U.S. Route 460 in Virginia

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 460 in Virginia. For the entire length of the highway, see U.S. Route 460.

U.S. Route 460
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Western section
Length:	79.59 mi (128.09 km)
West end:	US 460 near Big Rock
East end:	US 460 in Bluefield
Eastern section
West end:	US 460 in Glen Lyn
Major junctions:	I-81 in Christiansburg US 220 in Roanoke US 29 near Lynchburg I-95 in Petersburg
East end:	US 60 in Norfolk
Location
Counties:	Buchanan, Tazewell; Giles, Montgomery, Roanoke, City of Salem, City of Roanoke, Botetourt, Bedford, City of Bedford, Campbell, City of Lynchburg, Appomattox, Prince Edward, Nottoway, Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg, Prince George, Sussex, Surry, Southampton, Isle of Wight, City of Suffolk, City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced Virginia Routes Primary • Secondary • History • Turnpikes ← SR 457 I-464 →

U.S. Route 460 in Virginia runs east–west through the southern part of the state. It has two separate pieces in Virginia, joined by a relatively short section in West Virginia. Most of US 460 is a four-lane divided highway.

US 460 from Interstate 81 at Christiansburg west to Pikeville, Kentucky, including the piece in West Virginia, is Corridor Q of the Appalachian Development Highway System. From West Virginia east to I-81, US 460 is also part of the proposed Interstate 73.

History

Most of present US 460 or its former alignments was part of the initial state highway system defined in 1918. Specifically, the following pieces existed:

• Claypool Hill to West Virginia (U.S. Route 19 concurrency): State Route 11
• West Virginia to Christiansburg: State Route 23
• Christiansburg to Petersburg (including the U.S. Route 11 concurrency): State Route 10
• Suffolk to Norfolk (U.S. Route 58 concurrency): State Route 10

Kentucky to West Virginia

In late 1921, the Virginia State Highway Commission recommended that the General Assembly add the road from State Route 11 (now U.S. Route 19) at Claypool Hill northwest to Grundy to the state highway system as a spur of SR 11 to provide "an easterly outlet from Buchanan County". This spur was assigned the designation State Route 11X by 1923, and later that year it became State Route 111. It was renumbered State Route 126 in the 1928 renumbering and State Route 84 in the 1933 renumbering. A 6.38-mile (10.27 km) extension from Grundy northwest towards Kentucky was added in 1932, and the rest to the state line was added in 1936. In the 1940 renumbering, SR 84 was renumbered State Route 4 to match Kentucky Route 4.

West Virginia to Norfolk

In the early 1970s, the former Virginian Railway right-of-way along the north bank of the New River eastward from a point near the VA-WV state line near Glen Lyn to Narrows was acquired by VDOT's predecessor agency from the Norfolk and Western Railway to enable four-laning of the highway through the narrow space between the river and rocky bluffs. (The N&W main line follows the south bank through this area).

See Corridor Q for more information on U.S. 460 in Virginia

From Lynchburg east to Suffolk, the highway was built closely following the main line of the Norfolk and Western Railway (now Norfolk Southern), in many places.

Legend has it that William Mahone (1826–1895), builder of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad and his wife, Otelia Butler Mahone (1837–1911), traveled along the newly completed Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad naming stations. Otelia was reading Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. From his historical Scottish novels, Otelia chose the place names of Wakefield as well as Windsor and Waverly. She tapped the Scottish Clan "McIvor" for the name of Ivor, a small town in neighboring Southampton County.^{[citation needed]}

As they continued west, they reached a station in Prince George County where they could not agree on a suitable name from the books. Instead, they became creative, and invented a new name in honor of their dispute. This is how the tiny community of Disputanta was named.

The N&P railroad was completed in 1858. William Mahone became a Major General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and later, a Senator in the United States Congress. After the War, he was also a major force in linking three trunk railroads across a southern tier of Virginia from Norfolk to Bristol to form the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, the principal predecessor of the Norfolk and Western.

William and Otelia Mahone made Petersburg their family home in their later years. In modern times, a large portion of U.S. Highway 460 between Petersburg and Suffolk is named General Mahone Boulevard in his honor.

Route

From Petersburg to Suffolk US 460 is a four lane non-divided highway. It is a popular alternative to I-64 when going from Richmond and other points in central Virginia to the Currituck Sound and Outer Banks of North Carolina, avoiding the congestion and tunnels of the more northerly I-64 corridor. The road passes through several small towns that built up at stops along the railroad line. Two of these, Windsor and Waverly, have earned reputations for being speed traps. A well known local landmark, the Virginia Diner is in Wakefield, the so called "Peanut Capital of the World" and near the site of the first commercial peanut crop grown in the New World.

Future

As of 2010 there are plans for construction of a new, interstate-quality US 460 between Petersburg and Suffolk. The 55-mile (89 km), four-lane, divided highway would be built south of the existing four-lane undivided US 460 by a public–private partnership. The $1.44 billion to $1.8 billion cost of the road would be offset by tolls which could range from $5.50 to $11 for cars and up to $22 for trucks. The speed limit on the road would be set at 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) as an incentive for drivers. In addition, a tolled, truck lane would be added to the current US 58/US 460 bypass around Suffolk to connect with the new US 460.

VDOT conducted a failed attempt in 2006 to find a bidder able to build this 55 mile tollway and revamped its process with a new public bidding process in 2010. In the original process VDOT did not want to provide any taxpayer subsidy to the process, preferring to have it funded entirely with private moneys. In 2010 the original VDOT 460 Solicitation for Proposals (referred to as an "SFP") the Commonwealth stated that it would not provide any public moneys as a subsidy to the project. Later in the process VDOT amended that SFP to state that the Commonwealth would consider providing an up front public subsidy. Three bidders submitted proposals and VDOT has held two public presentations from the bidders with a public commentary process for any citizen to come forward and make statements.

According to VDOT 460 PPTA website, the three bidders currently under consideration are Cintra who requested a $782 million up front taxpayer subsidy, Multi Modal Solutions who requested a $500 million up front taxpayer subsidy, and 460 Partners who requested no up front public subsidy.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Buchanan	Big Rock	0.00	US 460 west – Pikeville	Western terminus of US 460 in Virginia
	Grundy	12.83	SR 83 east (Edgewater Drive) – Stacy	West end of concurrency with SR 83
	Vansant	16.78	SR 83 west – Haysi	East end of concurrency with SR 83
Tazewell	Richlands	40.18	SR 67 south – Honaker	West end of concurrency with SR 67
		41.56	US 460 Bus. east / SR 67 north (Front Street)	East end of concurrency with US 460
		42.88	SR 67 (Railroad Avenue) – Jewell Ridge	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Cedar Bluff	44.57	US 460 Bus. (Cedar Valley Drive)	Right-in/right-out interchanges in both directions
		45.75	US 460 Bus. west (Cedar Valley Drive)
	Claypool Hill	47.00	US 19 south (Trail of the Lonesome Pine) – Lebanon	West end of concurrency with US 19
	Pisgah	57.86	US 19 Bus. north / US 460 Bus. east (Crab Orchard Road) – Tazewell
	Tazewell		SR 16 Alt. (Fairground Road)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		59.58	SR 16 (Tazewell Avenue) – Thompson Valley, Stony Ridge	Diamond interchange
		61.01	SR 61 (Riverside Drive)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
			SR 645 (Cauitts Creek Road) / SR 678 (Market Street)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		63.76	US 19 Bus. south / US 460 Bus. west (Fincastle Turnpike) – Tazewell	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	Bluefield	74.47	US 19 north (Trail of the Lonesome Pine) – Bluefield	Trumpet interchange; east end of concurrency with US 19
		76.38	SR 720 (Valley Dale Street)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		78.24	To SR 102 (College Avenue) – Pocahontas	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		79.59	US 460 east – Bluefield	Eastern terminus of western section of US 460 in Virginia; West Virginia state line
US 460 passes through West Virginia before returning to Virginia
Giles	Glen Lyn	0.00	US 460 west – Princeton	Western terminus of eastern section of US 460 in Virginia; West Virginia state line
	Rich Creek	3.29	US 219 north (Island Street) – Peterstown, WV
	Narrows	6.97	SR 61 west (Fleshman Street) – Rocky Gap
	Pearisburg		US 460 Bus. east / SR 100 (Main Street) – Pearisburg	Trumpet interchange
			US 460 Bus. west (Wenonah Avenue) / SR 636 east (Ripplemead Road) – Pearisburg, Ripplemead	Diamond interchange
	Newport	26.72	SR 42 north (Blue Grass Trial) – New Castle
Montgomery	Blacksburg	31.74	US 460 Bus. east (Main Street)
			SR 650 (Toms Creek Road)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		35.04	SR 412 (Prices Fork Road)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
			Southgate Drive east – Virginia Tech Sports Complex
		38.01	US 460 Bus. (Main Street) / Industrial Park Drive – Blacksburg	Complex interchange
	Christiansburg	40.49	SR 114 west (Peppers Ferry Road) – Radford	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		41.44	US 460 Bus. (Franklin Street) – Christiansburg	Complex interchange; no access from eastbound US 460 to westbound US 460 Business
		43.97	US 11 / US 460 Bus. (Roanoke Street) – Christiansburg	Diamond interchange
		44.22	I-81 south / Parkway Drive south – Bristol	I-81 Exits 118A-B; west end of concurrency with I-81 collector-distributor lanes
		45.37	I-81 north / US 11 south / US 460 Bus. west (Roanoke Street)	I-81 Exit 118C; east end of concurrency with I-81 collector-distributor lanes; west end of concurrency with US 11
Roanoke	No major junctions
City of Salem			SR 112 north (Wildwood Road)
			US 11 Alt. north / US 460 Alt. east (4th Street)
			US 11 north (College Avenue) – Roanoke	East end of concurrency with US 11
			SR 311 (Thompson Memorial Drive)
			US 11 Alt. south / US 460 Alt. west / SR 419 (Electric Road) – Roanoke, Cave Spring	West end of concurrency with US 11 Alternate
City of Roanoke			SR 117 (Peters Creek Road)
			SR 116 north (Lafayette Boulevard)	West end of concurrency with SR 116
			I-581 / US 220 – Downtown Roanoke	I-581 Exit 4; southern terminus of US 220 Alternate
			US 11 / US 221 south / SR 116 south (Williamson Road)	East end of concurrency with SR 116; west end of concurrency with US 221; eastern terminus of US 11 Alternate
			SR 115 north (Hollins Road) – Hollins
Roanoke	Bonsack		US 220 Alt. north (Cloverdale Road) – Cloverdale	East end of concurrency with US 220 Alternate
Botetourt	Blue Ridge		Blue Ridge Parkway	Interchange
Bedford	No major junctions
City of Bedford			US 221 north / US 460 Bus. east (Main Street) – Bedford	East end of concurrency with US 221; no access from southbound US 221 to eastbound US 460
			SR 122 south (Burks Hill Road) / SR 122 Bus. north – Bedford	Diamond interchange; west end of concurrency with SR 122
			US 460 Bus. west / SR 122 north (Main Street) – Bedford	Diamond interchange; east end of concurrency with SR 122
Bedford	No major junctions
Campbell	Timberlake		US 460 Bus. (Timberlake Road) – Lynchburg	Trumpet interchange
			SR 682 (Leesville Road)	Diamond interchange
			SR 678 (Airport Road) / to Greenview Drive – Lynchburg Regional Airport	Diamond interchange
			US 29 south / US 29 Bus. north (Wards Road) – Lynchburg, Danville	Cloverleaf interchange; west end of concurrency with US 29
City of Lynchburg			Candlers Mountain Road – Liberty University	Interchange
			US 501 north (Candlers Mountain Road) – Buena Vista	Full Y interchange; west end of concurrency with US 501
			US 501 south / US 460 Bus. west / US 501 Bus. north (Campbell Avenue) – South Boston	Partial cloverleaf interchange; east end of concurrency with US 501
			US 29 north – Amherst, Charlottesville	Trumpet interchange; west end of concurrency with US 29
Campbell			SR 726 (Mt. Athos Road)	Trumpet interchange
	Concord		SR 24 west (Village Highway) – Rustburg	West end of concurrency with SR 24
Appomattox	Appomattox		US 460 Bus. east (Confederate Boulevard) / SR 26 north (Oakville Road) – Appomattox, Bent Creek	Diamond interchange
			SR 24 east / SR 131 south (Old Courthouse Road) / to Route 60 – Appomattox	Diamond interchange; east end of concurrency with SR 24
			US 460 Bus. west (Confederate Boulevard) – Appomattox	No access from eastbound US 460 Business to westbound US 460
	Pamplin City		US 460 Bus. east to SR 47 south
Prince Edward	Shields		US 460 Bus. west to SR 47 south – Pamplin City
	Farmville		US 15 north / US 460 Bus. east – Farmville, Culpeper	Trumpet interchange; west end of concurrency with US 15
			US 15 south (Farmville Road) / US 15 Bus. north (Main Street) – Farmville, Keysville	Diamond interchange; east end of concurrency with US 15
			US 460 Bus. west (3rd Street) – Farmville	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
	Rice		SR 307 east (Holly Farm Road) – Jetersville
Nottoway	Burkeville		US 360 west (Patrick Henry Highway) / US 360 Bus. / US 460 Bus. east (2nd Street) – Keysville	Partial cloverleaf interchange; no direct access from eastbound US 460 to westbound US 360 or from westbound US 360 / US 460 to eastbound US 360 Business / US 460 Business; west end of concurrency with US 360
			US 360 Bus. / US 460 Bus. west (2nd Street)
			US 360 east (Patrick Henry Highway) – Richmond	Interchange; no direct access from westbound US 360 to eastbound US 460 or from westbound US 460 to eastbound US 360; east end of concurrency with US 360
	Crewe		SR 49 north (Watsons Wood Road) – Jetersville	West end of concurrency with SR 49
			SR 49 south (The Falls Road) – Victoria	East end of concurrency with SR 49
	Nottoway		US 460 Bus. east (Old Nottoway Road) – Nottoway, Blackstone	Trumpet interchange
	Blackstone		SR 606 (Cottage Road) – Blackstone	Diamond interchange
			US 460 Bus. west (Cox Road) – Blackstone
			SR 153 north (Rocky Hill Road) – Scotts Fork
Dinwiddie	Sutherland		SR 226 east (Cox Road) – Petersburg
			I-85 south / US 460 Bus. east (Airport Street) / US 1 – South Hill	I-85 Exit 61; west end of concurrency with I-85
			US 1 / US 460 Bus. (Boydton Plank Road) – Petersburg	I-85 Exit 63
City of Petersburg			Squirrel Level Road	I-85 Exit 65
			I-95 north (Richmond–Petersburg Turnpike) – Richmond	I-85 Exit 68; I-95 Exit 51; east end of concurrency with I-85; west end of concurrency with I-95
			US 301 (Crater Road) / US 460 Bus. (County Drive)	I-95 Exit 50
			I-95 south / Wagner Road west – Rocky Mount, NC	I-95 Exit 48; east end of concurrency with I-95
			US 460 Bus. west (County Drive) / SR 106 north (Courthouse Road) – Prince George
Prince George	New Bohemia		I-295 – Washington, Rocky Mount, NC	I-295 Exit 3
	Disputanta		SR 156 (Prince George Drive) – Prince George, Templeton
Sussex	Waverly		SR 40 (Main Street) – Sussex, Spring Grove
	Wakefield		SR 31 north (Main Street) – Dendron, Surry
Isle of Wight	Windsor		US 258 (Prince Boulevard) – Franklin, Smithfield
City of Suffolk			US 13 south / US 58 west (Suffolk Bypass) / US 460 Bus. east (Pruden Boulevard) – Emporia, Downtown Suffolk	Partial cloverleaf interchange; west end of concurrencies with US 13 and US 58
			SR 10 (Godwin Boulevard) / SR 32 – Smithfield, Newport News	Partial cloverleaf interchange
			SR 642 (Wilroy Road)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
			US 13 Bus. south / US 58 Bus. west / US 460 Bus. west (Portsmouth Boulevard) – Downtown Suffolk	No access from eastbound bypass to business routes or from business routes to westbound bypass
City of Chesapeake			I-664 (Hampton Roads Beltway) to I-64 / I-264 – Newport News, Hampton, Norfolk, Virginia Beach	I-664 Exit 13
			US 58 / US 460 Alt. east (Airline Boulevard) / SR 191 north (Jolliff Road) – Portsmouth	East end of concurrency with US 58
			I-64 (Hampton Roads Beltway) – Virginia Beach, Suffolk	I-64 Exit 297
			US 17 (George Washington Highway) – Portsmouth, Deep Creek
			SR 196 west (Canal Drive)
			US 13 north (Military Highway) / SR 166 south (Bainbridge Boulevard) – Virginia Beach, Great Bridge	Interchange; east end of concurrency with US 13; west end of concurrency with SR 166
			SR 337 (Poindexter Street/Bainbridge Boulevard)	US 460 and SR 166 turn onto Poindexter Street
			SR 246 east (Liberty Street)
City of Norfolk			SR 168 south (Campostella Road) – Chesapeake	West end of concurrency with SR 168
			I-264 east – Virginia Beach	I-264 Exit 11; no access from eastbound I-264 to eastbound US 460 or to westbound I-264 from either direction of US 460
			SR 166 north (Park Avenue)	East end of concurrency with SR 166
			SR 168 north / SR 337 west (Tidewater Drive) to I-264 west	East end of concurrency with SR 168; west end of concurrency with SR 337
			US 460 Bus. west (St. Pauls Boulevard) / SR 337 east (Brambleton Avenue)	East end of concurrency with SR 337
			US 58 (Virginia Beach Boulevard)
			SR 247 east (26th Street)
			SR 247 west (27th Street)
			SR 165 (Little Creek Road) to I-64 east
			I-64 (Hampton Roads Beltway) / I-564 west (Admiral Taussig Boulevard) – Virginia Beach, Hampton, Naval Station Norfolk	I-64 Exit 276
			SR 168 (Tidewater Drive)	Partial interchange
			US 60 (Ocean View Avenue)	Eastern terminus of US 460
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

• Virginia Highways Project: US 460

Preceded by Kentucky	U.S. Route 460 Virginia	Succeeded by West Virginia
Preceded by West Virginia	U.S. Route 460 Virginia	Succeeded by terminus

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