Virginia State Route 241

I-495 near Huntington
I-495 near Huntington
North end	SR 236 in Alexandria
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Counties	Fairfax, City of Alexandria
Highway system
	Virginia Routes; Interstate; US; Primary; Secondary; Byways; History; HOT lanes;

State Route 241 (SR 241) is a primary

I-495, Huntington Avenue, and Eisenhower Avenue in a series of interchanges along the boundary of Fairfax County and the independent city of Alexandria. SR 241 also connects the above highways to the Huntington station of the Washington Metro, for which the portion of the highway from US 1 to the station is part of the National Highway System.^[2]

Route description

SR 241 begins at an intersection with US 1 (Richmond Highway) on the southern edge of Huntington. Immediately to the west of the intersection, the state highway has an intersection with SR 633, which heads south as Kings Highway and has a tangent intersection with US 1 before veering southwest toward

divided Telegraph Road, which continues south as SR 611. Passing above Telegraph Road immediately to the south and north of the intersection are direct ramps from northbound I-95 and I-495 (Capital Beltway) to Kings Highway and Huntington Avenue, respectively. Southbound SR 611 also receives a direct ramp from the Beltway. Opposite Kings Highway is a loop ramp from southbound SR 241 that joins the Beltway's ramp to Huntington Avenue. The west leg of SR 241's intersection with Huntington Avenue includes a third direct ramp from the Beltway.^[1]^[3]

North of the Telegraph Road – Kings Highway – Huntington Avenue intersection-interchange complex, SR 241 crosses

trumpet interchange with SR 236 (Duke Street) a short distance west of Old Town Alexandria.^[1]^[3]

History

SR 241 appeared on its present route in the

1933 renumbering

, following the former route of State Route 717, which itself appeared in 1930.

From 2008 to 2013, the Telegraph Road interchange with I-495 underwent major reconstruction and realignment by VDOT as part of the larger Woodrow Wilson Bridge project. The new interchange alleviates past congestion by separating the I-495 traffic bound for Huntington Avenue, Telegraph Road and North Kings Highway at exit 176A.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Fairfax	Huntington	0.00	0.00	US 1 (Richmond Highway)	Southern terminus
		0.08	0.13
		0.59	0.95
		1.14	1.83	SR 611 south (Telegraph Road)	Northern terminus of SR 611; southbound exit; northbound access via traffic signal
		1.21	1.95	Huntington Avenue (SR 1332)	Southbound exit; northbound access via traffic signal
		1.39	2.24	Baltimore	Interchange; exit 176 (I-95)
City of Alexandria		1.27– 1.67	2.04– 2.69	Eisenhower Avenue / Mill Road	Interchange; signage for Eisenhower Avenue northbound and Mill Road southbound
City of Alexandria		1.88	3.03	SR 236 – Landmark, Downtown Alexandria	Northern terminus; trumpet interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi