The following is a partial list of former primary

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in the

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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 are ...

. Long-distance routes are listed here, while those entirely or mostly within one VDOT district are at the following pages: # Bristol District: 59-98 (1933), 65 (1940), 77 (1940), 78 (1940), 289 (1934) #

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: 99-124 (1933), 245 (1940), 294 (1935) # Lynchburg District: 125-135 (1933), 150-152 (1933), 283 (1933), 126 (1948), 158 (1947), 297 (1935) # Richmond District 136-149 (1933), 153-163 (1933), 197 (1933), 4 Alt. (1935), 33 Alt. (1937), 44 (1933), 336 (1938), 416-418 (1981) # Hampton Roads (formerly Suffolk) District: 164-196 (1933), 32 (1933), 33 (1933), 88 (1940), 152 (ca. 1943), 163 (1945), 192 (1951), 285-288 (1933), 305 (1941), 312 (1937), 407-411 (1981), 414 (1981) # Fredericksburg District: 198-229 (1933), 124 (ca. 1937), 209 (1957), 229 (ca. 1936), 293 (1935) # Culpeper and Northern Virginia Districts: 230-248 (1933), 110 (1947), 253 (1967), 275 (1941), 335 (ca. 1938) # Staunton District: 249-282 (1933), 59 (1940), 158 (1940), 261 (1940), 278 (1940), 284 (1935), 292 (1935) Historic numbers for current routes are listed at list of primary state highways in Virginia.

SR 14

State Route 14 was 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

. It was formed as part of the initial system in 1918, and always ran from the

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state line through Danville, Lynchburg, and

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. In 1926, this was designated as U.S. Route 170 from North Carolina to Lynchburg and U.S. Route 60 from Lynchburg to West Virginia (except between

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and Lexington, where US 60 used State Route 141 and State Route 33 via

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). In the 1933 renumbering, the piece from Lynchburg to Lexington, including the Glasgow-Lexington section, became U.S. Route 501, as US 60 was rerouted to the north east of Lexington; all of SR 14 was removed in the 1933 renumbering. ;Spurs of State Route 14 between 1923 and 1928 * State Route 141, Natural Bridge Station to

, now part of State Route 130 * State Route 142,

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, now part of

U.S. Route 220 U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a spur route of US 20. It runs in a north–south layout in the eastern United States, unlike its parent route as well as conventionally even-numbered highways which run east-west. US 220 extends for f ...

* State Route 143,

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, now part of State Route 311 * State Route 144, Danville to

, now State Route 86

SR 27

State Route 27 was a primary

in the

. At its peak, it ran from near

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to Sperryville via Columbia, Louisa,

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, and

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. The route was never continuous, with gaps filled by secondary routes. The route was at first known as State Route 16 from 1918 to 1940; the State Route 16 designation was needed in the 1940 renumbering to match other states, and so the road was SR 27 from 1940 to the final decommissioning in 1953. The former SR 27 now carries the following designations: * State Route 684, U.S. Route 60 near

to State Route 45 near

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* State Route 690, near Cartersville to State Route 6 in Columbia * State Route 659, Columbia to

U.S. Route 250 U.S. Route 250 (US 250) is a route of the United States Numbered Highway System, and is a spur of U.S. Route 50. It currently runs for from Richmond, Virginia to Sandusky, Ohio. It passes through the states of Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio. ...

at Ferncliff * State Route 208, Ferncliff to

U.S. Route 33 U.S. Route 33 (US 33) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs northwest–southeast for from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route. Although most odd-numbered U.S. routes are north– ...

in Louisa * State Route 669 and State Route 612, Louisa to

U.S. Route 15 U.S. Route 15 (US 15) is a -long United States highway, designated along South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. The route is signed north–south, from U.S. Route 17 Alternate in Walterboro, South Caro ...

* State Route 230, US 15 at Madison Mills to

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near

* State Route 231, Madison to

U.S. Route 211 U.S. Route 211 (US 211) is a spur of US 11 in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Lee Highway, the U.S. Highway runs from Interstate 81 (I-81) and Virginia State Route 211 (SR 211) in New Market east to US 15 Business, ...

at Sperryville In the initial 1918 state highway system, State Route 16 ran from State Route 2 (now

) at Madison Mills to State Route 3 (now U.S. Route 11) at

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via

and Luray, crossing the

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at Fishers Gap. North of Madison, this was the path of the Blue Ridge Turnpike. In 1921, the State Highway Commission recommended that the legislature relocate SR 16 to run via Sperryville and

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rather than

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to "eliminate a very difficult and expensive crossing of the Blue Ridge" and provide "a direct connection with the

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at Sperryville". By 1923, SR 16 was truncated to Sperryville; the piece from Sperryville west to New Market became an extension of State Route 21. ;Major intersections

SR 33

State Route 33 was a primary

in the

. It was first formed as part of the initial system in 1918; it was State Route 3 until 1923. SR 33 existed until 1933, when it was deemed redundant to the U.S. Routes that used it - U.S. Route 311 (now

) from

to Roanoke, and U.S. Route 11 from Roanoke to

. The number was immediately reused for another route in southeastern Virginia, and in the late 1930s the current State Route 33, an extension of

, was formed. From Staunton to

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, SR 33 was the

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, taken over by the state in 1918. North of Winchester towards

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, SR 33 used the

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. Tolls were removed in 1919 when the turnpike company gave the road to the state.State Takes Over Winchester Pike. Special to

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Winchester, Va, February 12, 1919: "Stockholders of the Winchester and Martinsburg Turnpike Company have accepted a proposition made by State Highway Commissioner Coleman to transfer the nine miles of turnpike in Virginia to the State without cost. The commissioner has a right to continue the one toll gate until September 1, 1919, but it is planned to abolish it sooner. By that time it is stated, there will be no toll gates on any trunk line highway extending from Pennsylvania." ;Spurs of State Route 33 between 1923 and 1928 * State Route 331,

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west to

, now State Route 42 and several secondary routes * State Route 332, Mauzy west and north to West Virginia, now part of State Route 259 * State Route 333, Harrisonburg west to West Virginia, now part of

* State Route 334, Greenville east towards Waynesboro, now part of U.S. Route 340 (Virginia), U.S. Route 340 *State Route 335 (Virginia pre-1928), State Route 335, Rocky Mount, Virginia, Rocky Mount northeast to Bedford, Virginia, Bedford, now part of State Route 122 (Virginia), State Route 122 *State Route 336 (Virginia pre-1928), State Route 336, Mount Jackson, Virginia, Mt. Jackson west to Orkney Springs, Virginia, Orkney Springs, now State Route 263 (Virginia), State Route 263 *State Route 337 (Virginia pre-1928), State Route 337, Ridgeway, Virginia, Ridgeway southeast to

, now State Route 87 (Virginia), State Route 87 *State Route 338 (Virginia pre-1928), State Route 338, Lexington, Virginia, Lexington north, west and southwest to Covington, Virginia, Covington, now parts of State Route 39 (Virginia), State Route 39 and Covington *State Route 339 (Virginia pre-1928), State Route 339,

northwest to Gainsboro, Virginia, Gainsboro, now part of U.S. Route 522 (Virginia), U.S. Route 522

References

{{former primary state highways in Virginia Former state highways in Virginia,