Virginia State Route 33

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For former State Routes numbered 33, see State Route 33 (Virginia 1923-1933) and State Route 33 (Virginia 1933-1938). For the U.S. Route continuing State Route 33 west from Richmond, see U.S. Route 33 (Virginia).

State Route 33

Formed:

1938

West end:

US 33/US 250 in Richmond

Major
junctions:

SR 30 in West Point

US 17 near Saluda

East end:

dead end at Stingray Point

Virginia Routes
< US 33		SR 34 >
Primary - Secondary - History

State Route 33 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It forms an extension of U.S. Route 33 from Richmond east to Stingray Point on the Chesapeake Bay. The route includes concurrencies with U.S. Route 60 and Interstate 64.

SR 33 was part of State Route 4, which continued west along U.S. Route 33, until early 1938.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Miscellanea

In 1973, State Route 33 between Eltham and Quinton in New Kent County had an extraordinarily high accident rate due to heavy weekend traffic to waterfront points in eastern Virginia. This weekend travel is known colloquially in Central Virginia as "Going to the Rivah", the "Rivah" (river) loosely defined as any recreational body of water east of the fall line. Upon partial completion, a stretch of newly-built Interstate 64 was opened from Exit 205 to Exit 220 as State Route 33 in order to divert traffic off of one of the most accident-prone portions of the former winding and hilly two-lane route through New Kent Courthouse, which was renumbered State Route 249. This portion of the highway became concurrent with I-64 as the connecting portions of the new Interstate were opened.

[edit] References

^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, January 13, 1936PDF, page 8: "Route 4 at M.P. 5.9 between West Point and Shacklefords P.O."
^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, February 23, 1936PDF, page 7: "Route 33, M.P. 3.0 at Shacklefords Fork"

< SR 392	Spurs of SR 39 1923-1928	SR 394 >
< SR 428	District 4 State Routes 1928-1933	SR 430 >
< SR 414	District 4 State Routes 1928-1933	SR 416 >
< SR 602	District 6 State Routes 1928-1933	SR 604 >