U.S. Route 29

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U.S. Route 29 shield
U.S. Route 29
Length: 1,036 mi[1] (1,667 km)
Formed: 1926[1]
South end: US 90 / US 98 at Pensacola, FL
Major
junctions:		 I-10 near Pensacola, FL

I-75 at Atlanta, GA
I-26 near Spartanburg, SC
I-77 at Charlotte, NC
I-40 at Greensboro, NC
I-85 (numerous locations)
I-64 at Charlottesville, VA
I-66 at Arlington, VA
I-70 at Ellicott City, MD
North end: MD 99 at Ellicott City, MD
United States Numbered Highways
List – Bannered – Divided – Replaced

U.S. Route 29 is a north - south United States highway that runs for 1,036 miles (1,667 km) from the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, to Pensacola, Florida. This highway's northern terminus is at Maryland Route 99 in Ellicott City, Maryland. Its southern terminus is at U.S. Route 90 and U.S. Route 98 in Pensacola, Florida.

The section of U.S. 29 between Greensboro, North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia, has been designated as Future Interstate 785 and has received "Future Interstate" signs in several locations along that route. It will become an official Interstate Highway once improvements have been completed.

From Greensboro, North Carolina to Tuskegee, Alabama, Interstate 85 runs parallel with US - 29, which along that stretch, serves primarily as a local route.

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[edit] Route description

[edit] Florida

US 29 begins at U.S. Route 90 and U.S. Route 98 in downtown Pensacola, Florida. Throughout the state, US 29 is twinned with the unsigned State Road 95.

[edit] Alabama

Main article: U.S. Route 29 in Alabama

In Alabama, US 29 is paired with unsigned State Route 15. It serves as College Street in Auburn, home to Auburn University.

[edit] Georgia

Main article: U.S. Route 29 in Georgia

US 29 passes through the northern portion of Georgia, serving Atlanta and Athens. The highway passes by notable universities, such as Georgia Tech in Atlanta, the University of Georgia and Athens Technical College in Athens. US 29 also meanders through Hartwell and the Lake Hartwell region near the South Carolina border. From West Point, Georgia (Just south of LaGrange, Georgia) at the Alabama-Georgia Line to downtown Atlanta, Georgia State Route 8 and Georgia State Route 14 are paired with US 29 at various points in the state. US 29 has also been named Roosevelt Hwy.

[edit] South Carolina

In South Carolina, US 29 maintains a northeasterly routing, passing through Anderson, Greenville, and Spartanburg.

From Greenville through Greer, US 29 is known as Wade Hampton Boulevard. It is a major commercial artery for both Greer and Taylors. A six-lane highway, the road forms the western border of Bob Jones University.

U.S. 29 was built as the main highway between Greenville and the other city of northwestern South Carolina, Spartanburg. The construction of Interstate 85 connecting Greenville to Spartanburg left US 29 underused until recent decades.

[edit] North Carolina

In North Carolina, US 29 connects the cities of Charlotte, Concord, and Greensboro. US 29 routes through Charlotte along Tryon Street, one of the main arteries that runs through uptown.

[edit] Virginia

Main article: U.S. Route 29 in Virginia

In Virginia, part of U.S. 29 is named the Lee Highway. U.S. 29 connects the historic small cities and large towns of west-central Virginia, including Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Culpeper, Warrenton, Manassas, and Fairfax, with Arlington, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., to the northeast, and with North Carolina to the southwest.

Along its route in Virginia, U.S. 29 provides significant access to and from several important institutions of secular higher education, including the University of Virginia (in Charlottesville), George Mason University (in Fairfax and Arlington), and the George Washington University.

[edit] District of Columbia

Main article: U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia

US 29 enters the District of Columbia and Washington, DC, via the Francis Scott Key Bridge adjacent to Georgetown University. The designation turns east onto the Whitehurst Freeway, bypassing Georgetown to the south. Upon crossing Rock Creek, the freeway ends, becoming the at-grade K Street. US 29 remains on K Street to 11th Street, where US 29 turns north onto 11th for seven blocks. At Rhode Island Avenue, US 29 turns right, following the arterial to the northeast for five blocks to 7th Street. US 29 turns north onto 7th, becoming Georgia Avenue upon crossing Florida Avenue. The route maintains a northerly routing as it passes through northern Washington, D.C. and enters Maryland.

[edit] Maryland

Main article: U.S. Route 29 in Maryland

In Maryland, US 29 turns northeast onto Colesville Road, interchanges with the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495), becomes Columbia Pike, and interchanges with New Hampshire Avenue (Maryland Route 650), Maryland Route 198, Maryland Route 32, Maryland Route 175, Maryland Route 100, U.S. Route 40 and Interstate 70 before terminating at Maryland Route 99 northwest of Ellicott City. There are plans to extend the northern terminus to Taneytown, near the Pennsylvania-Maryland border.

[edit] History

A US 29 shield used in Florida prior to 1993

Warrenton Turnpike is the former name of Route 29 through Prince William County, Virginia. This is the name that was used for this road during the War Between the States. Although the road has been expanded past Manassas into four lanes, it remains a rural two lane highway through Manassas National Battlefield Park, where Interstate 66 carries through traffic. On either side of the road through the battlefield, split rail fences define property borders.

[edit] U.S. Route 170

US 170 (1926-1931)

The portion of US 29 from U.S. Route 70 at Charlotte, North Carolina northeast to Lynchburg, Virginia was U.S. Route 170 from 1926 until 1931, when US 29 was extended over it.[2]

[edit] Major intersections

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
  2. ^ Federal Highway Administration, U.S. 29 Maryland to Florida


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