Virginia State Route 261
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| Statler Boulevard | ||||
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| Maintained by VDOT | ||||
| Length: | 2.21 mi[1] (3.56 km) | |||
| Existed: | c. 1980 – present | |||
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| South end: |  US 11 in Staunton |
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US 11 in Staunton |
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| North end: | Coalter Street in Staunton | |||
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| Counties: | City of Staunton | |||
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→Virginia State Route 261 (SR 261) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known as Statler Boulevard, the state highway runs 2.21 miles (3.56 km) from U.S. Route 11 (US 11) north to Coalter Street within the independent city of Staunton. SR 261 is an unsigned four-lane divided highway that provides an eastern truck bypass of downtown Staunton. The state highway is marked along much of its route as U.S. Route 11 Truck and US 250 Truck.
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[edit] Route description
SR 261 begins an an intersection with US 11 (Greenville Avenue) and unnumbered Old Greenville Road southeast of downtown Staunton. This intersection is also the southern terminus of US 11 Truck. The four-lane divided highway intersects US 250 (Richmond Road), where the state highway also begins to run concurrently with US 250 Truck. SR 261 crosses over CSX's North Mountain Subdivision and curves west to intersect SR 254 (New Hope Road), the Chesapeake Western Railway, and US 11 (Commerce Road). At the US 11 intersection, US 11 Truck reaches its northern terminus and US 250 Truck turns north onto US 11. US 250 Truck follows US 11 and SR 262 north and west to reconnect with US 250 northwest of Staunton. SR 261 continues west to its northern terminus at the intersection of Coalter Street and Edgewood Road northeast of downtown Staunton.[1][2]
[edit] Major intersections
The entire route is in the independent city of Staunton.
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Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | US 11 (Greenville Avenue) / Old Greenville Road south – Lexington |
Southern terminus; southern terminus of US 11 Truck | ||
| 0.84 |  US 250 (Richmond Road) – Waynesboro |
Eastern terminus of US 250 Truck | ||
| 1.62 |  SR 254 (New Hope Road) |
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| 1.76 |     US 11 / US 250 Truck west – Harrisonburg |
Northern terminus of US 11 Truck; north end of concurrency with US 250 Truck | ||
| 2.21 | Coalter Street / Edgewood Road west | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "2010 Traffic Data". Virginia Department of Transportation. 2010. http://www.virginiadot.org/info/2010_traffic_data_by_jurisdiction.asp. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
- ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Virginia State Route 261 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Statler+Blvd&daddr=Statler+Blvd+to:Statler+Blvd&hl=en&ll=38.14718,-79.059463&spn=0.025447,0.038581&sll=38.147281,-79.05942&sspn=0.025447,0.038581&geocode=FRzsRQIdDolJ-w%3BFWwMRgIdk7ZJ-w%3BFbI8RgIdPJZJ-w&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=h&z=15. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
