Virginia State Route 150

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For former State Routes numbered 150, see State Route 150 (Virginia 1933) and State Route 150 (Virginia 1961-1962).

State Route 150

Chippenham Parkway

Length:

15.19 mi^[1]^[2] (24.45 km)

Formed:

1967

South end:

I-95/SR 895 near Bensley

Major
junctions:

US 360 near Richmond

SR 76 near Richmond

North end:

River Road and Parham Road in Henrico County

Virginia Routes
< SR 149		SR 151 >
Primary - Secondary - History

State Route 150, also known as the Chippenham Parkway, is a primary state highway in and near Richmond, Virginia, United States. It forms a partial beltway around the southwest side of the city. Most of SR 150 is a freeway, but portions of the road include at-grade intersections with residential side streets; traffic in those areas is restricted to lower speeds. Most of the Parkway is located in Chesterfield County and the independent city of Richmond. Bridges across the James River are located near each end.

1 Termini
2 Major intersections
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Termini

At the southern end, the roadway connects with north-south Interstate 95, as well as the State Route 895 (Pocahontas Parkway), which includes a high-level bridge over the James River.

At the northern end, the highway crosses the toll-free Edward E. Willey Bridge over the upper James River (above Richmond) into the western portion of Henrico County and becomes Parham Road.

[edit] Major intersections

(from south to north)

State Route 895 (Pocahontas Parkway)
Interstate 95, (north to Richmond, south to Petersburg)
U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 301 (Jefferson Davis Highway)
State Route 637 (Hopkins Road)
State Route 10
U.S. Route 360
U.S. Route 60
State Route 76 (Powhite Parkway)
Stony Point Parkway at Stony Point Fashion Park
River Road
Parham Road, another partially limited-access highway which forms an inner beltway-type connector road in the northwestern quadrant of the Richmond metropolitan area between River Road and Chamberlayne Road (U.S. Route 301)

[edit] Trivia

The Chippenham Parkway name originated from Chippenham Road, a pre-existing two block long residential street in the Nottingham subdivision.

Both Chippenham Parkway and the connecting Parham Road to the immediate north were built in many phases beginning in the late 1950s. Many earlier portions were built through residential areas, and were not fully reconstructed, resulting in many at grade intersections and private driveways in older sections. Most of the Parkway route was completed and opened by 1969, but neither of the two bridges across the James River existed for many more years.

The Edward E. Willey Bridge across the James River at the northern end was named for a former state legislator from Richmond. It was constructed with funds generated by a special continuation of tolls granted by the U.S. Congress for a period of time on a portion of the former Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (I-95) in the 1980s. This funding enabled it to be opened as a toll free facility.