Virginia State Route 69
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Country | United States | |||
State | Virginia | |||
Counties | Wythe, Carroll | |||
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State Route 69 (SR 69) is a primary
US 21
, part of SR 690, a small piece of SR 642, part of SR 619, part of SR 636, and SR 69.
Route description
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SR 69 begins at an intersection with SR 636 (Store Hill Road) just south of the village of Austinville on the
divided highway through its diamond interchange with Interstate 77 before reaching its eastern terminus at US 52 (Fort Chiswell Road) in Poplar Camp.[1][2]
History
From
This was the last piece of the Lodi-Poplar Camp route to be added to the primary state highway system.Several other pieces of SR 115 from Cedar Springs north through
The first section of this route to be transferred to the secondary system was from
Interstate 81.[9]
(The two pieces that became SR 79 and SR 90 are now also secondary routes.)
Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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SR 636 (Store Hill Road / Loafers Rest Road) | Western terminus | |||||||
Carroll |
No major junctions | |||||||
I-77 – Fort Chiswell, Hillsville | Exit 24 (I-77) | |||||||
Shot Tower Historical Park | Eastern 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 2011-09-10.
- Wythe County (PDF)
- ^ Google (2011-09-10). "Virginia State Route 69" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (August 9–10, 1928). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 14.
- ^ a b Map of Wythe County, revised July 1, 1936
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (December 18, 1930). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 5.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (October 10, 1940). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 13.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (May 22, 1945). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 14.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (May 2–3, 1946). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 5.
- ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (March 18, 1958). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 12.
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