Virginia State Route 18
Route map:
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| North end |   US 60 / US 220 in Covington | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Virginia | |||
| Counties | Craig, Alleghany, City of Covington | |||
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State Route 18 (SR 18) is a primary
.Route description
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SR 18 begins at an intersection with SR 311 (Paint Bank Road) in the community of Paint Bank in Craig County. The state highway heads northeast as Potts Creek Road through the valley of
Boiling Spring. At the state highway's final crossing of Potts Creek just south of its confluence with the Jackson River, the highway enters the city of Covington and becomes Indian Valley Road. At its intersection with Pitzer Ridge Road at the former site of Fort Carpenter, SR 18 becomes Carpenter Drive and crosses the Jackson River. The state highway crosses over CSX's Alleghany Subdivision. SR 18 parallels the railroad tracks north under Interstate 64 to its northern terminus at Madison Street, which carries US 60 and US 220, south of downtown Covington.[1][3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Southern terminus | ||||||||
| Alleghany |
No major junctions | |||||||
I-64 | Northern terminus | |||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b c "2009 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
- Craig County (PDF)
- Alleghany County and City of Covington (PDF)
- ^ "New Numbers of Va. Highways Effective July 1". The Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 10, 1933. p. 5. Retrieved January 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Google (2011-08-09). "Virginia State Route 18" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
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