U.S. Route 1 in Virginia

U.S. Route 1
Route information
Maintained by VDOT
Length:	196.55 mi (316.32 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 1 at the North Carolina state line near Palmer Springs
	US 58 in South Hill I‑85 / US 460 near Petersburg US 301 in Petersburg US 60 in Richmond US 360 in Richmond US 250 in Richmond I‑64 / I‑95 in Richmond I‑295 in Glen Allen US 17 in Fredericksburg I‑95 / I‑495 in Alexandria
North end:	I‑395 / US 1 at the District of Columbia boundary in Arlington
Location
Counties:	Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, City of Petersburg, City of Colonial Heights, Chesterfield, City of Richmond, Henrico, Hanover, Caroline, Spotsylvania, City of Fredericksburg, Stafford, Prince William, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, Arlington
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Replaced Virginia Routes Interstate U.S. Primary Secondary Byways History Turnpikes ← SR 895 SR 2 →

U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of Virginia runs north–south through South Hill, Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria on its way from North Carolina to the 14th Street Bridge into the District of Columbia. It is completely paralleled by Interstate Highways in Virginia – Interstate 85 south of Petersburg, Interstate 95 north to Alexandria, and Interstate 395 into the District – and now serves mainly local traffic. At its north end, on the approach to the 14th Street Bridge, US 1 is concurrent with I-395; the rest of US 1 is on surface roads.

US 1 enters southeastern Mecklenburg County, Virginia, from Warren County, North Carolina, east of Palmer Springs, north of Wise, North Carolina, and north of an interchange between I-85 and US 1 between Wise and the state line. The U.S. Highway heads north as a two-lane road, passes to the east of Palmer Springs, and crosses Lake Gaston, an impoundment of the Roanoke River. North of the lake, the highway gains an intermittent second lane northbound to its junction with US 58 at Big Fork. The U.S. Highways run concurrently northeast along a four-lane road with center turn lane to the southwestern edge of South Hill, where the highway expands to a four-lane divided highway shortly before US 1 and US 58 Bus. split northeast from US 58. The mainline highway and business route enter the town of South Hill along Danville Street, a two-lane road with center turn lane. As the highways approach downtown South Hill, the center turn lane ends. In downtown, US 1 and US 58 Bus. turn north onto Mecklenburg Avenue next to the historic Colonial Theatre, then US 58 Bus. turns east onto Atlantic Street; SR 47 heads west from the intersection on Atlantic Street. US 1 gains a center turn lane again northeast of downtown. The U.S. Highway meets the southern end of SR 138 (Union Mill Road), then expands to a four-lane divided highway for its four-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange with I-85 before leaving the town of South Hill.

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