U.S. Route 58

U.S. Route 58
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length:	508 mi (818 km)
Existed:	1931 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US-25E / SR-32 / SR-383 at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
	US 23 in Duffield I-81 in Bristol I-77 near Hillsville US 220 near Martinsville US 29 in Danville I-85 in South Hill I-95 in Emporia US 460 in Suffolk I-64 / I-264 / I-664 in Chesapeake US 13 in Norfolk
East end:	US 60 in Virginia Beach
Location
Counties:	Claiborne, Lee, Scott, Washington, City of Bristol, Grayson, City of Galax, Carroll, Floyd, Patrick, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, Halifax, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia, Southampton, City of Suffolk, City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth, City of Norfolk, City of Virginia Beach
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced Virginia Routes Primary • Secondary • History • Turnpikes ← SR 57 SR 59 →

U.S. Route 58 is an east–west U.S. Highway that runs for 508 miles (818 km) from U.S. Route 25E just northwest of Harrogate, Tennessee to U.S. Route 60 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Until 1996, when the Cumberland Gap Tunnel opened, US 58 ran only inside the commonwealth of Virginia. It was then extended southwest along a short piece of former US 25E, which no longer enters Virginia, to end at the new alignment in Tennessee.

State Route 383 is overlaid on U.S. Route 58 in Tennessee.

The segment of highway between Emporia and Suffolk was known as The Suicide Strip due to the high number of fatal accidents that occurred along the roadway when it was a two-lane road. The number of accidents lessened significantly when the route was upgraded to a divided highway, separating traffic in the early 1990s.

U.S. Route 58 is the longest road in Virginia.

Route description

Tennessee

US 58 begins at a trumpet interchange with US 25E, just south of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel. The route travels northeast through the outskirts of Cumberland Gap before crossing into Virginia.

US 58 in Tennessee carries the designation State Route 383.

Virginia

US 58 enters Virginia and travels east to Jonesville, where Alternate US 58 branches off and travels to the north. East of Jonesville, US 58 intersects US 421, and the two routes stay concurrent through Duffield (where the concurrency also picks up US 23), Gate City, Weber City (where the US 23 concurrency ends), and Bristol, where US 58 begins a concurrency with Interstate 81. The two routes stay concurrent until I-81 exit 19 in Abingdon, where US 58 resumes its eastward journey close to the Virginia–North Carolina state line. The route is signed as the J.E.B. Stuart Highway and the A. L. Philpott Memorial Highway. Much of the highway through the region features hairpin turns, steep grades, and load-zoned bridges.

US 58 begins a concurrency with US 221 in Independence, and the routes stay merged through Hillsville, just past the interchange with Interstate 77. Continuing eastward, the route crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway in the unincorporated community of Meadows of Dan before winding its way to Martinsville, where US 58 and US 220 share a southern bypass of the city.

Approaching Danville, US 58 once again follows an expressway bypass to the south of the city, while a business route enters the city itself. The southeastern half of this bypass is shared with US 29. East of Danville, US 29 continues north, while US 58 picks up US 360 (which begins in central Danville) and resumes its eastward journey. The routes stay cosigned until South Boston, where US 360 resumes a more northernly route to Richmond, while US 58 travels eastward to Clarksville and crosses Kerr Lake.

The route crosses US 1 and Interstate 85 in South Hill, followed by Interstate 95 in Emporia. Near Franklin, an expressway bypass carries US 58 (and, for one stretch, US 258) south of the city, while a business route enters the city. A bypass also carries traffic around Suffolk, where US 58 begins concurrencies with US 13 and then US 460. The three US routes stay merged until an intersection with the Hampton Roads Beltway at the confluence of Interstate 64, Interstate 264, and Interstate 664. US 58 travels inside the beltway and through Portsmouth and into Norfolk via the Midtown Tunnel. The route crosses I-64 once again, and continues to Virginia Beach, roughly paralleling I-264 to its south. US 58, designated Laskin Rd. in Virginia Beach, ends at US 60, Pacific Ave. Historically, US 58 continued for one additional block to the east, ending at Atlantic Ave., which once carried US 60 and then Business US 60.

Alternate route

U.S. Route 58 Alternate
Location:	Abingdon-Jonesville
Existed:	early 1950s–present

An alternate route of US 58, known as U.S. Route 58 Alternate (US 58A), splits from the main route in Abingdon, Virginia and travels northwest (signed west) as the "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" to Coeburn. From there, US 58A travels in a southwesterly direction (signed west) through Norton, Big Stone Gap and Pennington Gap before rejoining the main route in Jonesville.

History

The corridor across southern Virginia was part of the initial 1918 state highway system, in which it was State Route 12. It generally followed the present U.S. 58 from Abingdon to Virginia Beach, while present US 58 west of Abingdon was part of State Route 10. These routes deviated from present US 58 in the following places:

• SR 10 left Virginia into Kentucky at Cumberland Gap; the piece of current US 58 into Tennessee was (in general terms) State Route 107 from 1923 to 1928 and State Route 100 from 1928 to 1933 (as well as U.S. Route 25E from 1926 to 1996).
• SR 10 used present U.S. Route 58 Alternate from Jonesville to Pennington Gap and U.S. 421 southeast back to U.S. 58.
• SR 10 used present State Route 638 and State Route 600 from near Pattonsville to Clinchport.
• SR 10 used present U.S. 421 and U.S. Route 11 through Bristol to Abingdon. From Abingdon to Meadowview, where SR 12 began, SR 10 used present State Route 609.
• SR 12 used present State Route 80 and State Route 803 from Meadowview to Lodi and roughly present State Route 91 to Damascus.
• From Danville to Boydton, SR 12 used present State Route 360 to near Scottsburg, U.S. Route 360 to Clover, and State Route 92 to Boydton. Present US 58 was State Route 44 (formed ca. 1930) from Danville to Clarksville, and from Clarksville to Boydton it was initially part of State Route 1, renumbered State Route 31 in the 1923 renumbering, State Route 324 from soon after 1923 to 1927, part of State Route 201 from 1927 to 1928, and State Route 400 from 1928 to 1933.
• From Suffolk to Portsmouth, SR 12 used present State Route 337.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Claiborne	Cumberland Gap	0.0	US-25E – Tazewell, Harrogate, Middlesboro, KY	Western terminus; trumpet interchange
		0.6 0.0	Tennessee–Virginia state line
Lee	Jonesville	33.36	US 58 Alt. east (Trail of the Lonesome Pine) – Pennington Gap	US 58 turns east onto June Street
		42.51	US 421 north – Pennington Gap	West end of concurrency with US 421
Scott	Duffield	53.26	US 23 north – Big Stone Gap	West end of concurrency with US 23
	Clinchport	57.93	SR 65 east – Dungannon
	Gate City	67.42	US 23 Bus. south / US 58 Bus. east / US 421 Bus. south (Daniel Boone Road)
		70.15	US 23 Bus. north / US 58 Bus. west / US 421 Bus. north (Kane Street)
	Weber City	71.19	US 23 south – Kingsport	East end of concurrency with SR 23
		71.45	SR 224 south (Wadlow Gap Road) – Kingsport
Washington	No major intersections
Bristol		95.67	I-81 south / US 421 south (Gate City Highway) – Knoxville, Bristol	East end of concurrency with US 421; west end of concurrency with I-81; I-81 Exit 1
		98.11	I-381 south – Bristol	I-81 Exit 3
		99.50	US 11 / US 19 (Lee Highway)	I-81 Exit 5
		101.63	Old Airport Road / Bonham Road	I-81 Exit 7
Washington		106.40	To US 11 / US 19 (Lee Highway)	I-81 Exit 10; unsigned SR F-310
		107.39	SR 611 / Lee Highway	I-81 Exit 13
	Abingdon	109.39	SR 140 to US 19 – Abingdon	I-81 Exit 14
		111.46	SR 75 to US 19 – Abingdon, South Holston Dam	I-81 Exit 17
		113.95	I-81 north / US 11 south – Roanoke, Abingdon	I-81 Exit 19; east end of concurrency with I-81; west end of concurrency with US 11
		114.25	US 11 north (Lee Highway) – Glade Spring	East end of concurrency with US 11
	Damascus	124.73	SR 91 north (Douglas Drive) – Glade Spring	US 58 turns south onto Douglas Drive; west end of concurrency with SR 91
		125.72	SR 91 south (Mountain City Road) – Mountain City, TN	East end of concurrency with SR 91
Grayson		150.72	SR 362 north (Grayson Highland Lane) – Grayson Highlands State Park
	Volney	158.47	SR 16 north (Troutdale Highway) – Troutdale	West end of concurrency with SR 16
	Mouth of Wilson	162.46	SR 16 south (Jefferson Highway) – Jefferson, NC	East end of concurrency with SR 16
			SR 93 south (County Line Road) – Sparta, NC
	Independence	175.15	US 21 (Independence Avenue/New River Parkway) / US 221 south – Wytheville, Sparta, NC	West end of concurrency with US 221
		177.90	SR 274 north (Riverside Drive) – Fries
		186.58	SR 94 north (Riverside Drive) – Fries
Galax		189.71	SR 89 south (Main Street) – Lowgap, NC
Carroll	Hillsville	199.98	I-77 – Wytheville, Charlotte	I-77 Exit 14
			US 52 (Main Street) – Wytheville, Mount Airy, NC
		202.80	US 221 north (Floyd Pike) – Floyd	East end of concurrency with US 221
Floyd	No major intersections
Patrick	Meadows of Dan	222.09	US 58 Bus. east (Jeb Stuart Highway) – Blue Ridge Parkway
		223.99	US 58 Bus. west (Jeb Stuart Highway) – Blue Ridge Parkway
	Cruzes Store	234.87	SR 8 north (Woolwine Highway) – Woolwine	West end of concurrency with SR 8
	Stuart	236.88	US 58 Bus. east / SR 8 south (Blue Ridge Street) – Winston-Salem	East end of concurrency with SR 8
		237.74	SR 1025 (Johnson Street)	Diamond interchange
		238.43	US 58 Bus. west (Blue Ridge Street)
Henry		260.87	US 220 north (William F. Stone Highway) / US 58 Bus. east (A.L. Philpott Highway) – Martinsville, Roanoke	West end of concurrency with US 220; partial cloverleaf interchange
			SR 641 (Joseph Martin Highway)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		264.36	US 220 / US 220 Bus. (Greensboro Road) – Martinsville, Greensboro	East end of concurrency with US 220; partial cloverleaf interchange
		267.01	SR 650 (Irisburg Road)	Diamond interchange
		270.93	US 58 Bus. west (A.L. Philpott Highway) – Martinsville	Partial trumpet interchange
Pittsylvania		285.06	US 58 Bus. east (Martinsville Highway) – Danville	Partial trumpet interchange
		287.57	SR 1260 (Oakridge Farms Road)	Diamond interchange
Danville		292.32	US 29 south / US 29 Bus. north – Danville, Greensboro	West end of concurrency with US 29; partial cloverleaf interchange
			Corning Drive	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		293.44	Elizabeth Street Extended	Right-in/right-out interchanges in both directions; no access across US 58 / US 29
		296.07	SR 86 (Main Street) – Yanceyville, Chapel Hill	Diamond interchange
		297.92	Goodyear Boulevard	Partial cloverleaf interchange
			River Park Drive – Dan Daniel Memorial Park	Diamond interchange
		299.28	US 29 north (Danville Expressway) / US 360 west / US 58 Bus. west (South Boston Road) – Lynchburg, Danville	Full cloverleaf interchange; US 58 exits onto South Boston Road; east end of concurrency with US 29; west end of concurrency with US 360
Pittsylvania		304.53	SR 62 south (Milton Road) – Milton, NC
Halifax		311.33	SR 119 south (Calvary Road) – Semora, NC
	South Boston	327.16	US 501 (Huell Matthews Highway) – Lynchburg, Durham
		327.86	US 360 east (John Randolph Boulevard) – Richmond	East end of concurrency with US 360
Mecklenburg		344.38	SR 49 south – Virgilina, Charlotte, NC	West end of concurrency with SR 49
	Clarksville	345.64	US 58 Bus. east / SR 49 north (Virginia Avenue)	East end of concurrency with SR 49
		347.10	US 15 – Clarksville, Oxford, NC	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	John H. Kerr Reservoir – Roanoke River
		349.52	US 15 north / US 58 Bus. west / SR 49 north – Clarksville, Chase City	Interchange
	Boydton	358.72	SR 92 – Chase City
	Midway	364.51	SR 4 south (Buggs Island Road)
		368.74	US 1 south – Norlina, NC	West end of concurrency with US 1
	South Hill	371.89	US 1 north / US 58 Bus. east (Danville Street)	East end of concurrency with US 1
		375.45	US 58 Bus. west to US 1 west / SR 47 north – Chase City
		375.69	I-85 – Petersburg, Durham	I-85 Exit 12
Brunswick	Lawrenceville		SR 46 (Christanna Highway) – Alberta, Valentines	Diamond interchange
Greensville	No major intersections
Emporia		410.74	I-95 – Petersburg, Rocky Mount	I-95 Exit 11
			US 58 Bus. east (Atlantic Street)
		411.58	US 301 (Main Street)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		412.22	SR 614 (Reese Street)
		412.71	SR 611 (Davis Street)
		413.36	US 58 Bus. west (Atlantic Street)
Greensville	No major intersections
Southampton		436.82	US 58 Bus. east (Meherrin Road) / SR 35 – Courtland
		440.28	US 58 Bus. west (Jerusalem Road) – Courtland
		442.78	US 58 Bus. east (Camp Parkway) – Franklin
			SR 671 (Armory Drive) – Downtown Franklin	Diamond interchange
		446.52	US 258 south (Smiths Ferry Road) / US 258 Bus. north (South Street) – Franklin, Murfreesboro	Diamond interchange; west end of concurrency with US 258
			SR 714 (Pretlow Street)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
Suffolk		450.81	US 258 north / SR 189 south (Great Mill Highway) – Smithfield, Windsor	Partial cloverleaf interchange; east end of concurrency with US 258; west end of concurrency with SR 189
		452.00	SR 272 south (South Quay Road)
		456.17	SR 189 north (South Quay Road) – Holland	East end of concurrency with SR 189
		457.28	US 58 Bus. west (Holland Road) – Holland, Franklin	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
		465.62	US 13 south / SR 32 south / US 58 Bus. east (Holland Road) – Ahoskie, NC, Edenton, NC	US 13 junction is a trumpet interchange; US 58 Business terminus is at intersection; west end of concurrency with US 13
		467.03	SR 604 (Pitchkettle Road)	Diamond interchange
		468.91	US 460 west / US 460 Bus. east (Pruden Boulevard) – Downtown Suffolk, Petersburg	Partial cloverleaf interchange; west end of concurrency with US 460
		469.84	SR 10 / SR 32 (Godwin Boulevard) – Smithfield, Newport News	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		471.71	SR 642 (Wilroy Road)	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		474.01	US 58 Bus. west / US 13 Bus. south / US 460 Bus. west – Downtown Suffolk	Westbound exit, eastbound entrance
Chesapeake		479.88	I-664 north (Hampton Roads Beltway) to I-64 west / I-264 east / US 13 north – Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton	I-664 Exit 13; Partial cloverleaf interchange
		480.52	US 13 north / US 460 east (Military Highway) / SR 191 north (Jolliff Road)	East end of concurrency with US 13 and US 460; west end of concurrency with US 460 Alternate
Portsmouth		484.03	SR 239 (Victory Boulevard)
		484.31	SR 337 / US 460 Alt. east (Portsmouth Boulevard)	East end of concurrency with US 460 Alternate
		485.71	US 17 (Frederick Boulevard)
		486.62	SR 141 east (London Boulevard) / Harbor Drive south	US 58 turns onto Martin Luther King Freeway; partial trumpet interchange
		487.39	SR 164 west (Martin Luther King Freeway)	Directional interchange
Midtown Tunnel – Elizabeth River
Norfolk		489.20	SR 337 east (Hampton Boulevard) / Brambleton Avenue west	Partial cloverleaf interchange; west end of concurrency with SR 337
		490.29	SR 337 west (Brambleton Avenue)	US 58 turns north onto Duke Street
		490.77	US 460 (Monticello Avenue)
		491.47	SR 168 (Tidewater Drive)
		492.96	SR 405 south (Ballentine Boulevard) / Ballentine Boulevard north
		495.19	US 13 (Military Highway)	Diamond interchange
		495.98	SR 165 (Kempsville Road)
Virginia Beach		498.24	SR 190 (Witchduck Road)
		499.35	SR 225 (Independence Boulevard)
		504.37	SR 279 north (Great Neck Road) / London Bridge Road south
		504.51	US 58 Bus. east (Virginia Beach Boulevard) / I-264 west (Virginia Beach Expressway)	Eastbound exit to and westbound entrance from US 58 Business; Westbound exit to and eastbound entrance from I-264
		508.48	US 60 (Pacific Avenue) / Laskin Road east	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Virginia Beach Boulevard

Related U.S. Routes

• U.S. Route 158
• U.S. Route 258

External links

• Virginia Highways Project: US 58

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