Virginia State Route 600 (Accomack and Northampton Counties)

State Route 600 is a secondary state highway in the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs north–south along Seaside Road, lying between U.S. Route 13 and the Atlantic Ocean, from a dead end at Kiptopeke north to State Route 605 near Locustville. SR 605 continues north on Seaside Road to Accomac, where US 13 leaves its alignment next to the Bay Coast Railroad to run closer to the ocean.

History

Most of SR 600 has never been a primary state highway, but the section from Kiptopeke north to Capeville was part of State Route 186 until the early 1950s, when U.S. Route 13 was rerouted from the Cape Charles Ferry to the Kiptopeke Ferry. At Capeville, SR 186 turned west on Capeville Drive (part of SR 624), north on present US 13, and north on Fairview Road and Bayview Circle (SR 684 and part of SR 641) to end at US 13 (now U.S. Route 13 Business) south of Cheriton.^[3]

The road was added to the state highway system in 1928 (8.90 mi/14.32 km),^[4] 1931 (1.00 mi/1.61 km)^[5] and 1932 (1.30 mi/2.09 km) as State Route 525;^[6] it became State Route 186 in the 1933 renumbering. SR 600 was numbered by 1934, and initially ran from SR 186 at Capeville to U.S. Route 13 in Accomac, using part of current State Route 605 to Accomac.^[3][7]

In 1951, a new highway, until then designated State Route 652, from SR 186 west of Capeville to the Kiptopeke Ferry terminal, was transferred to the primary system as a relocation of US 13, already approved by AASHO.^[8] Thus SR 186 north of the junction with the new road became part of US 13 (and the former US 13 became U.S. Route 13 Alternate). The rest of SR 186 was soon transferred to the secondary system as an extension of SR 600 and a small piece of SR 624.

References

1. ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Northampton CountyPDF (177 KiB)
2. ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Accomack CountyPDF (318 KiB)
3. ^ ^{a b c} Map of Northampton County, revised July 1, 1936
4. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held Richmond, Virginia, August 9th and 10th, 1928 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-08-1928-02.pdf.  , page 32
5. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia Held in Lynchburg Virginia, December 18, 1930 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-12-1930-02.pdf.  , page 15
6. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Marion, Roanoke and Richmond, July 27, 28, and 29, 1932 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-07-1932-03.pdf.  , page 20
7. ^ Map of Accomac County, revised July 1, 1936
8. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Roanoke and Richmond, April 9-11, 1951 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-04-1951-01.pdf.  , page 22