Photos
are on my Flickr page.Here's a longer recap of the trip.
I entered Virginia on VA 80, which is still fully signed as such.
Signage on the eastbound US 460 routing is unchanged pre-opening. There's no indication of VA 80 from the new route going east. There is signage westbound for VA 80.
Shortly beyond the VA 80 Breaks connector, the road narrows to two lanes with a truck lane. The only other divided section is at the SR 609 intersection.
The US 121 sign just appears randomly. There's no evidence of an intersection (either planned or currently under construction) at the point where US 121 will join the concurrency.
As noted previously, the route ends at SR 744, also known as Southern Gap Road. This road serves a park/athletic complex and an ATV trail venture and terminates at VA 83 west of Vansant. It's in terrible shape; very rough with uneven pavement. It needs to be resurfaced if it's going to serve as the major traffic connector between the new US 460 and existing US 460. I drove it down to VA 83 and back as far north as SR 604 (Poplar Creek Road), which I then took to US 460. There is construction ongoing where the new US 460 will cross SR 604, but even when that construction is complete, 604 won't be a viable access route to existing US 460 due to the narrowness of the highway, so it makes sense to close the new route at SR 744.