State Route 252 (SR 252) 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 Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
. The state highway runs from
SR 39 near
Rockbridge Baths north to
U.S. Route 250,
US 11 Business, and
SR 254 in
Staunton. SR 252 passes through rural areas of the upper
Shenandoah Valley of northern
Rockbridge County and western
Augusta County
Augusta County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The second-largest county of Virginia by total area, it completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro. Its count ...
.
Route description
SR 252 begins at an acute intersection with SR 39 (Maury River Road) just east of the
Maury River
The Maury River is a tributary of the James River in west-central Virginia in the United States. It is part of the watershed of Chesapeake Bay.
Course
The Maury flows for its entire length in Rockbridge County. It is formed near Goshen by the ...
near Rockbridge Baths. The state highway heads northeast as two-lane undivided Brownsburg Turnpike, which passes through the village of
Brownsburg. SR 252 veers north at SR 606 (Raphine Road), which leads to the historic
Kennedy-Wade Mill
The Kennedy-Wade Mill, or Wade's Mill, is a grist mill and national historic district located in Raphine, Virginia and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was originally built c. 1750 by Captain Joseph Kennedy. In 1846 the mill w ...
, and follows Moffatts Creek into Augusta County, where the highway becomes Middlebrook Road. The state highway follows the creek northeast through the village of
Newport to its headwaters. Moffatts Creek's source is just south of
Middlebrook at the drainage divide between the
James River watershed and the
Shenandoah River watershed. SR 252 has a
partial cloverleaf interchange with
SR 262 (Woodrow Wilson Parkway), a
circumferential highway around Staunton, before entering the
independent city
An independent city or independent town is a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity (such as a province).
Historical precursors
In the Holy Roman Empire, and to a degree in its successor states ...
. The state highway follows Middlebrook Avenue to the downtown area, where it passes under
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 Mountain Subdivision
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Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
. SR 262 turns north onto Lewis Street, then east onto Beverley Street, a one-way street that carries eastbound SR 254. Westbound SR 254 follows Frederick Street one block to the north. SR 252 and SR 254
run concurrently two blocks east to SR 252's northern terminus at Augusta Street, which hosts eastbound US 250 and southbound US 11 Business. Westbound US 250 and northbound US 11 Business are accessed at New Street one block to the east.
Major intersections
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: VA 252
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