| U.S. Route 460 | ||||
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| Maintained by VDOT | ||||
| Western section | ||||
| Length: | 79.59 mi[1] (128.09 km) | |||
| West end: | US 460 near Big Rock | |||
| East end: | US 460 in Bluefield | |||
| Eastern section | ||||
| West end: | US 460 in Glen Lyn | |||
| Major junctions: |
I-81 in Christiansburg |
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| East end: | US 60 in Norfolk | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Buchanan, Tazewell; Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem, City of Roanoke, Botetourt, Bedford, City of Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg, Appomattox, Prince Edward, Nottoway, Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg, Prince George, Sussex, Surry, Southampton, Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk | |||
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U.S. Route 460 in Virginia runs east–west through the southern part of the state. It has two separate pieces in Virginia, joined by a relatively short section in West Virginia. Most of US 460 is a four-lane divided highway.
US 460 from Interstate 81 at Christiansburg west to Pikeville, Kentucky, including the piece in West Virginia, is Corridor Q of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From West Virginia east to I-81, US 460 is also part of the proposed Interstate 73.[1][2][3]
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Most of present US 460 or its former alignments was part of the initial state highway system defined in 1918. Specifically, the following pieces existed:[4]
In late 1921, the Virginia State Highway Commission recommended that the General Assembly add the road from State Route 11 (now U.S. Route 19) at Claypool Hill northwest to Grundy to the state highway system as a spur of SR 11 to provide "an easterly outlet from Buchanan County".[5] This spur was assigned the designation State Route 11X by 1923,[6] and later that year it became State Route 111.[7] It was renumbered State Route 126 in the 1928 renumbering and State Route 84 in the 1933 renumbering. A 6.38-mile (10.27 km) extension from Grundy northwest towards Kentucky was added in 1932,[8] and the rest to the state line was added in 1936.[9] In the 1940 renumbering, SR 84 was renumbered State Route 4 to match Kentucky Route 4.[10]
In the early 1970s, the former Virginian Railway right-of-way along the north bank of the New River eastward from a point near the VA-WV state line near Glen Lyn to Narrows was acquired by VDOT's predecessor agency from the Norfolk and Western Railway to enable four-laning of the highway through the narrow space between the river and rocky bluffs. (The N&W main line follows the south bank through this area).
See Corridor Q for more information on U.S. 460 in Virginia
From Lynchburg east to Suffolk, the highway was built closely following the main line of the Norfolk and Western Railway (now Norfolk Southern), in many places.
Legend has it that William Mahone (1826–1895), builder of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad and his wife, Otelia Butler Mahone (1837–1911), traveled along the newly completed Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad naming stations. Otelia was reading Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. From his historical Scottish novels, Otelia chose the place names of Wakefield as well as Windsor and Waverly. She tapped the Scottish Clan "McIvor" for the name of Ivor, a small town in neighboring Southampton County.
As they continued west, they reached a station in Prince George County where they could not agree on a suitable name from the books. Instead, they became creative, and invented a new name in honor of their dispute. This is how the tiny community of Disputanta was named.
The N&P railroad was completed in 1858. William Mahone became a Major General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and later, a Senator in the United States Congress. After the War, he was also a major force in linking three trunk railroads across a southern tier of Virginia from Norfolk to Bristol to form the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, the principal predecessor of the Norfolk and Western.
William and Otelia Mahone made Petersburg their family home in their later years. In modern times, a large portion of U.S. Highway 460 between Petersburg and Suffolk is named General Mahone Boulevard in his honor.
From Petersburg to Suffolk US 460 is a four lane non-divided highway. It is a popular alternative to I-64 when going from Richmond and other points in central Virginia to the Currituck Sound and Outer Banks of North Carolina, avoiding the congestion and tunnels of the more northerly I-64 corridor. The road passes through several small towns that built up at stops along the railroad line. Two of these, Windsor and Waverly, have earned reputations for being speed traps. A well known local landmark, the Virginia Diner is in Wakefield, the so called "Peanut Capital of the World" and near the site of the first commercial peanut crop grown in the New World.
As of 2010[update] there are plans for construction of a new, interstate-quality US 460 between Petersburg and Suffolk.[11] The 55-mile (89 km), four-lane, divided highway would be built south of the existing four-lane undivided US 460 by a public–private partnership.[11] The $1.44 billion to $1.8 billion cost of the road would be offset by tolls which could range from $5.50 to $11 for cars and up to $22 for trucks.[11] The speed limit on the road would be set at 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) as an incentive for drivers.[11] In addition, a tolled, truck lane would be added to the current US 58/US 460 bypass around Suffolk to connect with the new US 460.[11]
VDOT conducted a failed attempt in 2006 to find a bidder able to build this 55 mile tollway and revamped its process with a new public bidding process in 2010. In the original process VDOT did not want to provide any taxpayer subsidy to the process, preferring to have it funded entirely with private moneys. In 2010 the original VDOT 460 Solicitation for Proposals (referred to as an "SFP") the Commonwealth stated that it would not provide any public moneys as a subsidy to the project. Later in the process VDOT amended that SFP to state that the Commonwealth would consider providing an up front public subsidy. Three bidders submitted proposals and VDOT has held two public presentations from the bidders with a public commentary process for any citizen to come forward and make statements.
According to VDOT 460 PPTA website, the three bidders currently under consideration are Cintra who requested a $782 million up front taxpayer subsidy, Multi Modal Solutions who requested a $500 million up front taxpayer subsidy, and 460 Partners who requested no up front public subsidy.
| County | Location | Mile [1] |
Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Buchanan |
Big Rock | 0.00 | US 460 west – Pikeville | Western terminus of US 460 in Virginia | |||
| Grundy | 12.83 | SR 83 east (Edgewater Drive) – Stacy | West end of concurrency with SR 83 | ||||
| Vansant | 16.78 | SR 83 west – Haysi | East end of concurrency with SR 83 | ||||
| Tazewell |
Richlands | 40.18 | SR 67 south – Honaker | West end of concurrency with SR 67 | |||
| 41.56 | US 460 Bus. east / SR 67 north (Front Street) |
East end of concurrency with US 460 | |||||
| 42.88 | SR 67 (Railroad Avenue) – Jewell Ridge | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| Cedar Bluff | 44.57 | US 460 Bus. (Cedar Valley Drive) |
Right-in/right-out interchanges in both directions | ||||
| 45.75 | US 460 Bus. west (Cedar Valley Drive) |
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| Claypool Hill | 47.00 | US 19 south (Trail of the Lonesome Pine) – Lebanon | West end of concurrency with US 19 | ||||
| Pisgah | 57.86 | US 19 Bus. north / US 460 Bus. east (Crab Orchard Road) – Tazewell |
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| Tazewell | SR 16 Alt. (Fairground Road) | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| 59.58 | SR 16 (Tazewell Avenue) – Thompson Valley, Stony Ridge | Diamond interchange | |||||
| 61.01 | SR 61 (Riverside Drive) | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| SR 645 (Cauitts Creek Road) / SR 678 (Market Street) | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||||
| 63.76 | US 19 Bus. south / US 460 Bus. west (Fincastle Turnpike) – Tazewell |
Westbound exit, eastbound entrance | |||||
| Bluefield | 74.47 | US 19 north (Trail of the Lonesome Pine) – Bluefield | Trumpet interchange; east end of concurrency with US 19 | ||||
| 76.38 | SR 720 (Valley Dale Street) | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| 78.24 | To SR 102 (College Avenue) – Pocahontas | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| 79.59 | US 460 east – Bluefield | Eastern terminus of western section of US 460 in Virginia; West Virginia state line | |||||
| US 460 passes through West Virginia before returning to Virginia | |||||||
| Giles |
Glen Lyn | 0.00 | US 460 west – Princeton | Western terminus of eastern section of US 460 in Virginia; West Virginia state line | |||
| Rich Creek | 3.29 | US 219 north (Island Street) – Peterstown, WV | |||||
| Narrows | 6.97 | SR 61 west (Fleshman Street) – Rocky Gap | |||||
| Pearisburg | US 460 Bus. east / SR 100 (Main Street) – Pearisburg |
Trumpet interchange | |||||
US 460 Bus. west (Wenonah Avenue) / SR 636 east (Ripplemead Road) – Pearisburg, Ripplemead |
Diamond interchange | ||||||
| Newport | 26.72 | SR 42 north (Blue Grass Trial) – New Castle | |||||
| Montgomery |
Blacksburg | 31.74 | US 460 Bus. east (Main Street) |
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| SR 650 (Toms Creek Road) | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||||
| 35.04 | SR 412 (Prices Fork Road) | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| Southgate Drive east – Virginia Tech Sports Complex | |||||||
| 38.01 | US 460 Bus. (Main Street) / Industrial Park Drive – Blacksburg |
Complex interchange | |||||
| Christiansburg | 40.49 | SR 114 west (Peppers Ferry Road) – Radford | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||
| 41.44 | US 460 Bus. (Franklin Street) – Christiansburg |
Complex interchange; no access from eastbound US 460 to westbound US 460 Business | |||||
| 43.97 | US 11 / US 460 Bus. (Roanoke Street) – Christiansburg |
Diamond interchange | |||||
| 44.22 | I-81 south / Parkway Drive south – Bristol | I-81 Exits 118A-B; west end of concurrency with I-81 collector-distributor lanes | |||||
| 45.37 | I-81 north / US 11 south / US 460 Bus. west (Roanoke Street) |
I-81 Exit 118C; east end of concurrency with I-81 collector-distributor lanes; west end of concurrency with US 11 | |||||
| Roanoke |
No major junctions | ||||||
| City of Salem |
SR 112 north (Wildwood Road) | ||||||
US 11 Alt. north / US 460 Alt. east (4th Street) |
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| US 11 north (College Avenue) – Roanoke | East end of concurrency with US 11 | ||||||
| SR 311 (Thompson Memorial Drive) | |||||||
US 11 Alt. south / US 460 Alt. west / SR 419 (Electric Road) – Roanoke, Cave Spring |
West end of concurrency with US 11 Alternate | ||||||
| City of Roanoke |
SR 117 (Peters Creek Road) | ||||||
| SR 116 north (Lafayette Boulevard) | West end of concurrency with SR 116 | ||||||
| I-581 / US 220 – Downtown Roanoke | I-581 Exit 4; southern terminus of US 220 Alternate | ||||||
| US 11 / US 221 south / SR 116 south (Williamson Road) | East end of concurrency with SR 116; west end of concurrency with US 221; eastern terminus of US 11 Alternate | ||||||
| SR 115 north (Hollins Road) – Hollins | |||||||
| Roanoke |
Bonsack | US 220 Alt. north (Cloverdale Road) – Cloverdale |
East end of concurrency with US 220 Alternate | ||||
| Botetourt |
Blue Ridge | Blue Ridge Parkway | Interchange | ||||
| Bedford |
No major junctions | ||||||
| City of Bedford |
US 221 north / US 460 Bus. east (Main Street) – Bedford |
East end of concurrency with US 221; no access from southbound US 221 to eastbound US 460 | |||||
SR 122 south (Burks Hill Road) / SR 122 Bus. north – Bedford |
Diamond interchange; west end of concurrency with SR 122 | ||||||
US 460 Bus. west / SR 122 north (Main Street) – Bedford |
Diamond interchange; east end of concurrency with SR 122 | ||||||
| Bedford |
No major junctions | ||||||
| Campbell |
Timberlake | US 460 Bus. (Timberlake Road) – Lynchburg |
Trumpet interchange | ||||
| SR 682 (Leesville Road) | Diamond interchange | ||||||
| SR 678 (Airport Road) / to Greenview Drive – Lynchburg Regional Airport | Diamond interchange | ||||||
US 29 south / US 29 Bus. north (Wards Road) – Lynchburg, Danville |
Cloverleaf interchange; west end of concurrency with US 29 | ||||||
| City of Lynchburg |
Candlers Mountain Road – Liberty University | Interchange | |||||
| US 501 north (Candlers Mountain Road) – Buena Vista | Full Y interchange; west end of concurrency with US 501 | ||||||
US 501 south / US 460 Bus. west / US 501 Bus. north (Campbell Avenue) – South Boston |
Partial cloverleaf interchange; east end of concurrency with US 501 | ||||||
| US 29 north – Amherst, Charlottesville | Trumpet interchange; west end of concurrency with US 29 | ||||||
| Campbell |
SR 726 (Mt. Athos Road) | Trumpet interchange | |||||
| Concord | SR 24 west (Village Highway) – Rustburg | West end of concurrency with SR 24 | |||||
| Appomattox |
Appomattox | US 460 Bus. east (Confederate Boulevard) / SR 26 north (Oakville Road) – Appomattox, Bent Creek |
Diamond interchange | ||||
| SR 24 east / SR 131 south (Old Courthouse Road) / to Route 60 – Appomattox | Diamond interchange; east end of concurrency with SR 24 | ||||||
US 460 Bus. west (Confederate Boulevard) – Appomattox |
No access from eastbound US 460 Business to westbound US 460 | ||||||
| Pamplin City | US 460 Bus. east to SR 47 south |
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| Prince Edward |
Shields | US 460 Bus. west to SR 47 south – Pamplin City |
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| Farmville | US 15 north / US 460 Bus. east – Farmville, Culpeper |
Trumpet interchange; west end of concurrency with US 15 | |||||
US 15 south (Farmville Road) / US 15 Bus. north (Main Street) – Farmville, Keysville |
Diamond interchange; east end of concurrency with US 15 | ||||||
US 460 Bus. west (3rd Street) – Farmville |
Westbound exit, eastbound entrance | ||||||
| Rice | SR 307 east (Holly Farm Road) – Jetersville | ||||||
| Nottoway |
Burkeville | US 360 west (Patrick Henry Highway) / US 360 Bus. / US 460 Bus. east (2nd Street) – Keysville |
Partial cloverleaf interchange; no direct access from eastbound US 460 to westbound US 360 or from westbound US 360 / US 460 to eastbound US 360 Business / US 460 Business; west end of concurrency with US 360 | ||||
US 360 Bus. / US 460 Bus. west (2nd Street) |
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| US 360 east (Patrick Henry Highway) – Richmond | Interchange; no direct access from westbound US 360 to eastbound US 460 or from westbound US 460 to eastbound US 360; east end of concurrency with US 360 | ||||||
| Crewe | SR 49 north (Watsons Wood Road) – Jetersville | West end of concurrency with SR 49 | |||||
| SR 49 south (The Falls Road) – Victoria | East end of concurrency with SR 49 | ||||||
| Nottoway | US 460 Bus. east (Old Nottoway Road) – Nottoway, Blackstone |
Trumpet interchange | |||||
| Blackstone | SR 606 (Cottage Road) – Blackstone | Diamond interchange | |||||
US 460 Bus. west (Cox Road) – Blackstone |
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| SR 153 north (Rocky Hill Road) – Scotts Fork | |||||||
| Dinwiddie |
Sutherland | SR 226 east (Cox Road) – Petersburg | |||||
I-85 south / US 460 Bus. east (Airport Street) / US 1 – South Hill |
I-85 Exit 61; west end of concurrency with I-85 | ||||||
US 1 / US 460 Bus. (Boydton Plank Road) – Petersburg |
I-85 Exit 63 | ||||||
| City of Petersburg |
Squirrel Level Road | I-85 Exit 65 | |||||
| I-95 north (Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike) – Richmond | I-85 Exit 68; I-95 Exit 51; east end of concurrency with I-85; west end of concurrency with I-95 | ||||||
US 301 (Crater Road) / US 460 Bus. (County Drive) |
I-95 Exit 50 | ||||||
| I-95 south / Wagner Road west – Rocky Mount, NC | I-95 Exit 48; east end of concurrency with I-95 | ||||||
US 460 Bus. west (County Drive) / SR 106 north (Courthouse Road) – Prince George |
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| Prince George |
New Bohemia | I-295 – Washington, Rocky Mount, NC | I-295 Exit 3 | ||||
| Disputanta | SR 156 (Prince George Drive) – Prince George, Templeton | ||||||
| Sussex |
Waverly | SR 40 (Main Street) – Sussex, Spring Grove | |||||
| Wakefield | SR 31 north (Main Street) – Dendron, Surry | ||||||
| Isle of Wight |
Windsor | US 258 (Prince Boulevard) – Franklin, Smithfield | |||||
| City of Suffolk |
US 13 south / US 58 west (Suffolk Bypass) / US 460 Bus. east (Pruden Boulevard) – Emporia, Downtown Suffolk |
Partial cloverleaf interchange; west end of concurrencies with US 13 and US 58 | |||||
| SR 10 (Godwin Boulevard) / SR 32 – Smithfield, Newport News | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||||
| SR 642 (Wilroy Road) | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||||
US 13 Bus. south / US 58 Bus. west / US 460 Bus. west (Portsmouth Boulevard) – Downtown Suffolk |
No access from eastbound bypass to business routes or from business routes to westbound bypass | ||||||
| City of Chesapeake |
I-664 (Hampton Roads Beltway) to I-64 / I-264 – Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach | I-664 Exit 13 | |||||
US 58 / US 460 Alt. east (Airline Boulevard) / SR 191 north (Jolliff Road) – Portsmouth |
East end of concurrency with US 58 | ||||||
| I-64 (Hampton Roads Beltway) – Virginia Beach, Suffolk | I-64 Exit 297 | ||||||
| US 17 (George Washington Highway) – Portsmouth, Deep Creek | |||||||
| SR 196 west (Canal Drive) | |||||||
| US 13 north (Military Highway) / SR 166 south (Bainbridge Boulevard) – Virginia Beach, Great Bridge | Interchange; east end of concurrency with US 13; west end of concurrency with SR 166 | ||||||
| SR 337 (Poindexter Street/Bainbridge Boulevard) | US 460 and SR 166 turn onto Poindexter Street | ||||||
| SR 246 east (Liberty Street) | |||||||
| City of Norfolk |
SR 168 south (Campostella Road) – Chesapeake | West end of concurrency with SR 168 | |||||
| I-264 east – Virginia Beach | I-264 Exit 11; no access from eastbound I-264 to eastbound US 460 or to westbound I-264 from either direction of US 460 | ||||||
| SR 166 north (Park Avenue) | East end of concurrency with SR 166 | ||||||
| SR 168 north / SR 337 west (Tidewater Drive) to I-264 west | East end of concurrency with SR 168; west end of concurrency with SR 337 | ||||||
US 460 Bus. west (St. Pauls Boulevard) / SR 337 east (Brambleton Avenue) |
East end of concurrency with SR 337 | ||||||
| US 58 (Virginia Beach Boulevard) | |||||||
| SR 247 east (26th Street) | |||||||
| SR 247 west (27th Street) | |||||||
| SR 165 (Little Creek Road) to I-64 east | |||||||
| I-64 (Hampton Roads Beltway) / I-564 west (Admiral Taussig Boulevard) – Virginia Beach, Hampton, Naval Station Norfolk | I-64 Exit 276 | ||||||
| SR 168 (Tidewater Drive) | Partial interchange | ||||||
| US 60 (Ocean View Avenue) | Eastern terminus of US 460 | ||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
| Preceded by Kentucky |
U.S. Route 460 Virginia |
Succeeded by West Virginia |
| Preceded by West Virginia |
U.S. Route 460 Virginia |
Succeeded by terminus |
| < SR 51 | Two‑digit State Routes 1923-1933 |
SR 53 > |
| none | Spurs of SR 11 1923-1928 |
SR 112 > |
| < SR 125 | District 1 State Routes 1928–1933 |
SR 127 > |