Virginia State Route 603 (Wise County)

State Route 603
Route information
Length: 6.8 mi[1] (10.9 km)
Existed: by 1934 – present
Major junctions
South end:
US 23 Bus. at Kent Junction
North end: Pardee
Highway system

Virginia Routes
Primary • Secondary • History • Turnpikes

State Route 603 is a secondary state highway in Wise County, Virginia, United States. It parallels a branch of the former Interstate Railroad from U.S. Route 23 Business at Kent Junction north to Pardee.

The road south of Dunbar[2] was added to the state highway system in 1930 (2.82 mi/4.54 km) and 1932 (3.00 mi/4.83 km) as State Route 133.[3][4] It became State Route 69 in the 1933 renumbering, and was transferred to the secondary system in 1951.[5]

References

  1. ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Wise CountyPDF (247 KiB)
  2. ^ Map of Wise County, revised July 1, 1936
  3. ^ 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 5
  4. ^ 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 14
  5. ^ 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 20
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