U.S. Route 52 in Virginia
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| U.S. Route 52 |
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| Formed: | mid-1930s | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  US 52 near Mount Airy, NC |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 58 in Hillsville US 21 in Wytheville |
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| North end: |  I-77/US 52 near Bluefield, WV |
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U.S. Route 52 in Virginia runs north-south through the southwestern part of the state along the Interstate 77 corridor.
[edit] History
The piece of US 52 south of Fort Chiswell was part of the state highway system defined in 1918[1]. It was initially designated State Route 12-Z, at least south of Hillsville,[2] but by 1924 it was State Route 15.[3] In 1926, the U.S. Route 121 designation was applied to the whole length of SR 15, from North Carolina to Fort Chiswell, but it did not turn west on U.S. Route 11 at Fort Chiswell to connect to U.S. Route 21.[4][5]
An extension of SR 15 from Fort Chiswell north to Max Meadows was added to the state highway system in 1931.[6] In the 1933 renumbering, SR 15 was dropped from the US 121 concurrency, while the short extension to Max Meadows became State Route 121.
US 121 was absorbed by an extension of US 52 by 1935. US 52 was extended through West Virginia and along U.S. Route 21 to Wytheville and U.S. Route 11 to Fort Chiswell, where it replaced US 121 into North Carolina.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Minutes of the First Meeting of the State Highway Commission Created Under the Acts of 1922, Held July 5th, 1922, Richmond, Va.PDF, Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918
- ^ Minutes of the Fifth Meeting of the State Highway Commission Held November 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th, Richmond, VirginiaPDF, page 11
- ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission, Richmond, Va. April 10th, and 11th, 1924PDF, pages 12-13
- ^ United States System of Highways, November 11, 1926
- ^ United States Numbered Highways, American Highways, April 1927
- ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held at Virginia Beach, July 24th and 25th, 1931PDF, page 70
- ^ Richard F. Weingroff, U.S. 52 Charleston, South Carolina, to Portal, North Dakota
| Preceded by West Virginia |
U.S. Route 52 Virginia |
Succeeded by North Carolina |
| < SR 14 | Two‑digit State Routes 1923-1933 |
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