State Route 171 (SR 171) 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 143 in
Newport News east to a dead end at the
Back River in
Poquoson. SR 171 connects Poquoson with
Interstate 64 (I-64),
U.S. Route 17 (US 17), and Newport News via the
York County community of
Tabb.
Route description
SR 171 begins as Oyster Point Road at an intersection with SR 143 (Jefferson Avenue) in the city of Newport News. Oyster Point Road continues west as an unnumbered highway to
US 60. The state highway heads east as a six-lane
divided highway that meets I-64 at a
cloverleaf interchange
A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange in which all turns are handled by slip roads. To go left (in right-hand traffic; reverse directions in left-driving regions), vehicles first continue as one road passes over or under the ...
, where the highway's name changes to Victory Boulevard. SR 171 continues east as an eight-lane highway along the edge of the
Kiln Creek Kiln Creek is a residential community located in Newport News and Yorktown, Virginia
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planned community on the boundary between Newport News and York County, which is accessed by a pair of intersections with Kiln Creek Parkway. The state highway has intersections with US 17 (George Washington Memorial Highway) and
SR 134 (Hampton Highway) in the older community of Tabb.
SR 171 gradually loses lanes while passing through Tabb, finally reducing to a two-lane undivided road on a four-lane right-of-way a short distance east of SR 134. The state highway intersects SR 600 (Big Bethel Road) and passes through a forested area before and after crossing the western city limit of Poquoson. At its intersection with
SR 172 (Wythe Creek Road), SR 171's name changes to Little Florida Road. East of the center of the city, the state highway veers onto Poquoson Avenue, a curvy road that gradually turns south. SR 171 turns east onto Messick Road, which veers south through marshland west of
Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge. The state highway reaches its eastern terminus at a boat yard at Messick Point on the Back River, which separates Poquoson from Hampton.
Major intersections
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: VA 171
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