Virginia State Route 92
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| State Route 92 |
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| Length: | 28.97 mi[1][2][3] (46.62 km) | ||||||||||||
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| Formed: | 1940 | ||||||||||||
| West end: |  US 360 near Clover |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 15 at Barnes Junction  SR 47/SR 49 in Chase City |
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| East end: |   US 58 Bus. in Boydton |
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State Route 92 is a primary state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from U.S. Route 360 south of Clover east and southeast to U.S. Route 58 Business in Boydton. All of SR 92 is the former alignment of State Route 12, the predecessor to U.S. Route 58.
[edit] History
The full length of SR 92 was State Route 12 from 1918 to 1933. When SR 12 was eliminated in the 1933 renumbering, most of current SR 92, from U.S. Route 15 at Barnes Junction east to Boydton, became State Route 46; old SR 12 west from Barnes Junction[4] through Clover to Danville was part of U.S. Route 360. In the 1940 renumbering, the State Route 46 designation was needed to match North Carolina Highway 46, and so the State Route 92 designation was applied to former SR 46 southeast of Chase City. The rest of SR 46, from Chase City west to Barnes Junction, became part of State Route 47, which continued east from Chase City to South Hill and north from Barnes Junction to Pamplin City.[5]
In 1968, a new alignment of U.S. Route 360 was under construction from near Clover to near Wylliesburg (north of Barnes Junction). SR 92 was extended west from Chase City to Barnes Junction, concurrent with SR 47, and then continuing west over old US 360 beyond Clover.[6] The SR 47 overlap was removed in 1979 when a new alignment for SR 47 northwest from Chase City was adopted.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Halifax CountyPDF (271 KiB)
- ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Charlotte CountyPDF (179 KiB)
- ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Mecklenburg CountyPDF (263 KiB)
- ^ 1954 USGS topographic map of Clover
- ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, October 10, 1940PDF, page 14
- ^ Minutes of Meeting of State Highway Commission, Charlottesville, Virginia, November 21, 1968PDF, page 18
- ^ Minutes of Meeting of State Highway and Transportation Commission, Richmond, Virginia, September 20, 1979PDF, page 14
