State Route 128 (SR 128) 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. Known for most of its length as Mayflower Drive, the state highway runs from
SR 163 north to
U.S. Route 460 Business (US 460 Business) and
US 501 Business within the
independent city of
Lynchburg.
Route description
SR 128 begins at an intersection with SR 163 (Wards Road). The state highway heads east as Candlers Mountain Road, a five-lane road with a
center left-turn lane. The highway becomes a
divided highway at its
partial cloverleaf interchange
A partial cloverleaf interchange or parclo is a modification of a cloverleaf interchange.
The design has been well received, and has since become one of the most popular freeway-to-arterial interchange designs in North America. It has also bee ...
with the Lynchburg Expressway, which carries
US 29 Business north and south and
US 501
U.S. Route 501 (US 501) is a spur of U.S. Route 1. It runs 355 miles (571 km) from Buena Vista, Virginia at U.S. Route 60 to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at U.S. Route 17 Business.
It passes through the states of Virginia, North Carolina a ...
to the south. There is no access from eastbound SR 128 to the southbound expressway; that movement is provided via SR 163. SR 128 and US 501 head east past the River Ridge Mall and across
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger of Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. With headquarters in Atlanta, the company operates 19,420 route miles (31 ...
's
Danville District. Just east of the railroad, Candlers Mountain Road turns south toward
Liberty University and US 501 continues east to join
US 29 and
US 460 on their freeway bypass of Lynchburg. SR 128 turns north onto two-lane undivided Mayflower Drive, which heads east through several industrial parks. North of Odd Fellows Road, the state highway veers east and then north again. For its at-grade intersection with Norfolk Southern Railway's
Durham District
The City of Durham was, from 1974 to 2009, a non-metropolitan district of County Durham in North East England, with the status of borough and city.
Formation
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the existing City of Durha ...
rail line, SR 128 makes a sharp curve east, passes through a
hairpin turn
A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend or hairpin corner) is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road. It is named for its resemblance to a bent metal hai ...
back west, in the middle of which the highway intersects the railroad, and curves north again. North of that railroad crossing, the state highway passes through a residential area and reaches its northern terminus at Campbell Avenue, which features US 460 Business and US 501 Business.
Major intersections
References
External links
Virginia Highways Project: VA 128
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128 128 may refer to
*128 (number), a natural number
*AD 128, a year in the 2nd century AD
*128 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*128 (New Jersey bus)
See also
* List of highways numbered
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may al ...
State Route 128