State Route 211 (SR 211) is a primary
state highway 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 East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
. The state highway runs from
SR 42 in
Timberville east to
Interstate 81
Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south (physically northeast–southwest) Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island ...
(I-81) and
U.S. Route 211 (US 211) in
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. SR 211 is a state-numbered westward extension of US 211.
Route description
SR 211 begins at an intersection with SR 42 (Main Street) in the town of Timberville. The state highway heads east as two-lane undivided New Market Road, which parallels the
North Fork Shenandoah River to the south. SR 211 crosses the
Rockingham–
Shenandoah county line and continues as Old Cross Road. The state highway passes to the south of
New Market Airport
New Market Airport is a privately owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of New Market, a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The facility serves primarily general ...
and veers away from the river before meeting the southern end of
SR 305 (George Collins Parkway), which provides access to the New Market Battlefield, which commemorates the
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polic ...
Battle of New Market
The Battle of New Market was fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. A makeshift Confederate army of 4,100 men defeated the larger Army of the Shenandoah under Major General Franz S ...
. Just east of SR 305, SR 211 reaches its eastern terminus at its
diamond interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a controlled-access highway crosses a minor road.
Design
The freeway itself is grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. Approaching the ...
with I-81. Old Cross Road continues east as US 211, which passes through New Market before heading toward
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and
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Major intersections
References
External links
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Virginia Highways Project: VA 211
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State Route 211
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