U.S. Route 13 in Virginia
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| U.S. Route 13 |
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| Formed: | 1926 (1918 as SR 4, 1923 as SR 34) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  US 13 near Winton, NC |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 58 in Suffolk I-64 in Norfolk |
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| North end: | US 13 near Pocomoke City, MD |
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U.S. Route 13 in Virginia runs north-south through the Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore regions of the state, using the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to get between the two. In the Hampton Roads area, it uses Military Highway to bypass the city centers.
[edit] History
What is now US 13 on the Eastern Shore was added to the state highway system in 1918 as State Route 4. It was renumbered State Route 34 in the 1923 renumbering, and US 13 was applied to its whole length in 1926. SR 34 was dropped in the 1933 renumbering, and was immediately reused on a route through Lawrenceville. That was renumbered to State Route 46 in the 1940 renumbering, and the current State Route 34 was designated in the late 1940s.
[edit] See also
- Spurs of State Route 34 between 1923 and 1928[1]
- State Route 341, Centerville west to Parksley, now State Route 176
- State Route 342, Tasley west to Onancock, now State Route 126
- State Route 343, Eastville east to the Eastern Shore Railroad, now part of State Route 631
[edit] References
| Preceded by North Carolina |
U.S. Route 13 Virginia |
Succeeded by Maryland |
| < SR 33 | Two‑digit State Routes 1923-1933 |
SR 35 > |
| < SR 505 | District 5 State Routes 1928-1933 |
SR 507 > |
