Virginia State Route 251

For former State Routes numbered 251, see State Route 251 (Virginia 1924) and State Route 251 (Virginia pre-1928).

State Route 251 marker

State Route 251
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length: 9.95 mi[1] (16.01 km)
Existed: 1933 – present
Major junctions
South end: SR 672 / SR 770 in Collierstown
North end:
US 11 / US 11 Bus. in Lexington
Location
Counties: Rockbridge, City of Lexington
Highway system
← US 250SR 252 →

State Route 251 (SR 251) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Collierstown Road, the state highway runs 9.95 miles (16.01 km) from SR 672 and SR 770 in Collierstown north to U.S. Route 11 and US 11 Business in Lexington.

Route description

SR 251 begins at an intersection with Turnpike Road, which heads east as SR 672 and west as SR 770, at Collierstown in a valley southwest of House Mountain and east of North Mountain in western Rockbridge County. The state highway heads southeast as Collierstown Road along Colliers Creek, which empties into Buffalo Creek. After following the latter creek, SR 251 has a curvaceous ascent out of the stream valley. The state highway heads east into the independent city of Lexington, where the highway's name changes to Thornhill Road. When Thornhill Road veers northeast toward downtown Lexington, SR 251 continues along Link Road the short remaining distance to its northern terminus at US 11 (Lee Highway) and US 11 Business (Main Street) southwest of downtown Lexington.[1][2]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
RockbridgeCollierstown0.000.00 SR 672 / SR 770 (Turnpike Road)
Effinger SR 612 (Blue Grass Trail)former SR 281 south
Murat SR 677 (Kygers Hill Road)
  SR 764 (Possum Hollow)former US 11 south
City of Lexington9.9516.01
US 11 (South Lee Highway) / US 11 Bus. north (Main Street)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  2. ↑ Google (2011-12-15). "Virginia State Route 251" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2011-12-15.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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