State Route 36 (SR 36) is a
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Virginia
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. The state highway runs from SR 602 and SR 669 near
Matoaca east to
SR 10 in
Hopewell. SR 36 is the main highway between
Petersburg
Petersburg, or Petersburgh, may refer to:
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Canada
* Petersburg, Ontario
Russia
*Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as Petersburg
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*Peterborg, U.S. Virg ...
and
Hopewell; within each
independent city, the state highway follows a complicated path. The state highway connects those cities with
Ettrick in southern
Chesterfield County and
Fort Lee and
Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg (1864–65). The Battlefield is centered on the city of Petersburg, Virginia, and also includes outlying compon ...
in
Prince George County
Prince George County is a county (United States), county located in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 43,010. Its county seat is Prince George, Virginia ...
.
Route description
SR 36 begins west of Matoaca at an intersection with a pair of secondary state highways: SR 669, which heads north as Church Road; and SR 602, which heads west as River Road toward
Winterpock and
Amelia Court House. SR 36 heads east as River Road, which parallels the north side of the
Appomattox River
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at the southern edge of Chesterfield County. The state highway expands to a four-lane
divided highway
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at Ettrick, where the 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
North End Subdivision. SR 36 crosses the tracks just south of
Petersburg Amtrak station. The state highway continues southeast along two-lane undivided Chesterfield Avenue and passes the campus of
Virginia State University
Virginia State University (VSU or Virginia State) is a public historically Black land-grant university in Ettrick, Virginia. Founded on , Virginia State developed as the United States's first fully state-supported four-year institution of high ...
before crossing the Appomattox River into the city of Petersburg. SR 36 enters Petersburg on Fleet Street, then immediately turns east onto Grove Avenue to head toward Old Towne Petersburg.
At Market Street, the two directions of SR 36 split and follow many different streets through the downtown area. Eastbound SR 36 joins southbound US 1 on Market Street south to Washington Street, which is
one-way
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*One-way traffic, a street either facilitating only one-way traffic, or designed to direct vehicles to move in one direction
*One-way travel, a trip that does not return to its origin
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eastbound and carries westbound US 460 Business. SR 36 continues south another block to Wythe Street, where the highway turns onto the four-lane eastbound street to head east with eastbound US 460 Business and northbound US 1. At Sycamore Street, the three highways are joined by northbound US 301 Alternate to Adams Street, where northbound US 1 and the northbound alternate route head north. SR 36 and US 460 Business continue east through their interchange with I-95 and I-85 (Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike); the latter Interstate has its northern terminus immediately south of the interchange and has direct ramps with Wythe Street and Washington Street. At Crater Road, SR 36 intersects US 301 and US 460 Business turns south. The two directions of SR 36 come together near Amelia Street.
Westbound SR 36 follows Washington Street to Crater Road, onto which the state highway turns north and joins US 301. Access to I-95 and I-85 is provided by westbound US 460 Business, which takes over Washington Street. At the north end of Crater Street, SR 36 and US 301 turn west onto Bollingbrook Street and pass under I-95. At Adams Street, US 301 turns north to cross the
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 301 (Jefferson Davis Highway) across the Appomattox River at the Atlantic Seaboard fall line. It joins Colonial Heights and Petersburg, Virginia.
Originally constru ...
to leave Petersburg; southbound US 1 joins SR 36 west to Sycamore Street. The two highways turn north onto Sycamore Street to the
City Market building, then turn west onto Old Street to Market Street, where the two directions of SR 36 come together at the western end of the split.
SR 36 heads east from the joining of Wythe and Washington streets as four-lane divided Washington Street, which crosses over a
Norfolk Southern Railway
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rail line and crosses Harrison Creek into Prince George County. The state highway continues northeast as Oaklawn Boulevard through a portion of Petersburg National Battlefield; the highway has a
trumpet interchange
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with a park access road. SR 36 heads through Fort Lee, where the highway passes several entrances to the
U.S. Army installation, including one opposite
SR 144 (Temple Avenue). Fort Lee is home to the
United States Army Women's Museum
The United States Army Women's Museum is located in Fort Lee, Virginia. It provides exhibits and information related to the role of women in the United States Army, especially the Women's Army Corps.
The museum was originally established in 195 ...
,
Army Quartermaster Museum
The United States Army Quartermaster Museum, located at Fort Lee, Virginia, is an AAM accredited museum in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The museum's aim is to preserve and exhibit the history of the Quartermaster Corps, which was formed in 1775 ...
, and
Kenner Army Health Clinic. East of the fort, SR 36 becomes six lanes and meets
I-295 at a
cloverleaf interchange
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on the boundary of Prince George County and the city of Hopewell.
East of I-295, SR 36 splits into a
one-way pair
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, Oaklawn Boulevard eastbound and Woodlawn Street westbound. The two directions rejoin at Kenwood Avenue and become Winston Churchill Drive, which reduces to four lanes at an intersection with an unnumbered section of Oaklawn Boulevard that parallels the north side of the state highway. SR 36 has a short concurrency with SR 156 between where the latter highway splits south at High Avenue and SR 36's turn north onto Arlington Road. The state highway turns again onto 15th Street, which the highway follows to cross two separate rail lines and pass through a
roundabout
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with Lynchburg Street and Maryland Avenue. South of
City Point National Cemetery
City Point National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the community of City Point within the city of Hopewell, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses , and as of the end of 2005, ...
, SR 36 turns east onto Broadway Avenue. On the west side of downtown Hopewell, the state highway turns north onto 6th Street, which the highway follows to its northern terminus at an oblique intersection with SR 10 (Randolph Road).
History
The road from
State Route 10
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(at a point now just west of Lee Avenue in
Fort Lee[Map of Prince George County](_blank)
revised July 1, 1936) east of
Petersburg
Petersburg, or Petersburgh, may refer to:
Places Australia
*Petersburg, former name of Peterborough, South Australia
Canada
* Petersburg, Ontario
Russia
*Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as Petersburg
United States
*Peterborg, U.S. Virg ...
northeast to
Hopewell was added to the state highway system in 1924 as State Route 1011. SR 1011 became State Route 408 in the
1928 renumbering. 6.70 miles (10.78 km) from
Campbells Bridge over the
Appomattox River
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at
Petersburg
Petersburg, or Petersburgh, may refer to:
Places Australia
*Petersburg, former name of Peterborough, South Australia
Canada
* Petersburg, Ontario
Russia
*Saint Petersburg, sometimes referred to as Petersburg
United States
*Peterborg, U.S. Virg ...
past
Matoaca towards
Winterpock was added in 1928 as State Route 409. SR 409 was extended 3.02 miles (4.86 km) in 1930.
Major intersections
Special routes
Petersburg Truck Route
Virginia Truck Route 36 runs south of where VA 36 turns east from Fleet Street to Grove Avenue and immediately moves to Canal Street. After the intersection with High Street it turns left onto South Street, then moves onto a one-way pair along West Washington and West Wythe Streets, where it is partially overlapped by
US 1
U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making i ...
/
BUS 460. The streets become East Washington and East Wythe Streets at the intersection with
US 301 Alternate. One block later, the concurrency with US BUS 460 ends at Adams Street and US 1/VA Truck 36 turn north, and are also joined by
US 301 which followed US BUS 460 from the opposite direction. Four blocks north along the concurrency with US 1/301, VA Truck Route 36 ends at VA 36 on Bank Street, while US 1 and 301 continue to overlap each other towards
Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
.
Truck SR 36 is not an official route in the VDOT route numbering system.
[http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/route-index-07012003.pdf ]
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: VA 36
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