Virginia State Route 13

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For the former State Route 13, see
State Route 13 (Norfolk, Virginia). For the U.S. Route, see U.S. Route 13 in Virginia
.
"VA 13" redirects here. The term may also refer to Virginia's 13th congressional district.

State Route 13 marker

State Route 13

Old Buckingham Road
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length24.08 mi[1] (38.75 km)
Existed1935–present
Major junctions
West end US 60 / SR 45 in Cumberland
East end US 60 in Plain View
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountiesCumberland, Powhatan
Highway system
← US 13→ SR 14

State Route 13 (SR 13) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Old Buckingham Road, the state highway runs 24.08 miles (38.75 km) from U.S. Route 60 and SR 45 in Cumberland east to US 60 in Plain View. SR 13 parallels US 60 to the south through eastern Cumberland County and western Powhatan County and passes through the latter county's seat of Powhatan. The state highway is the only state-numbered highway in Virginia that shares a number with a U.S. Highway but does not form a state-numbered extension of that U.S. Highway. SR 13's number comes from being a segment of the original cross-state SR 13 in 1918; that highway included portions of modern US 60. In 1933, US 60 was shifted to its present corridor between Buena Vista and Richmond, replacing SR 13. Two years later, SR 13 was assigned to Old Buckingham Road when US 60 was moved to its present alignment from Cumberland to east of Powhatan.

Route description

View east along SR 13 at SR 682 just east of Cumberland

SR 13 begins at an intersection with James Anderson Highway, a four-lane

SR 300, which provides another connection to US 60. SR 13 passes through Worshams before reaching its eastern terminus at US 60 (James Anderson Highway) at Plain View.[1][2]

History

SR 13 is the remnant of a much longer route. It was part of the initial system defined in 1918, running from the

1923 renumbering
it was truncated to Farmville-Tappahannock.

The road from southeast of Warsaw to Callao was added to the state highway system in 1924,[4] and the next year it was connected to the rest of SR 13 by the addition of the road from Tappahannock to Warsaw.[5]

To the west, a short piece of road from

1933 renumbering
).

The road from

Buena Vista
east to Callao.

Until the

U.S. Route 360
was designated over SR 13 from Richmond to Callao; thus SR 13 was completely eliminated in 1933.

However, a new cutoff between

State Route 46 (now State Route 684 in that area),[17] but the main part was added in 1933[18] and 1934 (specifically as US 60 in the latter year).[19] By 1935, the new US 60 was complete, and the old route reverted to its old designation - State Route 13.[20]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Cumberland CH, Richmond
Western terminus
SR 45
north
SR 49
south)
​
SR 49
north
SR 300
north)		Southern terminus of SR 300
Plain View24.0838.75 US 60 (Anderson Highway) – Lexington, Richmond, Virginia BeachEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Spurs of State Route 13 between 1923 and 1928[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c "2009 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  2. ^ Google (2011-08-08). "Virginia State Route 13" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  3. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (July 5, 1922). "Minutes of the First Meeting of the State Highway Commission Created Under the Acts of 1922" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918
  4. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (April 10–11, 1924). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 7.
  5. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (February 25, 1925). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 11–12.
  6. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (January 15–17, 1923). "Minutes of the Eighth Meeting of the State Highway Commission" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 7.
  7. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (May 1–2, 1923). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 12–13.
  8. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (April 10–11, 1924). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 6.
  9. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (February 25, 1925). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 3.
  10. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (April 1, 1926). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 9, 11.
  11. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (May 5–7, 1926). "Minutes of a Special Meeting Held by the State Highway Commission" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 18, 20.
  12. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (April 10–11, 1924). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 7, 11, and 12.
  13. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (January 5, 1928). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 11.
  14. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (March 11, 1927). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 8.
  15. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (August 9–10, 1928). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 16, 17, 18, and 21.
  16. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (November 10, 1932). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 12.
  17. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (July 27–29, 1932). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 19.
  18. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (October 19, 1933). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. pp. 21, 22.
  19. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (September 19, 1934). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia.
  20. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (August 17, 1935). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. "to construct entrance to filling station at intersection of Routes 13 and 60, one mile west of Powhatan C.H."
  21. ^ Virginia Highways Project: VA 121 to 140

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