US 33 and 340 in Virginia
US 33 in Virginia
| US 33 | |||
| Get started | Richmond | ||
| End | Rawley Springs | ||
| Length | 139 mi | ||
| Length | 224 km | ||
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According to Simplyyellowpages, US 33 is a US Highway in the US state of Virginia. The road forms an east-west route in a northwesterly direction, despite the fact that the track is supposed to be a north-south route. The road runs from the capital Richmond and continues via Harrisonburg to the border with West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains. The route is 224 kilometers long.
Travel directions
US 33 at Stanardsville.
US 33 begins in Richmond, the capital of Virginia. It crosses several US Highways in the center, such as US 1, US 60 and US 250. US 33 runs northwest through Richmond and the suburbs and is a 2×2 to 2×3 lane urban arterial. There are connections to Interstate 64 and Interstate 295.
After Richmond you enter a less populated rural area, this area is slightly sloping and has quite a lot of forest. The US 33 has a somewhat secondary character and runs through all the villages on the route. It is a fairly simple single lane road. US 33 gradually progresses further away from I-64. Through the central part of Virginia, US 33 does not serve larger towns, but it does cross some US Highways, such as US 15, US 29 and US 522. US 33 passes quite well north of Charlottesville. After US 29 in Ruckersville is a short stretch of 2×2 lanes.
Between Ruckersville and Elkton, US 33 runs through the Blue Ridge Mountains, crossing Skyline Drive at the 721-meter-high Swift Run Gap . You then enter the great valley of the Shenandoah River, which separates the Blue Ridge Mountains from the actual Appalachian Mountains further west. The stretch from Elkton to Harrisonburg is a 2×2 divided highway. US 33 cuts through Harrisonburg, the largest town on the route outside Richmond. In Harrisonburg one crosses US 11 and connects to Interstate 81. After Harrisonburg, one ascends to a 1,051-foot mountain pass in Shenandoah Mountain, on the border with West Virginia. US 33 in West Virginiathen moves on to Elkins.
History
US 33 on Shenandoah Mountain, on the border of West Virginia and Virginia.
US 33 between Stanardsville and Elkton.
US 33 was added to the US Highways network in 1938 and replaced the former State Route 4. Its starting point has always been the city of Richmond. US 33 has a secondary character in Virginia and has only been upgraded to a limited extent.
The 2×2 section between Elkton and Harrisonburg was completed in phases between 1964 and 1971. Later, a short section east of the mountains was widened to 2×2 lanes from US 29 to Stanardsville in 1993-1994 and a new 2×2 bypass of Stanardsville in 2000.
US 33 has limited significance for traffic within Virginia. Traffic between Richmond and Harrisonburg is faster by taking I-64 and I-81. Furthermore, there are mainly small villages on the route. Large parts of US 33 still have a secondary character today. Also as a connection between Virginia and West Virginia, US 33 has little significance outside of some tourism.
US 340 in Virginia
| US 340 | |||
| Get started | Greenville | ||
| End | Berryville | ||
| Length | 123 mi | ||
| Length | 198 km | ||
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According to itypejob, US 340 is a US Highway in the US state of Virginia. Forming a north-south route in the northwest part of the state, the road begins in Greenville, then continues through Waynesboro and Front Royal to the West Virginia border. A second section runs for 1 kilometer in the far north of the state between the state of West Virginia and Maryland. The route is 198 kilometers long.
Travel directions
US 340 in Page County.
At Greenville, US 340 branches off from US 11 and then begins a more or less parallel route slightly to the east, closer to Shenandoah National Park and the Blue Ridge. Interstate 64 is crossed in Waynesboro. They also cross the US 250. The road then runs through a fairly flat area, but the mountains are directly east of the road. At Elkton you cross the US 33. About 25 kilometers further you cross the US 211. The road then continues through the valley of the Shenandoah River to the town of Front Royal, where US 522 merges. Shortly afterwards you cross the Interstate 66. A little further on, US 522 turns off toward Winchester and US 340 runs northeast and intersects US 17, which is double-numbered with US 50. Not far after that, the road crosses the border into West Virginia. US 340 in West Virginia continues toward Charlestown and Frederick.
A second, short section is further northeast, 0.6 miles (1 km) from the West Virginia border to the Potomac River bridge, where US 340 in Maryland continues as a freeway to Frederick and Baltimore.
History
US 340 near Grottoes.
US 340 was one of the original US Highways of 1926. At the time, the route ran from Winchester to Frederick and was no more than a regional route. In fact, it has remained so, with a limited extension through the Shenandoah Valley to Greenville in 1954.
US 340 originally crossed the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia and so did not cross Virginia briefly a second time. However, the bridge was swept away during a flood in 1936. Because of the Second World War, a new bridge was delayed and the decision was made to move US 340 around Harpers Ferry, with a new bridge over both the Shenandoah River and the Potomac River, with the road running briefly (0.9 km) through Virginia. This connection opened to traffic in 1947.
US 340 has only been upgraded locally because Interstate 81 was built roughly parallel to US 340 in the 1960s. Around 1959-1960, the section between Front Royal and US 522 southeast of Winchester was widened to a 2×2 divided highway. The road was widened to 4 lanes at Waynesboro in 1980 and between Berryville and the West Virginia border in 1981.