Interstate, US Route, primary and secondary shields
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Length: | 57,867 mi (93,128 km) |
Notes: | Outside cities, some towns, and two counties, every road is state-maintained. These roads are split into primary and secondary state routes, and receive different levels of funding. Inside cities, most primary state routes are locally maintained. |
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Interstates: | Interstate X (I-X) |
US Highways: | U.S. Route X (US X) |
State: | State Route X (SR X) or Virginia Route X (VA X) |
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The state highway system of the U.S. state of Virginia is a network of roads maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). As of 2006, the VDOT maintains 57,867 miles (93,128 km) of state highways, making it the third-largest system in the United States.
Interstate Highways, totaling 1118 miles (1799 km) in Virginia, are freeways designated by the Federal Highway Administration and numbered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. They are in a special class with respect to federal funding. These interstate highways are as follows:
Primary highways, totaling 8111 miles (13,053 km), consist of U.S. Routes, designated and numbered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and primary state routes, designated and numbered by the VDOT. Alternate, business, and bypass special routes, as well as wye connections (with a Y suffix appended to the number), are all considered primary routes.
Primary routes are generally given numbers under 600. The two exceptions - State Route 785 and State Route 895 - are numbered as future interstate highway spurs.