Virginia State Route 38

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For the former State Route 38, see State Route 38 (Virginia 1923-1933).
State Route 38
Length: 7.03 mi[1] (11.31 km)
Formed: 1933
West end:
US 360 Bus. in Amelia
East end: SR 153 at Scotts Fork
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State Route 38 is a short primary state highway in Amelia County, Virginia, United States. It runs from U.S. Route 360 Business in Amelia east to State Route 153 at Scotts Fork.

[edit] History

All of SR 38, plus extensions east to Sutherland and northwest to Tobaccoville, was State Route 406 before the 1933 renumbering. At that time, State Route 38 was assigned to the piece from Amelia east to Sutherland; Amelia to Tobaccoville became part of State Route 49. In the 1940 renumbering, SR 49 was greatly truncated, and SR 38 was extended northwest over former SR 49 to Tobaccoville.[2]

SR 38 east of the south junction with State Route 153, a road of "little primary significance", was transferred to the secondary system in 1951 as State Route 708; the rest of SR 38 east of Amelia became an extension of SR 153.[3] However, later that year, SR 38 returned to the piece from Amelia to the SR 153/SR 708 junction, and SR 153 was rerouted to go north from Scotts Fork.[4] The overlap with SR 153 has since been removed.

The piece of SR 38 from Tobaccoville via Morven to Amelia became secondary State Route 681 in 1954.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Amelia CountyPDF (129 KiB)
  2. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, October 10, 1940PDF, page 10
  3. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Roanoke and Richmond, April 9-11, 1951PDF, page 21
  4. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, August 14, 1951PDF, page 34
  5. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia - Conference at Mountain Lake and Inspection Trip in that Area. August 3-5, 1954PDF, page 8

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