State Route 613 (SR 613) in Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County, Virginia is a Byrd Road Act, secondary state highway. The designation includes several distinct suburban surface routes within the county. These routes were once mostly connected, but changes in road alignment, new road construction, and annexations by the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria have separated them. These routes are signed only sporadically as 613 and local residents usually refer to these routes by their names.

Route description

, SR 613 is the designation of four distinct routes within Fairfax County. From the north, the first is that of Wilson Boulevard from the Arlington County line to the intersection with State Route 7 (Virginia), State Route 7 (Leesburg Pike) and U.S. Route 50 (Virginia), U.S. Route 50 (Arlington Boulevard) at Seven Corners, Virginia, Seven Corners. SR 613 then continues as Sleepy Hollow Road to a terminus at State Route 244 (Virginia), State Route 244 (Columbia Pike (Virginia), Columbia Pike). The second section is Lincolnia Road for its entire length and begins at an intersection with SR 244 east of the previous terminus. It continues through an intersection with State Route 620 (Fairfax County, Virginia), SR 620 (Braddock Road (Northern Virginia), Braddock Road) to a dead end just before SR 2532 (Beauregard Street) with access only ''from'' southbound SR 2532. The third section begins at the City of Alexandria/Fairfax County line as a continuation of South Van Dorn Street which is designated as State Route 401 (Virginia), State Route 401 within Alexandria. Its original terminus was at State Route 644 (Fairfax County, Virginia), SR 644 (Franconia Road) but it was extended to State Route 611 (Fairfax County, Virginia), SR 611 (Telegraph Road) in the mid-2000s. The fourth section is known as Beulah Street for its entire length. It begins at State Route 644 (Fairfax County, Virginia), SR 644 (Franconia Road) in Franconia, Virginia, Franconia, west of the third section's intersection. It continues through intersections with Virginia State Route 289, SR 289 (Franconia-Springfield Parkway) and SR 611 (Telegraph Road). Immediately past SR 611, SR 613 continues through Fort Belvoir United States Army installation where traffic is regulated by the Telegraph Gate which, , only allows entry from 5:00-21:00 Monday-Friday with Identity documents in the United States, military identification card. SR 613 continues through the base, past the Fort Belvoir Golf Club, and intersection with Kingman Road, but is permanently obstructed beyond its intersection with Wills Road at a former gate just before an overpass of a former military railroad spur. This section serves as U.S. Bicycle Route 1 from SR 611 for to Virginia State Route 618 (Fairfax County), SR 618 (Woodlawn Road). The fifth section is less than long and is the continuation of Beulah Street from the now obstructed former gate to an intersection with Virginia State Route 617 (Fairfax County), SR 617 (Backlick Road), before U.S. Route 1 in Virginia, US 1 (Richmond Highway) in Accotink, Virginia, Accotink.

History

The annexation of parts of Fairfax County by Alexandria in the 1950s bifurcated SR 613 into sections to the south and northwest of the annexed land. Before that, the second and third sections of SR 613 described above were one route that was called Lincolnia Road and ran roughly along the current Lincolnia Road, Whiting Road, and South Van Dorn Street (from south of Edsall Road). After the annexation and significant road realignment, the southern parts of Lincolnia Road were severed and given their current names.

Major intersections

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"Esso Pictorial Guide to Washington, D.C., and Vicinity, 1942" including SR 613
Secondary state highways in Virginia, 613 Fairfax Transportation in Fairfax County, Virginia, State Route 613