State Route 176 (SR 176) 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 Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

. Known for most of its length as Parksley Road, the state highway runs from SR 316 in Parksley east to

U.S. Route 13 U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a north–south U.S. highway established in 1926 that runs for from Interstate 95 (I-95) just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina to US 1 in the northeastern suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Morrisville. ...

(US 13) at Centerville in central Accomack County.

Route description

SR 176 begins at an intersection with SR 316 (Cassatt Avenue) in the center of the town of Parksley. Bennett Street continues west as SR 673 toward Justisville. SR 176 heads southeast as a two-lane undivided road and has a grade crossing of an inactive railroad line immediately to the east of SR 316, passing to the south of the

Eastern Shore Railway Museum The Eastern Shore Railway Museum is located at 18568 Dunne Avenue, Parksley, Virginia, United States. The museum exhibits historic rail cars and equipment. The museum also contains a restored train station with railroad memorabilia from the lin ...

before exiting the town. The state highway follows Parksley Road southeast from the town limit to the route's eastern terminus at US 13 (Lankford Highway) in the hamlet of Centerville.

Major intersections

References

External links

Virginia Highways Project: VA 176
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State Route 176