NC 615 officially extended

[Mapmikey]

NC 615's extension along Courthouse Rd to NC 168 was officially approved 4/9/13.  Its extension onto the mainland a few years back was unsigned but I'm guessing this action will produce some signage.

Here is the description which includes the rationale for extensions of NC 45 and NC 211 as well.  Note they say NC is supposed to be curtailing primary mileage...

https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/safety/Route%20Changes/2013_04_09.pdf


Mapmikey

[Takumi]

Good. The previous extension onto the mainland and then just ending at a secondary route was bizarre.

[Sanctimoniously]

About time. Now, about VA SR 615...

[froggie]

Now, about VA SR 615...

...which hasn't officially existed in Virginia Beach since January 1, 1963...

[cpzilliacus]

Now, about VA SR 615...

...which hasn't officially existed in Virginia Beach since January 1, 1963...

Seeing a secondary highway signed within a municipality in Virginia is decidedly rare.

Only one I can name immediately is Va. 606 within the Town of Herndon, Fairfax County, which is signed all the way  across the municipality.



This one is a little blurry - sharpened the shields with  Photoshop.

[Mapmikey]

Posted SRs in Independent Cities is rare (in theory would be non-existent) but in incorporated towns it is a mixed bag.

Those towns who let VDOT maintain their streets are posted heavily on their SRs.  Some examples include Appomattox, Berryville, Tappahannock, New Castle, Buchanan, Stanardsville, Chatham, Gordonsville, Occoquan, Quantico, Alberta, New Market, Clarksville, Crewe, Burkeville...there are plenty more.

Some towns that I know do not post SRs as they maintain their own streets with VDOT funding: Leesburg, Chincoteague, Orange, Culpeper, Warrenton, Herndon, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Front Royal, and I'm sure plenty more...

Mapmikey

[cpzilliacus]

Posted SRs in Independent Cities is rare (in theory would be non-existent) but in incorporated towns it is a mixed bag.

Those towns who let VDOT maintain their streets are posted heavily on their SRs.  Some examples include Appomattox, Berryville, Tappahannock, New Castle, Buchanan, Stanardsville, Chatham, Gordonsville, Occoquan, Quantico, Alberta, New Market, Clarksville, Crewe, Burkeville...there are plenty more.

Some towns that I know do not post SRs as they maintain their own streets with VDOT funding: Leesburg, Chincoteague, Orange, Culpeper, Warrenton, Herndon, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Front Royal, and I'm sure plenty more...

I have not been there for some years, but I distinctly recall seeing secondary system route number signs within the city limits of Suffolk not that long ago. 

Were those Nansemond County leftovers? 

A lot of Suffolk (and, for that matter, its neighboring cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach) have the "look and feel" of a rural county.

[Takumi]

Suffolk's streets were still maintained by VDOT until 6-7 years ago, so they were still signed like your typical county. The city replaced many of the shields with similarly sized green signs that say the road's name with next left/right under it. There were some leftover shields on the bypass as of last summer.

[cpzilliacus]

Suffolk's streets were still maintained by VDOT until 6-7 years ago, so they were still signed like your typical county. The city replaced many of the shields with similarly sized green signs that say the road's name with next left/right under it. There were some leftover shields on the bypass as of last summer.

Indeed.  The Wikipedia entry for Suffolk reads in part:

In 2006, Suffolk assumed control of its road system from the Virginia Department of Transportation, which is customary among Virginia's independent cities, although since the Byrd Road Act of 1932 created Virginia's Secondary Roads System, which maintains the roads in most counties and town. An exception was made by the General Assembly when the former Nansemond County became an independent city and consolidated Suffolk in the 1970s. The state still maintained the primary and secondary routes in Suffolk until July 1, 2006.

[froggie]

The state still maintained the primary and secondary routes in Suffolk until July 1, 2006.

In the area that was previously Nansemond County, yes.  VDOT did not maintain the streets/roads in "Old Suffolk" after the Suffolk/Nansemond County consolidation.