Virginia State Route 84

For the former State Route 84, see State Route 84 (Virginia 1933-1940).

State Route 84
Mill Gap Road
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length: 14.94 mi[1] (24.04 km)
Existed: 1940 – present
Major junctions
West end: WV 84 near Mill Gap
East end: US 220 at Vanderpool
Location
Counties: Highland
Highway system

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Virginia State Route 84 (SR 84) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Mill Gap Road, the state highway runs 14.94 miles (24.04 km) from the West Virginia state line near Mill Gap, where the highway continues west as West Virginia Route 84 (WV 84), east to U.S. Route 220 (US 220) at Vanderpool.

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Route description

SR 84 begins at the top of Allegheny Mountain, which coincides with the Virginia – West Virginia state line and the Eastern Continental Divide. The highway continues west as WV 84, which descends the west side of the mountain to its terminus at WV 92 in Frost. The state highway passes through a pair of hairpin turns as it descends to Townsend Draft. At the draft's mouth at Back Creek, SR 84 turns north and follows Back Creek to Mill Gap, where the highway turns east and follows East Back Creek through its water gap between Little Mountain and Lantz Mountain. The state highway turns north and follows the valley through the hamlet of Mill Gap to Meadowdale. There, SR 84 turns east and follows the Jackson River through Vanderpool Gap between Monterey Mountain and Back Creek Mountain to its eastern terminus at US 220 (Jackson River Road) in the hamlet of Vanderpool south of the Highland County seat of Monterey.[1][2]

History

Until 1933, SR 84 was part of State Route 39. It became State Route 271 in the 1933 renumbering, and in the 1940 renumbering it was renumbered State Route 84 to match West Virginia Route 84.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Highland County.

Location Mile
[1]		 Destinations Notes
Mill Gap 0.00 WV 84 west – Frost Western terminus; West Virginia state line
Vanderpool 14.94 US 220 (Jackson River Road) – Monterey, Warm Springs Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2009. http://www.virginiadot.org/info/2009_traffic_data_by_jurisdiction.asp. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
  2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Virginia State Route 84 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=VA-84+E%2FMill+Gap+Rd&daddr=VA-84+E%2FMill+Gap+Rd&hl=en&sll=38.372616,-79.619637&sspn=0.105242,0.154324&geocode=FRhNSAIduk0--w%3BFWh5SQIddgJB-w&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=h&z=12. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
  3. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, October 10, 1940 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-10-1940-01.pdf.  , page 13

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