U.S. Route 58 (US 58) is an east–west
U.S. Highway
The United States Numbered Highway System (often called U.S. Routes or U.S. Highways) is an integrated network of roads and highways numbered within a nationwide grid in the contiguous United States. As the designation and numbering of these h ...
that runs for from
U.S. Route 25E
U.S. Route 25E (US 25E) is the eastern branch of U.S. Route 25 from Newport, Tennessee, where US 25 splits into US 25E and US 25W, to North Corbin, Kentucky, where the two highways rejoin. The road, however, continues as US 25E for roughly 2 mi ...
just northwest of
Harrogate, Tennessee, to
U.S. Route 60
U.S. Route 60 is a major east–west United States highway, traveling from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic Ocean coast in Virginia.
The highway's eastern terminus is in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where it is known as Pacific Avenue, in the ...
in
Virginia Beach, Virginia. Until 1996, when the
Cumberland Gap Tunnel opened, US 58 ran only inside the commonwealth of
Virginia (and it now runs only about 1 mile outside of Virginia into Tennessee before terminating). It was then extended southwest along a short piece of former US 25E, which no longer enters Virginia, to end at the new alignment in Tennessee. For most of its alignment, it closely parallels Virginia's southern border with
North Carolina.
State Route 383 (SR 383) is overlaid on U.S. Route 58 in Tennessee.
U.S. Route 58 is the longest
numbered route in Virginia.
Route description
Tennessee
US 58 begins at a
trumpet interchange with
US 25E, just south of the
Cumberland Gap Tunnel. The interchange is located on the border of the municipalities of
Cumberland Gap and
Harrogate, within
Claiborne County. The route travels northeast as a four lane divided highway, through a small section of Cumberland Gap with a few businesses. US 58 then abruptly leaves Cumberland Gap and enters a small section of a rural area within Harrogate, passing along the southeastern edge of the
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. After intersecting a road leading to the park and the historical area in Cumberland Gap, the route leaves the state of
Tennessee and enters the commonwealth of
Virginia, after only about a half mile in Tennessee.
US 58 in Tennessee carries the designation State Route 383.
Virginia
Tennessee to Jonesville
Upon entering Virginia, US 58 also enters
Lee County and becomes Wilderness Road. The divided highway makes a reverse turn heading generally towards the east, in a forested region, before turning east-northeast after to the south of the Wilderness Road entrance to the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. US 58 crosses over Station Creek, before curving due east through the hamlet of
Gibson Station. Past Gibson Station, the highway passes northeast through an area of a rolling hills with homes surrounding either side of the road. It is paralleled by Indian Creek on its southeast side, with the route crossing over its Pendleton Branch, prior to intersecting
SR 691 in the village of
Wheeler
Wheeler may refer to:
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* Wheeler, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, California, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, Illinois, a village
* Wheeler, Indiana, a ...
. US 58 continues northeast from Wheeler, before turning due east again while passing along the southern edge of the
Wilderness Road State Park
Wilderness Road State Park is a state park located in southwestern Virginia, near Cumberland Gap and Ewing, VA. It consists of about around the former Wilderness Road.
Within it stand the Karlan Mansion and a replica of the original Martin's ...
. The route crosses Indian Creek twice, before intersecting
SR 684 to the southwest of a park and ride lot, and the DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center of
Lincoln Memorial University. The route then dips south through more rural areas of rolling hills, residences, and farmland before turning northeast once more. After passing through some hill cuts with stone sides and crossing over the Roaring Branch of Indian Creek, US 58 reaches the unincorporated town of
Ewing
Ewing may refer to:
People
* Ewing (surname)
* Ewing (given name)
Places
;United States
* Ewing Township, Boone County, Arkansas
* Ewing, Illinois, a village
* Ewing Township, Franklin County, Illinois
* Ewing, Indiana, an unincorporated communi ...
. At Ewing, the route reaches its first intersection with a gantry, as its intersection with
SR 724 has a blinking yellow light above it. US 58 continues northeast through more rural forests and farmland along the southeastern slope of Poor Valley Ridge, before reaching the unincorporated town of
Rose Hill. In Rose Hill, more businesses and houses appear along the edges of the road, and a
jersey barrier briefly forms in the median before the road crosses over the White Branch of the
Powell River. Beyond the crossing, the median reverts to a grassy surface as US 58 leaves Rose Hill. The route continues to pass more homes, mainly in the traditional style, and businesses, mainly those that are timber shed retailers, before it makes a brief turn to the due east. Here US 58 crosses over Burning Well Road, Hardy Creek, and the railroad line of
CSX Transportation
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. ...
(former
L&N) leading to the Hagan's Switchback, on a twin-span beam bridge. The route then turns back towards the northeast and crosses the Hugh C. Chance Memorial Bridge. US 58 then makes a curve to the southeast through hilly wooded areas, before crossing over Dry Creek and meeting State Routes
880 and
758
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at an intersection. The latter road provides access to the
Lee County Airport. Past the intersection, US 58 briefly gains an eastbound climbing lane, before narrowing back to two lanes in each direction. The route continues east before heading northeast through wooded residential areas. Soon US 58 narrows to a two-lane rural road heading east through hilly residential zones entering the town limits of
Jonesville, the county seat of Lee County.
Jonesville to Virginia Beach
East of Jonesville, US 58 intersects
US 421, and the two routes stay concurrent through
Duffield (where the concurrency also picks up
U.S. 23),
Gate City,
Weber City (where the US 23 concurrency ends), and
Bristol, where US 58 begins a concurrency with
Interstate 81. The two routes stay concurrent until I-81 exit 19 in
Abingdon, where US 58 resumes its eastward journey close to the Virginia–North Carolina state line. The route is signed as the
J.E.B. Stuart Highway and the
A. L. Philpott
Albert Lee Philpott (July 29, 1919 – September 28, 1991) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates for 33 years starting in 1958, and was its Speaker from 1980 until his death.
Early ...
Memorial Highway. Much of the highway through the region features
hairpin turns, steep grades, and load-zoned bridges.
US 58 begins a concurrency with
US 221 in
Independence, and the routes stay merged through
Hillsville, just past the interchange with
Interstate 77
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. Continuing eastward, the route crosses the
Blue Ridge Parkway in the unincorporated community of
Meadows of Dan before winding its way to
Martinsville, where US 58 and
US 220 share a southern bypass of the city. Between Stuart and the Martinsville bypass, several loops are found following the original alignment. East of Martinsville, a loop between Byrd's Store and
Axton Axton may refer to:
* Axton, Virginia
Axton is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Virginia, United States. Axton is located on U.S. Route 58 east-southeast of Martinsville. Axton has a post office
A post office is a public fac ...
follows the original alignment, although one section west of Byrd's Store and one section east of Chatmoss remain inaccessible. Between Martinsville and Danville and between Danville and South Boston the route was widened to four lanes as part of the Arterial Highway system initiated by the Commonwealth in the mid 1960s. A newer alignment was generally just added to the older alignment. A loop of the older alignment is visible east of Brosville.
Approaching
Danville, US 58 once again follows an expressway bypass to the south of the city, while a business route enters the city itself. The southeastern half of this bypass is shared with
US 29. East of Danville, US 29 continues north, while US 58 picks up
US 360 (which begins in central Danville) and resumes its eastward journey. The routes stay cosigned until
South Boston, where US 360 resumes a more northerly route to
Richmond
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* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
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* Richmond, California, ...
, while US 58 travels eastward to
Clarksville and crosses
Kerr Lake.
The route crosses
US Route 1 and
Interstate 85 in
South Hill, followed by
Interstate 95
Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1, US Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Miami, Florida, to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between M ...
in
Emporia. Near
Franklin, an expressway bypass carries US 58 (and, for one stretch,
US 258) south of the city, while a business route enters the city. A bypass also carries traffic around
Suffolk
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, where US 58 begins concurrencies with
US 13 and then
US 460. The three US routes stay merged until an intersection with the
Hampton Roads Beltway at the confluence of
Interstate 64,
Interstate 264, and
Interstate 664. US 58 travels inside the beltway and through
Portsmouth and into
Norfolk via the Midtown Tunnel. The route crosses I-64 once again, and continues to
Virginia Beach, roughly paralleling I-264 to its south. US 58, designated as Virginia Beach Boulevard and becoming Laskin Rd. in Virginia Beach, ends at
US 60, Pacific Ave. Historically, US 58 continued for one additional block to the east, ending at Atlantic Ave., which once carried US 60 and then Business US 60.
Much of the western section of US 58 is part of
Crooked Road, Virginia
The Crooked Road is a heritage trail in Southwestern Virginia, that explores the musical history of the region along Southwest Virginia's Blue Ridge and Cumberland Mountains. The Crooked Road winds through almost 300 miles of scenic terrain in sout ...
and
The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail.
Alternate route
An
alternate route of US 58, known as U.S. Route 58 Alternate (US 58 Alt.), splits from the main route in
Abingdon, Virginia and travels northwest (signed west) as the "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" to
Coeburn. From there, US 58 Alt. travels in a southwesterly direction (signed west) through
Norton,
Big Stone Gap and
Pennington Gap before rejoining the main route in
Jonesville.
History
The corridor across southern Virginia was part of the initial 1918 state highway system, in which it was State Route 12. It generally followed the present U.S. 58 from
Abingdon to
Virginia Beach, while present US 58 west of Abingdon was part of
State Route 10. These routes deviated from present US 58 in the following places:
*SR 10 left Virginia into
Kentucky at
Cumberland Gap; the piece of current US 58 into Tennessee was (in general terms)
State Route 107 from 1923 to 1928 and
State Route 100 from 1928 to 1933 (as well as
U.S. Route 25E
U.S. Route 25E (US 25E) is the eastern branch of U.S. Route 25 from Newport, Tennessee, where US 25 splits into US 25E and US 25W, to North Corbin, Kentucky, where the two highways rejoin. The road, however, continues as US 25E for roughly 2 mi ...
from 1926 to 1996).
*SR 10 used present
U.S. Route 58 Alternate from
Jonesville to
Pennington Gap and
U.S. 421 southeast back to U.S. 58.
*SR 10 used present
State Route 638 and
State Route 600 from near
Pattonsville to
Clinchport.
*SR 10 used present
U.S. 421 and
U.S. Route 11
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through
Bristol to
Abingdon. From Abingdon to
Meadowview
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Description
The Meadowview area is bordered by Florin road to the north, the Watt/I-80–Downtown–Meadowview Light Rail Line to the east, Jo ...
, where SR 12 began, SR 10 used present
State Route 609.
*SR 12 used present
State Route 80 and
State Route 803 from Meadowview to
Lodi and roughly present
State Route 91 to
Damascus
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.
*From
Danville to
Boydton
Boydton is a town in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. The population was 431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, and it is near Kerr Lake.
Geography
Boydton is located at (36.667997, −78.389001).
...
, SR 12 used present
State Route 360 to near
Scottsburg,
U.S. Route 360 to
Clover, and
State Route 92 to Boydton. Present US 58 was
State Route 44 (formed ca. 1930) from Danville to
Clarksville, and from Clarksville to Boydton it was initially part of
State Route 1
The following highways are numbered 1.
For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads.
For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads.
For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads.
For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads.
For roads numbered S ...
, renumbered
State Route 31 in the
1923 renumbering, State Route 324 from soon after 1923 to 1927, part of
State Route 201 from 1927 to 1928,
[ , page 14] and State Route 400 from 1928 to 1933.
*From
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
to
Portsmouth, SR 12 used present
State Route 337.
Major intersections
See also
*
Virginia Beach Boulevard
Related U.S. Routes
*
U.S. Route 158
*
U.S. Route 258
U.S. Route 258 (US 258) is a spur of US 58 in the U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia. The U.S. Highway runs from US 17 Business and NC 24 Business in Jacksonville, North Carolina north to Virginia State Route 143 (SR 143) at Fort Monr ...
*
Special routes of U.S. Route 58
Eighteen special routes of U.S. Route 58 currently exist in Virginia. In order from west to east they are as follows:
Ewing–Rose Hill business loop
U.S. Route 58 Business (US 58 Bus.) is a business loop of US 58 serving the communities of Ew ...
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: US 58
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U.S. Highways in Virginia
U.S. Highways in Tennessee
Galax, Virginia
Transportation in Claiborne County, Tennessee
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