State Route 18 (SR 18) is a primary
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Virginia
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. Known for most of its length as Potts Creek Road, the state highway runs from
SR 311 in
Paint Bank
Paint Bank is an unincorporated community in northern Craig County, Virginia, United States. It is located at the intersection of State Route 18 and State Route 311 northwest of the town of New Castle, the county seat. The village is located ...
north to
U.S. Route 60 (US 60) and
US 220
U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a spur route of US 20. It runs in a north–south layout in the eastern United States, unlike its parent route as well as conventionally even-numbered highways which run east-west. US 220 extends for fr ...
in
Covington.
Route description
SR 18 begins at an intersection with SR 311 (Paint Bank Road) in the community of Paint Bank in Craig County. The state highway heads northeast as Potts Creek Road through the valley of
Potts Creek
Potts Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 24, 2011 tributary of the Jackson River in western Virginia. Via the Jackson River, it is part of the James River ...
, which was formerly known as Carpenter Creek. The Potts Creek valley is bookended by Potts Mountain to the east and
Peters Mountain
Peters Mountain is a mountain in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It is located on the border between Alleghany County, VA, Monroe County, WV, Giles Co.,VA, and Craig Co.,VA. Its elevation ranges from on the mountaintop to a l ...
to the west; the latter mountain forms part of the Virginia –
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
state line. SR 18 enters Alleghany County and passes through the hamlets of
Potts Creek
Potts Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 24, 2011 tributary of the Jackson River in western Virginia. Via the Jackson River, it is part of the James River ...
,
Jordan Mines, and
Boiling Spring. At the state highway's final crossing of Potts Creek just south of its confluence with the
Jackson River, the highway enters the city of Covington and becomes Indian Valley Road. At its intersection with Pitzer Ridge Road at the former site of
Fort Carpenter, SR 18 becomes Carpenter Drive and crosses the Jackson River. The state highway crosses over
CSX
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
's
Alleghany Subdivision
The Alleghany Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It was formerly part of the CSX Huntington East Division.http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/railroads/companies/CSX/CSX%20ET ...
. SR 18 parallels the railroad tracks north under
Interstate 64
Interstate 64 (I-64) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at I-70, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and US 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange w ...
to its northern terminus at Madison Street, which carries US 60 and US 220, south of downtown Covington.
Major intersections
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: VA 18
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