Virginia State Route 762 (Smyth and Washington Counties)

State Route 762
Route information
Length: 11.85 mi[1][2] (19.07 km)
Existed: 1953 – present
Major junctions
South end: SR 91 at Lodi
North end: I-81/SR 107 in Chilhowie
Highway system

Virginia Routes
Primary • Secondary • History • Turnpikes

State Route 762 is a secondary state highway in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Virginia, running east from State Route 91 at Lodi to State Route 600 and State Route 660 at St. Clair Bottom and then north to Interstate 81 and State Route 107 in Chilhowie.

History

The part of SR 762 from Lodi to SR 660 at St. Clair Bottom carried State Route 12 until 1933 and U.S. Route 58 until 1940, when US 58 was shifted to a new alignment and the part from Lodi past St. Clair Bottom became part of State Route 81.[3]. The road from St. Clair Bottom to U.S. Route 11 in Chilhowie was added to the state highway system in 1931 as State Route 135,[4][5] and renumbered State Route 79 in the 1933 renumbering.

In 1945, SR 81 from St. Clair Bottom east to State Route 16 near Troutdale was transferred to the secondary system,[6] and SR 79 was extended west from its south end over former SR 81 to Lodi. The whole of SR 79 was transferred to the secondary system in 1953[7] and assigned the new SR 762 designation. A small piece of SR 762 in Chilhowie was transferred back to the primary system in 1968, in order to extend State Route 107 south from U.S. Route 11 to Interstate 81.[8]

References

  1. ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Washington CountyPDF (356 KiB)
  2. ^ 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Smyth CountyPDF (201 KiB)
  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
  4. ^ 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 4
  5. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held at Virginia Beach, July 24th and 25th, 1931 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-07-1931-01.pdf.  , page 70
  6. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Richmond, May 22, 1945 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-05-1945-01.pdf.  , page 14
  7. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia, Held in Roanoke and Richmond, May 11-15, 1953 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-05-1953-01.pdf.  , page 19
  8. ^ Staff (PDF). Minutes of Meeting of State Highway Commission, Charlottesville, Virginia, November 21, 1968 (Report). Commonwealth of Virginia. http://www.virginiadot.org/meetings/minutes_pdf/CTB-11-1968-01.pdf.  , page 19
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