Virginia State Route 110 (1947-1956)
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| State Route 110 |
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| Length: | 0.29 mi[1] (0.47 km) | ||||||||
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| Existed: | 1947 – 1956 | ||||||||
| West end: |  US 1 in Alexandria |
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| East end: | Potomac River | ||||||||
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State Route 110 was a short primary state highway in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, planned to connect U.S. Route 1 with a bridge across the Potomac River to the District of Columbia.
The roadway was to begin at Henry Street (US 1, now southbound only) just south of First Street, head east-northeast to the intersection of Washington Street (now State Route 400) and Second Street, and then run east on Second Street to the river for a total length of 0.29 miles (0.47 km).[1] The 0.16-mile (0.26 km) part on Second Street was added as a state highway connection, to be maintained by the City of Alexandria with state funding.[2] The proposed bridge site was just south of the Shepherd's Landing Bridge, a temporary rail bridge built at Third Street during World War II in case of attack on the Long Bridge to the north.[3] That rail bridge was demolished in early 1947.[4] In 1956, SR 110 was removed from the state highway system, as the proposed bridge had moved to the south (to the location of the present Woodrow Wilson Bridge).[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission Held in Richmond, June 25, 1947PDF (740 KiB), page 23
- ^ a b Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, March 29, 1956PDF (1.14 MiB), page 29
- ^ PRR Chronology, 1942, August 2004 EditionPDF (41.0 KiB)
- ^ Washington D.C. Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Railroad History
