State Route 115 (SR 115) 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. Known for most of its length as Plantation Road, the state highway runs from
U.S. Route 221
U.S. Route 221 (US 221) is a Spur route, spur of U.S. Route 21. It travels from Perry, Florida, at U.S. Route 19 in Florida, US 19/U.S. Route 98 in Florida, US 98/U.S. Route 27 Alternate (Florida), US 27 Alternate to Lyn ...
(US 221),
US 460, and
US 220 Alternate in
Roanoke north to
Interstate 81 (I-81) and
US 220 near
Hollins.
Route description
SR 115 begins at an intersection with Orange Avenue, which carries US 221, US 460, and US 220 Alternate, in the northeastern part of the city of Roanoke. The state highway heads north as two-lane undivided Hollins Road between an industrial area that lines
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
's
Roanoke District Roanoke may refer to:
Places
*Roanoke Colony, a former English colony that mysteriously disappeared
*Roanoke Island, the location of the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina
*Roanoke River, flowing through Virginia and North Carolina and e ...
to the west and a residential area to the east. SR 115 turns west onto Liberty Road to pass under the railroad, then turns north onto Plantation Road. The state highway leaves the city of Roanoke and enters
Roanoke County
Roanoke County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 96,929. Its county seat is Salem, but the county administrative offices are located in the unincorporated Cave ...
by crossing Carvin Creek, a tributary of Tinker Creek, south of its intersection with SR 625 (Hershberger Road), which becomes
SR 101 to the west. SR 115 continues through the community of Hollins, where the highway intersects
US 11 (Lee Highway). The state highway expands to a five-lane road with a
center left-turn lane and passes through an industrial area on its way to its northern terminus at a
diamond interchange with I-81 and US 220. Immediately north of the interchange, Plantation Road continues as SR 815, which turns east to parallel the Interstate before turning north to its end at the dam that impounds Carvin Creek to form Carvin Cove Reservoir just north of the Roanoke–
Botetourt county line.
Major intersections
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: VA 115
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115 115 may refer to:
*115 (number), the number
*AD 115, a year in the 2nd century AD
*115 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*115 (Hampshire Fortress) Corps Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, a unit in the UK Territorial Army
*115 (Leicestershire) Field ...
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