Virginia State Route 96

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For the former State Route 96, see State Route 96 (Virginia 1933-1940).
State Route 96
Length: 7.83 mi[1] (12.60 km)
Formed: 1940
West end: US 501 south of South Boston
Major
junctions:		 SR 49 in Virgilina
East end: NC 49/NC 96 near Oak Hill, NC
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State Route 96 is a primary state highway in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. It runs from U.S. Route 501 south of South Boston east to Virgilina and then south several blocks (concurrent with State Route 49) to the North Carolina state line, where it continues as North Carolina Highway 96.

SR 96 was originally part of State Route 302, added in 1931 from State Route 18 (now US 501) east three miles (5 km) towards Virgilina.[2] By 1932, this southern piece of SR 302 became part of State Route 59, and that year it was extended east the rest of the way to Virgilina.[3] In the 1933 renumbering, all of SR 59 became part of State Route 49. The piece west of Virgilina, as well as the several blocks south to the state line in Virgilina (which had not been numbered before then[4]), became State Route 96 in the 1940 renumbering to match North Carolina Highway 96.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Halifax CountyPDF (271 KiB)
  2. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia Held in Lynchburg Virginia, December 18, 1930PDF, page 9
  3. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Marion, Roanoke and Richmond, July 27, 28, and 29, 1932PDF, page 17
  4. ^ Map of Halifax County, revised July 1, 1936
  5. ^ Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, October 10, 1940PDF, page 14

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