State Route 201 (SR 201) is a primary
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the U.S. state of
Virginia. The state highway runs from
SR 354 near
Mollusk north to
U.S. Route 360 (US 360) in
Heathsville. SR 201 connects western
Lancaster County and, indirectly, the
county seat of
Lancaster with the
Northumberland County seat of Heathsville.
Route description
SR 201 begins at an intersection with SR 354 (River Road) near the hamlet of Mollusk. The state highway heads northeast as White Chapel Road and crosses Little Branch, a tributary of the Western Branch of the
Corrotoman River
Located in Lancaster County, Virginia, the Corrotoman River is a tributary of the Rappahannock River, flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Along with its sister waterways, the Corrotoman River has important cultural and historical significance in t ...
. SR 201 intersects SR 3 (Historyland Highway) in the hamlet of
Lively and crosses the Belwood Swamp on its way to
McNeals Corner. There, the state highway turns north onto Court House Road. Courthouse Road heads south as SR 600 toward the Lancaster County seat of Lancaster; the long curved spur between SR 201 and SR 600 is SR 201Y. SR 201 has a right-angle turn south of
Miskimon; from there to Miskimon, the state highway runs on top of the Lancaster–Northumberland county line. The county line is also the height of land between the Corrotoman River drainage, which empties into the
Rappahannock River, and the watershed of the
Great Wicomico River, which flows directly into the
Chesapeake Bay. SR 201 fully enters Northumberland County at Miskimon and has another sharp turn at
Howland. The state highway crosses the two streams that form the Great Wicomico River—Bush Mill Stream and Crabbs Mill Stream—before reaching its northern terminus at US 360 (Northumberland Highway) in Heathsville.
Major intersections
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: VA 201
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State Route 201
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