
Highway system
← US 340WV→ I-470

U.S. Route 460 (US 460) is an auxiliary route of

Ocean View to Frankfort, Kentucky, intersecting its parent route once again. It passes through the states of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. It goes through the cities and towns of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Petersburg, Farmville, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Tazewell, and Grundy, in Virginia; Princeton and Bluefield in West Virginia; and Pikeville, Georgetown, and Frankfort
in Kentucky.

The section from

Corridor Q in the Appalachian Development Highway System. The portion improved under this system is unfinished between Grundy, Virginia
, and Pikeville.

US 460 is a major east–west highway in Virginia. It is a major thoroughfare through southern

US 221 between Bedford and Roanoke and with US 11 between Salem and Christiansburg. It is also the primary east–west roadway in the northern part of Southwest Virginia
between Christiansburg and the Kentucky border; several miles near Bluefield pass through West Virginia.

Route description

Kentucky

Main article: U.S. Route 460 in Kentucky
U. S. Route 460 runs through downtown Georgetown, Kentucky.

US 460 now begins when it splits from US 60 a few miles east of downtown

US 23 in Paintsville. US 460 East follows US-23 South through Prestonsburg and Pikeville. The route enters the southwestern part of Virginia
.

Virginia and West Virginia

Main article: U.S. Route 460 in Virginia
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US 460 eastbound at WV 598 in Bluefield, West Virginia

U.S. Route 460 runs east–west through the southern part of Virginia. It has two separate pieces in Virginia, joined by a relatively short section in

divided highway
.

US 460 from

Interstate 73
.

History

The earliest origins of this road were as part of the track once known as the Trader's Path, a Virginia colonial trail dating from the 17th century that led from Augusta County to present-day Roanoke.[1] Before it was commissioned as a federally designated route in the late 1940s, US 460 was designated as Kentucky Route 4 from the western Virginia state line near Grundy to

Paintsville to Lexington.[2]

In the pre-Interstate era, US 460 was a major highway, passing from Frankfort through

St. Louis, Missouri, after crossing the MacArthur Bridge
.

State Road 62 in Indiana; and part of Illinois Route 15, Illinois Route 142, and Illinois Route 14 in that state. However, its parent route, US 60
has not been supplanted by I-64 and converted to a state highway in the greater Louisville area.

Many years after the road's elimination in Indiana in 1977, some older residents and even businesses along what is now Indiana State Road 62 still refer to the road as "Highway 460." Older billboards retain that designation in the St. Meinrad area. Some current telephone books also contain listings for those living on "Hwy 460."

When

U.S. Highway 23 and Kentucky Route 80.[4]

Future

Kentucky Route 3174 marker

Kentucky Route 3174

LocationPikeville–Elkhorn City
Length7.0 mi[5] (11.3 km)

Future Corridor Q (currently signed as Kentucky Route 3174) is being constructed south of the current alignment of US 460 as a four-lane divided highway from Pikeville to Grundy. The current alignment is a rural two-lane road winding along the rivers and mountains of Virginia and Kentucky. After the segment is completed, US 460 is to be realigned onto that segment and be concurrent with future US 121 (Coalfield Expressway) in Virginia.

Major intersections

Kentucky
US 60 / US 421 in Frankfort
US 25 in Georgetown
US 62 in Georgetown
I-75 in Georgetown
US 27 / US 68 in Paris
Mt. Sterling
US 60 in Mt. Sterling. The highways travel concurrently through Mt. Sterling.
US 23 in Paintsville. The highways travel concurrently to Pikeville.
US 119 in Pikeville. The highways travel concurrently through Pikeville.
Virginia
SR 83 in Grundy
US 19 in Claypool Hill. The highways travel concurrently to Bluefield.
West Virginia
US 52 in Bluefield. The highways travel concurrently through Bluefield.
US 19 northeast of Bluefield. The highways travel concurrently to southwest of Princeton.
I-77 east-southeast of Princeton
Virginia
US 219 in Rich Creek
Appalachian Trail across the New River near Pearisburg
US 11 in Christiansburg
I-81 in Christiansburg. The highways travel concurrently through Christiansburg.
I-81 / US 11 in Christiansburg. US 11/US 460 travels concurrently to Salem.
Future I-73 / I-581 / US 220 in Roanoke
US 11 / US 221 in Roanoke. US 221/US 460 travels concurrently to Bedford.
US 29 south of Lynchburg. The highways travel concurrently to Lynchburg.
US 501 in Lynchburg. The highways travel concurrently through Lynchburg.
US 15 west-northwest of Farmville. The highways travel concurrently to south of Farmville.
US 360 west of Burkeville. The highways travel concurrently to east of Burkeville.
I-85 southwest of Petersburg. The highways travel concurrently to Petersburg.
US 1 southwest of Petersburg
I-85 / I-95 in Petersburg. I-95/US 460 travels concurrently through Petersburg.
US 301 in Petersburg
I-295 southeast of Petersburg
US 258 in Windsor
US 13 / US 58 in Suffolk. The highways travel concurrently to Chesapeake.
I-664 in Chesapeake. The highways travel concurrently through Chesapeake.
I-64 in Chesapeake
US 17 in Chesapeake
I-264 in Norfolk
US 58 in Norfolk. The highways travel concurrently through Norfolk.
I-564 in Norfolk
I-64 in Norfolk
I-64 in Norfolk
US 60 in Norfolk

[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Frazier Associates. 1992. "Historical Architecture Reconnaissance Survey Report. Roanoke, Virginia." April 1992. Page 2.
  2. ^ Fun Facts About Kentucky Highways: US 460
  3. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ July 4 2006 Roadtrip
  5. ^ Commonwealth of Kentucky. "Official DMI Route Log". Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  6. ISBN 978-0-528-00771-2
    .

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