U.S. Route 460

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U.S. Route 460

Length:

655 mi (1054 km)

Formed:

1933

West end:

US 60/US 421 in Frankfort, KY

East end:

US 60 in Norfolk, VA

United States Numbered Highways
Spur of US 60
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 460 is a spur of U.S. Route 60. It currently runs for 655 miles (1,054 km) from Norfolk, Virginia at U.S. Route 60 at Ocean View to Frankfort, Kentucky at U.S. Route 60. It passes through the states of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. It goes through the cities of Norfolk, Virginia, Portsmouth, Virginia, Suffolk, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia, Blacksburg, Virginia, Princeton, West Virginia, Bluefield, West Virginia, and Frankfort, Kentucky.

The section from Interstate 81 at Christiansburg, Virginia to U.S. Highway 23 in Pikeville, Kentucky is Corridor Q in the Appalachian Development Highway System. Currently the portion improved under this system is unfinished between Grundy, Virginia and Pikeville.

US 460 is a major east-west highway in Virginia. It is a major thouroughfare through southern Hampton Roads and connects the area to Petersburg. US 460 connects Lynchburg to Roanoke. US 460 is paired with US 221 between Bedford and Roanoke and with US 11 between Salem and Christiansburg. It is also the primary east-west roadway in the northern part of Southwest Virginia between Christiansburg and the Kentucky border; although several miles near Bluefield pass through West Virginia.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Kentucky
- 1.2 Virginia and West Virginia
2 History

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[edit] Kentucky

Main article: U.S. Route 460 in Kentucky

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[edit] Virginia and West Virginia

See also: U.S. Route 460 in Virginia

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[edit] History

US 460 once ended in St. Louis, Missouri after crossing the MacArthur Bridge. Between St. Louis and Frankfort, it was a major highway in the pre-Interstate era, passing through Evansville, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky. Interstate 64 has supplanted most of old US 460 as a more direct route, and old US 460 has become parts of Illinois Route 15, Illinois Route 142, Illinois Route 14, State Road 66, State Road 62, and US 60 where Interstate 64 has not supplanted it even as a state highway in the greater Louisville area.