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Frontage Roads in Virginia

Started by 74/171FAN, January 06, 2024, 10:48:08 AM

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74/171FAN

So I found a rectangle in Henrico County recently for a frontage road (SR F106) accessed from Laburnum Ave just north of I-64.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799321734002&set=a.10219799429736702)

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WillWeaverRVA

Quote from: 74/171FAN on January 06, 2024, 10:48:08 AM
So I found a rectangle in Henrico County recently for a frontage road (SR F106) accessed from Laburnum Ave just north of I-64.  (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219799321734002&set=a.10219799429736702)



There's a few of those, though a lot of them have been decommissioned.
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Takumi

Petersburg has both shields and rectangles.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVu2gahUgcSKjPWy8

https://maps.app.goo.gl/i7NFjAopd1gDXcpA9

https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5ZcoAq5D127xm7P7

At the rate they're going the shields will be replaced with 3-digit US shields by the end of the decade.

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WillWeaverRVA

Quote from: Takumi on January 08, 2024, 11:10:15 AM
Petersburg has both shields and rectangles.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVu2gahUgcSKjPWy8

https://maps.app.goo.gl/i7NFjAopd1gDXcpA9

https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5ZcoAq5D127xm7P7

At the rate they're going the shields will be replaced with 3-digit US shields by the end of the decade.



Looking forward to clinching US F330.
Will Weaver
WillWeaverRVA Photography | Twitter

"But how will the oxen know where to drown if we renumber the Oregon Trail?" - NE2

Dirt Roads

Spin-off from the main Virginia thread:

Quote from: Takumi on January 08, 2024, 11:10:15 AM
Petersburg has both shields and rectangles.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVu2gahUgcSKjPWy8

https://maps.app.goo.gl/i7NFjAopd1gDXcpA9

https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5ZcoAq5D127xm7P7

At the rate they're going the shields will be replaced with 3-digit US shields by the end of the decade.

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on January 08, 2024, 11:56:38 AM
Looking forward to clinching US F330.

It's been quite a while since using Rives Road (it used to be a key shortcut of mine back before the completion of I-295).  But I wasn't aware of any frontage roads in Virginia that were numbered overlapping with Virginia state routes (in this case, both F330 and F331 are shown).  I probably wasn't paying close attention, but I don't recall any frontage roads that didn't have four digits (plus the F-tag).  I haven't been able to find a logbook that includes any frontage roads within Virginia, even though some of them are heavily-trafficked secondary routes.

Any other examples of three-digit frontage roads in Virginia?

74/171FAN

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Mapmikey

Quote from: Dirt Roads on January 08, 2024, 07:25:10 PM
Spin-off from the main Virginia thread:

Quote from: Takumi on January 08, 2024, 11:10:15 AM
Petersburg has both shields and rectangles.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVu2gahUgcSKjPWy8

https://maps.app.goo.gl/i7NFjAopd1gDXcpA9

https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5ZcoAq5D127xm7P7

At the rate they're going the shields will be replaced with 3-digit US shields by the end of the decade.

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on January 08, 2024, 11:56:38 AM
Looking forward to clinching US F330.

It's been quite a while since using Rives Road (it used to be a key shortcut of mine back before the completion of I-295).  But I wasn't aware of any frontage roads in Virginia that were numbered overlapping with Virginia state routes (in this case, both F330 and F331 are shown).  I probably wasn't paying close attention, but I don't recall any frontage roads that didn't have four digits (plus the F-tag).  I haven't been able to find a logbook that includes any frontage roads within Virginia, even though some of them are heavily-trafficked secondary routes.

Any other examples of three-digit frontage roads in Virginia?


Most F routes are 3 digits. I haven't updated this page in a while but this gives an explanation of the system:  http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/fseries.htm

WillWeaverRVA

Quote from: Dirt Roads on January 08, 2024, 07:25:10 PM
Spin-off from the main Virginia thread:

Quote from: Takumi on January 08, 2024, 11:10:15 AM
Petersburg has both shields and rectangles.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/zVu2gahUgcSKjPWy8

https://maps.app.goo.gl/i7NFjAopd1gDXcpA9

https://maps.app.goo.gl/K5ZcoAq5D127xm7P7

At the rate they're going the shields will be replaced with 3-digit US shields by the end of the decade.

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on January 08, 2024, 11:56:38 AM
Looking forward to clinching US F330.

It's been quite a while since using Rives Road (it used to be a key shortcut of mine back before the completion of I-295).  But I wasn't aware of any frontage roads in Virginia that were numbered overlapping with Virginia state routes (in this case, both F330 and F331 are shown).  I probably wasn't paying close attention, but I don't recall any frontage roads that didn't have four digits (plus the F-tag).  I haven't been able to find a logbook that includes any frontage roads within Virginia, even though some of them are heavily-trafficked secondary routes.

Any other examples of three-digit frontage roads in Virginia?

There are several four-digit frontage roads. According to VDOT's ArcGIS map, the highest numbered one is F1232.
Will Weaver
WillWeaverRVA Photography | Twitter

"But how will the oxen know where to drown if we renumber the Oregon Trail?" - NE2

Dirt Roads

Quote from: Mapmikey on January 08, 2024, 07:59:45 PM
Most F routes are 3 digits. I haven't updated this page in a while but this gives an explanation of the system:  http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/fseries.htm

Thanks for the information.  I was way off.

This whole subtopic should go under the Mandela Effect thread.  I was sure that the two frontage roads at Exit 77 on I-81/I-77 in Wythe County were four-digits.  Nope, they are actually two digits with an appended zero (F-042 and F-043).  I stop at this exit on most trips to West Virginia, including once in the last month.  Even then, I had the numbers wrong in my head (F-1041 and F-1042).   :banghead:



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