Virginia State Route 142

For the former State Route 142, see State Route 142 (Virginia 1923).

State Route 142
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length: 2.73 mi[1] (4.39 km)
Existed: 1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:
US 1 / US 460 Bus. near Petersburg
East end: Halifax Street at CSX railroad crossing in Petersburg
Location
Counties: Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg
Highway system

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Virginia State Route 142 (SR 142) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 2.73 miles (4.39 km) from U.S. Route 1 and US 460 Business near Petersburg to the highway's crossing of a CSX rail line in the independent city of Petersburg.

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Route description

SR 142 begins at an intersection with US 1 and US 460 Business (Boydton Plank Road) just south of the U.S. Highways' interchange with Interstate 85 (I-85) (Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike) in eastern Dinwiddie County. The state highway heads east as two-lane Simpson Road, which heads east parallel to I-85 through a sparsely-populated area and passes the remains of Fort Gregg. East of the old Confederate fort, SR 142 enters the city of Petersburg and becomes named Boydton Plank Road. The state highway enters a residential area shortly before crossing over I-85 and intersecting Squirrel Level Road, which has a diamond interchange with I-85 to the south. SR 142 intersects Halifax Road and the highway's name changes to Halifax Street shortly before the highway reaches its eastern terminus at its bridge over CSX's North End Subdivision. Halifax Street continues northeast as an unnumbered street toward Old Towne Petersburg.[1][2]

Major intersections

County Location Mile
[1]		 Destinations Notes
Dinwiddie
   0.00
US 1 / US 460 Bus. (Boydton Plank Road) to I-85 – Durham		 Western terminus
City of Petersburg
 2.73 Halifax Street north – Old Towne Petersburg Eastern terminus; CSX railroad crossing
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2010. http://www.virginiadot.org/info/2010_traffic_data_by_jurisdiction.asp. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 
  2. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Virginia State Route 142 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=VA-142+E%2FWeakley+Rd&daddr=Boydton+Plank+Rd%2FHalifax+St&hl=en&sll=37.196852,-77.460737&sspn=0.008324,0.01929&geocode=FTaQNwId9vFh-w%3BFeSvNwIdWKRi-w&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=h&z=14. Retrieved 2011-11-07. 

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