Virginia State Route 69

Route map:
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I-77 at Poplar Camp
East end US 52 at Poplar Camp
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountiesWythe, Carroll
Highway system
SR 68 SR 70

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

View west along SR 69 at I-77 in Poplar Camp

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

U.S. Route 52 at Poplar Camp towards Austinville, was added in 1930 as State Route 116.[5]
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

State Route 16 and former US 58 to Lodi.[6]

The first section of this route to be transferred to the secondary system was from

(The two pieces that became SR 79 and SR 90 are now also secondary routes.)

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
SR 636
(Store Hill Road / Loafers Rest Road)
Western terminus
Carroll
No major junctions
Exit 24 (I-77)
Shot Tower Historical Park
Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c "2009 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  2. ^ Google (2011-09-10). "Virginia State Route 69" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  3. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (August 9–10, 1928). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 14.
  4. ^ a b Map of Wythe County, revised July 1, 1936
  5. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (December 18, 1930). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 5.
  6. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (October 10, 1940). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 13.
  7. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (May 22, 1945). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 14.
  8. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (May 2–3, 1946). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 5.
  9. ^ State Highway Commission of Virginia (March 18, 1958). "Minutes of Meeting" (PDF) (Report). Richmond: Commonwealth of Virginia. p. 12.

External links

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SR 114
District 1 State Routes
1928–1933
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