Virginia State Route 55

Route map:
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Virginia Byway
Major junctions
West end US 48 / WV 55 near Star Tannery
Major intersections
East end US 29 / SR 619 in Gainesville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountiesFrederick, Shenandoah, Warren, Fauquier, Prince William
Highway system
← SR 54SR 55→ SR 56

State Route 55 (SR 55) is a primary

Corridor H. East of Front Royal, the state highway serves as the local complement of I-66 as it passes through the towns of Marshall, The Plains, and Haymarket
.

Most of SR 55 is a

Virginia Byway
.

Route description

View east along SR 55 leaving Strasburg

SR 55 begins at the West Virginia state line at the highway's summit of

North Fork Shenandoah River into Warren County.[2][6]

Just north of

SR 79 (Apple Mountain Road), a very short connector with I-66. SR 55, I-66, and the B-Line follow Manassas Run to the community of Linden, where the thoroughfares intersect the Appalachian Trail, cross Blue Ridge Mountain at Manassas Gap, and enter Fauquier County.[3][6]

View north along US 340/522 and west along SR 55 departing Front Royal

SR 55 continues to parallel I-66 and the B-Line through the valley of

Broad Run through the Bull Run Mountains at Thoroughfare Gap into Prince William County.[4][6]

View west along SR 55 from I-66 east of The Plains

SR 55 crosses the B-Line again at the hamlet of Thoroughfare. The state highway intersects US 15 (James Madison Highway) just west of the town of Haymarket; in that town the highway is known as Washington Street. SR 55 continues southeast to Gainesville, where the highway reaches its eastern terminus. As of June 2011 SR 55 has been re-routed over the old Gallerher Road, and is now called John Marshall Highway. The US 29–SR 55 junction is the focus of a long-term project to provide grade separations between the B-Line (the last crossing by SR 55) and both the John Marshall Highway and US 29, and to construct an interchange between US 29, SR 55, and SR 619 (Linton Hall Road). The single-point urban interchange was completed in 2015.[7]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1][2][3][4][5]kmDestinationsNotes
Frederick​0.000.00

 US 48 west / WV 55 west – Wardensville		West Virginia state line; western terminus; western end of US 48 concurrency
SR 628 (Middle Road) to US 11 – Winchester
​14.2622.95
I-66 east – Winchester, Woodstock

 US 48
ends		Exit 296 (I-81); eastern end of US 48 concurrency
Martinsburg
Western end of US 11 concurrency
16.1225.94
 US 11 south (King Street) – Staunton		Eastern end of US 11 concurrency
I-66 – Winchester, Berryville
Western end of US 340 / US 522 concurrency
US 522
south (North Commerce Avenue)		Eastern end of US 522 concurrency
Main Streetformer
SR 12
north
29.0046.67
US 340 south (South Royal Avenue) – Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive
Eastern end of US 340 concurrency
29.5447.54
I-66
west
​34.2455.10
I-66
Southern terminus of SR 79
Fauquier​44.5071.62
 US 17 north (Winchester Road) – Delaplane, Paris, Winchester, Sky Meadows State Park		Western end of US 17 concurrency
​45.1472.65
I-66 west – Front Royal, Strasburg
Western end of I-66 concurrency; SR 55 west follows exit 23
​48.5078.05
Washington, Fredericksburg
Eastern end of I-66 / US 17 concurrency; western end of US 17 Bus. concurrency; SR 55 east follows exit 27
I-66 – Warrenton
east end of US 17 Bus. concurrency
I-66
Northern terminus of SR 245
SR 17
north
Prince WilliamHaymarket62.38100.39 US 15 (James Madison Highway) – Leesburg, Warrenton
Gainesville64.71104.14
 US 29 (Lee Highway) / SR 619 east (Linton Hall Road)		Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c "Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Jurisdiction Report: Frederick County" (PDF). Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. ^ a b c "Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Jurisdiction Report: Shenandoah County" (PDF). Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  3. ^ a b c "Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Jurisdiction Report: Warren County" (PDF). Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  4. ^ a b c "Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Jurisdiction Report: Fauquier County" (PDF). Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  5. ^ a b "Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Jurisdiction Report: Prince William County" (PDF). Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  6. ^ a b c d Google (2011-07-22). "Virginia State Route 55" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  7. ^ "Gainesville Improvements". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-22.

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